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Music Reviews: June 2018

Jess Mayhugh — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 08:30:00 +0000

Todd Marcus

On These Streets (Stricker Street Records)

Over the past two decades, Todd Marcus has become a Baltimore jazz mainstay for his virtuosic instrumentation on the bass clarinet. Swinging between modern compositions and standard roots, the composer and performer celebrates the city’s rich musical heritage and, in the great tradition of his genre, brings other hometown talents along for the ride through his various ensembles. With the help of those lauded local and national musicians—including Charm City’s own veteran drummer Eric Kennedy, rising-star vibraphonist Warren Wolf, and spirited bassist Kris Funn—this spring record is an ode to West Baltimore, where Marcus resides and moonlights as a community activist. Released around the third anniversary of Freddie Gray’s death, these 16 songs use freewheeling arrangements and intricate melodies to capture Sandtown-Winchester—a neighborhood riddled with poverty and violence—in all its beauty and struggle. Marcus honors the community’s vibrant past, addresses existing challenges, and salutes its promising future with emotional fervor.

Snail Mail

Lush (Matador Records)

In 2018, it’s not every day that a teenage band starts out of a small-town garage and then nabs a major record deal only about one year after releasing their debut EP. But Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail is not your average Ellicott City 18-year-old. The vocal powerhouse and guitar-shredding prodigy is the driving force behind her band’s raw, reverberating, mighty-yet-vulnerable sound—one that, heralded by the likes of The New York Times and Rolling Stone, is worth every inch of its unwavering acclaim. Snail Mail is a fresh breath of ’90s rock and roll, and this first full-length record is a robust, coming-of-age look at the love and loss of growing up, shining with unpretentious emotion and refreshingly electric authenticity, especially in our highly digitalized and trivialized world. Across brooding anthems and slow-burning ballads, Jordan goes all in and slays on her star-of-the-show guitar, delivering heart-on-her-sleeve songs with the wisdom of a woman well beyond her years and bursting forth with the sort of punkish riffs that would make her idols proud. In the end, she solidifies her place as a natural-born songwriter at the top of the heap—no longer at the edge of stardom, but here, now, and ready to rock.

Read our full interview with Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan.

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Bombs Away

Aaron Hope — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:00:00 +0000

Sit back, relax, and allow yourself to be transfixed by the swirling color explosion and amazing smells of these bath bombs—guaranteed make your bath time much cuter, calmer, and cleaner.

Da Bomb Bath Fizzers Earth Bomb ($4.99) at Target

Sparkle bath bomb ($5) at Katwalk

ME! Bath Pomegranate Mini Ice Cream bath soak ($9.99/12oz package) at Target

Pink shimmer bath bomb ($6) at Brightside Boutique

Barr Co. Lemon Verbena bath bomb ($7) at Poppy and Stella

Sex Bomb ($7.95) at Lush

ME! Bath Cucumber Melon Mini Ice Cream bath soak ($9.99/12oz package) at Target

Blue and gold bath bomb ($6) at Brightside Boutique

Intergalactic bath bomb ($7.95) at Lush

Da Bomb Bath Fizzers “F” Bomb bath soak ($4.99) at Target

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Fashion Round-Up

Jess Mayhugh — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Brightside’s Birthday Sale

It’s already been a year since Brightside Boutique opened up its second store in Fells Point, which means it’s time to celebrate! This weekend, both locations will offer customers a 20 percent discount, as well as complimentary mimosas and Diablo Doughnuts. The sale will start Friday, August 8 and end this Sunday, August 10.

LUSH Grand Opening Party

This Saturday, August 9, LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics will celebrate the opening of its Harbor East location. Between 12 and 5 p.m., the store will provide complimentary face care experiences, as well as several opportunities for attendees to go home with some gifts. Spend $80 to receive a free item with purchase or spend $50 and spin the wheel to receive a prize. Or just be one of the first 100 people to arrive (and RSVP to harboreast@lush.com) and receive a complimentary gift. The party will also feature a DJ, cupcakes, and drinks.

Harbor East Sidewalk Sale

This Sunday (from 12 to 5 p.m.), take advantage of discounts at some of your favorite Harbor East vendors, including Amaryllis Handcrafted Jewelry, City Sports, Handbags in the City, Loafers Laces, Sassanova, South Moon Under, Urban Chic, and White House / Black Market. Save a receipt from the day (from one of the mentioned retailers) in order to enter to win a gift card prize pack valued at $400. All who enter will receive a pair of Harbor East aviators while supplies last. Customers can also enjoy complimentary snowballs at the sidewalk sale.

Check here for details regarding each store’s offers.

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New Stores

Jess Mayhugh — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Check out some of our favorite shops’ new locations.

Wee Chic

After about five years in business, Wee Chic has expanded and relocated (don’t worry, your favorite kids’ store hasn’t gone too far!), just across the courtyard in Green Spring Station.

The new, larger space (almost twice the size of the original) means even more of the store’s trendy children’s clothing, accessories, toys, and gifts. Parents of tween girls: keep an eye out for a larger selection of clothing, room décor, accessories, and gifts. In addition to these items that we already know and love, Wee Chic will offer some all-new lines (like the recently-launched Vince kids for Fall 2014) and never-before-carried nursery furniture.

The boutique will also welcome two new services to be enjoyed by shopping kids and parents alike. At The Candy Bar, customers can enjoy their own creations (such as customized candy necklaces and pinwheel lollipops). The store will also continue to partner with (cool) progeny to create The Room at Wee Chic, a new space where the team will offer educational and enrichment programs, as well as photography services in collaboration with Laura Black Photography.

Where: 2360 W. Joppa Rd. #115, Lutherville, (adjacent to the Joppa Concourse entrance to Green Spring Station, in the space formerly occupied by The Pleasure of Your Company), 410-878-7400.

Lush Cosmetics

Back in March, we blogged about Lush opening another location right here in Harbor East, and now, we’re excited to announce that the store is officially open—just in time for a summer makeover.

Stop by Lush’s first Baltimore City location to shop the line’s all-natural, cruelty-free cosmetics, fragrances, hair, and skincare products.

Refresh your old cosmetic case and opt for one of the store’s many “naked” or package-free products (including solid shampoos, soaps, toothpastes, bath bombs, and more) to help cut down on waste.

After trying out your new purchases, check out the store’s new Auto reFRESH program—a custom service that regularly delivers your favorite handmade products right to your door!

Where: 1001 Aliceanna St., Suite B

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LUSH Comes to Harbor East

Jess Mayhugh — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:30:00 +0000

For all LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics fans (B ath Bomb,
anyone?) in the city, you’ll be happy to learn that the vegetarian
beauty line—skin, hair, body—which uses fresh and organic ingredients
with no animal testing performed, will be joining the Harbor East area
this summer.

The new location will occupy about 1,300 square feet at
1001 Aliceanna Street, offering the hands-on “cosmetic deli” atmosphere
that the store is known for, where customers are encouraged to
personally pick their products (most found in the “naked” solid form,
which decreases the use of wasteful packaging).

You can read more about
the LUSH philosophy here.

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