How do you know it’s Summer? Is it just because the temperature is up and you can feel it? Is it because you can see with your own two eyes that there are festivals and jorts and baseball all over the place? Is it because you are tasting burgers off the grill and delicious steamed […]
We should probably use this space to give a very thoughtful and considered review of Roomrunner’s long anticipated Ideal Cities LP, which was released yesterday on Fan Death Records. At this point it would behoove us to give you a full background of the band and a proper context in which to listen to what […]
We kind of have mixed feelings about Godspeed You Black Emperor here at the Baltimore Chop. They’re a band that’s always had a lot of vision and integrity and has been unique every step of the way, defying comparison to other bands in an age where you are the sum of your culture. On the […]
We’ve said before that Baltimore may be suffering Festival Fatigue. This weekend is evidence of that. There’s enough music being played live this weekend in Baltimore to easily last a full Summer if it were stretched out. According to our count, there are nearly 70 acts performing this weekend, and that’s just at a select […]
Sometimes writing blog posts about bands is easy. Sometimes you know the band well and they’ve been doing some interesting things and there’s a natural angle to take and the post writes itself. Sometimes it’s pretty hard. Occasionally there’s nothing to say about a band except ‘hey, they’re playing and they’re pretty good.’ And sometimes, […]