RA RA RIOT REVISITS ‘THE RHUMB LINE’ 10 YEARS LATER: ‘IT WAS KIND OF A WHIRLWIND’
For many artists, it takes a few albums to find their footing. But Ra Ra Riot frontman Wes Miles knew when the band was recording debut album "The Rhumb Line" that its melodic and melancholic mix of u...
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DEGRAW FEST, IN YEAR TWO, BRINGS BROOKLYN MUSICIANS AND FANS TOGETHER
What if there was a festival inspired by South By Southwest, but you could actually see all of the bands on your list, not deal with overstuffed, makeshift venues and you didn't even have to travel to...
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HOWLIN RAIN: ‘HUMANS DON’T SING ON KEY ALL THE TIME’
Ethan Miller, who helms the fuzzed-out, hard-charging rock outfit Howlin Rain, knows there are many ways to lead a band. And he knows none of them are quite perfect. "There's no fucking easy way to...
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THE BOX TOPS ARE STILL ‘SOUL DEEP’ AFTER ALEX CHILTON’S PASSING
When The Box Tops frontman Alex Chilton -- also legendary for fronting Big Star -- died in 2010, it seemed The Box Tops had also been laid to rest. "It destroyed me and I just was determined not to...
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JOE RUSSO BRINGS EAST COAST ATTITUDE TO GRATEFUL DEAD SONGBOOK
When New Jersey metalhead Joe Russo was in high school, he quit a band because it played Grateful Dead songs. But starting in his 30s, he'd come to love the iconic San Francisco group's music as a ke...
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FROM ‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’ TO SIT-INS WITH DEREK TRUCKS: BRANDON ‘TAZ’ NEIDERAUER’S SURREAL JOURNEY
If you were one of the 9.6 million people who tuned into NBC on Easter night to watch "Jesus Christ Superstar," the first person you saw was not John Legend or Alice Cooper or Sara Bareilles. It wasn'...
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PEACH FEST A FAMILY HOMECOMING OF SORTS FOR LEFTOVER SALMON
This year’s Peach Festival is shaping up as a family reunion for Andy Thorn of Leftover Salmon. When the Colorado bluegrass-based sextet makes its debut Peach appearance during the July 19-22 festi...
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NATIONAL RESERVE BRINGS AMERICANA ROCK SOUND TO BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL
The National Reserve founder and frontman Sean Walsh abruptly interrupted fellow guitarist and bandmate Jon Ladeau during a revealing recent interview about the Brooklyn-based band’s upcoming two-day ...
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FOR GOMEZ, DEBUT ‘BRING IT ON’ WAS ‘SOMETHING THAT’S JUST US’
By 1998, Oasis were “bigger than f---ing God,” according to Noel Gallagher, and the Britpop giant’s chief rival, Blur, wasn’t that far behind, with its anthemic “Song 2” making an inescapable noise wo...
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DUSTIN DOUGLAS & THE ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN ‘BREAK IT DOWN’ ON ADVENTUROUS NEW ALBUM (SONG PREMIERE)
With a full-length debut and a blues EP under their belt, Dustin Douglas & the Electric Gentlemen return this week with their sophomore full-length album, "Break It Down." The album finds the band...
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