Party time at the Ottobar!
It's Thursday! Time for an Air Raid at the Ottobar! Featured music includes Shakes Davies, Angie and Mod Dave. When the siren starts flashing and wailing, run to the bar for free Kamikaze shots. There's also a late night happy hour from 11 p.m. to closing -- pick up special $2 rail drinks and $3 pints. Must be 21 and over to enter.
Straylight Run, Matt Pond PA, Kevin Devine, and Street to Nowhere will play the Ottobar on Friday night.
Three super-fabulous shows on Saturday night! The Summer Obsession will play an early show at 4:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., head upstairs for the once-a-month VALIS (Vast Active Laptop Intelligence System) show, featuring electronic improv. Must be 21 and over to enter the VALIS show. The Parasites will headline the 9:30 show, performing with the Ergs, Paper Dragons, The Twats and the Minotaur.
Didn't party enough on Friday and Saturday? Come to the weekly Tasty! party, featuring an all-female DJ collective. 2-for-1 drinks plus $3 Jameson shots all night! Must be 21 and over to enter.
On Monday, let your hair down and get ready to headbang at Metal Monday, the Ottobar's weekly night of thrash, glam, rock, power, death, hair and classic metal. Featuring a $9 all-you-can-drink all night! Must be 21 and over to enter.
Patterson Hood of the Drive-by Truckers with guest Rodney Henry will perform at the Ottobar. Tuesdays at the Ottobar also mean c9 Two For Tuesdays! Enjoy two-for-one drinks all night while enjoying the sounds of DJ Matt Walter and Craig Boarman, spinning new wave and Britpop. Must be 21 and over to enter.
It's party time this Wednesday at the Ottobar! Feeling dark? Head over to Hardcore Humpday Happy Hour with DJ Iron Maben spinning hardcore, thrash and more. The bar will feature $3 Jager and Jameson shots at the bar plus everyone's favorite -- $1.50 National Bohemian! Afterwards, enjoy Tensdays, featuring old-school hip-hop, soul, mutant disco and more. $10 all-you-can drink for the ladies. Must be 21 and over to enter both events.
The Ottobar is located closer to Hopkins than most other popular Baltimore concert venues: 2549 North Howard St. For more information about these and any other events, call 410-662-0069.
Find your fellow hipsters
at the Talking Head Club
Baltimore hipster central, the Talking Head Club will be closing soon, to the chagrin of many who know and love it. So make sure to catch a concert at this acclaimed venue while you still can!
This Friday, Zombi will perform with openers Psychic Paramount and Hymnen. Known as an amazingly diverse group, Zombi draws inspiration from Genesis, Pink Floyd, Van Halen and Tangerine Dream and is performing to promote their album Surface to Air. Tickets are $8.
Plastic Little with Scottie B and Dave Nada will show up on Monday evening. Plastic little is a hip-hop groups that has performed in the United States since summer 2001. Originally from Philadelphia, Plastic Little is noted for their combination of hip-hop beats with dance pop. Plus, the show is free and the Talking Head is featurig 2-for-1 drinks until 11 p.m. What's not to like?
Super folk songwriter Phosphorescent will appear at the Talking Head Club this Wednesday. Ranked by fans among great songwriters such as Bob Dylan and Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum, this tour promotes his latest effort, Aw Come Aw Wry. Enjoy the loose melodies and Dylan-esque lyrics for only $8.
Take a break from
Baltimore at a D.C. show
Feeling tired of Baltimore entertainment? Need a change of venue scenery? Washington, D.C. is less than an hour away and provides many nationally known concert venues and often more big-name groups than Baltimore. Two of D.C.'s biggest venues are the 9:30 Club and the Black Cat.
The 9:30 Club
Thursday, check out Hinder with Eighteen Visions and Lynam, but only if you have tickets already -- the show is sold out!
On Friday, Classic Rock 94.7 presents the Dark Star Orchestra, a Grateful Dead cover band. Openers set to include The Bridge. This show will repeat on Saturday night, so don't worry if you can't make it.
Jet, with openers the Blue Van, will perform on Sunday.
The Deftones and Deadsy will be at the 9:30 on Monday, but if you want tickets you'll have to ask a scalper -- this show's sold out as well.
The 9:30 Club is located at 815 V St NW in Washington, D.C.
The Black Cat
This Friday at the Black Cat, come see El Vez and Lysa Flores. El Vez is a world-famous Mexican Elvis impersonator, here in Baltimore as part of his Mexican Merry Mex-Mas tour. This will be one of the most ridiculous shows of the season -- as the Dallas News, San Francisco Chronicle, and the London Evening Standard have said, "Viva El Vez!"
On Saturday, MN8 presents Los Amigos Invisibles, a Latin band from Venezuela that plays a blend of jazz and funk mixed with Latin rhythms. They are a big success in their native country and are now on tour to promote the U.S. release of their Venezuelan cover album, Super Pop Venezuela by Gozadera Records.
The Black Cat is located at 811 14 St. NW in Washington, D.C.
Fletcher's Bar and Grill
This Friday, emo band Lovedrug will come to Fletcher's. Lovedrug has been described as a sort of Coldplay or Death Cab For Cutie, the kind of band that replaces the N*Sync posters on the walls of maturing girls. Lovedrug also features implicitly Christian lyrics, which lessens its fan base a bit. But if you love tweenybopper soft rock, make sure to stop by Fletcher's this weekend!
Otep bills itself as "destroying popular culture, one mind at a time" and is an experimental band that dabbles in death metal, rap metal, nu-metal and will be at Fletchers this Saturday. Otep's lyrics often involve pain and abuse and they hail from the West Coast. Within eight months of forming, Sharon Osbourne was so impressed with them that they earned a slot on Ozzfest 2001 and then signed onto Capitol Records, releasing their debut album, Sevas Tra. The band is now touring to promote a new album set to be released in 2007.
On Sunday, Dilana, who everyone knows from Supernova, a televised competition for the newest member of INXS, will perform.
The Recher Theatre
Mr. Greengenes, a relatively new party band, will perform at Towson's Recher Theatre this Friday. The band is known for its anthemic music and has toured in the past with such national headlining bands as the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Veruca Salt and Better Than Ezra.
On Saturday, catch Benevento/Russo Duo, an alternative jazz and rock group hailing from New York City, bringing together elements of rock, punk, acid-jazz and fusion. They are currently on tour to promote their newest album, Play Pause Stop.
Last but not least, The Honorary Title will perform with openers Portugal the Man. Tickets are $12, and $15 for those under 21.
