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Video: Midtown Dickens at Craig’s House, 9/18/09

by Andrew Hibbard on September 19, 2009

After the Yo La Tengo show last night, Midtown Dickens played an intimate house show in Durham with Box Elders that was, per the usual, delightful. Check out the videos below for a glimpse of what you missed (or didn’t if you were lucky enough to be there).

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Video: Midtown Dickens Cover Sonny & Cher, 08/28/09

by Andrew Hibbard on August 31, 2009

In what might be one of the cutest moments ever captured on film, Midtown Dickens covered the Sonny & Cher anthem “I Got You Babe,” with Kym Register and Catherine Edgerton serenading one another and a delighted audience. Watch the video below, and click here for more video of their packed, sweaty Friday night performance [...]

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Midtown Dickens celebrated the release of their second LP, Lanterns, Friday at the Duke Coffeehouse. The band–augmented by a quartet of horns and Megafaun’s Brad and Phil Cook–spent the time between songs thanking all their friends and those who enabled the album–it was like a bearable Oscars acceptance speech with great metaphors about babies. But [...]

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Slideshow: Midtown Dickens Rehearsal, 08/23/2009

by Maddie Lieberberg on August 27, 2009

Midtown Dickens is releasing its second album, Lanterns, Sept. 16 but are celebrating the release tomorrow night at the Duke Coffeehouse. You can read more about Lanterns and Midtown Dickens in today’s recess.
And to see more of Simeon Law’s photos of the band’s brass-filled practice, click here.

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Des Ark, Mount Moriah Join Midtown Dickens Release Party

by Andrew Hibbard on August 5, 2009

More details concerning the release party for Midtown Dickens’ new album Lantern. Opening the show will be Mount Moriah and Des Ark’s Aimee Argote, doing a solo gig. The album, called a “multimedia package,” contains a CD, vinyl, a download code for a digital copy as well as a 16-page collage/lyric booklet. And there’s the [...]

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Duke Coffeehouse Schedule: Fall 2009

by Andrew Hibbard on August 3, 2009

We recently got a glimpse at the Coffeehouse’s fall schedule and Duke’s small-but-venerable venue has just released it’s schedule through September. You can check it out at the Coffeehouse Web site and also see it below.
August 2009
8/22 – Freshmen Orientation Party
8/28 – Midtown Dickens CD Release Party ft. Lost in the Trees and more guests
8/29 [...]

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