WEDNESDAY
:
Chester River Runoff
plays bluegrass at the Portside Tavern. The Sidebar is turning Japanese with the monthly
Nippon Motion
party. New Orleans-based singer-songwriter
Eric Lindell
headlines Baltimore Soundstage.
Microkingdom
brings some special guests to the Windup Space.
THURSDAY:
The Sidebar presents
Broken Hearts and Jaded Lovers
, an anti-Valentine's Day party featuring music by
Red This Ever
.
June Star
and
Jen Mack
play acoustic at Joe Squared Station North. New York psych-rock band
Psychic Ills
headline the Ottobar with
U.S. Girls
. The
Peabody Chamber Opera
's "Love And Let Love: Cabaret and Svadba, a Serbian Wedding Celebration" begins the first of four nights at the Theatre Project.
Don't miss:
Ken Stringfellow
, genius singer-songwriter and erstwhile member of the Posies, R.E.M., and Big Star, plays the Metro Gallery, with local chamber-pop combo
Eureka Birds
opening.
FRIDAY:
Lisa Doll and the Rock N Roll Romance
, an excellent new, local garage-rock band recently reviewed in
Maximumrocknroll
, play the Sidebar with
Chelsea Graveyard and the Screams at Midnight
. Veteran rap weirdo
Kool Keith
plays the Metro Gallery with Baltimore rap weirdos
AK Slaughter
,
Mickey Free
, and
Disturbed Individuals
.
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
, who have decades of experience at not being the slightest bit weird or interesting at all, headline Rams Head Live. Soul man
Bilal
sings at Baltimore Soundstage.
Hanzel und Gretyl
's probably-supposed-to-be-funny-but-not
Born to Be Heiled Tour
comes to Recher Theatre.
Swampcandy
plays some stomping Mississippi blues at the Ottobar with
Weener
and the
Bellevederes
.
Don't miss:
Ehse on Ice
, the wild annual Ehse Records event that combines live music and ice skating, features
Ed Schrader's Music Beat
and
Lexie Mountain Boys
at Mount Pleasant Ice Arena.
SATURDAY:
Guns N' Roses keyboardist
Dizzy Reed
takes a solo act to the House of Rock in White Marsh. Rams Head Live hosts the first night of Pirate Rob's Birthday Bash, featuring
Pasadena
and
Minlus and McCracken
. Terrible rapper ternt terrible band
Why?
plays the Ottobar with
Astronautalis
and
Dream Tiger
. Jam band the
Mantras
play the 8x10 with the
Jon Wood Band
. Indie locals
Red Vines
,
Infinite Honey
, and
Soon Clyde
play the Windup Space. The
Stents
and the
Idle Gossip
get mod at the Sidebar. Jenn Wasner's new pop project,
Dungeonesse
, celebrates Platonic love at the
Coward Shoe for the Friend Crush Ball
with
Mickey Free
,
Chiffon
, and more.
Don't miss:
Brooklyn-based electro-acoustic duo
Mountains
promote their recent Thrill Jockey album with a show at the Soft House.
SUNDAY:
Bosnian Rainbows
, the new band that Omar Rodriguez-Lopez broke up the Mars Volta to focus on, play the Ottobar with
Marriages
. The Roots Café Singer-Songwriter Series, hosted by
City Paper
contributor
Geoffrey Himes
, welcomes
Anne Watts
and
Howard Markman
to An die Musik. "Graveyard country" band
Red Sammy
holds a CD-release party with special guest
Steve Matanle
at the Windup Space. The second night of Pirate Rob's Birthday Bash at Rams Head Live has music from
Billy Lyve
,
Cheyne
,
Karissa Laren
, and more.
Classical Revolution
jams on strings at Joe Squared Station North.
Don't miss:
British R&B star
Marsha Ambrosius
sings the hits she's written, both for herself and for the likes of Michael Jackson, at Baltimore Soundstage.
MONDAY:
Singer-songwriters
Saul Conrad
and
Katie Schecter
perform at Bohemian Coffee House. The Ottobar is the new host of 98 Rock's
Noise in the Basement
.
TUESDAY: Three Days Grace
, who recently played musical chairs with another corporate rock band and borrowed the singer of
My Darkest Days
, co-headline the 1st Mariner Arena with
Shinedown
.
Antique Asylum
gets proggy at the Sidebar.
WEDNESDAY:
Local post-hardcore quartet
Bricklayer
plays the Sidebar with
Little War Twins
and
Watch for Waves
. Alt-rock hitmakers
Dirty Heads
and
Shiny Toy Guns
co-headline Rams Head Live.
Kung Fu
kicks it at the 8x10.
IN THE WINGS: Faster Pussycat
will kill, kill with just one original member at the House of Rock on March 28. (For more information, visit houseofrockbaltimore.com or call [410] 335-7111.)
Beach House
will almost certainly become the first local indie band in Baltimore to headline the Lyric Opera House on April 26, with
Lower Dens
opening, and special guest
Yo La Tengo
. (For more information, visit lyricoperahouse.com or call [410] 900-1150.)
Sting
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, enjoying his post-Bruno Mars moment of feeling a little less old and uncool than usual, will play Pier Six Pavilion on June 12. (For more information, visit piersixpavilion.com or call [410] 783-4189.)
