The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #489

Professor Murder - Free Stress Test (Streetlab Mix)

Visit Professor Murder on MySpace.

Head to Streetlab's official site here.

MP3: Professor Murder - Free Stress Test (Streetlab Mix)

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The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #393

Professor Murder - Live On WOXY

Setlist:
200,000
Champion
Camron's New Color (Part 3)
Free Stress Test

Visit Professor Murder at the band's MySpace page.

Listen to WOXY here.

MP3: Professor Murder - Live On WOXY

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The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #148

Professor Murder - Champion (Stars As Eyes Remix)

WOXY's words sum up P. Murder to a tee: *This New York City band started out as a punk trio and has since evolved into a dance funk quartet whose music blends the soulful sounds of Liquid Liquid with the energy of !!!.* Learn more about Professor Murder here. Sample some tunes from Stars As Eyes courtesy of this link to the band's MySpace.

MP3: Professor Murder - Champion (Stars As Eyes Remix)

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Matt & Kim @ Bowery 3/9: Falling Bodies

Photo courtesy of The Culture of Me (thanks buddy, nice shot)
I came prepared to Friday night's Matt and Kim show at Bowery. I wore sneakers, old jeans and a light top. I was ready to sweat, stomp and loose a shoe.

I missed the first opener, but stumbled successfully upstairs for Prof. Murder who really brought some great dance music. I am always impressed when an opening act can successfully win the audience over, I've seen so many groups at Bowery fail to do this, but P. Murder did a great job at keeping up the pace and keeping the attention.

I don't know if Matt and Kim's music is particularly brilliant, but it is fun. Coming in, I hadn't listened to many of their songs. In person, they do meld together with a similar driving, pounding, beat, but they do lend to some joyous moshing and some rather insane crowd-surfing. The bouncers hit the stage when one insane concert-goer leaped from a stage speaker nearly as high as the balcony. Matt stopped at one point to ask if everyone was ok, he had seen a lot of people go down hard.

Matt also commented on the low ticket price, notifying us that he had to speak with the owner of Bowery to explain why he wanted to charge so little. He apparently just wanted to charge a price that he personally could afford. Matt and Kim might not be reinventing the wheel, but they are creating music with more class and personality than a lot of musicians out there.

PopTartsSuckToasted danced with me.

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