Midnight Sun: Baltimore's music, clubs, nightlife, concerts and events from Wesley Case

Maryland Deathfest celebrates 10 years

The four-day underground metal festival draws crowds from as far away as Japan and continues to grow each year. So has Deathfest outgrown Sonar?

Justin Bieber to perform at Verizon Center in November

No longer a boy, not yet a man but most definitely a pop phenom, Justin Bieber will bring his headlining "Believe" tour to Verizon Center on Nov. 5.

A proper Midnight Sun introduction, only 10 months late

It’s somewhat strange to write an introduction on a blog you’ve been contributing to for the past 10 months, yet here I am, doing the Internet equivalent to the awkward honk and wave.

Music pictures and videos

Pictures: Billboard Music Awards 2012 - Best and worst moments

Pictures: Robin Gibb through the years

Pictures: Adam Levine and Maroon 5 at Preakness 2012

Maroon 5 keeps Preakness popping

The rockers reminded the crowd how deep their 10-year catalog is.

Preakness revelers try to catch sight of Maroon 5's Adam Levine

Twenty-year-old twins Kyla and Keegan Cytryn of Allentown, N.J., stood on their tip-toes to catch a glimpse of Adam Levine, the lead singer of Maroon 5, from the grass beside the outdoor stage.

Preakness 2012 Infield beer waits swell to 30 minutes

Revelers in the Preakness Infield were jovial Saturday morning, staking out prime spots -- near the track for some, and near concert stages for others.

Preakness infield largely laid-back

The crowd as a whole is behaving surprisingly lucid and laidback, enjoying their neon yellow mugs full of beer. Anyone turned off by the debauchery of say, five years ago, might want to consider coming back.

Onetime Preakness infielders upgrade to the grandstands

This year marks the second Preakness for both Dave Bowser and his girlfriend, Angela Alexander -- and both expect this experience to be quite different from their first.

Video: Wiz Khalifa performing at the Preakness InfieldFest

Video: Preakness 2012 -- Mr. Greengenes

Videos: Top 10 greatest hits by Donna Summer

Preakness graffiti under control, on a chalkboard

In the middle of the infield at Preakness 2012, there are six long horizontal blackboards filled with scribbles of neon chalk. The randomness of the grafitti is appropriately light-hearted and innocuous.

Beach House addresses Volkswagen advertisement controversy

Despite the Baltimore duo denying the car company use of its song "Take Care," there's a new ad with a similar sounding song.

Is Preakness' Kegasus played by a teetotaler?

Here's a strange twist to the already abnormal Kegasus story: he's played by John C. Bailey, a D.C. actor who has been "20 [years] clean and sober," according to a Deadspin story.

Review: Steel Panther at Rams Head Live May 17

Comedy clubs are littered with guys who can strum the guitar and tell jokes concurrently, but the key to a great musical comedy act is the strength of their musicianship.

R.I.P. Chuck Brown and Donna Summer, two legends

It's been a tough month for music fans, and the bad news hasn't slowed down.

Victoria Justice to perform at Maryland State Fair

Parents, prepare to be begged. Victoria Justice, aka Tori Vega on Nickelodeon's popular show "Victorious," will perform at this year's 131st Maryland State Fair.

The Black Keys, a rock band thriving in a world of pop

Hailing from Ohio, the garage-rock duo really lives on the road, winning over growing crowds and new fans the old fashioned way.

Review: Rusko at Rams Head Live May 14

It wasn't until nearly midnight when the Hollywood sign-like letters flashed on in the darkness to spell out Rusko.

Animal Collective's new album, 'Centipede Hz,' due in September

Check out the teaser video announcing the 11-song tracklist. And stream two new songs that won't make the album.

Could it be magic? Barry Manilow to play 1st Mariner Arena

Tickets go on sale next Saturday.

Does this remind you of Seacrets?

Midnight Sun alum Sam Sessa and I were both unfamiliar with Caribbean Secrets, the defendant in the trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Ocean City's Seacrets.

Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers at Verizon Center May 10

The most impressive thing about the Red Hot Chili Peppers¿ sold-out show had more to do with what the band played than how they played it.

Club Dubai to become Shakespeare theater in January

On Jan. 1, the mega-club's lease will end and so will its run at the historic Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company building.

Download Now: Kane Mayfield, 'Hydrants'

Baltimore rapper offers introspection, vivid imagery over a beat seemingly plucked from the early '90s.

Ocean City's Seacrets files another trademark infringement lawsuit

After winning a similar case last November, Ocean City's Seacrets has filed another trademark infringement lawsuit, this time against Baltimore restaurant Caribbean Secrets.

Yo Gotti stays connected to the streets

The Memphis rapper, who performs at Baltimore Soundstage this weekend, talks disappointing album sales, 'Road to Riches' tour.

Pictures: Baltimore food challenges

In the spirit of "Man vs. Food," our writers tackled the biggest food challenges the Baltimore-area has to offer. Read the stories behind the behemoths and see how our writers did.

Pictures: Beastie Boys' Baltimore-area concerts

In remembrance of Adam "MCA" Yauch, we compiled photos of the Beastie Boys performing in the Baltimore area.

Review: Slash at Rams Head Live May 3

The banner atop the stage during Thursday night's tour-opening performance said it all.

Q&A: Lower Dens' Jana Hunter

For Jana Hunter, the multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter of Lower Dens, album release dates typically mean anxiety and, once they're over, relief. But on the morning her group's second album, "Nootropics," hit stores, she said this day felt different.

Weekend's best bet: Lower Dens at the Ottobar

Hometown indie-heroes Lower Dens perform songs from its new album, 'Nootropics,' at the Ottobar on Saturday.

Beach House: Baltimore's biggest band turns its back on fame

After the duo's most successful album and tours to date, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally had fame in its grasps -- and then happily let go.

Review: Despite the drinks, new Fork & Wrench already feels stale

At the Fork & Wrench, the new bar/restaurant in Canton, spirits are laid out in an antique general-store display case.

Contrary to report, DuClaw Brewing continues talks for new brewery site in Harford

DuClaw Brewing Company is still negotiating to purchase a 167,000-square-foot warehouse in Harford County for a future brewery, the company's president and the site's broker said Tuesday, a project that could make the brewer a major player in the regional craft beer market.

Ocean City's Seacrets wins federal trademark infringement case, $50K in damages

Ocean City's Seacrets has won a federal trademark infringement case against a competitor that was using a similar brand name to market its chain of luxury resorts. The decision in Baltimore's U.S. District Court awards the megaclub $50,000 in punitive damages and a permanent injunction protecting its 'Seacrets' trademark.

About Wesley Case

Wesley Case is a south Jersey native and a Delaware grad. Since October 2008, I've worked at b, reporting music stories that focus on Baltimore's burgeoning scene and the music outside the city that matters to you. More ...

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