Image by Shervin Lainez

Local favorites Wye Oak have been steadily touring in support of the bandโ€™s stellar sixth album, โ€œThe Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs,โ€ and that long journey on the road will bring them back to Ottobar on Nov. 18.

Tickets cost $20 and are on sale now.

Anybody who has followed Wye Oak long enough knows vocalist/guitarist Jenn Wasner and percussionist Andy Stack always do right by their former hometown. See also: This documentary-style video and live performance of the song โ€œWatching the Waitingโ€ from when they came through town in 2016 following the release โ€œTween,โ€ but also to celebrate the duoโ€™s decade-long existence.

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Itโ€™s worth noting the show is two days after the experimental duo Wume plays an album release show at the Ottobar, making this November weekend an exceptional one to support local music.

Brandon Weigel is the managing editor of Baltimore Fishbowl. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he has been published in The Washington Post, The Sun, Baltimore Magazine, Urbanite, The Baltimore...