WEDNESDAY:
Justin Trawick's Nine Songwriter Series at the Metro Gallery features
Craig Cummings
,
Cris Jacobs
,
Joseph Scala,
and, obviously, many more. Instrumental explorers
Microkingdom
has special guests at the Windup Space.
Iron Reagan
and local feminist-punk ass-kickers
War on Women
is at the Golden West.
Cool Hand and the Swagger
get funky at Joe Squared Station North. New York noise punks
Tom Blacklung and the Smokestacks
play Club K with
Sister Model
and
Wool
.
THURSDAY:
Jazz tuba legend
Howard Johnson
performs at An die Musik. Cinderella frontman
Tom Keifer
performs at the House of Rock in White Marsh. The trash talkin', drink guzzlin'
Slow Jerks
play the Golden West with Short List pals
Thee Lexington Arrows
and the
Plurals
. Experimental jazz trio
Whoarfrost
plays the Windup Space with
Canary Oh Canary
.
Don't miss:
Eclectic Baltimore rap phenoms
Rye Rye
and
DDm
bring fast beats and faster rhymes to the Ottobar.
FRIDAY:
Yasiin Bey
, the rapper better known as conscious hip-hop veteran Mos Def, headlines Rams Head Live, with opening act
Watch the Duck
playing its bizarro dubstep rap hit "Poppin' Off." The
Night Marchers
, led by John Reis (Rocket From the Crypt, Hot Snakes), headline the Ottobar with
Dan Sartain
and
Mrs. Magician
. Upstate New York folkies
Caravela
and
This Old Ghost
play Joe Squared Station North. Flock Baltimore presents
Nu Fusion
, with
Skydivers
and
Fat Man Cat Bite
at the Sidebar. Talking Heads tribute band
Psycho Killers
play naive melodies at the 8x10 with
Trace Friends Mucho
. The
Queers
head into their fourth decade of good old-fashioned punk rock at the Metro Gallery with
Teenage Bottlerocket
. Philly R&B duo
Kindred the Family Soul
keeps it all in the family at Baltimore Soundstage.
Don't miss:
Forever Shining, Baltimore's seventh annual tribute to J Dilla, will feature appearances from the late hip-hop producer's mother, as well as his friend
DJ House Shoes
, and performances by local MCs like
Greenspan
and
Al Great
at the Windup Space.
SATURDAY:
Anoxia
holds a release party for its new video at Rams Head Live, with opening acts
Carbonstone
and
Chemical Red
. Lyrical Harlem rapper and sometime Cam'ron sidekick
J.R. Writer
headlines the 5 Seasons. Avant-jazz supergroup
Ches Smith and These Arches
hits the Windup Space. The Metro Gallery hosts Moveable Feets, a dance party fundraiser for Moveable Feast, with music by
DJ Landis Expandis
and
DJ John Eaton
. The
Omensetters
play bluegrass at Joe Squared Station North. Bass Nation at Baltimore Soundstage presents
Koan Sound
,
Gemini
, and
Bare Noize
.
Necropsy
gets morbid at the Golden West with
At the Graves
and
Dead Gods
.
Don't miss:
The Red Room hosts a night of noise including Brooklyn's
Bob Bellerue
and Baltimore's
Alex Strama
.
SUNDAY:
Baltimore Soundstage hosts Gorilla Music's battle of the bands, featuring
Your Last Descent
,
Jenny Hates Techno
, and many more. D.C. jazz trio
Blackman Murray Russo
plays An die Musik with special guests
Jeff Antoniuk
and
Rogerio Boccato
.
MONDAY:
98 Rock's Noise in the Basement brings
Pain
,
Soulful Aggression
, and
Street Parade
to the showcase's new home at the Ottobar.
Don't miss:
The veteran madcap, genre-bending California band
Fishbone
headlines Rams Head Live with
Kill Lincoln
.
TUESDAY:
An die Musik continues the eighth season of the Evolution Contemporary Music Series with
Missy Mazzoli
.
Lazlo Lee and the Motherless Children
rock the Sidebar with
Hard Dads
and
Dirty Fences
.
WEDNESDAY:
Local psych-rockers
Flying Eyes
play the Metro Gallery with
VietNam
and
Shark Week
.
Channing and Quinn
play folk at Joe Squared Station North.
IN THE WINGS:
The Recher Theatre is officially getting out of the concert business, to be remodeled as a nightclub called the Torrent Nightclub, and it looks like the last show at the Towson venue will be
Tall in the Saddle
, which plays a benefit for the Nikki Perlow Foundation on March 30. (For more information, visit
or call [410] 337-7178.)
Best Coast
will headline the Ottobar on April 2, sans any famous cats or boyfriends. (For more information, visit
or call [410] 662-0069.) Creative Differences will bring Dutch jazz ensemble
ICP Orchestra
to the Windup Space on April 12, but please spare us the juggalo jokes. (For more information, visit
or call [410] 244-8855.) Hometown R&B heroes
Dru Hill
probably helped make some babies in the '90s, and some of them may now be old enough to see the group at Rams Head Live on April 26. (For more information, visit
or call [410] 244-1131.)
