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baltimore

Last updated: Tue Nov 04 2025 11:12:51 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Baltimore represents a distinctive sonic identity emerging from Maryland's largest city, characterized by experimental creativity that spans punk aggression, electronic innovation, and the rapid-fire beats of club music. The tag captures Baltimore's DIY ethos and cultural diversity, where underground scenes blend raw energy with avant-garde approaches to hip-hop, noise rock, and dance music. This sound reflects the city's gritty urban character and independent spirit, favoring unconventional production and boundary-pushing experimentation.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
91		1985	Bill Frisell	Rambler	baltimore jazz jazz fusion jazz guitar usa	jazz guitar # 5
75		1985	Reptile House	I Stumble As the Crow Flies	art punk baltimore hardcore punk punk rock
27		1989	Bill Frisell	Petra Haden and Bill Frisell	baltimore
41		1989	Bill Frisell	Bill Frisell with Elvin Jones and Dave Holland	baltimore jazz
31		1993	Articulate	Bombs Over Baltimore Vol. 1	baltimore electronic techno
70		1994	Ballyhoo!	Armatage Shanks	baltimore pop punk punk rock
72		1995	Bill Frisell	Music For The Films Of Buster Keaton: Go West	baltimore
37		1998	The Thumbs	Make America Strong	baltimore diy pop punk power pop
47		2000	The Thumbs	All Lesser Devils	baltimore diy pop punk power pop
65		2000	Bill Frisell	Lookout for Hope	baltimore
94		2000	Diamond	Don't Lose Your Cool	baltimore
51		2001-05-29	The Thumbs	Last Match	baltimore diy pop punk
39		2001-08	End It	New Wage Slavery - Single	baltimore hardcore punk punk rock
32		2002	Bill Frisell	Rarum V / Selected Recordings	baltimore
46		2002	Bill Frisell	OST - All Hat	baltimore instrumental
77		2004	Karmella's Game	What He Doesn't Know Won't Hurt Him	baltimore bounce	bounce # 79
28		2004	Wordsmith	Baltimore Revisited	baltimore
61		2004	Wordsmith	The Blue Collar Recital	baltimore
95		2004-03-29	Dan Deacon	Twacky Cats	baltimore dada	dada # 100
88		2005-08-09	Bill Frisell	East/West	baltimore
80		2006	Spank Rock	YoYoYoYoYoYo		miami bass # 76
78		2006-04-10	Spank Rock	YoYoYoYoYo		miami bass # 75
68		2006-06-02	Karmella's Game	The Art of Distraction	baltimore
26		2006-06	Combat	Guantanamo Bay / 16	baltimore indie punk indie rock punk rock	indie punk # 2
55		2006-06	Combat	Gold Lang Syne!	baltimore indie punk indie rock punk rock	indie punk # 26
93		2006-09-05	Ecstatic Sunshine	Freckle Wars	baltimore indie rock math rock
57		2007-04-00	Sick Sick Birds	Chemical Trains EP	baltimore diy pop punk power pop	diy # 6
14		2007-04-00	Sick Sick Birds	Vena Cava/Sick Sick Birds split 7"	baltimore diy power pop
84		2007-05-08	Dead Mechanical	Medium Noise	baltimore
92		2007-09-12	Entertainment System	Entertainment System 64	baltimore heavy metal instrumental instrumental rock metal nintendocore rock	instrumental rock # 27 nintendocore # 71
85		2007-09-12	Entertainment System	Super Entertainment System	metal rock heavy metal instrumental
6		2008	Laif	Psychology 101 (2006)	baltimore hip-hop rap
19		2008	Laif	Spirit Avenue (2002)	baltimore hip-hop rap soul
42		2008	Ian Nagoski	Kerflooey	ambient baltimore drone noise
29		2008-05-19	Bill Frisell	All Hat	baltimore
82		2009	Bill Frisell	Where In The World?	baltimore jazz fusion usa
23		2009-03-02	Wordsmith	Perspective Jukebox	baltimore
81		2009-08-25	Rare Candy	Bomber Blue / Gallant Green	instrumental rock soundtrack
44		2009-10-13	Dubbel Dutch	Trollsta EP (Palms Out Sounds)	baltimore dubstep house
90		2010-07-13	The Dangerous Summer	Live In Baltimore	baltimore
56		2011-05-13	Kent State	Spahn Ranch ep	alternative alternative pop alternative rock baltimore lo-fi shoegaze trio usa	trio # 56
54		2011-07-04	Romantic States	Still Petals	alternative pop alternative rock america american american underground baltimore bedroom pop experimental pop lo-fi usa	american underground # 25
5		2011-07-04	Romantic States	Still Petals EP	alternative pop alternative rock america american american underground baltimore bedroom pop diy indie rock trio usa
69		2011-07-30	Entertainment System	Rock n' Roll Cereal	metal rock heavy metal instrumental
43		2011-11-15	Dubbel Dutch	Uknown	baltimore bass electro house tech house uk funky	uk funky # 37
58		2012	Rare Candy	Finally	baltimore instrumental instrumental rock nintendocore soundtrack	nintendocore # 10
52		2012-02-16	At The Graves	Solar	baltimore grunge metal noise rock post-metal sludge
97		2012-05-15	Rye Rye	Go! Pop! Bang! (Deluxe Version)	baltimore
38		2012-06-19	Wordsmith	King Noah	baltimore
60		2012-08-29	Animal Collective	Centipede Hz	neo-psychedelia	psychedelic pop # 2 neo-psychedelia # 59
12		2012-08	Oneirogen	wanton Ethers	ambient ambient techno baltimore chillout downtempo electronic glitch idm minimalism
86		2012-09-04	Substantial	Home Is Where The Art Is	baltimore hip-hop soul
