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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

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 , [...]

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

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

Australia's Carpathian return on their latest, Isolation , to call back to . . . Joy Division? Tags: Album Reviews , Carpathian , Hardcore

Caleb Stine and Saleem join forces to show Baltimore that color and class are not meant to keep us apart. Tags: Baltimore , Caleb Stine , Live Records , Nice Package , Saleem

Brooklyner Bess Rogers shows us how Ingrid Michaelson got known with her debut solo effort. Tags: Album Reviews , Bess Rogers , Brooklyn

An instant collector's item from Terra Firma Records. Tags: Album Reviews , Baltimore , Hex Screw , Needle Gun , Terra Firma Records

Thrushes on vinyl? Yummmmmm. Tags: Album Reviews , Baltimore , New Releases , Sleepy Records , thrushes , Vinyl

Kadman mix new tracks, serve up Prize Packs! Tags: Baltimore , Contests , Kadman , Mobtown Studios , MP3

George Michael shuts the book on the first 25 years of his career on the North American leg of his 25 Live tour. Tags: George Michael , Verizon Center , washington dc

A gentle patina in her voice gives this self-released effort a sense of character unfamiliar to many indie acoustic singers, tinged with a soul unmatched by her peers. Her whistle-register voice is reproduced in a very honest and intimate fashion on the self-released EP, Under The Cloud Cover . Tags: A Bilingual Eve , Album Reviews , Baltimore , Olympia