About this Event
Ringo Deathstarr
Natural Velvet
TBA
7pm Doors
$20 adv ~ $25 at the door
18+
no jerks!
no re-entry for under 21s
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Ringo Deathstarr has been synonymous with the independent shoegaze movement for well over a decade. Heady and lingering, live they are all of that Wall of Sound verb, wide-eyed, washing psych and shakey shimmering we know and love.
Another decade under the belt and on tour with some of their best material to date, Ringo Deathstarr rumbles on like a rogue wave, pounding pavement & pedalboards in venues and festivals this spring ! Not to be missed!
"True to the nature of self-titled albums, condenses everything special about the shoegaze purveyors into one complete package, but it also feels like a self-conscious look back at where they’ve come since. It may not bear the visceral punch of their earlier material, but it feels more esoteric, more open to other influences. The wall of noise we’ve come to expect has opened up to a chamber, as evidenced on early track “God Help the One’s You Love,” which is spacious enough to bring the term “cinematic” to mind. Those tributes to Kevin Shields are still here, like the whammied “Once Upon a Freak” and the knowingly-titled “Gazin,” but as always they’re done with dignity, with a demonstrable understanding of what exactly makes that style of song work. There are moments where the record arguably runs just a little too hard into identikit territory, like Souvlaki outtake “In Your Arms” or the Jesus and Mary and Ringo Chain track “Lazy Lane,” but over a decade later, obvious pastiche has become a part of the band’s charm."
— Rob Moura (Post-Trash, 2021, link )
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Natural Velvet is a post punk/indie band in Baltimore, MD. They have carved out their own world of seductive and confrontational dream pop meets loud AF shoegaze music.
“Scraping post-punk meets witchy psych-rock backed by some of the bounciest basslines around. Like the entire "Donnie Darko" soundtrack stuffed in a blender”
—Brandon Soderberg, Baltimore City Paper “50 Local Releases You Should Hear”
About the Venue:
THE CROWN
1910 N CHARLES STREET
BALTIMORE, MD 21218
(410) 625-4848
The Crown Baltimore is an independent Bar, Restaurant and Live Music Venue in the heart of Baltimore’s Station North Arts District.
Our restaurant serves late night drinks, Korean comfort food and Asian fusion bar fare.
The Venue features a state of the art double stage concert hall and dance floor upstairs in The Pink Room, and an intimate cabaret style stage in The Back Bar restaurant on the ground floor.
Our Mission is to highlight and elevate underground music & arts of all forms in a comfortable and unique space that celebrates the diversity and talent of artists from Baltimore to the World
Is There Reserved Seating?
this is a standing room only General Admission show. We do have plenty of seats and tables at the bar and in side the space.
Accessibility?
The show is in The Pink Room, which is on the second floor (stair access only). Please email us at thecrownbaltimore @ gmail.com for further inquiries.
The show is in The Pink Room is on our second floor ( stair access only).
Parking?
The Crown does not have a public parking lot, however there is plenty of street parking nearby. There are several attended parking garages in the neighborhood.
Please See for additional information and directions!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Crown Baltimore, 1910 North Charles Street, Baltimore, United States
USD 20.00
