Strictly Ballroom: At Smithsonian, A Gay Black Counterculture Meets African Art
February 24, 1928 About 12:30 a.m., we visited this place and found approximately 5,000 people, colored and white, men attired…
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Photos: 2016 Fields Festival
Scenes from the 2016 Fields Festival at Susquehanna State Park near Darlington, Maryland: Prince Rama: Dan Deacon Ensemble: Abdu Ali…
Fields Festival Is Back, With ‘Arts Everywhere’ At A Maryland State Park
The genesis of the Fields Festival was one part accidental, one part deliberate. Amanda Schmidt got an email from a…
Jumpsuits, Stunts And Shooters: Inside Maryland’s Almost-Forgotten Show Band Scene
Pete Margus retired in October after 30 years in the wine business. The Takoma Park native lives with his wife…
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Baltimore Performer Abdu Ali: ‘We’re All Dealing With Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome’
When the drums pound in Abdu Ali’s music, they travel straight to the head. “I blatantly confront racism and white…
Sun Club Live At The Wilderness Bureau
Sun Club has described itself as “a group of buddies playing happy music,” and that youthful energy was on full display…
Exploring ‘The Great Outdoors,’ Andrew Bernstein’s Audio Vortex
Intense and disorienting, Andrew Bernstein’s The Great Outdoors feels like a vortex tunnel — except you can’t walk into it. To get inside,…
David Bowie In D.C., Past And Future
Over his 50-year career, shape-shifting rocker David Bowie touched millions around the world, including folks in the Washington, D.C., region….
Six Pics: Ex Hex Brings The Rock To 9:30 Club With Mac McCaughan And Ed Schrader’s Music Beat
Scenes from last night’s show at 9:30 Club featuring Ex Hex, Superchunk founder Mac McCaughan and Ed Schrader’s Music Beat….
Watch Sneaks — The Band — Commit First-Degree Bicycle Murder
Eva Moolchan is a 20-year-old artist who’s committed a cold-blooded act of murder. She’s killed a bike. Taking place somewhere…
Six Pics: Screaming Females, Priests, Pure Disgust And More At U+NFest 4
Scenes from the U+Nfest Oct. 2 to 3 at Ottobar in Baltimore. All images by Cassandra Mullinix.
J. Robbins On The Revival Of ‘Jawbox,’ His Band’s Final — And Some Say Best — Album
Nearly two decades after the band released its last album, there’s still a mythology around Jawbox. As one of the…
TT The Artist Left A Cultlike Church And Found Baltimore’s Music Scene
Greatness isn’t measured by a fixed set of criteria, but many art lovers would agree that great artists take multiple forms…
First Listen: Beach House, ‘Depression Cherry’
On its fifth album, the Baltimore duo still finds a way to settle jangled nerves and transport listeners to a warmer, softer, easier place.
A Bunch Of Baltimore Bands Covered Sisqó’s ‘Thong Song’
The 15th anniversary of Sisqó’s monster single “Thong Song” could have wafted past like the scent of coconut body oil…
Kane Mayfield Mocks Mainstream Rappers On ‘Cars Jewels Clothes’
Warning: Explicit lyrics. It’s easy to call Kane Mayfield a “rappity-rap” lyricist if you’re not paying attention. A big guy…
Lower Dens’ Jana Hunter Explains ‘Escape From Evil,’ Track By Track
The singer-songwriter pulls back the curtain on her band’s beautiful-but-mysterious new album, Escape From Evil. “All of these songs are based in personal experience,” she writes.
First Listen: Lower Dens, ‘Escape From Evil’
Navigating the complicated circuitry of modern love, singer Jana Hunter echoes both ’80s synthpop greats and the biggest Greek goddess of all.
Think Baltimore Music Is Weird? In The ’90s, Towson And Glen Arm Music Was Even Weirder.
Spurred by new, affordable technology, the home-recording boom of the 1980s and ’90s produced some of the most idiosyncratic music…
Cool Suburban Dad Todd Hyman Celebrates 16th Birthday Of His Label, Carpark Records
Todd Hyman is a 41-year-old dad who lives in the wealthy D.C. suburb of Bethesda, Maryland. He has four kids…