66		2012-12-11	Vietnam	One Life To live	baltimore germany rap
36		2013-01-22	At The Graves	Mercurial	baltimore grunge metal noise rock post-metal sludge
45		2013-02-11	Hive Bent	U NEUTRAL	baltimore queercore noise rock
13		2013-03-30	Fake Flowers Real Dirt	Fake Flowers Real Dirt	baltimore breakbeat funk jungle soul
11		2014-01-01	The New Mystikal Troubadours	The New Mystikal Troubadours	america american american underground avant-folk baltimore experimental folk usa	experimental folk # 22
30		2014-01-01	Heart of Hearts	My Society	baltimore electronic shoegaze
2		2014-02-19	Elagabalus	ELAGABALUS	baltimore black metal metal
25		2014-03-27	At The Graves	Umbral	baltimore grunge metal noise rock post-metal sludge
67		2014-10-01	Matt Pless	Songs in the Key of Blue	baltimore country rock folk folk punk punk rock western	western # 25
8		2015	F City	Agenda	baltimore electro new wave
22		2015-01-15	At The Graves	Golem/Heavy Ether	baltimore grunge metal noise rock post-metal sludge
33		2015-04-28	Wordsmith	Apt. 507	baltimore jazz
62		2015-06-23	King Los	War	baltimore rap
20		2015-10-16	Stoneburner	The Mouse Shadow	baltimore dance electronic tribal
83		2016-04-01	Sunrise Skater Kids	Boybandin' Up	baltimore boy band comedy comedy rock parody pop pop punk pop rock	comedy rock # 36 parody # 40
100		2016-04-01	Sunrise Skater Kids	Still Posi	baltimore comedy rock easycore parody pop punk	easycore # 71 parody # 94 comedy rock # 95
87		2017-02-10	Sunrise Skater Kids	How Far I'll Go	baltimore comedy rock parody pop punk	comedy rock # 43 parody # 58
98		2017-02-10	Sunrise Skater Kids	Dear Maria, Count Me In (Japanese Version)		comedy rock # 81 parody # 88
99		2017-02-10	Sunrise Skater Kids	Homeless Millennial	baltimore comedy rock easycore parody pop punk	easycore # 69 parody # 91 comedy rock # 92
17		2017-02-10	Sunrise Skater Kids	How Far I'll Go - Single	baltimore comedy rock parody pop punk soundtrack
79		2017-02-10	Sunrise Skater Kids	What's My Age Again?	baltimore pop punk punk rock
50		2017-02-24	Combat	Text	baltimore indie punk indie rock	indie punk # 19
64		2017-02-24	Combat	Fun	baltimore indie punk indie rock punk rock	indie punk # 33
76		2017-02-24	Combat	Forced Friendship	baltimore indie punk indie rock punk rock	indie punk # 43
21		2017-07-28	Really Really	Go Home	baltimore indie punk indie rock
59		2018	Courage Mother	Excerpts from She	baltimore hardcore post-hardcore
35		2019-07-18	Meth Rats	S/T	baltimore hardcore hardcore punk punk rock
53		2019-11-06	Romantic States	beko_15	alternative alternative pop america american american underground baltimore bedroom pop diy lo-fi new weird america usa	american underground # 20
16		2020-04-17	Hain's Point	Forced Friendship	baltimore
71		2020-04-30	Codex Orzhova	Baja Blasted	8-bit baltimore bitcore chiptune cybergrind electronic hardcore mathcore metal metalcore nintendocore	cybergrind # 7 nintendocore # 24 bitcore # 25
73		2020-07-03	Combat	Turning Over	baltimore indie punk indie rock punk rock	indie punk # 40
96		2020-07-10	Sharptooth	Transitional Forms	baltimore hardcore hardcore punk punk rock
48		2020-09-26	The Dead Ringers	Essex Boys	baltimore garage garage punk garage rock indie punk indie rock punk rock	indie punk # 16
7		2020-10-31	Freaky	Red Hot Cheeto Fingers (Hosted by Fridgidair Karats)	baltimore cloud rap hip-hop rap trap
63		2021-07-25	Courage Mother	Behind Me/Polaroid Picture	baltimore hardcore post-hardcore
24		2021-10-15	Meth Rats	TRIGGER FINGER	baltimore hardcore hardcore punk punk rock
49		2022-02-25	Meth Rats	ULTIMATE CULPRIT	baltimore hardcore hardcore punk punk rock
89		2022-03-18	Combat	Text Me When You Get Back	alternative country baltimore indie punk indie rock punk rock	alternative country # 52 indie punk # 61
40		2022-10-07	Hain's Point	The Lamb Lies Down in Dundalk	baltimore indie punk indie rock punk rock	indie punk # 8
9			The Highballers	Soft Music and Hard Liquor	americana baltimore country country rock folk rock rock rockabilly roots washington	washington # 4
1			White Shadow	Panopticon	baltimore industrial metal industrial rock rock
3			TopKlasz	ToP KlaSZ	baltimore
4			Project Kill A Kid	Rhythms from the Jungle Era	baltimore breakbeat
10			Lean Horse Marathon	On My Own	alternative america american american underground avant-rock baltimore experimental indie shoegaze usa
15			Lean Horse Marathon	Up on Bomber Mountain	alternative pop america american american underground baltimore experimental indie lo-fi noise usa
18			Hyperprism	Subobject Classifier	ambient baltimore dark ambient downbeat downtempo dubstep ebm electro-industrial electronic electronica industrial instrumental post-industrial usa
34			Worst Funeral Ever	Die Sad - EP	baltimore emo math rock
74			Joy Classic	Youth Buzz	baltimore

Related genres

• punk rock
• indie rock
• usa
• pop punk
• indie punk
• lo-fi
• rap
• american
• america
• american underground