THE CUTEST PUPPY IN THE WORLD (dc/baltimore) is bryan rhodes (keyboards) and layne garrett (etc). we explore saturated space, emergent forms, scorched remnants of the familiar. we are folk music with broken strings, jazz on a tambourine, trance in a burned-out basement. our music is all improvised. since june we've played in dc alongside the likes of: jack wright, the swinging chandeliers (joseph hammer+sayo mitsuishi), mazen kerbaj+vic rawlings+mike bullock, matt weston, croniamantal, green milk from the planet orange, mass movement of the moth, greenland, insect factory, wzt hearts, the picture is dead, and jakuta+carl. visit us at for more more more