WEDNESDAY:
Canadian alt-folk songwriter
City and Colour
plays Rams Head Live with
David Bazan
. New York synth-pop band
Suckers
totally fall for it at the Ottobar with
Devin
and
Minimus the Poet
.
Don't miss:
Erik Deutsch
, the pianist, composer, and early Charlie Hunter Band member, celebrates a record release at An die Musik. DJ Rice’s art-punk/post-dub one-man project
Teenage Souls
performs at the Windup Space with
Jonathan Badger
,
Bard and Moustache
, and the
French Kings
.
THURSDAY:
The
Bryson Dudley Band
does garage-steeped pop songs for summer at the Windup Space with
Raindeer
. The
Zac Brown Band
brings its college-y fusion to Columbia’s Merriweather Post Pavilion.
Don't miss:
Prepared/improv guitar traveler
Janet Feder
reinvents folk music at An die Musik.
FRIDAY:
With Lions
, the orchestral-indie live-soundtrack project of Lake Trout’s Anthony “Woody” Ranere and Benzos’ Christian Celaya, performs at the Ottobar with the
Water
and
Among Wolves
. “Its Yourz Vol 3” takes over the Talking Head with
Stellar Stylee
and
Droosie
. Early-days Bad Bay Records MC
Black Rob
takes the mic at Sonar. Washington, D.C. alt-rock band
Kim Cameron
and the
Side FX
play Rams Head Live with
Eva Jade Landon
. Jazz vocalist and composer
Maria Neckam
performs with her quartet at An die Musik. Baltimore tough-guy/“beatdown” hardcore band
Stout
returns to the Sidebar with
Lifeless
and
Hardside
. New Orleans funk-rock band
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
play the 8X10. The
Bellevederes
, still Baltimore’s reigning all-in ’60s soul cover band, perform at the Windup Space with
Alma Tropicalia
. The
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
does a program centered around Mozart and Beethoven at the Meyerhoff. The Capital Jazz Fest takes over Merriweather Post Pavilion all weekend with
George Benson
,
Fourplay
,
India Arie
, and many, many more.
Don't miss:
Art-pop songwriter and great voice-haver
Joseph Mulhollen
celebrates a record release with a first-ever full-band show at the Golden West Cafe with
Amy Reid
. (For disclosure’s sake, I’m employed at the Golden West in a non-music-related capacity.)
SATURDAY:
DJs
Matt Walter
and
Craig Boarman
helm the Ottobar’s eighth annual “Pretty in Pink ’80s Prom.” Scandinavian black-metal heavies
Marduk
and
1349
make hell at Sonar.
Eureka Birds
bring their generally underappreciated baroque indie-pop to the Metro Gallery with
Dance for the Dying
and
Vasco
. Frontiers does Journey at Rams Head Live.
Misto di Voci
, a classical-plus trio dedicated to performing music from underserved communities, performs at An die Musik. The quirk-pop extraordinaires of
Squaaks
celebrate a record release at the Windup Space with the
Matrimonials
and
Thee The The
. Rock-rock guitarist
Steve Kimock
plays Baltimore Soundstage. The
Psyched
, a total rock blast with some DNA from ex-band of awesome mutants the Apes, plays the Golden West with
Horse Lords
and the
Thing With Two Heads
.
SUNDAY:
Hop Along
puts a spring in the Golden West’s step with the ’90s throwback dream-punk of
Dee and the Warlocks
and
Brendan Sullivan
. Electro-rock duo
Phantogram
plays Rams Head Live.
Arty Hill
and
Andrew Grimm
guest at this month’s edition of
City Paper
contributor Geoffrey Himes’ Roots Cafe songwriters series at An die Musik.
Curren$y
brings his Jet Life Tour 2012 to Baltimore Soundstage with a long list of supporting names.
MONDAY:
Baltimore singer/songwriter
Mike McFadden
plays the Ottobar with
Justin Jones
.
TUESDAY:
Landis Expandis
and
DJ Napspace
’s Dig weekly doesn’t rest at Joe Squared Station North.
Don't miss:
The Out of Your Head collective goes in for another round of improv exploration at the Windup Space.
WEDNESDAY:
Man Man,
one of the more perfect encapsulations of weird-indie going, performs at the Ottobar with
Raleigh Moncrief
. The Boom Bap Society,
Wendel Patrick
and
Erik Spangler
’s monthly exploration of hip-hop’s outer limits, takes over the Windup Space.
Pusha T
, of Clipse fame and a still fairly fresh Kanye West GOOD Music signee, performs at Baltimore Soundstage with
Future
.
Don't miss:
Resurrected Maryland death-metal great
Dying Fetus
does awful things to Frederick’s Cafe 611 with
Revocation
,
Strong Intention
, and more.
IN THE WINGS:
D.C. ska band the
Pietasters
make their semiregular Baltimore outing at the Ottobar June 29 with the
Ducky Boys
. (For more information visit theottobar.com or call [410] 662-0069.)
Wordsmith
releases his next album June 22 at Sonar. (For more information visit sonarbaltimore.com or call [410] 783-7888.)
Nada Surf
is popular so popular at Rams Head Live July 5. (For more information visit ramsheadlive.com or call [410] 244-1131.)