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WTMD’s Baltimore Unsigned: Mad-Sweet Pangs see the country D.I.Y. style

January 26, 2009 at 9:13 pm by Sam Sessa
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Mad-Sweet Pangs is a four-piece based out of Newark, Del. They play breezy, accessible jam-rock and they’re just finding their voice as a band and teetering on the brink of ... Read more..

WTMD’s Baltimore Unsigned: No sleep necessary for the Cheaters

January 20, 2009 at 8:12 am by Sam Sessa
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The Cheaters have been kicking around Annapolis for a couple of years now. They released a self-titled, full-length album in July  2006, and are currently working on a new album ... Read more..

WTMD’s Baltimore Unsigned — After a decade, June Star changes course

January 12, 2009 at 7:36 pm by Sam Sessa
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Though members have come and gone, the band has been put on hold and revived over and over — that’s June Star – they soldier on. In fact, at 10 ... Read more..

Baltimore Unsigned — The best of the year

December 22, 2008 at 9:26 pm by Sam Sessa
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  Every major artist has a hometown and nearly every one started out as a local. Here in Baltimore, we have a great, growing music scene, full of everything from folk ... Read more..

WTMD’s Baltimore Unsigned — Egotistical or just the growing process?

December 16, 2008 at 8:00 am by Sam Sessa
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E. Joseph is the solo project of veteran local musician Ed Neenan. He played with 360 Loose and Bunny. E. Joseph has released two albums, Absinthe Minded and the latest ... Read more..

WTMD’s Baltimore Unsigned — Unlikely duo hits the right notes

December 8, 2008 at 8:36 pm by Sam Sessa
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In early 2008, we decided to take two Baltimore musicians who had never heard of each other, put them together and make them write four original songs in six weeks. ... Read more..

Baltimore Unsigned — Can’t Hang’s good time keeps rolling

December 2, 2008 at 8:00 am by Sam Sessa
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The reggae group Can’t Hang came together in 1999 and released its first album, Coast to Coast, in 2000. The follow-up, Sound In Time, came out a year later. Then ... Read more..

WTMD’s Baltimore Unsigned: Middle Distance Runner perfects ‘organic’ songwriting, without stress

November 25, 2008 at 8:00 am by Sam Sessa
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From today's b, the paper Middle Distance Runner released a self-titled EP last year and they’re working on a new album now that should wrap up recording at the beginning of ... Read more..

WTMD’s Baltimore Unsigned: Adventure with a hint of Nintendo influence

November 18, 2008 at 8:24 am by Sam Sessa
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From today's b, the paper Several years ago, Benny Boeldt started making music as Adventure. The music itself sounded eerily familiar to the soundtracks of early Nintendo games. He signed ... Read more..

WTMD’s Baltimore Unsigned — Sandy Asirvatham

November 4, 2008 at 7:30 am by Sam Sessa
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For several years, Sandy Asirvatham was a writer first and foremost, but when one of her projects started to stall, she turned to jazz piano. She wrote and recorded an ... Read more..