Ottobar
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Jun16 Sun
Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PMMore Information
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties
Future Teens
Maura Weaver
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Jun16 Sunu+n booking presents
Protomartyr & Fashion Club at Metro Gallery
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 7:00 PM, Show at 8:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
DAY OF: $23.00
TICKET SALE DATES
DAY OF Public Onsale: June 16, 2024 12:00 AM to June 16, 2024 7:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
this show is at Metro Gallery
PROTOMARTYRw/ Fashion Club (Pascal Stevenson of Moaning, Girlpool)
Sunday, June 16th, 2024
Doors at 7:00 PM / Show at 8:00 PM
All Ages
Protomartyr
Since their 2012 debut No Passion All Technique, the Detroit post-punk band Protomartyr have mastered the art of evoking place: the grinding Midwest humility of their hometown, as well as the x-rayed elucidation of America that comes with their vantage. Protomartyr—vocalist Joe Casey, guitarist Greg Ahee, drummer Alex Leonard, and bassist Scott Davidson—have become synonymous with caustic, impressionistic assemblages of politics and poetry, the literal and oblique.
The group’s sixth album, recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, is called Formal Growth In The Desert. And though frontman Joe Casey did have a humbling experience staring at awe-inspiring Sonoran rock formations and reckoning with his own smallness in the scheme of things – as recounted in the single “Elimination Dances” - the title is not necessarily a nod to the sandy expanses of the southwest. Detroit, too, is like a desert. “The desert is more of a metaphor or symbol,” Casey says, “of emotional deserts, or a place or time that seems to lack life.” The desert brings an existential awareness that is ultimately internal.
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Jun18 Tue
Outline in Color, Nightlife, FOXCULT, Redacted, Hostile Array
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 6:30 PM, Show at 7:30 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $16.00
DAY OF: $20.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: March 21, 2024 1:00 PM to June 17, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: June 18, 2024 12:00 AM to June 18, 2024 5:30 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Outline in Color
Nightlife
FOXCULT
Redacted
Hostile Array
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Jun20 Thuu+n booking presents
ML Buch with Anima Brass
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 8:00 PM, Show at 9:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $18.00
DAY OF: $22.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: March 4, 2024 12:00 PM to June 19, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: June 20, 2024 12:00 AM to June 20, 2024 9:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
ML Buch with Anima Brass
ML Buch is Marie Louise Buch, a Copenhagen-based composer, producer, guitarist andvocalist. Following the EP ‘Fleshy’ in 2017 she released her critically acclaimed debut album‘Skinned’ on Danish imprint Anyines in 2020. ‘Suntub’ is her second full length release, adouble album consisting of 15 tracks, which will be released in October 2023 on 15 love.In her compositional practice ML Buch sketches up her music in an almost architectural way.The raw material is generated through immersion in playing and assembling as a way oftriggering random magic. Her live performances, both in solo and group formations, isreflective of her love of combining 7-string electric guitars in open tunings with syntheticinstruments and electronic experiments. ML Buch has performed at the likes of PitchforkParis Avant-Garde, Roskilde Festival, Fuchsbau Arts Festival, and the sound and visionprogramme at CPH:DOX, as well as performing as part of Laurie Anderson’s Talking Choirproject. ML Buch has done commissioned work with poet Ingvild Lothe and contributed toreleases by artists like CTM, Jura and Astrid Sonne, with whom she’s also performed live.
Anima Brass- Anima Brass is a modern brass quintet dedicated to exploration and experimentation in contemporary chamber music. Their most recent release can be heard on celebrated minimalist composer Kali Malone’s highly anticipated new album “All Life Long.” Upon its February 9th release, it was selected as The Guardian’s “Album of the Week,” listed number four on NPR’s “All Songs Considered” and reached number four on the Billboard Classical Crossover charts. Critics have said the album “will pull on the listener’s heartstrings” and leave them “in a state of transcendental bliss”. The musicians of Anima Brass have performed with renowned ensembles including the Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Daegu (South Korea) Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York City Ballet, and the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Anima is based in Baltimore, MD.
