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Metro Gallery: Soon More Drinkier
The Metro Gallery’s tentative planned bar and stage renovations. The Metro Gallery, an arts and live music space in the Station North Arts District, plans to add a bar this spring thanks to its...
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SXSW: Sorry We Missed Your Band
| Image by joshsisk.com In principle, the South by Southwest festival is as much a trade show as New York’s massive CMJ Music Marathon, which sort of made us throw up in our mouths a little last fall....
View ArticleSonar Gets a Roommate, the Talking Head
The space at 203 Davis Street is once again empty. Noise just got off the phone with Talking Head booker/manager Adam Savage, and official word is that the club is moving posthaste around the corner...
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Mutek: Peak Time, Picnic Time
If you had a festival pass and a reasonable sense of humor, British duo Quiet Village‘s “show” on Saturday night was good comedy. For 20 minutes we waited in line to get into Metropolis’ smaller...
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Cold Summer: 2 Time Quitters, Raspberry Campaign, Engine, Ottobar, July 2
Raspberry Campaign | Image by Al Shipley If there was ever any doubt as to the effectiveness of the Ottobar’s air conditioning and ceiling fans, their worth was amply proven on Wednesday night. When...
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“Wzt Hearts No Longer”
A Wzt Hearts Incarnation Of Yore Strained under the pressures of maintaining a band long distance and many, many solo/side projects, the too-brief psych-noise quartet Wzt Hearts are disbanding,...
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Leak: Height With Friends, “The Woods” (from the forthcoming Baltimore...
Height With Friends A large part of Height‘s appeal as a rapper is his fraught, heady flow, not necessarily angry or urgent but ticked enough that you know business is meant. I’d have a hard time...
View ArticleDeath of a Rock and Roll Club
Sonar, one of Baltimore’s most storied, and troubled, music venues is officially closed as of today. The Huntington Beach, CA all female electro-sleaze pop trio the Millionaire$, Guantanamo Baywatch,...
View ArticleThrill Jockey Review
By Michael Shank There was a slight chill in the night air as Thrill Jockey and Baltimore cuddled up for a long night at the Ram’s Head this past Thursday to celebrate Thrill Jockey’s twenty years in...
View ArticleThe Emperor Returns
By Michael Shank It’s been nearly a decade since Godspeed You! Black Emperor last came through town. The cult band weathered a six year hiatus that ended in 2010. Times have changed since Godspeed...
View ArticlePigtown Festival Schedule 10/20/12
This year’s Pigtown Festival has an incredible line-up of music, featuring the legendary HR, Landis, and headliner Jenny Owen Youngs. 12 pm Karter Jaymes 1 pm HR and The Scotch Bonnets 2 pm Savannah...
View ArticleMoss Icon to play U+N Fest
Unregistered Nurse just announced that the “secret headliner” for the second day of U+N Fest on Nov. 10 will be the legendary punk band Moss Icon. For more information visit:...
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The Gritty Gang defines Pacquiaoed
A couple weekends ago, boxer Manny Pacquiao lost a fight to Juan Manuel Marquez, in a non-title bout that had no technical effect on his professional standing, but had a huge effect on his public...
View ArticleUPDATE: Recher Theatre to become Torrent Lounge
The Recher Theatre, a family-owned rock club in Towson, will close in late March after 15 years. When it re-opens in September, the large space on York Road will be a nightclub called Torrent Lounge....
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Bangers and Thrash’s 12 best moments of SXSW
Nick Cave stepping on my hand and offending a thousand NPR listeners Right off the plane, I got an email informing me that I had won a ticket lottery to see Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, which meant...
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Baltimore dirt bike rider flick wins award
This weekend, Lotfy Nathan won HBO’s Emerging Artist Award at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto for 12 O’Clock Boys, his documentary about Baltimore’s urban dirt bike riders, which premieres...
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“Rooms Fall Apart: A Serious Play” is not that serious, but totally worth it
By John Barry I came to Rooms Fall Apart: A Serious Play, a descendent of the Copy Cat Theatre’s Rooms Plays, now put on by Socially Engaged Arts and Performance Projects (SEAPP) as part of the...
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Member of “Baltimore Four” reviews “Hit & Stay” on 45th anniversary of...
David Eberhardt, 72, was a member of the Baltimore Four, who poured blood on draft files in Baltimore to protest the Vietnam War in 1967. For that he spent 21 months in federal prison, mainly at...
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An image-filled reflection on MICA’s Art Walk
By Michael Farley I arrived at MICA’s annual Art Walk preview of the 2013 undergraduate commencement exhibition severely underdressed and totally overwhelmed. The exhibition sprawls across MICA’s...
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MICA Art Walk Part II
Part II of my Art Walk experience. By Michael Farley This is a small sampling of the work I saw at MICA’s commencement exhibition; things I liked, things I loved, and things that made me think. In...
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MDF 2013: Pig Destroyer and Pelican
By Alex Milstein The first day sold out months before MDF even released all available tickets, and many were bummed that they had to miss great bands like Bolt Thrower and Pallbearer. Friday, the...
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Maryland Deathfest Day 3 recap: No studded items, plenty of top-notch...
By Alex Milstein King Buzzo of The Melvins. Photo by Josh Sisk. Day three of MDF started off great weather, impending tinnitus, and unusually high security. Many unhappy metal heads left their vests...
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More on Artscape Lineup
By Kimberly Uslin Legendary reggae band The Wailers, sprawling septet The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, southern rockers the North Mississippi Allstars, and R&B artist KEM will headline this year’s...
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Amidst lively historical detail, “City of Women” presents moral conundrum
By Michael Reyes Imagine you are on your way to work when your bus comes to an abrupt halt. This startles you, but it’s nothing out of the ordinary. A couple of uniformed men enter the bus, requesting...
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Buzzfeed loves Baltimore… or at least Honfest’s cartoon version
Ah, Honfest. It’s either a fun play on a classic Baltimore character or a potentially offensive caricature of working class women. Some of us hate it, some of us love it, but it would be rare to find a...
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City Paper’s guide to summer outdoor movie screenings
By Emily Glickman It’s officially summer, and longer days and warmer nights mean finding any excuse to be outside. What could be a better nighttime entertainment choice than hanging out in a park or...
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Preview: Plasmic Patterns at Baltimore Theatre Project
By John Barry Starting Thursday, Baltimore Theatre Project will be hosting Plasmic Patterns, a collaboration between choreographer/dancer Naoko Maeshiba and experimental musician/composer Andy...
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Martha Stewart wants your American-made stuff
You better not pout, you better not cry – and you certainly shouldn’t serve your summer soup without citrus garnish: Martha Stewart’s coming to town. Well, not the style diva herself, but her proxies....
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Animal Collective cancels July dates
By Michael McGurk Though you might have seen them a month ago at 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., Animal Collective fans from Maine to Michigan will have to wait a little longer to catch the...
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House of Cards makes history with Emmy nods
Although the first season of House of Cards left its scheming South Carolina congressman Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his historical legacy in a precarious situation, the show itself just...
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