I know I’m late on this….
But I read the lineup for this year’s Virgin Festival and I was pretty psyched. I’m really gassed to see Rabbit in The Moon, Soulwax, The Stooges, and Wilco. I went to the last one and pretty much spent the whole thing in the Dance Tent (with the exception of Wu-Tang and Bad Brains). But this time, who knows?

In other news, we are trying to plan a concert for WMBC sometime early next semester. If you are in a band, or are a DJ, or a rapper at UMBC and would like to perform please send me an email at wrostam1@umbc.edu. Unless you suck… and not in that good way that people find funny or innovative. I mean you just are not good in any sense. Your own mother wouldn’t say she liked your stuff. If that is the case, do not email me, and stop it.

Don’t miss TAXLO’s 6th Anniversary Party blowout deal this Friday night at Sonar, or you’ll be missing DIPLO and DAN DEACON (Quadmania outdoor stage headliner!) and a whole slew of other sweet stuff. Tickets are $12 if you buy them early, $15 if you get them at the door, which btw, opens at 8PM.

Last year I went to some sort of 5 year anniversary party and I don’t remember because I was super super sick with what turned out to be mono. SURPRISE! This year should be even more amazing. This event is actually the final event in a series of 6th anniversary parties and dealy deals. Neat!

P.S. Is this a glorified advertisement? Maybe. I was tired of all the Athletics and eBiquity Research Group posts on the myUMBC feed. I think that’s a justifiable feeling.

10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT WMBC from adamjustkidding on Vimeo.

Just a head’s up, our own DJ Joe Wezlo will be DJing at the Pink Party event taking place next Tuesday. He’ll be spinning sweet tracks alongside audioXTC co-host/bff/roommate Joe Ring over in the UC.

The event is free, and is for an important cause, so if you’re free next Tuesday (and you probably are, ’cause it’s Tuesday, seriously), head over to the UC for what is sure to be the breast party of the year! Get it? Breast instead of best? I’m good.

All the information can be found on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10524324540

OMG ECOFEST IS TOMORROW!!!1

If you are hanging out around campus tomorrow you should totally come by and check out the wonderful world of the Environment! It is Earth Day and to celebrate the Students for Environmental Awareness and WMBC have put together a fabulous shindig involving not only some really rad speakers and some bad ass activities but also some pretty gnarly bands.

Tables and speakers will go on throughout the day from 2-5 featuring a representative of Project Better Place, Velocipede (Baltimore Bike collective) and the Maryland Science Center. I know totally OMG.

Starting at Five we will have some of the radist acts at UMBC performing in the Sports Zone.

5ish Partners in Crime
5:45ish Deep Space
6:30ish Arden
7:15is Mother Natures Recipe

SO PLEASE COME OUT and SUPPORT THE RADIO STATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN ONE SWOOP.

This is what you are missing out on if you don’t come: ***totally stolen from facebook***

For those of you who missed it, Quadmania was this weekend. We had live acts on Friday and Saturday, and a booth all day Saturday in front of the stage. Chris and me worked the booth from 12-4ish when Rostam came by and then I left. But before I left I took some pictures with my cell phone camera of the acts. Sorry for the crap quality, but I could hardly see the screen and its a cell phone. Deal with it. For the full-size image, click the picture.

Here’s a shot of our booth next to SEA’s crap. We gave out free CDs and fliers, and Chris’ sexiness was peddled like crack.

Sarah Donner kicked things off. She’s a singer-songwriter from New Jersey with a good bit of talent. If that’s up your alley, check out her CD in the studio “Reluctant Cat Lady.” She’s pretty awesome on and off the stage. For more info check out: http://www.myspace.com/sarahdonner

The Epics were up next and they played a mix of original songs and covers. They were pretty talented musically, but their vocals could be better. Still, this picture aside, they drew a pretty good crowd.

Fallback Plan was up next and they had a really polished, mainstream sound. While that’s not up most music snob’s alley, they did a damn good job. Check out their pimped-out site at: http://profile.myspace.com/fallbackplanband

Under the Covers seemed to take a while to set up, but it could have been my imagination. They’re a local cover band that plays primarily top-40 stuff from the 90s. They were loud, but pretty good if you’re into that sort of thing.

Adam Taylor was the reason I stuck around, and he drew a hell of a crowd. I talked to him a bit before the show and he said he had a whole new band since he played EcoFall (except for Kate, she’s still around and as good as ever). He played a damn good set, and the new band really seemed to work out. He said later that they only really practiced for 2 hours before the show, but you couldn’t tell at all. The set was primarily the same from EcoFall, but he played ended with a new song that was really really good. For those of you wondering, he’s working with a new manager and his first EP is coming along really well with a talented producer. He’s got a mailing list going around, so as soon as we hear updates, we’ll pass them along to you. WMBC loves Adam Taylor and he loves us back, I don’t care what the government says. For more info, check out: http://www.myspace.com/adamtaylormusic

My apologies to Arden, Dan Deacon, Herbie, Wordsmith, George James, and T-Pain for not sticking around. If it makes them feel better, I got sunburned standing around without any sunscreen.

Your friendly neighborhood music director,

John

Hey, in case you haven’t heard.

My home away from home was just voted the number ONE best scene by Rolling Stone.

I wouldn’t be a UMBC kid if I didn’t finish this with: w00t OMGZ!!!1

This week’s song is a demo of “Coffee,” by Adam Taylor.
Click to listen to the track at purevolume!

This week’s track comes a couple days late, but the wait is well worth it. Adam Taylor is one of my favorite local musicians ever, and this new demo track, Coffee, is another in a line of fantastic demos that have me really excited for his debut EP release this summer. Adam was kind enough to play at EcoFall earlier this year, and will be returning to UMBC this weekend for Quadmania, where he will play the FREE outdoor stage. Catch him and his band LIVE at 3:45PM on Saturday, April 19th out on Lot 17!

Find more information on Adam Taylor and his music at the Adam Taylor MySpace. Adam Taylor is also an AAAW (AWKWARD AWESOME ARTIST to WATCH), and you can check that out here.

TO All of you Devoted Music Lovers out there I am sorry for not updating ever. I ended up having more of a life / school load then I expected when I promised weekly updates. I know. TOTALLY LAME

I mean, it doesn’t really matter all that much because the number of quality shows has been minimal the past few weeks. BUT THIS WEEK IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT!!!! The Dude from Ace of Cakes apparently plays base and somehow the Red Cross (club?) on campus booked him for a show last night. I only really stayed for him his band, which was awesome, but I heard the rest of the bands were pretty snazzy too.

But Enough of Last night, WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK! (more…)

And Dougy Web Opened Up His Heart and Said, “LET THERE BE CHAT”

And It Was Done

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