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The.Blackout.District. EP "Saccharine Pipe Dreams" available for download through MySpace, iTunes, and Napster. Hard copy, tangible digipaks with artwork can be purchased at the official website, here :
www.theblackoutdc.com
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Saccharine Pipe Dreams (EP) Tracks:
1. Stutter/Movement in Radio
2. Stutter
3. The Burn
4. Unpretty
5. Crooked in the Rain
6. Opus

Released August 2007....
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Music:

Member Since: 01/03/2005
Band Website: www.theblackoutdc.com" www.theblackoutdc.com
Band Members: Please send all gig inquiries to [email protected]
All other inquiries please send to [email protected]

kelly manion
vocals, keys
patrick edwards
guitar, synth, backing vocals, programming
sean meyers
bass, synth, pieces of wood
brian pinke
guitar, keys
jade smith
drums, percussion
Influences: portishead, fiona apple, pj harvey, damien rice, zeppelin, alice in chains, dandy warhols, radiohead, the tindersticks, cooper temple clause, efterklang, mum, four tet, tortoise, metric, nels cline, sonic youth, tripping daisy, the new mainstreet singers, pink floyd, the talking heads, king crimson, wilco, hanne hukkelberg, paatos, eno, david torn, VDGG, einstuerzende neubauten, the stills, steve tibbetts, bowie, matt chamberlain, explosions in the sky, tori amos, angeles drake, muse, smashing pumpkins, death cab
Sounds Like: traffic... sleep... a speak easy... the morgan... crying... lots of laughing... clicks... pops... pink noise... frequency spectrum... explosions... ripples... thoughts... but not those thoughts...
Record Label: None

My Blog

!!! New Songs Up on the MySpace Player !!!

hoo-rah! we have just uploaded the mixes (mixed, not mastered) for two songs (potentially) from our forthcoming EP to our MySpace Player:  SOMETHING BORROWED and FILT. very excited to get th...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:02:00 GMT

The.Blackout.District. @ DC9 - 10/25/2008

** THE.BLACKOUT.DISTRICT. @ DC9 - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 **so, there are these things... they're called shows (some might know them in long-form as musical performances).  we've got one of these th...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:21:00 GMT

T.B.D. @ Rock N Roll Hotel, Sat. Aug. 16th

hello there.  take note.The.Blackout.District. will be performing Saturday, August 16, 2008 at Rock N Roll Hotel in Washington, DC.We will be joined by Drop Electric, Hello Tokyo and Red Ink.&nbs...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:11:00 GMT

THE.BLACKOUT.DISTRICT. Tonight @ DC9 w/ THESE NEW PURITANS and IMPERIAL CHINA

hello all.hope the week has been treating you well... if not... put your foot down, throw caution to the wind, and commit to not necessarily making it in at 9:00am on the dot tomorrow morning!  ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:11:00 GMT

Brightest Young Things - A Little Mention

so the fine folks over at brightest young things did a write-up on the show over at DC9 on May 21st.  understandably, the bulk of the article is about US Royalty and the Mary Onettes, as they wer...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 00:12:00 GMT

update and thanks - NEW SHOW BOOKED

hi.so our first show back in quite some time went off incredibly well.  many, many thanks to everyone who came out... i would give you bear-hugs if i could... but since i'm not that tall... sean ...
Posted by on Fri, 23 May 2008 08:04:00 GMT

breathing and pulsing once again...

(long, overly-dramatic exhale)!well, well:it has been quite some time hasn't it?  our apologies.  i'll not waste any more of your time by trying to explain the absence... suffice to say ther...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 09:46:00 GMT

well, well...

there’s a band... great band... big in ’92-’94.  suddenly, come ’98... they disappeared and (whilst other projects kept them individually busy) were never heard from until...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:47:00 GMT