WEDNESDAY:
A Fallen Blue Police Benefit Concert takes over Baltimore Soundstage with
Randy Jackson
,
AJ Pero
,
Steve Augeri
, and more.
Tatsuya Nakatani
reinvents percussion several times over at the Red Room at Normal’s Books and Records with
John Berndt
.
Don't miss:
Composers
Ronald Pearl
and
Paul Moravec
deliver two different takes on Shakespeare’s The Tempest at An die Musik with help from the
Atlantic Guitar Quartet
and more for another edition of the Evolution Contemporary series.
THURSDAY:
Small Sur
brings its immersive, plaintive drone-folk to the Metro Gallery with
Touch
and
Dodgers
. Ladies and gentleman,
Spiritualized
is floating in space at Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club.
Foghound
, a quality stoner-rock four-piece with some Baltimore vets in the cast, plays the Sidebar with
Orange Horse
and
Balor's Eye
. Charlottesville country-rock outfit
Sons of Bill
play the 8X10 with
Benny Marchant
and the
Preservation
.
June Star
goes unplugged at Joe Squared Station North.
Chris Lake
guests at the latest installment of the Bassdrop party at Baltimore Soundstage with
Cloud 9
. Baltimore pop-punk unit
Dead Mechanical
plays Charm City Art Space with
Dartagnan
,
Arms Aloft
, and
Widows Watch
. The Washington Jewish Music Festival takes over the Fillmore Silver Spring with headliner
Hadag Nahash
.
Don't miss: Tragedy
, the all-ruling crust band and not the Bee Gees tribute band of same name, is better than most other things at the Ottobar with
Occultist
,
Wargames
, and
TRIAC
; upstairs at the club, the Kowli Nights techno-plus dance party returns.
Pygmy Lush
, the closest living descendant of the late great Pg. 99, makes about the best folk translation of super-bleak early screamo you can imagine at the Golden West Cafe with
Screaming Females
and
Big Mouth
.
FRIDAY:
James Nasty
and
Antonio Harper
’s club-and-more weekly Physical Education takes over the Ottobar’s upstairs bar. Sci-fi hip-hop producer
Star Slinger
performs at Sonar with the
Hood Internet
.
Tideland
, the second Pg. 99 descendant to pass through in as many days, brings its gazey punk to the Golden West with
Unfair Roots
and
Heaviness of the Load
. Odenton post-grunge band
Enemy at the Gate
performs at Rams Head Live.
Amanda Otto
’s monthly mod bash Reaction! returns to the Sidebar with guests the
Stents
.
Nelly's Echo
brings its funk-groove-rock mix to the 8X10 with
Sticky Mulligan
.
Warren Wolf and Friends
, an ensemble indeed led by the Baltimore-based percussionist/vibes player Warren Wolf, perform at An die Musik.
Wing Dam
brings its way lo-fi bliss-pop/folk to the Windup Space with
Curse
and
Terrestrial Mass
. Postrock power-duo the
Water
plays Joe Squared Station North. Rather undersung new-folk outfit
Horse Feathers
(undersung at least in these here days of Bon Iver) perform at D.C.’s Black Cat. The M3 Rock Festival opens with the “Kix-Off Party” at Columbia’s Merriweather Post Pavilion with, yes,
Kix
,
Night Ranger
,
Enuff Z'nuff
, and more.
SATURDAY:
Proto-nu-metal titan
Fear Factory
plays Sonar with
Shadows Fall
and many more. Drag City psych-folk unit
P.G. Six
plays the Golden West with
Sri Aurobindo
and ex-Madagascar project
Nest
.
Vinny Vegas
finds life and actual creative space in alt-pop at the Metro Gallery with
Via Lotus
,
Storm the Beaches
, and the
Matrimonials
. Boston grind band
In the Shit
provides the music for the one-year anniversary party of the Sidebar’s regular horror night More Gore.
