8/6: Dustin Wong, Dee and the Warlocks, Boat Water, Noah Kain, Fables, Harwood

Though you may know him as a co-founder of the band Ponytail or the founding member of Ecstatic Sunshine, Dustin Wong has recently ventured into being a solo artist. Over the past two years Dustin has been shaping experimental loopscapes into what is now a double-sided LP, Infinite Love, which was released on Thrill Jockey in October of 2010. The album opens with several layered guitar riffs and continually oscillates between meditative calms and chaotic movements. A must have for any lover of experimental soundscapes and instrumental music.

This Saturday, August 6th Dustin will be playing at Annex 4W alongside Dee and the Warlocks, Boat Water, Noah Kain, Fables and a surprise short set from Harwood. 

Saturday, August 6th

Annex 4W

419 E Oliver St

9pm Ye$

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7/31: Loveasaurus Summer Comp Release Show!! @ Kilgore Falls || Plus Small Blast Fest @ Annex 4W

This Sunday features two awesome shows. Fortunately, if your heart so desires, you can attend both!!

Starting at 2pm Loveasaurus Records will be hosting their Summer Comp Release at Kilgore Falls. Yeah, that's right, a swimming hole show! So you best be attending fool! The show will feature the likes of some of your favorite Loveasaurus artists. For driving directions to Kilgore visit the Facebook Event.





The Lovesaurus show should be ending around 8pm, which will give you enough time to drive back on into the city to Annex 4W for the Small Blast Fest!! The mini-fest will feature the likes of Eskimeaux, Omoo Omoo, Mr. Moccasin, Bellows, The Back Pockets, Anu Lee, Saint Julien and Free Lunch.

Sunday, July 31st
Annex 4W
419 E Oliver St
8pm Ye$

7/23: Dead Mellotron, Weird Feelings, Hounds, Adam Lempel (Weekends) and Noah Kain @ Annex 4W

The show this Saturday at Annex 4W will cover a wide range of genres. Dead Mellotron will headline with their dreamy pop-stylings alongside Weird Feelings, Hounds, Adam Lempel (Weekends) and Noah Kain. This is a show not to be missed!

Saturday, July 23rd
Annex 4W
419 E Oliver St
Doors 9pm
Ye$
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7/13: Folk Show @ The Depot w/ Sea Couch, Kid Tiger, Cowboy Up and more TBA

Tomorrow night Sea Couch will be teaming up with Kid Tiger and Cowboy Up at The Depot for a folktastic evening of music. The bill was supposed to be filled out by Her Fantastic Cats, but word on the street is HFC will be out of town. To fill in for HFC Noah Kain will be making a surprise appearance. So kids, don't forget to come out and get your folk on!

Wednesday, July 13th
The Depot
1728 N. Charles St.
9:30pm
$ for touring bands

7/8: Bobby E. Lee CD Release @ Golden West and Boy Without God/Bunny's A Swine/Macgregor Burns/The Woolly Moon @ Annex 4W

Tomorrow night will provide show goers with quite the dilemma. At the Golden West Cafe Bobby E. Lee and the Sympathizers will be joined by Wild Bonerz and The Young Rapids for the release of their CD Cause It Feels Good.

Friday, July 8th
Golden West Cafe
9pm $5
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On the other side of town at Annex 4W, local favorites Macgregor Burns and The Woolly Moon will be joined by Boy Without God from NY and Bunny's A Swine from MA. 

Friday, July 8th

Annex 4W

419 E. Oliver St

9pm Ye$
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7/7: Small Sur CD Release @ Metro Gallery w/ Steve Strohmeier, Walker & Jay

Thursday night Baltimore's Small Sur will be bringing their dreamy/earth/myth folk-stylings to the Metro Gallery for their 2nd full-length release, Tones.

Tones features similar etherial arrangements and literary themes that are present in earlier Small Sur recordings, yet there is a sense of progression and maturity in this latest release that will be sure to please the ears of current fans and fans to be.

Take a listen to one of my favorite tracks off the album:




You can purchase physical and digital copies of Tones from Small Sur's bandcamp and other downloading outfits such as iTunes, eMusic and Amazon.

7/2: Loveasaurus Records presents Omoo Omoo, Sea Couch, Her Fantastic Cats and Noah Kain @ Sidebar

Tomorrow night at the Sidebar Loveasaurus Records will be showcasing some of its loveableness with performances by Omoo Omoo, Sea Couch, Her Fantastic Cats and Noah Kain.

Saturday, July 2nd
Sidebar
218 E. Lexington St.
Baltimore, MD
Doors 9pm
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Loveasaurus is also gearing up to release a summer compilation and zine. Tomorrow nights show is the deadline for submissions to the comp and zine, so if you have any tunes, words, art or photos that you would like to be considered for the comp or zine bring them out to the Sidebar and make sure to stick around for this awesome show!

You can download the first Loveasaurus comp, Eat A Heart, for free here!

