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Photo: Cymbals Eat Guitars at Middle East Downstairs

Cymbals Eat Guitars, live at the Middle East Downstairs, September 5, 2009.

By JEROME ENO | September 8, 2009

Photo: Jerome Eno

Cymbals Eat Guitars | Middle East Downstairs | Sept. 5. 2009

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Sweet Dichotomy
No Age are a punk duo from Los Angeles. A week ago Monday at the Middle East downstairs, their clothes helped explain what they were up to.
Slideshow: Joe Budden at Middle East Downstairs
At the Middle East Downstairs
Review: The Thermals at the Middle East downstairs
You know summer's almost here when the pipes that snake along the low ceiling of the Middle East downstairs start beading up with sweat in the middle of a show.
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Sweet Dichotomy
No Age are a punk duo from Los Angeles. A week ago Monday at the Middle East downstairs, their clothes helped explain what they were up to.
Slideshow: Joe Budden at Middle East Downstairs
At the Middle East Downstairs
Review: The Thermals at the Middle East downstairs
You know summer's almost here when the pipes that snake along the low ceiling of the Middle East downstairs start beading up with sweat in the middle of a show.
Slideshow: The Thermals at the Middle East downstairs
Portland's The Thermals at the Middle East downstairs
Photos: Eek-a-Mouse at the Middle East Downstairs
Eek-a-Mouse, live at the Middle East Downstairs, July 23, 2009
Slideshow: Easy Star All-Stars at the Middle East downstairs
Easy Star All-Stars at the Middle East downstairs
Review: The Walkmen at Middle East
It was strange to see the sparse instrumentation from which NYC’s The Walkmen drew their atmospheric, honey-dipped sound last Friday at the Middle East.
High On Fire | Snakes For The Divine
Joining a metal band as a young 'un is a bit like getting hired as a burger flipper: you may dream of one day becoming Ray Kroc, but after years of toil, grease, and ridicule, you'll probably settle for store manager.
Xiu Xiu | Dear God, I Hate Myself
The reigning King of Discomfort, Jamie Stewart, and his new bandmate, Angela Seo (who took Cold Caveward–bound Caralee McElroy's place last year), recently released a video for this album's title track in which Seo forces herself to puke in front of the camera.
Review: Melt-Banana at Middle East Downstairs
For the unfamiliar, trying to figure out what's going on at a Melt-Banana live show is sort of like trying to transcribe the gibberish conversations of your characters in The Sims. It's really confusing and unproductive.
Slideshow: Bajofondo at Middle East downstairs
Photos from Bajofondo at the Middle East downstairs
Photos: High on Fire at the Middle East
Phantom warlords High on Fire demolish the Middle East with their bonecrushing steamroller of metal.
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