A continuous mix hellbent on turning your brain into salad through the easy access point of your ears, Pulling Teeth's Martyr Immortal (Deathwish) is the kind of record that takes you behind Ottobar, smashes your face into a car hood a few times to make its point, and then gives you a ride home beca...

photo taken by Joy Frenzy Acoustic guitar filters in as steel pedal harmoniously travels through the opening of The Red Vines' debut album Everyday Needles For Electromagnetic Lovers. Originally basement recordings by Ryan Finnerin he collected a few friends and began to work on an album in late 200...

FISHNET STALKERS 2/7/08 Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland Band Members: Stevie Diamond- Vocals, Matt Gabs- Guitar, Conor Behrle- Guitar, Chris Calabrese- Bass, Eric Fauver- Drums Do you remember when Rock N Roll was dirty, kinda sleazy, had a serious attitude and was all about pissing people off, rather t...

FALLBACK PLAN 2.1.08 Fletcher’s Baltimore, MD Band Members: Donice - Vocals; Brian - Guitar; Ken - Drums; Geoff - Bass Fallback Plan are an interesting new rock band, recently burst onto the Baltimore music scene with a fun mix of pop energy, hard rock rhythms and even a touch of funk at times, BU...

Released last fall, Jason Dove's We Should Be Together is a dramatic amalgam of classic pop, pluckiness, and a rock intensity rarely heard in heartfelt indie songs such as these.  The beefy groove of "So You Know" is bolstered by the knob-turning of J. Robbins (Jawbox), who recorded the album i...

ZEN BLACK 1/21/08 Fletcher’s Baltimore, Maryland On a Monday night in downtown Baltimore there really isn’t too much going on in all honesty, but if you’re into the local music scene, the ONLY option for seeing the best local bands in town is “Noise in the Basement� which is hosted by Matt...

Lest Any Given Tuesday forget where it's bread is buttered, behold the Top 10 releases in Baltimore for the year of 2007. Where applicable, click the link and read the original AGT review for free MP3s from these great albums: 10) Even So - Homecomings & Departures: The last song on Even So's so...