Indie Bands in the Strangest Places

Bandstand Busking, a British-based Web music series, frees artists from the cramped confines of studios and nightclubs for impromptu performances in and around aging London bandstands.

Recent highlights include Of Montreal in Regent's Park



and We Were Promised Jetpacks taking a spin in a teacup

Adele - "Melt My Heart to Stone" Live at WTMD

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British singer Adele stops by the WTMD studio on her way to Saturday Night Live and performs "Melt My Heart to Stone" as part of an upcoming Morning Sessions.

Adele - "Right as Rain" Live at WTMD

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British singer Adele stops by the WTMD studio on her way to Saturday Night Live and performs "Right as Rain" as part of an upcoming Morning Sessions.

Adele performs "Chasing Pavements" Live at WTMD

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British singer Adele stops by the WTMD studio and performs "Chasing Pavements" as part of an upcoming Morning Sessions.

An 80's Zoo For Keane

Keane's third record Perfect Symmetry drops today. For 80's suckers and U2 fans like me, you gotta love songwriter/keyboardist Tim Rice Oxley's recall, especially on the single, "Spiralling."

Some of the record seems to embrace, or perhaps send up the fame they've been known not to crave- kind of a Zoo TV vibe, the video hints at.

And after his rehab issues, singer Tom Chaplin seems eager to put those golden pipes to grand use.

That's the thing about Keane- they always have something big to say, and it's just three guys and a lot of cool keyboard efffects that do the talking.

Ringo Says No More Autographs after October 20th

Ringo Starr has a very peaceful and loving message for all you fans out there

WTMD on MSNBC.com

Contributing writer Tony Sclafani provides an overview of music sites in his article "Listen up! Music is everywhere on the Web," including WTMD:

"The problem is that for music buffs, terrestrial radio usually doesn’t offer much, unless you happen to be lucky enough to live near cool stations like eclectic indie mainstays KEXP in Seattle or WTMD in Maryland. Then again, you could just click on those links no matter where you are and hear everything from the Black Kids to the Gourds to the new Kings of Leon, served up by knowledgeable DJs. For free."

Check out the rest of the article while you're listening live at wtmd.org.

Fiction 20 Down perform "Gossip & Gunplay" on Baltimore Unsigned

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Fiction 20 Down (http://www.myspace.com/fiction20down) join us in studio for an episode of Baltimore Unsigned. Here they perform "Gossip & Gunplay" from their session.

 For more information visit www.baltimoreunsigned.org or www.f20d.com.

Phish Will Reunite

According to phish.com in a video posted by the guys they will be reuniting for 3 shows in Virginia at Hampton Coliseum playing their first public show in 4 years, 6 months, 19 days on March 6...They plan on adding more dates

Watch the Announcement Video Here

Cake Frontman (and Ticket Giveaway) on the Eco Tour

Tune in to the Eco Tour at 6 and 8 a.m. Wednesday, October 1st, as Andrew Lovett speaks with Cake frontman John McCrea about recording the band's new album in his solar-powered studio.

Also, listen for a special announcement after each Eco Tour broadcast to win tickets to see Cake at Pier Six Pavilion on Thursday, October 2nd.

Good Morning Maryland comes to WTMD

ABC 2 News Good Morning Maryland hosts Megan Pringle and Jamie Costello stopped by the studio on Wednesday to chat with Erik, Here's a video of the interview.

Corey Chisel: Midwest Magic

When Appelton, Wisconsin native Corey Chisel sings, something captivating, yet familiar happens.

The warmth and familial nature of his voice brings to mind like-minded heartland songwriters such as Peter Himmelman and maybe Greg Brown, when he's in a good mood.

But, the way he starts a song with a church organ (his Dad is a preacher), adds an electric jangle here, a clarinet there and blends his raw, wide-open-with-possibilities voice with female counterpart Adriel Harris, a hymnal, anthemic song takes flight and just doesn't come down.

I haven't been able to get any of the songs off his new EP, Cabin Ghosts out of my head since it landed on my desk. He recorded several of the songs live in front of a hometown crowd.

Corey Chisel might get stuck in your brain once you see the video for "See It My Way." Notice the added chorus of a pooch!

Kings of the Night

A grand statement, but Kings of Leon should make a pretty big impression on tonight's Saturday Night Live!
The will be playing music from Only By The Night which comes out next Tuesday, but I think this family band (3 brothers & their cousin) could be even more.
They've put together 23 home videos of their everyday antics with a dash of in-studio performances and honestly I think the guys are hysterical an should be in some skits on SNL, but tell me what you think from this Kings of Leon video.

Pretenders / Hold Steady Ticket Giveaway

The Pretenders, The Hold Steady and All Mighty Senators play an all-ages show at Sonar on Friday, September 19th.

Tune into the Morning Show from 7 to 10 a.m. Thursday, September 18th, and listen for a song from The Pretenders' new album, Break Up The Concrete. (Listen live at the new WTMD.org.)

Erik will play a new song each hour, and the first listener to call into the station when each song plays (410-704-8936) wins a pair of tickets to the show and a copy of the new album.

Bob Sima performs "Map In My Lap" LIVE at the 8x10

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Bob Sima joined us for a live taping of Baltimore Unsigned at the 8x10. Here he performs "Map In My Lap" off of his new album Periphery.

 For more information, visit www.wtmd.org or www.baltimoreunsigned.org.