Campfire Spacesuit
Molesuit Choir (Ehse Records)
This pairing of Liz Downing and Rupert Wondolowski, both fixtures on the local arts scene, is weird and welcome. Not unexpectedly, they play strangely...
A decade after reopening, the Hippodrome hopes a new arts district can jumpstart the neighborhood.
A champagne-colored Jaguar pulls to the curb in front of the Hippodrome Theatre on a snowy Sunday afternoon. Two middle-aged women get out, duck under the marquee, and scurry inside as the car...
New music from DJ Spooky and Atlantic Guitar Quartet
Of Water and Ice
DJ Spooky (free download)
Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) continues his MICA residency through spring 2014. He’s reportedly working on a new book and an opera that he will debut in...
New music from Manuel Barrueco, The Country Devils and Small Apartments
Medea
Manuel Barrueco (Tonar Music)
The first half of this disc is comprised of solo pieces nodding to 19th- and 20th-century Spanish folk music, and Barrueco wrings every bit of dramatic emotion and...
A towering presence in-person and online, Evan Wallace shoots for breakout success.
These days, success is measured in hits, tweets, and likes. So if we’re talking about a Baltimore musician with 23 million YouTube views, 9 million streams on sites like Spotify, and 91,000...
No longer seen as tacky, local cover bands are on the rise.
The term cover band can conjure up some pretty trite images—everything from the cheesy wedding singer to band members in bad wigs. But, in Baltimore, dedicated musicians are forming tribute bands to...
New music from North Mississippi Allstars and Todd Marcus
World Boogie Is Coming
North Mississippi Allstars (Songs of the South Records)
This is the best blues album of the past decade, which isn’t surprising if you’ve caught the Allstars’ recent local gigs...
Big Wheel and Others
Cass McCombs (Domino)
McCombs brings to mind Elliott Smith, as he meanders through this sprawling set of tunes. Like Smith, the former Baltimorean weds shy vulnerability to...
Bryan Burkert discusses Sound Garden’s 20-year reign as Baltimore’s premier record store.
Bryan Burkert chuckles when asked how The Sound Garden weathered the digital-music revolution that drove most music retailers out of business. “Adapting to online music wasn’t anything new to us,” he...
Our extended interview with Coyne, frontman of The Flaming Lips. The Flaming Lips play Merriweather Post Pavillion on October 4.
The Flaming Lips are playing Merriweather Post Pavilion on October 4. When you played there three years ago, I interviewed you a few weeks before the show and mentioned that I was bringing my kids to...