6/28: Eleanor Murray, The Woolly Moon, Bobby E. Lee & The Sympathizers, Will Ryerson @ Annex 4W

6/24: Benefit for Baltimore Free Farm

On Friday the Dead Whale Ramblers will be playing alongside Calliope of the Future, Doom Trumpet, Little Band of Sailors and Thank You Rosekind at the Hamilton Arts Collective. The show is serving as a benefit for the Baltimore Free Farm, so you better be there with all your friends to show support!

Friday, June 24th
Hamilton Arts Collective
5440 Harford Road
Baltimore, MD
Doors @ 6:30pm
$5-10

The Baltimore Free Farm is a non-profit organization that promotes urban agriculture, sustainability and permaculture through the use and creation of green spaces. The farm provides ethically produced food to local residents, educational programs and entertainment that helps strengthen the community.







Rebel Angels (Live) by Little Band of Sailors

6/18: Baltimore String Felons CD Release Show!!

This Saturday, June 18th the Baltimore String Felons will be taking their collective Appalachian-Folktastic talents to the Ash Street Warehouse for their latest CD release! The String Felons are currently one of the best bands when it comes to creating that timeless-mountain sound. Playing alongside the String Felons will be Baltimore's beatboxing legend, the one and only Bow Legged Gorilla!!  This is a show (and a CD) not to be missed!

Ash Street Warehouse

3510 Ash Street, 

Baltimore, MD

6/18: Rhymes With Opera presents: Criminal Intent

This Saturday, June 18th our unconventional opera friends, Rhymes With Opera, will be teaming up with the West End String Quartet at The Windup Space for a showing of Criminal Intent: a triple bill of crime operas and questionable morals.

Here is a bit of info on the program:

Baltimore composer David Smooke’s Criminal Element, composed for Rhymes With Opera and the West End String Quartet, is an experimental journey through the mind of the French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, who nearly brought down the entire European financial system in 2008. The composer describes the new nonopera composed in a fabricated language as “exploring the possibilities of sound in order to consider issues of class and how minor errors can lead to dire consequences.”


In addition to the new work by Smooke, Rhymes With Opera and the West End String Quartet will perform short operas by composers George Lam (Boston) and Ryan Jesperson (Hartford). Lam’s thrilling mystery Someone Anyone holds us breathless as we follow a prostitute held hostage by her client, and Jesperson’s Orphée Reduxbeautifully re-imagines the Orpheus myth in 1980s New York. In addition, the West End String quartet will perform an opening set including works by Kyle Gann, Alfred Schnittke and Ruby Fulton.

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Saturday, June 18th Doors @ 6pm | The Windup Space

12 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201

$10/$5 Students

*Party for Friends of RWO after the show!*

RWO and WESQ will also be making stops in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, June 17th, Hartford, CT on Friday, June 24th and Boston, MA on Saturday, June 24th. 

If you're into Facebook you can say you're going to attend here and like RWO here. 

New track from Noah Kain "In The Night"

Check out Noah Kain's latest track "In The Night." The track was recorded by Danny Kamps of Omoo Omoo at Annex 4W during late May and early June. The song reflects on a road trip across America and according to Danny the song has a "rustic folk sound reminiscent of Neil Young." I just asked him that since I didn't know how to describe the song. Download that jam and let us know what you think!

6/9: The Shivers, American Folklore, Great Tap Root, Andy Abelow

Awesome show happening Thursday night at the Metro Gallery featuring The Shivers from NYC as well as local favorites American Folkore, Great Tap Root and Andy Abelow.

You can download The Shivers' new track "Love Is In The Air" here.

FolkYOU!

For those of you that missed out on the folktivities at FolkYOU! here are some photos and a little recap of what went down. 

The day portion of the festival opened with a surprise set from Marlon Battard of Pittsburgh followed by sets from Copper Canyons (members of Infinite Honey,) Boat Water, Her Fantastic Cats, Tired Talk, Barrage Band Orchestra, Sea Couch, Imagine Nation, The Homeless People and The Owls Go (Secret Mountains.)

Later on in the evening the Annex was graced with amazing sets from Armida Lowe, Spencer Compton, The Woolly Moon, Ignorant (Mr. Moccasin,) Bean, Noah Kain, Andy Abelow, MacGregor Burns, Great Tap Root, Omoo Omoo, American Folklore and closed with some late night jams brought to us by Brendan Sullivan. 

There was also a variety of artwork on display that included works by Kristi Allen, Holly Kent Payne, Ben Lorber, Kelsey Jo Mae Gocio, Lindsay Ann Bottos, Andy Abelow, Katie Joy Villegas, Alex Layne, Amanda Dorsey, Lindsay Eckenrode, Emily Peters and Jared T. Fischer. 

Thanks to all the bands, artists and people who made it out. We were able to raise a significant amount of money for the Baltimore Free School!! If you have any interest in taking or teaching a class at the Free School you can find out more information here.