New Flesh, Kowli Nights, James Nasty, Wax, Thursday, and more.

By Michael Byrne

Dec 21, 2011 3:00 AM

WEDNESDAY:

Baltimore noise-rock outfit the

New Flesh

comes out of hiding at the Golden West with

Roomrunner

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, the new band from Double Dagger’s Denny Bowen, and noise-jazz-whatchamacallit

Microkingdom

Winks

bring their dream-pop sex jams to the Golden West Cafe with

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Soft Cat

THURSDAY:

The Kowli Nights dance party brings techno and various non-sucky things that mix well with techno to the Ottobar’s upstairs bar. Ace Baltimore/Annapolis noise-rock band

Bad Biology

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scrapes its vocal chords out all over the Sidebar with

Shat Shorts

Gloom Beam

, and

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Bubonic Bear

. Clarinetist

Yunhong Chi

and pianist

Ran Duan

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do a free show at An die Musik.

Charles Feelgood

DJ Who

, and

Uncle Jesse

spin at Bassdrop’s holiday party at Mosaic Lounge.

FRIDAY:

James Nasty

and

Antonio Harper

’s Physical Education party doesn’t miss a beat upstairs at the Ottobar. Right on time, the mini-festival that is the Baltimore Bass Connection’s holiday party takes over Sonar with

Spank Rock

WIN WIN

White Life

Shuttle

Carter Tanton

Ron Darko

Contra

, and more. Baltimore hair-metal band extraordinaire

Kix

does its yearly Kix-Mas thing at Rams Head Live with

King Belvedere

and the

Factory

. Former Bridge frontman

Cris Jacobs

plays with his new band (just the Cris Jacobs Band) at the 8X10 with

Dropping Sully

. The

Thorn Apples

make “junkgrass” music at the Windup Space with

Sea Couch

and the

Highland Hill Boys

. The

Gunson Roses

holiday spectacular takes over Joe Squared Station North with much jazz/rock/funk/kitchen-sink cheer. Lutherville alternaband

Cinder Road

plays Towson’s Recher Theatre.

SATURDAY:

What?

SUNDAY:

Oh, hello Christmas. Fuck you, Christmas.

MONDAY:

Calvert County rapper-done-good

Wax

, who went from YouTube blowup to Def Jam this year, apparently, does two nights at the 8X10. DJ

James Nasty

spins at Joe Squared Power Plant.

TUESDAY:

Emo/screamo soon-to-go-on-hiatus big name

Thursday

plays D.C.’s 9:30 Club with

meWithoutyou

, Screaming Females, and more. Southern Maryland skate-punk band

Soulful Aggression

plays the Sidebar with

Disastrous Consequences

(who’re celebrating an EP release),

Hellcat Maggie

, and

Angry Youth

. The Out of Your Head collective brings in another round of improvisers for deep-space travels at the Windup Space.

Landis Expandis

and

DJ Napspace

’s Dig weekly gets ‘em on the floor at Joe Squared Station North.

Scottie B

mans the decks at Joe Squared Power Plant.

WEDNESDAY:

Dark Star Orchestra

does the Grateful Dead at Rams Head Live;

Project/Object

does Frank Zappa at Baltimore Soundstage. New Jersey grind band

Budd Dwyer

makes hell at the Sidebar with

Downfall of Gaia

Vestiges

, and more. Pianist

Marc Irwin

pairs with theater vocalist

Daniel Schwait

at An die Musik. Singer/songwriter/MC/beatboxer

Queen Earth

performs at the Bohemian Coffee House.

IN THE WINGS:

A still-reunited

Dru Hill

comes to Rams Head Live Jan. 21, 2012, with

Sisqo

and

Black Angel Down

(for more information visit ramsheadlive.com or call [410] 244-1131). Dub Nation celebrates three years of being Dub Nation at Baltimore Soundstage Jan. 28, 2012, with

Vaski