Wednesday, February 17, 2016
I wrote the obituary of Reggie Reg, a Baltimore DJ and radio legend who passed away recently, for this week's Baltimore City Paper. Rest in peace.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, magazines/newspapers, Reggie Reg
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
I had a really good conversation with David Turner about Baltimore club music and internet memes, and he quoted me a little in his excellent Pitchfork piece on the topic of club music and Vines.
Labels: Baltimore club, magazines/newspapers
Thursday, March 12, 2015
In this week's Baltimore City Paper, I wrote a big feature about Kane Mayfield and his debut album, The Return Of Rap, which just came out. I've known Kane and followed his music for years now and it's great to hear him put out a record worthy of his talent and get a chance to tell his story.
Also wrote The Short List and a new BPM column with news about DJ Technics, TT The Artist, Rod Lee, and more.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, BPM, DJ Technics, Kane, Rod Lee, TT The Artist
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
In this week's City Paper, I wrote a BPM column with a bunch of Baltimore club news about DJ Chris J, DJ AngelBaby, and others, and also wrote The Short List.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, DJ AngelBaby, DJ Chris J
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
This week the Baltimore City Paper published its annual Top 10 issue, with lots and lots of year-end lists, and I contributed some things in the music section. I did year-end editions of my BPM column, with the best Baltimore club releases of 2014, and my Rap Sheet column, with the best local rap of the year. I voted in several other music lists, including Local Albums (where I wrote blurbs about Future Islands and Wye Oak), Local Singles (where I blurbed Lor Scoota), and Non-Local Albums (where I blurbed YG).
Also wrote The Short List this week as usual.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, lists, Lor Scoota, magazines/newspapers
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
In this week's Baltimore City Paper, I profiled DJ Pierre for the latest BPM column, and also wrote The Short List.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, BPM, DJ Pierre, magazines/newspapers
Saturday, August 09, 2014
This upcoming Friday, August 15th, Boiler Room is bringing a bunch of folks from Baltimore up to New York for a live broadcast of Baltimore club music from Rod Lee, Scottie B, DJ Technics, Mighty Mark & TT The Artist. I've also been asked to come up to write about the whole thing for Boiler Room, so NYC folks, let me know if you want to come to the event and/or hang out while I'm in town for the weekend.
Labels: Baltimore club, Boiler Room, DJ Technics, Mighty Mark, Rod Lee, Scottie B., TT The Artist
Friday, July 11, 2014
In this week's Baltimore City Paper, I wrote BPM column about new club music releases by James Nasty and Mighty Mark, and also wrote The Short List as usual.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, BPM, James Nasty, Mighty Mark
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
Last year, I was contacted by the Oxford University Press about authoring a reference article about Baltimore Club Music for the Oxford African American Studies Center, as part of a series of updates dealing with Baltimore. The article was finally published in February, and although it's generally conceived as a reference work for students, they have made the article available to the public here (the link won't last forever, but if anyone ever wants it put back up after it expires, let me know). It was really an honor to be asked to do this and to try and bring my knowledge about this subject to an academic setting and put it in a larger cultural context.
Labels: Baltimore club
Sunday, January 12, 2014
I wrote about DJ AngelBaby's new Baltimore club mix Get Pumped, Vol. 2 for the City Paper's Noise blog.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, DJ AngelBaby, Noise
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
This week the Baltimore City Paper published its annual Top Ten issue, and I wrote a lot of stuff both that appears in it, both top ten lists and otherwise:
- A feature on Blaqstarr, my third and by far most in-depth interview to date with one of the true geniuses of Baltimore club music.
- My regular BPM column on dance music, with news about Murder Mark (now Mighty Mark) and others.
- The Short List of concerts in Baltimore for the coming week.
- Lots and lots of top ten lists. I voted for the top ten albums of 2013 list, and wrote a blurb about the Elvis Costello & The Roots album, and also voted for the top ten local albums of 2013, and wrote a blurb about the Dungeonesse album. As we did last year, there were also a bunch of genre-specific lists, and once again I contributed a few: top ten hip-hop albums, top ten local hip-hop albums, top ten dance tracks and top ten Baltimore club tracks.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, Blaq Starr, lists, magazines/newspapers, Mighty Mark
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
In this week's Baltimore City Paper, my BPM dance music column featured news about DJ Pierre, DJ AngelBaby, Buck Jones and more, and I also wrote The Short List as usual.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, BPM, Buck Jones, DJ AngelBaby, DJ Pierre
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
My dance/club music column, BPM, is in this week's Baltimore City Paper, along with The Short List as usual.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, BPM, magazines/newspapers
Thursday, July 18, 2013
City Paper column: BPM
In this week's City Paper, I wrote the BPM dance music column about Matic808's Baltimore club Yeezus remixes, Mixfest 2013, and other upcoming events. Also wrote, as usual, The Short List.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, BPM, Matic808
Thursday, May 30, 2013
In this week's Baltimore City Paper, I wrote the BPM column about some upcoming dance/club music events, and also the Short List about concerts in the city this week.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, magazines/newspapers
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Lots of stuff from me in the Baltimore City Paper this week:
- a BPM column on dance and club music, with news about Deep In The Game, Say Wut, Matic808 and Rod Lee.
- a feature on Baltimore Popfest, which is happening at the Charm City Art Space on Saturday, and
- The Short List, as usual.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, magazines/newspapers, NSW (Say What), Rod Lee
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
In this week's Baltimore City Paper, I have a BPM dance music column with news about DJ Angelbaby, DJ Pierre and Schwarz, as well as the Short List concert listing.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, BPM, DJ Pierre
Monday, January 14, 2013
I wrote about DJ AngelBaby's new Baltimore club mixtape, Get Pumped Vol. 1, on the City Paper's Noise blog.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, Noise
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
I wrote a bunch of stuff in the last City Paper issue of 2012, including a Baltimore club-heavy edition of my dance music column BPM, a feature on Maryland hard rock veterans Kix, who are playing Rams Head Live this weekend, and The Short List of all the other shows worth checking out this week.
(Pork Chop photo by Jefferson Jackson Steele)
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, BPM, magazines/newspapers
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The Baltimore City Paper's annual Top Ten issue is out this week, and I helped with the music lists, of which there were many. In the Top Ten Albums list, I wrote blurbs about Miguel and Dead Sara, and in the Top Ten Local Albums list, I wrote about Dan Deacon and Lower Dens. But this year we also did something new: a bunch of Top Ten Releases By Genre lists, including my Top Ten Local Hip-Hop Albums and Top Ten Baltimore Club Tracks.
Also in this week's issue, I wrote a feature about the artist who topped my Local Hip-Hop list, Von Vargas, and as usual, The Short List of the concerts to check out in the city this week.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, lists, magazines/newspapers, Von Vargas
