Baltimore's Most Fun Punks Drop a New Video, Wisdom, and a Show in Philly Next Month
"Politics have always been intertwined with music. I don't feel there's more of it now; it depends on what's happening in the world at any given moment." -Tommy Rouse
Baltimore's Most Fun Punks Drop a New Video, Wisdom, and a Show in Philly Next Month
"Politics have always been intertwined with music. I don't feel there's more of it now; it depends on what's happening in the world at any given moment." -Tommy Rouse
The Upendo Trumpeter Discusses the Band's New Album, Influences, and Love as a Volcano
In Upendo's latest album "For the Love of it All" the band brings experience and heritage to new compositions.
Micah Wood and Christopher Chester on Creatively Archiving Baltimore
A new photo book, Scene Seen, weaves together 85 bands, over 200 portraits, and 300 pages into a tribute to Baltimore’s creative resilience, documenting the essence of the music scene from 2016 to 2024.
Authorship, Remix, and Identity in the Age of AI
"In a world of mass production, I believe it's important not to be too precious about the original. As an artist, I encourage others to borrow, alter, or even mess with my work. I find excitement in the idea that my work can evolve and change. It’s about the spirit of making art..."
Ahead of Their September 22nd Show at Rams Head Live, McNew Reflects on a 40-Year Career
Yo La Tengo is a group that embodies a unique essence—their music is romantically heartfelt yet slightly whimsical, hiding a touch of noise within its melodic beauty.
Fussell's New Album "When I'm Called" Offers an Untraditional Take on America's Musical Traditions
Last month Jake Xerxes Fussell brought luminous, heartwarming guitar and deeply sentimental singing to Metro Gallery for his Baltimore debut.
The Vocalist Reflects on Three Decades of Growth, Songwriting, the American Dream, and Going Home to Family in Japan
"If I were genuinely paralyzed by my own criticism, I probably wouldn't be able to do anything. I would stop myself. But there is always a moment when I forget about everything else, I forget about time, and I put down whatever I have in my mind. That is music for me."
Smoke Bellow, Baltimore's Post-Punk, Experimental, Australian Kraut Rock Band
For Australians Meredith McHugh and Christian Best who comprise the band Smoke Bellow— along with American drummer and vocalist Jen Kirby from the Stranger Time People band—music is the language through which they migrated to Baltimore.
Zeakness, hosted at Zika Farm, is a DIY skateboarding contest and a new Baltimore tradition
The future of Baltimore's DIY Community: Photos from Two Days of Skatebording on a DIY Mega Ramp and Music
Alex Zhang Hungtai Plays the Red Room June 6 with Leo Chang
The ever-evolving, "Stateless" musician of many aliases brings his genre-bending brand of experimentation to the Red Room this Tuesday.
The British Post-Punk Rockers Talk Gentrification, DIY Scenes, Songwriting, and Rockstar-Aversion
An Interview with guitarist Sean Coyle-Smith from the band shame, playing the Ottobar
A Conversation about Outcalls' new single "Holiday Ex-Lover" and their latest album, "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1"
The neo-opera duo Outcalls is classically trained, but they use their singing and musical skills with the creativity of pop rhythms to gently choke the patriarchy with their beautiful voices.
A look back at 2021 releases from Baltimore/DC-affiliated artists in anticipation for 2022
Entering 2022, it is gratifying that this city's music is still full of such vitality.
The legendary Baltimore punk band talks about its brief comeback, art and commercialism, and critical visceral performance
Around the end of August, Double Dagger announced their two-date shows at Ottobar and Current Space as a “once in a decade” event that would only be held in Baltimore in mid-October.
The Tuareg guitarist talks about poetry in translation, legacies of colonization, and building his first guitar using bicycle brake cables
Mdou Moctar's music carries memories through traditional guitar rhythms, a fusion between the desert nomads and modern diaspora.
The weekly show airs on WTMD on Friday nights
The show is a two-hour listening experience that is about experience, not acquisition.
An interview with Ottobar’s Tecla Tesnau and Todd Lesser and WWR’s KK Yeh
Yeh, Tesnau, and Lesser spoke with me about the importance of a robust local music industry, adapting during the pandemic, and deeply missing the visceral experience of live music.
Democratic process and production, decolonization, and more
