The Man Show Local magazine The Flywire did the impossible with its new issue, bringing together Bossman and Mullyman, the Baltimore rappers who have been feuding on and off for almost three years, together for the cover story "Bigger Than Beef." The entire article, including a photo spread with several other local MCs, is downloadable as a PDF file on the magazine's web site. Wired We spoke to The Wire music supervisor Blake Leyh this week about the show's upcoming fifth season, which wrapped shooting last week and is currently in postproduction.
And while he couldn't say too much yet on the record as to what music will be used (aside from Steve Earle's recording of the theme song, Tom Waits' "Way Down in the Hole," as reported in The New Yorker in June), he did confirm the show's plans to feature more music from various local hip-hop artists, as he did in Season 4. Among the artists who have already announced that they have submitted music for the show are Mullyman, Darkroom Productions, and B.O.
M.B. Walls of Sound In a recent post on the Associated Press music blog Hit Refresh , Fluxblogger Matthew Perpetua traces the shoegaze influences shared by three Baltimore bands: Celebration, Monarch, and Thrushes.
Celebration's second album is due out in October, and Monarch's debut, released locally this past spring, has been gaining some well-deserved buzz since its national release by Morphius in March. And this Saturday, at the grand opening of the Lo-Fi Social Club, Thrushes play their last show with the band's original lineup, before Ryan Sterner replaces founding drummer Matt Davis. Who Got Next?
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