ALO
brings “their always-kaleidoscopic funk pop and roll” to the 8X10. Baltimore jazz drummer-of-note
Eric Kennedy
returns to An die Musik with his quartet. David Lynchfest Baltimore takes over the Windup Space, Baltimore’s most Lynchian venue, with music from the
Badalamenti Project
,
IED-IUD
, and
Mr. Seaweed
. The
Machine
does Pink Floyd at Baltimore Soundstage. Baltimore’s most-vital queer cabaret the Charm City Kitty Club celebrates a full decade of existence with a program dubbed ApocoLez NOW! at the Creative Alliance. A Ride for the Feast benefit takes over Charm City Art Space with music from
Paper Dragons
,
South Carey
,
Hey Hon
Let's Go!
, and the
Skipjack
. The M3 Rock Festival is an almost too perfect postcard from a particular era of rock at Merriweather Post Pavilion with
Ratt
,
Queensrche
,
Skid Row
,
Warrant
, and many, many more.
Don't miss:
The fifth annual Boundary Block Party takes over Pennsylvania Avenue and Presstman Street with a, yep, fairly boundary-crossing—boundaries? in Baltimore? crazy, right—lineup of music from
Horse Lords
,
J Pope and Funk Friday
, the
Todd Marcus Trio
,
DJ Knight Magic
,
Expressions of Faith Gospel Choir
, and much more.
SUNDAY:
Sax player
T.K. Blue
plays with his fairly self-explanatory band
Mostly Monk
at An die Musik. Rising (risen?) MC
Yo Gotti
performs at Baltimore Soundstage. The “Metal Lords’ Day” takes over Merriweather with
Rob Zombie
,
Megadeth
,
Lacuna Coil
, and more.
Double-bassist and composer
Mario Pavone
keeps Creative Differences’ Second Sunday Jazz Series on its winning streak at the Windup Space with an all-star band of
Dave Ballou
,
Eric Kennedy
, and
John Dierker
.
Don't miss:
True Widow
’s heavy, stoned gazing nicely offsets/balances
Secret Mountains'
folk-pop dream at the Golden West with
Wild Honey
.
MONDAY: Moon Hooch
brings its live band sax-and-drum take on house and dubstep to the Ottobar.
The soon-to-be-big
1,2,3
brings its ’70s-flavored pop-rock stylings to the Metro Gallery. Dubstep crossover pioneer
Rusko
is certainly better than a lot of things at Rams Head Live with
Sigma
.
Hear Hums
brings its post-Animal Collective drone-pop to the Golden West.
TUESDAY:
The Out of Your Head collective returns to the Windup Space for yet another round of improv exploration. The Dig party’s
DJ Napspace
and
Landis Expandis
take a much-needed week off. . . kidding! They’ll be at Joe Squared Station North but of course, fulfilling all of your weekly funk/breaks needs. All-female, all-Canadian metal band
Kittie
performs at Baltimore Soundstage. Psych-folk notables
MV and EE
play the Golden West.
Don't miss:
Baltimore’s
Eddie Brock
enacts power-violence upon Charm City Art Space with like-minded grind bands
D.O.C.
,
Six Brew Bantha
, and
Amputee
and punk-hop from
Napalm Def
.
WEDNESDAY:
Major-label indie-pop band
He Is We
plays the Ottobar with
Deas Vail
. Rob Perry’s monthly celebration of alt-Japanese culture Nippon Motion returns to the Sidebar. Singer/songwriter
Avi Wisnia
mixes up Brazilian bossa nova and americana at An die Musik. Remixologists-of-note the
Twelves
perform at Baltimore Soundstage. New York’s
Secret Music
shines some garage sun on the Golden West.
IN THE WINGS:
Right on the heels of the Maryland Death Fest, Swedish black-metal giant
Marduk
comes to Sonar with
1349
. (For more information visit sonarbaltimore.com or call [410] 783-7888.)
Dying Fetus
, the resurrected Maryland death-metal great, does awful things to Frederick’s Cafe 611 with
Revocation
and
Strong Intention
. (For more information visit sonarbaltimore.com.) Chicago glam mutant
Bobby Conn
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comes to the Golden West May 21. (For more information visit goldenwestcafe.com or call [410] 889-8891.)
