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  • Street and Starz (and Shadow) Happy couple Nova Starz and Street Scott build dark, offbeat music together—with the help of their cat | 5/22/2013
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  • The Short List Silverstein, Bad Books, Iron Cross | 2/20/2013
  • A Feast for the Senses Nick Podgurski drops the drums but keeps his plate full with more abstract project Feast of the Epiphany | 2/20/2013
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  • The Short List Miranda Lambert, Roll It Over, Three Years Hollow | 1/23/2013
  • The Short List WEDNESDAY: D.C. indie band the Baby Grand plays the Ottobar with Car Party and the Eleventh Hour. The Bear Romantic plays the Golden West with friends of the Short List Vinny Vegas. | 1/16/2013
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  • Chuck Brown The soul searcher | 1/2/2013
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  • Pumped-Up Kix Baltimore’s hard-rock heroes play the hits while considering a new album | 12/26/2012
  • BPM What’s up with dance music | 12/26/2012
  • The Short List Bumpin’ Uglies, Killswitch Engage, Kix, and more | 12/26/2012
  • The Short List Ami Dang, Splintered Sunlight, Out of Your Head, Tribute to Johnny Mercer, and more. | 12/19/2012
  • The Short List WEDNESDAY: The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra begins its Holiday Pops Celebration at the Meyerhoff. Matt Pless and Timm Winslow play acoustic at Joe Squared Station North. | 12/12/2012
  • Market Capitalization Von Vargas’ new album pays tribute to an iconic Baltimore landmark | 12/12/2012
  • The Short List Cryptic Matter, Everclear, Matthew Odell | 12/5/2012
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  • The Short List Carrie Underwood, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Great White | 11/7/2012
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  • Plan Ahead The Dismemberment Plan’s Travis Morrison talks about reuniting, debuting new songs, and playing the Virgin Mobile FreeFest this weekend | 10/3/2012
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  • Rhyming and Severn Brian Ennals writes an addictive new album | 9/5/2012
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  • God is a DJ DJ Jonny Blaze takes Baltimore Club music to church | 7/25/2012
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  • Nothing But Net Rickie Jacobs looks beyond Park Heights to build a buzz | 6/13/2012
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  • Sean Toure: Sound Channeler, The Invisible Man A producer takes the mic | 2/29/2012
  • Sinista: Here, My Dear: The Mixtape Former mainstream crossover self-releases a new record | 2/29/2012
  • B. Rich: The Last Great One An MC gets emotional | 2/29/2012
  • The Pilgrim Kickstarting the effort to get its long-awaited debut out on wax | 1/25/2012
  • Baltimore-based Riot Folk roots of a national folk-music collective The collective Ryan Harvey and Mark Gunnery founded in the '90s has has become a major presence in the international folk community | 8/31/2011
  • Caddy Da Don lives large while a summer jam takes off After a short stint in prison, David Rice once again has become a ubiquitous presence on the Baltimore hip-hop scene | 7/27/2011
  • Knights of the Round Robin Baltimore’s offbeat hip-hop underground expands its inner circle | 7/13/2011
  • Pop Life Jon Ehrens turns lo-fi roots into White Life’s big hooks | 5/25/2011
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