Baltimore bands to watch (and hear)

Rock: Squaaks!

The word "squaak" must have been invented to denote pure pop music joy, because the band Squaaks has that blissful sound in spades. In the year they've been pounding the mean streets of Baltimore, their sound seems to improve with each gig. They're informed by the early garage rock of The Beatles and The Kinks, as well as the punk-ish Pixies and power pop superstar Alex Chilton—in other words, the best of the best. Squaaks are something worth squawking about, indeed.

http://www.squaaks.com/