Beach House On Sunday night, the fine folks at National Public Radio uploaded a free stream of Beach House’s Bloom, the local duo’s fourth album and its first since the breakthrough success of 2010’s Teen Dream. A first listen reveals an album that feels...
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Dope Boy Last year I interviewed OOH, longtime frontman of the veteran Baltimore hip-hop band Brown F.I.S.H., about the launch of his solo career and his plans at the time to release both an EP, The Big 7, and a mixtape, The King of...
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Ian Hesford Just over a week ago, Telesma, the Baltimore-based “psychedelic tribal modern world dance music” band, was playing a headlining show at Ram’s Head Live, and gearing up to release its second studio album, Action/in/Inaction, due out later this spring. But band member...
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Vivek Muralidhar The Maryland music community has lost some well-known figures in April, including Child’s Play frontman Brian Jack and Music Monthly publisher Susie Mudd. One passing that flew under the radar, however, was Vivek Muralidhar, who recorded songs under the band name Valium...
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via the Lyric Provocative, profane, and occult is how critics described a version of Faust so daring that only one copy remains, safely hidden away in the Royal Denmark library. Lyric Opera Baltimore stays true to form with their new take on Gounod’s Faust...
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The March 30 opening night of a new series honoring Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento offered an approach to opera that was accessible to a variety of audiences. Beautifully crafted sounds combined with familiar plots, moving scenes, and humor helped new listeners...
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from Facebook Susie Mudd, a fixture in the Baltimore music media for over two decades, passed away on April 4. In 1984, she began covering local music for Maryland Musician, and three years later acquired ownership of the publication, which she renamed Music Monthly....
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Watch the Throne Last year was probably the quietest year in Bossman’s career since before 2004, when he became one of the best-known rappers in Baltimore. He may have been laying low after a busy, tumultuous 2010, which included the release of his second...
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Making Moves One of the increasingly rare local rap singles to make it into daily mix-show spins on 92Q in the past few months is “Trashbags,” an anthemic banger by DBoi Da Dome featuring Starrz. It isn’t a great song, but functional and fun...
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