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Know Your MAG 2016: You Bred Raptors?

February 10, 2016 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on Know Your MAG 2016: You Bred Raptors? Share this Know Your MAG 2016: You Bred Raptors?

If you’ve ever traveled to New York City, you may have encountered You Bred Raptors? if you’ve gotten around by subway. They do this legally through a city program called “Music Under New York”. Obviously inspired by the famous quote from Jurassic Park, they have incorporated dinosaurs into their music with song titles, album art and their overall philosophy.

However, they have been around for a while. The band was born out of the ashes of This Place is Haunted, a MAGFest veteran and seminal video game band rocking all the way back to MAGFest 4 which happened way back in 2006 – so they’re practically legit dinosaurs.

<a href="http://youbredraptors.bandcamp.com/album/grant">Grant by You Bred Raptors?</a>

Grant, their latest album features more of their wonderful personal sound blending sweet guitar riffs, solid cello action and just-right percussion.

You Bred Raptors? is made up of Peat Rains who plays 8-String Bass, Kinderklavier, and Glockenspiel; Bryan Wilson who plays the Cello, and Manny Guevara on the Drums. You can watch them in action in the video below which they recently posted on Youtube which they did for a NPR contest.

They’ll be playing MAGFest Saturday at 5:00pm in the Potomac Ballrooms. Be sure to check them out, and if you can’t make MAGFest this year you might still be able to catch them in the New York City subway system.
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MAGFest 12 Main Stage Concert Line-Up Announced

December 4, 2013 | Michael Hoffmann | 1 Comment Share this

MAGFest 12 has revealed its performance roster for the Main Stage concerts taking place at the upcoming festival in National Harbor, Maryland. The line-up this year will include the North American concert debuts of Machinae Supremacy and MegaDriver. These concerts are in addition to the previously announced MAG Prom and Stage 2 concerts, as well as the Chiptune Showcase and EDM Battle concerts. The Main Stage concerts for this upcoming MAGFest will feature a wide range of genres, including classical guitar, hip-hop, and metal.

The Main Stage performance roster is as follows:

Thursday Night Main Stage (6 PM – 12 AM)

– Knights of the Round
– Urizen
– Random
– Bit Brigade

Friday Night Main Stage (6 PM – 12 AM)

– Super Guitar Bros
– The Megas
– This Place is Haunted
– MegaDriver

Saturday Night Main Stage (6PM – 12AM)

– On Being Human
– The X-Hunters
– Those Who Fight
– Machinae Supremacy

The times of performances are subject to change. Information and updates on MAGFest events, tickets, hotels, guests, and performers can be found on the official MAGFest website at http://www.magfest.org/. Be sure to check out all of the concerts happening at MAGFest including the Stage 2, EDM Battle, MAGProm, and the Chiptune Showcase. A handful of us from Original Sound Version will be attending MAGFest to cover events and the concerts as well. It’s looking like an exciting set of concerts for MAGFest 12. Hope to see you there.
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MAGFest X Night 2: Everyone’s Doing Metroid! (Well, Except The Megas)

January 7, 2012 | Jayson Napolitano | 4 Comments Share this

We had a fun-filled evening last night here at MAGFest with some of the top acts including ARMCANNON, This Place is Haunted, Metroid Metal, and The Megas. That’s in addition to the chiptune concert and the acts on stage 2 this year (which included The OneUps) which we’ll cover in another post. Needless to say, there’s endless music going on this year and it’s been difficult to keep up!

Still, we had a great time at last night’s concerts, so join us after the jump for our impressions and photos. (more…)
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MAGFest 8: Night 2 (Feat. ARM CANNON, The OneUps, Mustin’s Feet)

January 3, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this

[Above: The stinky feet of Mustin. I told him we’d be posting them!]

Another night, another great list of bands here at MAGFest 8. Tonight’s concert was probably the one I was anticipating most, as I was looking forward to hearing ARM CANNON live after being impressed with their CD, and of course, my favorite game music band, The OneUps. That’s not to say the other bands weren’t good, as everyone had something to offer.

From the small orchestral ensemble that is Select Start to the rock stylings of This Place is Haunted, ARM CANNON, and Temp Sound Solutions, to the jazzy flavor of the OneUps, night 2 offered up a lot of variety as well as a few surprises.

Read our impressions of last night’s concerts after the jump. (more…)