WEDNESDAY:
Syracuse noise-rockers
Perfect Pussy
plays Metro Gallery with
Big Mouth
and
Multicult
.
Ken Gutberlet
plays casual tunes at Joe Squared. Local indie-pop band
Dreamcatcher
plays the Ottobar with
Modern Chemistry
. Weird shoegaze-folk punk Virginia band
Die Curious
plays the Sidebar with
Little Cricket
and
Johnny Commoner
.
THURSDAY:
Clay Davis
, a band named after
The Wire
's infamous crooked politician, plays the Sidebar with
Pandas
and
Cousin Sleaze
.
Rich and Hannah
harmonize at Joe Squared. The
Baltimore Boom Bap Society
begins another year of beats and rhymes at the Windup Space. Local singer-songwriter duo
Super City
plays the Ottobar with
Penny Pistolero
and
Pushing Giants
.
Don't miss:
The fifth installment of Club K's Baltimore Boredom, an experimental-music event inspired by the Tokyo Boredom festival, features the
Deckards
,
Echo Hey Hello
, and Kyoto, Japan's own
Ultra Bide
.
FRIDAY:
The
Blue Man Group
makes experimental music accessible to the masses with a little blue paint at the Hippodrome. Maryland rock institution
Jimmie's Chicken Shack
plays their 1999 album,
Bring Your Own Stereo
, at Rams Head Live, with
Pressing Strings
opening. Actual Maryland rock institution of learning
School of Rock Baltimore
presents its fall 2013 students at the Ottobar, with a program of covers ranging from funk to Green Day. Frederick indie-pop band
Ghost Hotel
plays Metro Gallery with
Joy Classic
,
Heavy Lights
, and the
Soothsayers
. Baltimore cover band
Doc's Holliday
(not to be confused with Georgia's Doc Holliday) plays Southern-rock favorites at Fish Head Cantina. Acoustic gypsy-jazz trio
Orchester Prazevica
performs at Joe Squared.
DELTAnine
and
Bunk Buddha
lay down electronic grooves at the 8x10. The Common Ground on the Hill concert series at the Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church presents long-running Virginia folk duo
Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
(and no, it's not that Robin Williams).
Don't miss:
Local indie-pop band
Eureka Birds
, whose animated video for the song "Fastest" has been making waves on the internet, play the Windup Space with
Josephine Olivia
.
SATURDAY: Shark Week
, the Washington, D.C. band that was controversially featured in the "Baltimore" episode of Geico's Indie Across America web series, comes back to town to play Metro Gallery with the
Whigs
and
Lushfarm
. Brooklyn's
Chris Ayer
and Baltimore's
ellen cherry
perform at Eutaw Place. The Creative Alliance at the Patterson hosts a winter luau with the
Hula Monsters
playing a Hawaiian swing-dance party. Baltimore's
Rhymes with Opera
ensemble brings a new, surreal and ambitious opera, "Red Giant," to the Windup Space for two shows, tonight and tomorrow afternoon. The
Dave Janesh Trio
plays jazz at Joe Squared. Saved by the '90s: A Party with the
Bayside Tigers
pays tribute to the decade you're still a little uncomfortable being nostalgic about at Rams Head Live.
School of Rock Baltimore
gets bluesy playing the music of Led Zeppelin and Jack White at the Ottobar. Downtempo EDM producer
Michal Menert
headlines Rams Head Live, with
Zoogma
opening. Both of David Lowery's beloved alt-rock bands,
Cracker
and
Camper Van Beethoven
, play an early show at the 9:30 Club.
SUNDAY:
The
Blue Man Group
finishes out a three-night run at the Hippodrome.
Don't miss:
The Creative Alliance at the Patterson holds a Cajun dance party with the
Pine Leaf Boys
.
MONDAY:
Baltimore pop-punk quintet
Pretty Little Kennedy Curse
plays sad songs about girls at the Sidebar with
Audiostrobelight
and
Count to Four
.
TUESDAY: Sal Bando
, presumably not the Milwaukee Brewers third baseman but the Baltimore band named after him, plays the Sidebar with
Sink Tapes
.
WEDNESDAY:
Internationally popular chamber ensemble
Duo Sonidos
performs at An die Musik. R&B singer
Sojourne
performs at Joe Squared. Linda Cain presents an acoustic open mic night at Fish Head Cantina.
IN THE WINGS: Fantasia
, whose
Side Effects of You
was one of the finest R&B albums of 2013, will continue her tour in support of the effort at the Meyerhoff on Feb. 28. (For more information, visit
or call [410] 783-8000.) Also on Feb. 28, Los Angeles rapper
Hopsin
will bring his Knock Madness Tour to the 8x10. (For more information, visit
or call [410] 625-2000.)
Scott Stapp
, "The Voice of Creed," as he is billed, will emanate pure grunge-messiah douche vibes at Baltimore Soundstage on April 6. (For more information, visit
or call [410] 244-0057.) Stapp's on-again-off-again bandmates in
Alter Bridge
will also be visiting Baltimore a couple weeks later, playing Rams Head Live on on April 21. (For more information, visit
or call [410] 244-1131.)
