Blog: Any Given Tuesday

Platinum-selling recording artist, pianist and composer Jim Brickman makes his way to Baltimore's Lyric Opera House on Thursday, November 12. Tags: Jim Brickman , Lyric Opera House

On Wednesday, October 28, get thee to the 8x10 and check out Van Meter from Annapolis. Tags: 8x10 , Swamp Candy , Van Meter

San Antonio's Girl In A Coma have made my list of bands to see. Signed to rock stalwart Joan Jett's Blackheart Records, the trio consists of Mexican-American sisters Nina and Phanie Diaz and their friend, Jenn Alva. Tags: Girl In A Coma , Joan Jett

Band members being split amongst two continents, it is not often that Narrows gets together for a show, and Baltimore is lucky to have them coming through with Trap Them and Cave In on November 18 at Sonar . Tags: Cave In , Deathwish , metal , Narrows , sonar , [...]

Always wanted to produce your own music? Here's a chance for a free lesson. Tags: Cakewalk , Events

Featuring the Counting Crows, Michael Franti and Spearhead, and Augustana, this last stop of the traveling show treated revelers to a format unusual to most. Advertised ticket prices were rather shocking, but those who paid the price of admission were treated to three hours of locked-in performing, the entertainers having spent the better part of the summer together. Tags: Augustana , concert reviews , Counting Crows , Merriweather , [...]

Counting Crows have embarked on The Saturday Night Rebel Rockers Traveling Circus & Medicine Show with special guests Michael Franti & Spearhead and Augustana. Tags: Augustana , Counting Crows , Merriweather , Michael Franti

Along with news of a new website, Soul Cannon are set to perform at the Ottobar on Thursday, August 27. Joining them are Leisure Icons, Jersey Band and Quartet Offensive. Tags: Baltimore , Ottobar , Soul Cannon

If you haven't been to Golden West, it's a great place for breakfast and beer (breakfast is served all hours of the day, so don't judge). You'll also run into a lot of Baltimore's music makers, both working and hanging out. Tags: FasterFasterHarderHarder , Golden West Cafe

This is armchair philosophy, the sort of stuff that presents itself in small, fleeting bursts of inspiration. Indulge your author, share your comments, and let's see if we can start a logical analysis of the philosophical issues that underly our mutual passion for music.

Stepping up the promo for his upcoming (on a leak website near you!) Blueprint 3 , Jay-Z has released the street single for "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)". Can't give Hov full credit for taking a stand against the abused and overused effect, since Kanye West gets a production credit on this track. Tags: Jay-Z , MP3 , New Releases

• Jay-Z - D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)

It seems that Black Lips and GZA (yes, of Wu-Tang infamy) have joined to put a new spin on the Lips' song, "Drop I Hold". Tags: Black Lips , GZA , MP3

• Black Lips - Drop I Hold feat. GZA

Less bluntly hardcore and more edgily metallic, Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions is not what you'd expect by way of a follow up to 2008's Martyr Immortal . But where that album showed the group's hardcore leanings, Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions shows a lot more metal. Tags: Album Reviews , Baltimore , Hardcore , Pulling Teeth

What a great idea, to be able to buy things like Kurt Cobain's Olympia Beer shirt or a precise reproduction of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" tee. These shirts allow fans and collectors to add an additional layer to their already expansive stacks of LPs, CDs and MP3s. Each shirt comes with a hang-tag that tells the history of the image that graces it. Tags: Worn Free

Now comes the music video debut of Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen. Tags: skizz cyzyk , tippy canoe and the paddlemen , Videos

When Record and Tape Traders closes its Catonsville location on March 18, gone for many will be the days of blowing an entire Sunday digging through the used records or stopping in on Tuesday morning, first thing, to pick up the latest albums. Tags: business , Catonsville , Record and Tape Traders

Alright, you're already killing me. We have to be honest? So I have to open up about *gasp* liking some of the same bizarre records my dad likes? I have to admit to having the time of my life rocking out to Limp Bizkit in concert (caveat: no album of theirs made this list)? Fine, I'll do it. Tags: nirvana , pj harvey , slayer , top 10 lists

Outgrown These Walls transcends boundaries of genres and stereotypes about the folk and hip hop communities. Some might be surprised to realize, but the two genres are a good fit. Each tells a story from the perspective of its representatives. See for yourself on Saturday at Sound Garden in Fell's Point. Tags: Album Reviews , Caleb Stine , Saleem

Pulling Teeth to release new album on 3/31. Tags: Baltimore , Hardcore , Pulling Teeth

Apple drops DRM, effective immediately, to be phased in to completion throughout 2009. Tags: Apple , drm , iTunes