Friend Collector Record Release Show @ CCAS Tonight

If you ask Friend Collector, they’ll tell you that they are the best band in Baltimore right now. They’ll say it with a straight face. They truly believe it. They make a good argument too, inasmuch as they’re the kind of band that’s not afraid to call your band a bunch of pussies, because you […]

Tomorrow: Sick Sick Birds, ADULTS @ Metro Gallery

When you get older, you get a little wiser. At this very minute there are thousands of kids in their early 20’s texting and tweeting and Facebooking all over the city of Baltimore saying “Dude, what’s going on this weekend? Anything? House party this and dance party that and lay em down and smack em […]

Falcons on the Floor Reading and Release party @ Metro Gallery Tonight

Attention: this post is for all of you internet people who claim to love books so much. It’s for all of you who wrung your hands about the discontinuation of printed encyclopedias and incessantly re-post that John Waters quote about not fucking people who don’t own books. It’s for those among you who belong to […]

Roomrunner, Chain and the Gang @ Floristree Tonight

One of the disadvantages of leaving the country for months at a time is that you miss out on what’s going on here at home. Since we left in November, one of the major things that went on here in Charm City was Roomrunner’s instant ascent to the upper echelon of Baltimore bands. Roomrunner was […]

We Are Gone: New Works by Jeremy Crawford Opens Tonight @ Metro Gallery

Whenever some local publication has one of those “Baltimore’s Best Bartender” contests, we always nominate and vote for Jeremy Crawford. A fixture at the Club Charles for years, Jeremy has never been anything but kind, patient and understanding when he’s working at Club Chuck. He’s one of the people that makes a hometown feel like […]