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WEDNESDAY: Remnants of math-rock mainstay Don Caballero perform at Sonar with the post-surf rock glee of Ponytail and local seldom-seen out-metal foursome Compression. Baltimore prog-metal outfit Ist by Michael Byrne

Previous Stories

Back to The Future

Music: Appreciating The Sublime Vacuum Rock of The Vivian Girls and The Crystal Stilts | By Mike McGonigal [8/13/2008]

The Short List

WEDNESDAY: The Ottobar hosts the Southern indie rock of Lucero along with the Glossary and the Dese... By Michael Byrne [8/13/2008]

A Day At The Track

Feedback: Virgin Mobile Fest, Pimlico Race Course, Aug. 9-10 | By Neil Ferguson [8/13/2008]

Full Circle

Feedback: Pete Seeger, Aug. 8, McDaniel College | By Robbie Whelan [8/13/2008]

Getachew Mekuria and the Ex

Q+A: A Web-Exclusive Interview | By Bret McCabe [8/13/2008]

Get Off The Stage

Music: A New Six-Disc Set Documents Two Years of Live Suicide Havoc | By Marc Masters [8/6/2008]

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WEDNESDAY: The Jonas Brothers, of your Disney-warped child's bedroom-wall fame, perform at 1st Mari... By Michael Byrne [8/6/2008]

Previous Record Reviews

Engine: Fringe

Know Your Product: Nicky Smith (son of City Paper co-founder Russ Smith), the founder and core of the Engine duo, is 1... By Michael Byrne [8/6/2008]

Greenspan: The Mysterious Messy Revolution

Know Your Product: There are rappers with mainstream aspirations and those who cultivate a hip underground aesthetic. ... By Al Shipley [8/6/2008]

My Brightest Diamond: A Thousand Shark's Teeth

Sound Tracks: Shara Worden is a classically trained vocalist who sings in an exotic, seemingly unplaceable accent... By Al Shipley [8/6/2008]

Whispers for Wolves: Language of the Dards (Tauu and Twilight Sing 100,000 Songs of Milarepa: Noise Narratives Part 1)

Know Your Product: Sound and visual artist Melissa Moore first started popping up around Baltimore with manipulations ... By Bret McCabe [8/6/2008]

The Black Ghosts: The Black Ghosts

Sound Tracks: A few common words have been overloading the names of recent bands. Animals, for instance, particul... By Michaelangelo Matos [8/13/2008]

Css: Donkey

Sound Tracks: CSS's 2006 debut album must have fueled a whole universe of drunken debauchery and casual sex. Cans... By Judy Berman [8/13/2008]

Lloyd Polite Jr.: Lessons in Love

Sound Tracks: Of course Lloyd Polite Jr. isn't a mature artist yet. The Atlanta R&B singer is only 22, even i... By Michelangelo Matos [8/13/2008]

Greenspan: Got Green?

Know Your Product: With a slippery flow and effortless breath control, Greenspan puts most other Baltimore rappers to ... By Al Shipley [8/6/2008]

Emmanuel Jal: WARchild

Sound Tracks: Ah, Africa--a sprawling continent of raw natural beauty and vibrant cultural heritage undercut by c... By Raymond Cummings [8/6/2008]

Patti Smith and Kevin Shields: The Coral Sea

Sound Tracks: While Robert Mapplethorpe was dying of complications from AIDS, his close friend Patti Smith found ... By Judy Berman [8/6/2008]

Seun Kuti + Fela’s Egypt 80: Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt 80

Sound Tracks: Ah, Africa--a sprawling continent of raw natural beauty and vibrant cultural heritage undercut by c... By Raymond Cummings [8/6/2008]

Nisennenmondai: Neji/Tori

Sound Tracks: To get fully sucked into Nisennenmondai's jet stream, speed is essential. Not yellowjackets, mind y... By Raymond Cummings [8/13/2008]

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