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Jun21 Fri
Super Art Fight: Summer Beach BBQ
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 8:00 PM, Show at 9:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
INDIVIDUAL: $20.00
TICKET SALE DATES
INDIVIDUAL Public Onsale: April 24, 2024 9:00 AM to June 21, 2024 7:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Super Art Fight
The Greatest Live Art Competition in the Known Universe
A full, four-fight card will captivate Super Art Fight's Charm City home base, while food trucks from Soul Smoked BBQ and Glizzy’s fill your face with deliciousness outside. Dress up for this one, as we present a special Hawaiian Shirt contest, where the best dressed win! For a full event card, and to submit topics to be drawn from The WHEEL OF DEATH, head to SuperArtFight.com!
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Jun22 Sat
Moon Tide Gallery EP Release Show
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 7:30 PM, Show at 8:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
GENERAL ADMISSION: $15.00
TICKET SALE DATES
GENERAL ADMISSION Public Onsale: May 29, 2024 1:11 PM to June 22, 2024 8:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Moon Tide Gallery is the brainchild of 23 year old Mason Gainer. Gainer began the project in 2019 with the solo release of “Tell Me How You Feel’, a collection of his initial work. Since then, Moon Tide has continued to evolve, and summer 2024 will see the release of “Stop Looking at Me Like That”, the project’s latest EP. This release documents an evolution for Moon Tide Gallery. No longer solo, the project has grown into a full 5-piece band, and the resulting EP showcases a notable step forward. The outcome is a more musically mature Gainer exploring a lush and intricate sound. Behind the scenes “Stop Looking at Me Like That” reflects a more collaborative effort, with the addition of Baltimore-based producer notcharles (Sam Herring, Tiberius B) who also acted Gainer’s co-songwriter. Together the duo meticulously crafted the EP, layering elements piece by piece for an end result that is both emotive and atmospheric. Gainer sheds light on the creative process behind their work, stating, "When working on the EP, our primary focus was on crafting an immersive atmosphere. We approached each track with a folk-style foundation centered on vocals and acoustic guitar, and then built on it layer by layer. We incorporated recorded conversations, ambient audio, snippets of videos, and even environmental sounds like sirens and trains to create the overall effect”.
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Jun23 Sunu+n booking presents
All Under Heaven, Polarview, So Perfect & Roxy 2
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 7:00 PM, Show at 8:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $16.00
DAY OF: $20.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: April 9, 2024 10:00 AM to June 22, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: June 23, 2024 12:00 AM to June 23, 2024 8:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
All Under Heaven, Polarview, So Perfect & Roxy 2
Get Tickets$16.00 -
Jun25 Tue
Michael Cera Palin, Kerosene Heights, Cheem, Cali Cuzns
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesShow at 7:30 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $18.00
DAY OF: $20.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: April 24, 2024 11:06 AM to June 24, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: June 25, 2024 12:00 AM to June 25, 2024 7:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Michael Cera Palin, Kerosene Heights, Cheem and Cali Cuzns
Get Tickets$18.00 -
Jun26 Wed20th Anniversary Tour!
I Am The Avalanche, Be Well, Such Gold and more TBA
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 6:30 PM, Show at 7:30 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $22.00
DAY OF: $25.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: March 8, 2024 10:00 AM to June 25, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: June 26, 2024 12:00 AM to June 26, 2024 5:30 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
I Am The Avalanche
Be Well
Such Gold
more TBA
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Jun27 Thu
Moraine, Pavonine, Talking to Shadows, Samskara
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 7:00 PM, Show at 8:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
INDIVIDUAL: $15.00
TICKET SALE DATES
INDIVIDUAL Public Onsale: April 16, 2024 2:38 PM to June 27, 2024 6:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
MorainePavonineTalking to ShadowsSamskara
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Jun28 Friu+n booking presents
The Spits with Electric Chair & Jordan and the Switchblades
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 8:00 PM, Show at 9:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $22.00
DAY OF: $25.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: March 1, 2024 10:00 AM to June 27, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: June 28, 2024 12:00 AM to June 28, 2024 9:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
The Spits
Electric Chair
Jordan and the Switchblades
Doors at 8/ show at 9
In an era that relies so heavily on quick-hit bands, there are very few things that are truly part of the subculture and not just the passing zeitgeist du jour. Closing in on three decades, The Spits have signified the crossroads between punk mayhem and well-honed songwriting, creating some of the most unhinged and anthemic tracks in underground music while standing tall enough to be uttered in the same breath as names like Jay Reatard, Dead Moon, Ty Segall and more.
