baltimore bands.

pardon me while i get all geographically-specific for a minute here…

yo, baltimore-area peeps: i’m looking for some recommendations regarding local area bands. the reason for my query is…well, sort of top-secret for the moment, but i’d love to hear from anyone who can name a band or two (or ten) from our fair city who:

1. rock.

2. rock in a way that is interesting/original (we’re into post-punk, punk, indie, folk-punk, experimental and the like. no steve miller cover bands, pahleese).

3. bands whose members are not assholes.

4. bands who like to play live gigs.

5. did i mention that they should rock?

if you have contact info for them, all the better.

i’ll explain later. in the meantime, please add your recommendations in “comments”.

thanks, dudes.

ps: if you can, give me a sense of what the bands you’re recommending sound like. comparisons might be odious, but i *do* need a general sense of what each band is like (genre? influences?).


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  • http://www.geekpunk.org mike wolf

    1) south carey (my band lofi punk / anti folk sort of / 2 peice… 2 older hardcore kids… trying not to play hardcore)
    2)materials (members of double dagger & kim++ / odd pop played by 2 people who dont know pop and 1 who does)
    3)the spark (positive political hardcore, if 7 seconds didnt get old)
    4)tuffie (riot girl style in 2004)
    5) nux vomica (punk rock)
    6) human host (avantgarde punk w/ ex charm city suicides)
    7) clancy 6 (metal!)
    8) the new flesh (remind me of the melvins meets sonic youth … only way younger)
    9) yukon (used to be called economist , very albini as economist)
    10) karmellas game (sugary power pop w/ 80′s snyths)
    11) two if by sea (baltimores answer to interpol, only I think two if by sea gets it better … joy division meets the faint meets the cure meets bauhaus etc)
    12) thinking toys (never seen them by my friend nolen says their artsy sonic youth sounding but young)

  • joel

    Channels… duh…
    uh… Mu. Crazy ass … elctro-clash-noise.
    Cex… stilted rapper/cutnpaste sampler dude… thinks he’s the shit apparently
    Bossman… straight up hip hop, record comming out on Shady/Aftermath (Dr. Dre etc.)
    Earthride… doom
    Kelly Bell Band… crap ass… jam band shit
    Jimmies Chicken Shack… the definition of crap…
    O’malley’s March… celtic stuff
    Ape House… crap indie rock
    Cross My Heart… EEEEEMO… i think they might be broken up
    Educated Consumers…. hip hop
    Height… er… hip… hop..
    Dying Fetus… wicked ass grind!!!
    East Side Drive… polka
    Fertile Ground….
    …. wait a minute… none of these rock… well a few of them do… let me try again…

  • joel

    Ok, rockers-
    Channels… duh
    Scott Farkus Affair… they sound like a manic fugazi… ok.. that’s every band… but whatever… they might be broken up
    Earthride… doooooom
    Dying Fetus…. wicked ass grind!!!!!!!!onehundredeleven!!!!
    Cross My Heart…. can begin to rock when they’re not whining
    Farewell Hope… well known hardcore band that now does more indie type stuff
    Fighting Chance… hardcore punk
    Human Host… diy punkish
    Landspeedrecord!… indie stuff
    Liars Academy… boring hardcore lite
    Lungfish… droney stuff…
    Meatjack… metal
    Misery Index… grind
    Nautical Almanac… crazy freak elctronica… uh.. they kind of rock
    and Educated Consumers “ROCK the Mic!”
    and stuff…
    Slow Jets… Indie Rock
    Spirit Caravan… dooomm… ok.. stoner rock… whatever… space rock
    Sonna… indie rock
    Wait.. are you looking for bands with people I can say, “oh he’s a nice guy?”
    Hmm… ok.. . nevermind that whole list then… except channels…

  • http://calculatoronfire.baltiblogs.com Brian

    Monger – heavy stuff. grind ‘n roll I think they call it. (www.mongerrock.com)
    Slot Racer – indie rock. (www.jasondove.com/slotacer.html)
    Bands contain nice guys. I give you my word.