WEDNESDAY: Bosley
and
J Pope
begin a
Funk Friday
residency at the 8x10.
Toad the Wet Sprocket
's
Dulcinea
was on the low kind of a jam, which their audience at Baltimore Soundstage surely knows.
"Weird Al" Yankovic
's funhouse-mirror image of the last three decades of pop hits comes to Rams Head Live.
Don't miss:
An die Musik presents a "Ciné-Concert," with
Hesperus
improvising a score for the 1914 silent film serial
Judex, The Mysterious Avenger
.
THURSDAY:
WTMD's First Thursday Concerts in West Mount Vernon Park features
Alpha Rev
,
Goldspot
, and
Ivan and Alyosha
. Indie boldface names the
National
and
Dirty Projectors
co-headline Merriweather Post Pavilion. Vocalist
Kristen Callahan
performs at An die Musik. Boston quartet
Pretty and Nice
plays the Ottobar with
Balkan Falcon
.
Sac Au Lait
gets jazzy at Joe Squared. Northampton, Mass.'s
Potty Mouth
plays the Golden West with the
Waverly Giant
. Brit punks
Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls
headline Rams Head Live.
Kill Lincoln
leaps from the balcony at the Sidebar. The pride of Baltimore,
Beach House
, headlines the 9:30 Club in Washington.
FRIDAY: Emy Tseng
plays Brazilian jazz at An die Musik. West Coast jam band
Tea Leaf Green
headlines Baltimore Soundstage. Friend of the Short List
Alex Champagne
of a Cat Called Cricket begins a monthly residency at Joe Squared. Canadian alt-rock hitmakers
Metric
plays Rams Head Live. The
Bryson Dudley Band
rocks at the Windup Space. The
School of Rock Baltimore
presents a tribute to Pink Floyd at the Ottobar. The first night of the Capital Jazz Fest at Merriweather Post Pavilion features
Will Downing
and
Avery Sunshine
.
Donegal Xpress
plays Irish rock at Belvedere Square's Summer Sounds Concert Series. Massachusetts grindcore band
Hivesmasher
plays the Sidebar with
Cognitive
and
Bury the Memories
.
Don't miss:
Celebration
headlines the Metro Gallery with
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang
.
SATURDAY:
With the last-minute cancellation of the Moonrise Festival, which was to take place this weekend, many of the fest's acts have made arrangements for other shows in the area, including
Pretty Lights
at Pier Six Pavilion and
Infected Mushroom
at Baltimore Soundstage.
Mint Condition
fulfills all your '90s slow-jam needs at Rams Head Live.
Telesma
gets groovy and tribal at the 8x10 with
Consider the Source
.
Herd of Main Street
plays Americana rock at Joe Squared. Creative Differences takes over the Windup Space for the weekend with
Gerald Cleaver
and
Lafayette Gilchrist
. Danish bassist
Anne Mette Iversen
performs at An die Musik. The Capital Jazz Fest carries on at Merriweather Post Pavilion with
Chaka Khan
and the
Robert Glasper Experiment
.
Don't miss:
Treefort
,
Julia Weldon
,
Careers
, and more play a benefit for Charm City Art Space.
SUNDAY: Lotus
, another act originally scheduled to perform at the Moonrise Festival this weekend, takes their show to Baltimore Soundstage.
Social Distortion
, still hoarse and grizzled after all these years, plays Rams Head Live. Local punks
Sea Patterns
play Charm City Art Space with
Ex Wife
,
Arab Spring
, and
USSA Pleasuredome
. Jazz guitarist
Rafal Sarnecki
performs at An die Musik. Indie folkie
Father John Misty
headlines the Ottobar, with the
Red Vines
opening.
Ledisi
and the
Whispers
serenade you at the Capital Jazz Fest at Merriweather.
Don't miss:
The Windup Space's Creative Differences Weekend Edition continues with
Lucian Ban
and
Mat Maneri
.
MONDAY:
English indie-rockers
Foals
and American indie-rockers with an unsettling arrest record
Surfer Blood
play Rams Head Live together.
Wild Nothing
and
Wildhoney
get presumably wild at the Metro Gallery.
Animal Collective
begins a three-night run at the 9:30 Club in Washington.
TUESDAY: Ariel Pink's
Haunted Graffiti
headlines the Ottobar.
Don't miss:
Lisa Doll and the Rock N Roll Romance
shred at Golden West with
Bad Coyotes
and
Whiff
.
WEDNESDAY: Sting
brings his current, bass-centric tour to Pier Six Pavilion. Local rockers the
Stalking Horses
and the
Honest Mistakes
play the Ottobar.
Bosley
and
J Pope
and
Funk Friday
are back at the 8x10. Blake Schwarzenbach's
Mobile Disco Decathlon
, featuring the former Jawbreaker frontman, plays the Metro Gallery with
Us and Us Only
, who played a show with the Short List recently and were amazing. Vermont folk-rockers
Alpenglow
plays Joe Squared. Pianist
Irina Nuzova
performs at An die Musik.
Don't miss:
The Lyric Opera House hosts the Kings of the Mic Tour, with hip-hop legends including
LL Cool J
,
Ice Cube
,
Public Enemy
, and
De La Soul
.
IN THE WINGS:
Dorky alt-rock institutions
Barenaked Ladies
,
Ben Folds Five
, and
Guster
will join forces at Merriweather Post Pavilion on July 15. (For more information, visit merriweathermusic.com or call [410] 715-5550.) This year's Artscape, running from July 19 to July 21, will feature R&B from
Kem
and
Bridget Kelly
, blues from the
North Mississippi All-Stars
, and reggae from the
Wailers
on the main stage. (For more information, visit artscape.org or call [410] 752-8632.) Noise-rap provocateurs
Death Grips
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will come to the Ottobar on Aug. 9, if they don't fuck around and cancel a whole tour at the last minute, like they did last year. (For more information, visit theottobar.com or call [410] 662-0069.)
- Jazz
- Pink (singer)
- Artscape
- Infected Mushroom (music group)
- De La Soul (music group)
- Barenaked Ladies (music group)
- Wild Nothing (music group)
- Frank Turner
- Social Distortion (music group)
- Chaka Khan
- Foals (music group)
- Guster (music group)
- Pretty Lights (music group)
- Lotus (music group)
- Animal Collective (music group)
- Lyric Opera of Baltimore