WEDNESDAY: Route 66
and the
Patty Reese Band
perform at the Maryland State Fair. Merriweather Post Pavilion gets a little bit country with
Luke Bryan
and
Thomas Rhett Akins
.
Don't miss:
The pretty awesome, newish Baltimore punk quartet
Blood Horses
play the Sidebar with
Sea Glass
,
Sin
,
Blackwolf Beach
, and the
Stents
.
THURSDAY:
This year's Scapescape festival kicks off at Station North Chicken Box with
Argonne
and the
Situation
.
Golden Gurls
play the Windup Space, with new local quintet
Mink Hollow
opening.
Zedd
, the dance-music producer currently riding high on the pop-radio hit "Clarity," brings his global tour to Rams Head Live. Captured Tracks band
Soft Metals
play the Metro Gallery with
Curse
and
L'Avenier
. New Jersey's
Pale Angels
and Baltimore's
Dead Mechanical
both play loud at the Charm City Art Space. Portland's
Pure Bathing Culture
plays the Ottobar with
Feathers
and the
Jennifers
.
Don't miss:
Sugar, we're going down to Timonium to see
Fall Out Boy
headline the Maryland State Fair.
FRIDAY:
Scapescape kicks into high gear with great bills at several locations, including
Joan of Arc
at the Metro Gallery,
Weekends
at the Crown,
Lizz King
at Liam Flynn's Ale House, and
Rye Rye
at the Charles Street parking lot. The Creative Alliance at the Patterson says farewell to the summer with a concert by the bands
Community
,
Matt Beale and the Shakes
, and
PBJamz
.
AfroZep
combines the music of Led Zeppelin with Fela Kuti and other afrobeat artists at the Ottobar.
Telesma
puts on a multimedia extravaganza of music and visual arts at Rams Head Live, with
See-I
and
Deaf Scene
opening.
Don't miss:
The revitalized
Mic Life Magazine
presents Quest for Fire, an evening of hip-hop and spoken word at the Arena Players with
Kane Mayfield
,
Shodekeh
,
E the Poet-Emcee
,
Jahiti
, and more.
SATURDAY:
The Homegrown Back 2 School Concert at the Shake and Bake Family Fun Center kicks off at 1
, with performances by local rappers such as
Greenspan
and
Don Trunk
. Greenspan also performs later in the evening at PEDX's event Glory: A Night of Art and Fashion.
TT the Artist
,
Schwarz
,
83 Cutlass
, and more perform at Leon's for the latest Guttah Ball event, hosted by Abdu Ali and
City Paper
contributor Lawrence Burney. Scapescape festivities tonight include
Murder Mark
and the
Get 'Em Mamis
at the Windup Space,
Blaqstarr
at the Broom Factory Factory, and the
Great American Canyon Band
and
Small Sur
at the North Avenue parking lot. Trombonist
Reginald Cyntje
holds a release party for his new album,
Love
, at An die Musik. Gorilla Music presents a battle of the bands at the Ottobar.
Young Jaguars
and the
Evil Streaks
play a matinee at the Sidebar, while the
Sound of Security
and
Pandas
have a show there later that evening. The Red Room features a duo performance by
T.J. Borden
on cello and
Paul Cain
on homemade instruments.
Don't miss:
Baltimore-based producer
Nicholas Sjostrom
performs with an all-star band at the Patterson Theatre, with
Caleb Stine
opening.
SUNDAY:
Rock-radio hitmakers
Three Days Grace
perform at the Maryland State Fair, minus the singer you hear on all their radio hits.
John Lamkin II
, the director of bands and coordinator of music education at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, celebrates his birthday with a trumpet and flugelhorn performance at An die Musik. Maryland heartland rockers
Chris Reynolds
and His Fantastic Steam Powered Orchestra
headline Rams Head Live with
Joint Effort
and
Harlen Simple
.
Don't miss:
Scapescape 2013 finishes up, with perhaps the best bill of the year's fest tonight at the Windup Space, with
Mt. Royal
,
Arbouretum
,
Soul Cannon
, and more.
MONDAY:
Local zydeco band the
Crawdaddies
performs at the Maryland State Fair.
TUESDAY:
Joe Squared reopens after over a week of renovations with
Dig
,
Landis Expandis
, and
DJ Napspace
's dance party. Symphonic power-metal band
Kamelot
headlines Baltimore Soundstage with
Delain
and
Eklipse
.
WEDNESDAY: Wolf Eyes
headline the Metro Gallery, with great local weirdos
Horse Lords
and
Twig Harper
opening. Worthless nerdcore rapper
MC Chris
headlines the Ottobar and possibly acts like a baby and ejects his own fans from shows like he often does.
IN THE WINGS:
Timeless Gap Band frontman and resurgent solo star
Charlie Wilson
will sing his hits at the Meyerhoff on Oct. 6. (For more information, visit bsomusic.org or call [410] 783-8000.) It's really hard to say what's more depressing: that metal shlockmeisters
Avenged Sevenfold
are big enough to headline the Baltimore Arena, as they will on Oct. 8, or that the far superior
Deftones
have to suffer the indignity of being their opening act. (For more information, visit baltimorearena.com or call [410] 347-2020.) Unregistered Nurse Booking has announced the lineup for U+Nfest 2, on Oct. 17 at the Metro Gallery and Oct. 18 and 19 at the Ottobar, including
Pissed Jeans
,
Weekend
,
Ed Schrader's Music Beat
, and many more. (For more information, visit
and
or call [410] 244-0899.) Washington D.C.'s the
Dismemberment Plan
recorded their new album,
The Uncanney Valley
, in Baltimore, but you'll have to drive down to their hometown to see them this fall at the 9:30 Club on Oct. 19 and 20. (For more information, visit
or call [202] 265-0930.)
