CMJ ’08: The Music Tapes & Wye Oak @ Mercury Lounge
Joining the Tobacco triumph a few days earlier, Mercury Lounge hosted a couple more of my favorite sets this fest in the recently revitalized (and recently Mangum-ized) Music Tapes, and Baltimore breakout Wye Oak. The successive sets were a contrast in styles -- the Music Tapes presenting multi-membered ragamuffin ditties, Wye Oak a stripped duo of loud/quiet guitars, drums, and ...
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