Talk about infectious energy. North Carolina folk-rock band, The Avett Brothers, have it. I've seen the three-piece a few times before, but last night's show at Rams Head Live really showed all their strengths. Their music was, at times, piercingly raucous and, at others, poignantly beautiful. And the crowd absorbed every emotion.
The band consists of [...]

1st Mariner Arena (still hard not to call it Baltimore Arena) has really been stepping up its game lately. A couple weeks ago, the arena announced that Bruce Springsteen will play there for his first Baltimore show since 1973, when he opened for Chicago. Yeah, The Boss is also playing in D.C., but 1st Mariner [...]

Hope everyone enjoyed the live-blogging yesterday. I wanted to see a couple more acts than I did, but jumping around from stage-to-stage was a little more difficult (and more hilly!) than I thought.
This year's Virgin FreeFest had a lot of positives. I preferred Merriweather as a venue to Pimlico because the layout was more [...]

I decided to pass up Weezer and go see Girl Talk, aka Gregg Gillis, a master in digital mash-ups and sampling. I have heard incredible things about his live show, so I wanted to check it out first hand. Basically, it was like one giant, amazing, layered mix CD that you got to dance along [...]

At 3:00 I checked out Taking Back Sunday's set. For those not familiar with the band, they play a screaming brand of pop punk that was a particular favorite of mine in high school. So it would make sense that a majority of the audience was made up of swooning teenage girls. Not much else [...]

You couldn't ask for better festival weather than what we're getting today: low 80s and barely a cloud in the sky. The ambiance of Merriweather is very different from the festival's former setting of Pimlico. The whole venue, especially by the dance stage, is lined with trees and the whole layout has much more [...]

I just arrived at the press tent for the Virgin Mobile FreeFest at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Today I'll be reviewing various bands and bringing you some backstage interview coverage, as well.
After they released the line-up, I had to do the typical dance of prioritizing which acts to see. I decided I'm going to check out [...]

I'm not sure if it was the beautiful weather this weekend, the crazy convention in town, or purely what music and arts the festival had to offer, but this year's Artscape was by far the most crowded I've ever seen. Even getting on the Woodberry Light Rail Satruday evening, I realized it was going to [...]

Got back from Bonnaroo a few days ago and saw some really awesome music. I especially enjoyed headliners Beastie Boys and Bruce Springsteen. Also loved seeing some of my favorites, including Wilco, Ani DiFranco, Jenny Lewis, MGMT, Snoop Dogg, Phoenix, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Ben Harper and Relentless7. Also loved discovering new bands (like Hockey, [...]

For the next several days I'll be down in Manchester, Tennessee enjoying the sights and sounds of Bonnaroo. Looks like it will be a kind of rainy, pretty hot, but definitely exciting four days.
But, don't worry, I plan on blogging a few times from the festival, where I'll hang a little bit with Baltimore natives [...]