The Spits are readying their highly anticipated VI, due May 1 via their own Thriftstore Records imprint. Recorded by Erik Nervous on cassette four track, the band’s new LP VI is ten hummable tracks, shrouded in chainsaw punk that mesh the wild showmanship of party-rock legends Van Halen and the leather-clad toughness and songwriting chops of the Misfits. Marking a “return to roots’’ approach for the LP, the band decided to record and write VI in the basements of Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, Michigan over the course of several spurts of activity, each yielding a few new songs from a terrible drum kit with a literal thrift store guitar. “We’ve only been into an actual studio like three times,” admits Sean Wood. “I don’t think we’ve had one record that was recorded all in one place, this may be the closest thing. And for these songs we’d record a couple tracks, step away and go back at it later– sometimes weeks later. You know, take our time.”
Originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, brothers Sean and Erin Wood formed The Spits with Lance Phelps in 1993 after realizing rock had gone limp, hated partying and just plain wasn’t fun anymore. And even though they didn’t even know how to play, the self-professed deliquents who grew up with New Orleans–style jazz and bluegrass “got cultured” and formed a band dead set on reminding the world how to have a good time. By the late 90s/early 00s, The Spits were almost as famous for rowdy shows and outrageous costumes as they were for their acid-fried melodic rippers. Releasing five LPs over the next decade-plus, in addition to EPs and 7-inches, the gospel of The Spits spread far and wide, expanding the band’s live legend further and further while giving more fans the chance to hear their uniquely catchy songwriting and punk mayhem. And while several band members have come and gone since their formation, including Wayne Draves and Josh Kramer, The Spits have never lost their edge, never lost their live chops and most importantly, never lost that sense of beer-soaked chaos.
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Jun29 Satu+n booking presents
Grails with Soma and Lathe
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 8:00 PM, Show at 9:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $25.00
DAY OF: $30.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: January 23, 2024 10:00 AM to June 28, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: June 29, 2024 12:00 AM to June 29, 2024 9:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Grails
with Soma and Lathe
Rather than pick up where they left off, Grails take the sky-high riff-based heaviness of their earlier albums and distill it into a nuanced, widescreen opus. The perennial influences of mid-20th century Western film scores, obscure library music, and psychedelic krautrock are indelibly imprinted, but Chalice Hymnalexudes an eerie patience in unfurling the many layers of its subtle details. Produced by the band over the past five years, Chalice Hymnal bears some of the European psych and experimental hip-hop production techniques of founding members Alex Hall and Emil Amos’ other group, Lilacs & Champagne. Amos’ meditative metal band, Om, and longtime singer-songwriter project, Holy Sons, also naturally find their way into the Chalice cauldron. Rounding out their line-up, cofounder Zak Riles (also of experimental kraut-psych trio, Watter) layers synths and programming into an electronic-prog hybrid that pushes Grailsfurther into the deep end, displaying a profound resonance, both musically and emotionally. No one else sounds like Grails, and on Chalice Hymnal they sound more like themselves than ever before.
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Jun30 Sun
Luxury Teeth, Indictments, Sick Move and Suicide Wave
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesShow at 2:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
INDIVIDUAL: $10.00
TICKET SALE DATES
INDIVIDUAL Public Onsale: May 9, 2024 10:54 AM to June 30, 2024 1:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Luxury Teeth, Indictments, Sick Move and Suicide Wave
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Jul2 Tue
The Make Up with Tchotchke & That Rob Macy (Save Your Soul at Lithuanian Hall)
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 7:00 PM, Show at 8:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $20.00
DAY OF: $25.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: March 29, 2024 10:00 AM to July 1, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: July 2, 2024 12:00 AM to July 2, 2024 8:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
THE MAKE UP is the Washington, DC group that re-defined underground music in the middle and late 1990s with their peculiar and incendiary blend of gospel, garage and yeh-yeh music. Known for their dynamic and interactive live presence at hundreds of shows across 5 continents, the group also recorded 7 LPs, 14 singles and EPs and and collaborated on films, videos, pamphlets, and happenings. They toured extensively as a headliner and with groups such as Royal Trux, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Lung Leg, Harry Pussy, and many others.
The group has been called “dazzling … best dressed … martial … terrifying.” Their shows were known to feature communication, sermonizing, crowd participation, and dancing virtually unknown in the staid world of indie and garage rock. Their style was perfect, with matching Mao style jackets, with new versions designed for each tour.The group was widely copied as well and precipitated and inspired a wave of “garage” imitators in the 21st century who often had commercial success but lacked the spark, character, nuance of the Make Up. Occasionally, when the moon is bright and the wolfsbane blooms, the group has come out of hiding for rare and exciting personal appearances since disbanding in 2001. They are making one of their rare returns now for a short time only, available for very special events.
