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After a relatively short period of time on the national music scene Honor Society cozies up to Timbaland as they hit the road together this year. They’ve been added to 6 of Timbaland’s tour dates, one of which includes his stop in the Baltimore this Sunday, January 17th.  Nothing has been confirmed as to whether or not he will be working with them from a production stand point but if he’ll let ya sing in front of him then the touch of his base slide may not be too far off. 

These boys have racked up a nice list of accolades with their album, Fashionably Late, debuting at #18 on the Billboard top 200 albums in 2009 and was named one of the top 6 break out bands of Bambozzle by RolingStone. Not too bad from the ying and yang of the music industry. A segway into working with Timbaland seems like a natural progression and after just 5 years on the big scene it appears the cream does rise to the top, quickly. Come check these guys out on tour and see what the the chatter is all about. Tixs available here.

BSM brings in another great show of locals with Holy Hell heading the bill on January 8th. They bring a rock solid tribute to the music of Ronnie James Dio. You may remember this cat from Dio and Black Sabbath. Also thank you to my faithful office loft mate, Laura for re-ringing that memory bell. Enjoy the sounds and enjoy the rounds since we’ve got local show drink specials all night: $3 Buds and Bud Lights, $3 Rails and $2 Natural Lights.

I love saying "Balty." It resonates.

Next up is your first ever Balt Country Festival on January 16. We’ve compiled a classic afternoon festival bill of Baltimore’s best local alty, folky, balty performers round these parts. Caleb Stine, June Star, Arty Hill, Van Meter, a writers in the round session and more! Come out for classic Caleb Stine tunes, the rhytmic songwriting of Arty Hill and the raw folk-rock of June Star. This will be a nice kick off for continuing to nurture this scene in Baltimore in a big way.

We are happy to re-announce 2U for February 5th. Score! Totally miffed we had to postpone the first show but no worries! We are ready to wrangle those Fed-Ex field memories for ya, minus the War of the Worlds-esqe claw stage. (p.s. if you havent seen the 1953 version of War of the Worlds by Bryon Haskin then make it happen. Do it.)

Pirate Rob’s Birthday Bash comes to RHL with his all-star line-up featuring Ballyhoo, Pasadena, Hotbox, Bond and Bentley, The Grilled Lincolns (my personal fav!) and 86 The Effort. Drink specials all night because, come on… you know these boys!

Classic party night with Umphrey’s McGee on February 14, but please be responsible! The security staff does not like throwing you out, trust! Goes on sale this Saturday, 12/12 at noon. Get clicker ready.

And they don't like seeing you get thrown out.

Oh, Oh. Now this is real and it’s fan-freaking-tastic! Super Diamond hits us up on March 6th and you’ll be spitting pink glitter for weeks. Get on the band wagon cause this diddy sells out all over the place.

It's almost like a mirage...

Lastly and very genuinely, this next multi-instrumental group is something that has gotten all of us buzzing a bit in our little loft. We booked The Big Pink fresh off their Spin and NME rankings and they are gettin kinda viral. Rollingstones is tweeting about them as well.

Truely interesting... and that's not me being all tongue and cheek as usual.

After playing with acts like Muse and TV On The Radio they are set to start blazing their own trails with tracks like “Dominos” and “Velvet.” They recall the likes of Glasvegas, Florence and the Machine, The Antlers, maybe even some Yeah Yeah Yeahs, while strking chords all their own. Check out Chesters blog in the right column for more info on them.

Alright, peace out kids!