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*A magazine by music fans for music fans*
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Music and music and music and video games and movies and bright ideas. www.chordmagazine.com

I'd like to meet:

People interested in discovering music.

Music:

Issue 44 August 2007
IN THIS ISSUE!
8 peta2
Saosin’s Cove Reber tries vegetarianism on for size.
10 Writing on the Wall
Kaddisfly sure does use some wacky instruments on its new album, Set Sail the Prairie.
12 Road Report
3 ain’t afraid of no ghost.
14 Listening Booth
Avenged Sevenfold gets into the groove.
16 Labeled
Blackheart Records: independently healthy.
18 Ten Questions
Spoon’s Britt Daniel dishes it out.
20 Shorts
Get briefed: American Black Lung, Foreign Islands, The Long Blondes, The Mary Timony Band, Gore Gore Girls, The Dollyrots, Fields, Tiny Vipers, Tokyo Rose, and The Secret Handshake.
28 Rapsheet
Northern State and KRS-One. Werd.
22 Beatdown
Beat me up, Scottie: The Cinematic Orchestra, Chromeo, Matthew Dear, and Ulrich Schnauss.
31 Cover Story
Kat Von D: more rock than your favorite band.
40 Ear to the Street
Hear this: Bad Brains, Shellac, Dinosaur Jr., Chasing Victory, Revolution Mother, My American Heart, MxPx, Gogol Bordello, Against Me!, Straylight Run, and Tegan & Sara. Say that three times fast.
59 For the Record
Interpol’s Our Love to Admire heads up our CD, DVD, and video game reviews. Plus, Satellite Party’s Perry Farrell: “All is full of love.” *****************************
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Heroes:

Our dedicated staff of writers and photographers: Gus Peña, Jodie Kautzmann, Gregory Adams, A.D. Amorosi, Brian Baker, Joe Brown, Jason Camacho, Kevin Egan, Matt Fink, Rick Florino, Scott Frost, Nick Green, Steven Hanna, Jess Hemerly, Janelle Jones, Althea Legaspi, David T. Lewis, Lily Moayeri, Kevin Nelson, Natasha Padilla, Greg Pratt, Brian O’Neill, Brien Overly, Austin L. Ray, Jason Schreurs, Amy Sciarretto, Justin Sheppard, D.J. Short, Jim Steinfeldt, Marcus Soloman, Justin Spicer, derek stark, Adem Tepedelen, Jeff Terich, Patricia Trostle, Dominic Umile, Adam K. Zakroczymski III.Contributing Picture-takers: Lindsay Brown, Shannon Corr, Abbey Drucker, Greg Gibson, Sonya Hall, Maya Hayuk, Rachel Hubbard, Ryan Hurling, Benjamin Huseby, Mayumi Ito, Lisa Jackson, Paul Labonte, Kristine Larsen, Michelle J. Lawlor, Inez Matin, Vinoodh Matin, Daragh McDonagh, Tom O'Donnell, Sonja Pacho, Alex Pardee, Ellis Parrinder, Fernanda Pereira, Mary Rozzi, Jim Steinfeldt, Brian Tamborello, Cameron Wittig.

My Blog

Sherwood & Just Surrender with many others!

Cobra Starship, Sherwood, The Rocket Summer, Armor for Sleep & The Academy Is...Walking into the venue, I had no clue Cobra Starship was on the bill until I saw them on stage in the middle of their se...
Posted by Chord on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:40:00 PST

Weatherbox, The Honorary Title & Cartel.

10.7.07  Weatherbox, The Honorary Title & Cartel. Weatherbox was first to play and came out with a burst of energy. I had never seen them play live before, but definitely love their sound. The ba...
Posted by Chord on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:05:00 PST

The Format & The Rentals.

8.25.07 - Rueben's Accomplice, Limbeck, Steel Train, Piebald, The Format.The first band to hit the 930 Club stage was Rueben's Accomplice. They started off with a slower song accompanied with steel gu...
Posted by Chord on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:20:00 PST

Warped Tour 2007.

Warped Tour 2007 Anberlin  As usual they put on an amazing show and every kid in the front row was singing along. Anberlin never lets me down and is never a bland band. They had a decent sized crowd ...
Posted by Chord on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:26:00 PST

A Few New Show Reviews!

5.3.07 PlayRadioPlay!, Jonezetta, Daphne Loves Derby and Anberlin PlayRadioPlay was first to go on at Sonar that night. They have an electronica sound, which is a bit much if you ask me, his lyrics...
Posted by Chord on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:15:00 PST

Future Cover

We had a great shoot the other night at True Tattoo with the lovely Kat Von D and the glory bound Mike VYou can check out Mike V's blog about it! There are some great pics on it.Look for that issue th...
Posted by Chord on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:03:00 PST

Jack's Mannequin

We Are The Fury, The Audition, Head Automatica, and Jack's Mannequin I walked in right as We Are The Fury was starting; they came out in costume-like clothing. The singer had a lot of interaction with...
Posted by Chord on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:18:00 PST

Anberlin

Jonezetta, Meg & Dia, Bayside, and Anberlin After a three-hour drive from VA to PA we arrived at the lovely TLA. The first band to play was Jonezetta, they were more of a dance kind of band, almost l...
Posted by Chord on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:15:00 PST

The Early November

The Verdict, Melee, The Rocket Summer & The Early November Baltimore, MD 3.2.07The Verdict was about to play when I arrived at the venue. When they hit the stage everyone in the crowd was bobbing thei...
Posted by Chord on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:11:00 PST

Brand New Show Review, Take A Look!!

    The night started off to a slow start with only 20 kids at The Ottobar in Baltimore, MD. The bands that were playing were Far From Earth, The Track Record, Interstate North, who are...
Posted by Chord on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:06:00 PST