Featuring Ian Svenonius on vocals, James Canty on guitar, Michelle Mae on bass guitar and Mark Cisneros on drums, and performing classics such as “they Live By Night”, “I am Pentagon”, Walking on the Dune” , “Here Comes the Judge,” “Every Baby Cries the Same,” etc, the Make-Up is as extraordinary as ever.
with Tchotchke
and That Rob Macy (Save Your Soul at Lithuanian Hall)
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Jul5 Fri
LET'S GET RIGHT! Dance Party
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesShow at 8:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $10.00
DAY OF: $15.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: May 28, 2024 8:51 AM to July 4, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: July 5, 2024 12:00 AM to July 5, 2024 7:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
LET'S GET RIGHT!
with DJ sets by:
DJ SHIDO-STYLES BOND-TRILLA KAY- DJ BRI MAFIA
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Jul6 Sat
Big Sexy Noise (featuring Lydia Lunch)
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 6:00 PM, Show at 6:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
INDIVIDUAL: $18.00
TICKET SALE DATES
INDIVIDUAL Public Onsale: June 4, 2024 10:00 AM to July 6, 2024 4:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Big Sexy Noise- featuring Lydia Lunch
Star Carr (feat. members of Iron Cross)
Sleep Inside It's Message
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Jul6 Sat
Indie Sleaze Night 3
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 8:00 PM, Show at 8:30 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $10.00
DAY OF: $12.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: June 11, 2024 10:45 AM to July 5, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: July 6, 2024 12:00 AM to July 6, 2024 8:30 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
We heard you turned your emo night into an indie sleaze night. We heard you traded in your JNCOs and wallet chains for tight pants with white belts. We heard you traded in your tight pants with white belts for allover neon prints and OBEY hoodies. But have you seen our records? Every Unruly release. Every Franz Ferdinand extended dub rework. Every DFA and Ed Banger 12". Even the noisy ones we never listen to. We were there!
Indie Sleaze Night is BACK at Ottobar on July 6! DJs Cullen Enn (fka Cullen Stalin, ex-TaxLo) + Brandon Carlo (Tropical Implications) bringing you another dose of dancefloor debauchery from that moment when post-punk, Club breaks, French house and groovy retro-rock all coexisted amid a swirl of dayglo alcoholic concoctions. Era-defining photographer Josh Sisk will capture the night because you certainly won't remember it otherwise.
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Jul7 SunDave Kiss presents
TIMALIKESMUSIC
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 8:00 PM, Show at 9:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $20.00
DAY OF: $25.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: April 30, 2024 10:00 AM to July 6, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: July 7, 2024 12:00 AM to July 7, 2024 6:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Do you like R&B? Do you like live music that brings that funk vs. hip hop jam? Do you like dancing all night long? Then you CAN'T miss this. Trust us. This will be the vibey night you've been craving, featuring a live performance by TimaLikesMusic and her band, followed by That 90's R&B After-Party you'll be talking about to all your uncles & aunties every Sunday until the 2090s.
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Jul8 Mon
Prince Daddy and the Hyena, Saturdays At Your Place, Riley! and Carpool
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
ADVANCED: $25.00
DAY OF: $30.00
TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: April 5, 2024 12:00 PM to July 7, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: July 8, 2024 12:00 AM to July 8, 2024 5:00 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Prince Daddy and the Hyena
Saturdays At Your Place
Riley!
Carpool
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Jul9 Tue
Arrows in Action and guests TBA
Baltimore, MDUnited StatesDoors at 6:30 PM, Show at 7:30 PMMore InformationTICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
VIP: $74.00
ADVANCED: $24.00
DAY OF: $28.00
TICKET SALE DATES
VIP Public Onsale: March 13, 2024 12:00 PM to July 9, 2024 11:59 PM
ADVANCED Public Onsale: March 15, 2024 12:00 PM to July 8, 2024 11:59 PM
DAY OF Public Onsale: July 9, 2024 12:00 AM to July 9, 2024 5:30 PM
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Arrows in Action and more TBA
Get Tickets$24.00 - $74.00