FAMILY STEREO: ‘ATMOSPHERE INSPIRES ME JUST AS MUCH AS WORDS DO’
Family Stereo, the eclectic musical project of Blake Watt, has some momentum at his back as he releases his debut album, "The Thread." He's already played at festivals in his native UK like Kendal Ca...
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THE HOOTERS’ ERIC BAZILIAN BREAKS THROUGH THE ECHO CHAMBER WITH ‘BETTER TIMES’
Songwriting is a famously confessional exercise in which artists bare their innermost emotions and share them with the world. But Eric Bazilian, the lead vocalist of The Hooters, took a different app...
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BURIAL GROUND LIVES AGAIN: BRIAN QUINN RETURNS AS PA HARDCORE VETS HONOR THEIR FALLEN
A Pennsylvania band that was dead and buried – pardon the wordplay – is back with new music and a gig this Saturday at a benefit that is bringing together some of the PA hardcore scene’s central figu...
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REUNITED SIDE OVER FEELS SADNESS AND JOY IN HONORING LOST COMRADES
The surviving members of northeastern Pennsylvania hardcore band Side Over are certain of it: if their former bandmates were still alive, they wouldn’t be performing on Saturday. Or at all. “No, n...
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ROLLING STONES ARE GLORIOUSLY PREDICTABLE WITH ‘FOREIGN TONGUES’
That the Rolling Stones are still above ground is a blessing. That they are still making good music is a minor miracle. On "Foreign Tongues," their 27th studio album, the band is in top form as they ...
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‘PEOPLE OF SUBSTANCE’ CRAIG FINN AND PATTERSON HOOD — STORIES AND SONGS IN BROOKLYN
Craig Finn and Patterson Hood have been writing the storied "Great American Novel" for decades. Finn, with The Hold Steady and on his own, has been building a world of Midwestern scenesters and drug-...
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LE BANG IS PART PARIS, PART NYC AND 100% CHAOS
NYC punk trio Le Bang today releases its new single and video "God Save The Party," in which Lola Lancón and company answer the question, What would Marie Antoinette be like today? Born and raised...
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LUKE TYLER SHELTON’S STAR IS ON THE RISE WITH NEW SINGLE ‘REASONS’
Photos by Ariana Santiago Lule Tyler Shelton is sitting on a bench in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, answering my questions about his rising profile as a singer-songwriter and guitarist in the loosely...
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ALLISON RUSSELL FINDS HOPE ‘IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS’
Allison Russell is in demand. Broadway wants her: she just wrapped her second run as Persephone in the Tony Award-winning musical "Hadestown." Sarah McLachlan wants her: Russell is opening for her ag...
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EMEI, UNAPOLOGETICALLY DRAMATIC, LAUNCHES ‘A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’
When Emei was 15 years old, she took a year off from school to compete on "Chinese Idol," and finished third. When she felt disillusioned by the experience and decided to attend college, she got acce...
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