NEW PORNOGRAPHERS AND THE EXCITEMENT OF THE UNEXPECTED
You know that sense of anticipation you have before pressing play on a favorite band's new album? At least one member of the tuneful Canadian indie-rock veterans The New Pornographers feels the same w...
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BLUES TRAVELER CONTINUES LONG HAUL WITH STOP AT SHERMAN THEATER
The music of Blues Traveler was everywhere in the mid-'90s. Hits like "Run-Around" and "The Hook" were all over radio and MTV, and every college dorm room seemed to have a copy of the "four" album on ...
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FISHBONE: ‘THERE’S A GREAT SENSE OF PURPOSE’
Fishbone, the legendary band out of Los Angeles that has fused punk, funk and everything in between since 1979, is on a mission. As bassist and founding member Norwood Fisher puts it, it might be "the...
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MICHIGANDER GRATEFUL FOR HIGH-PROFILE COLLABS AND FANS WILLING TO ‘INCONVENIENCE THEMSELVES’
Jason Singer has been performing as Michigander for nearly 10 years. He's released a song that has been streamed more than 10 million times, he's performed at Lollapalooza and shared stages with Band ...
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FRUIT BATS’ ERIC JOHNSON IS HOMEWARD BOUND ON NEW ALBUM
For Eric Johnson, the singer, songwriter and guitarist behind the long-time indie rock project Fruit Bats, home is a relative idea. On a literal level, after many years spent in many places, it's Los ...
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SNARKY PUPPY: BUILDING AN EMPIRE FROM THE GROUND UP
Hot off a Grammy win -- the band's fifth -- Snarky Puppy is on the road, with dates in New York and Philadelphia this week. For bandleader and bassist Michael League, each album release or concert is ...
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THE BOBBY LEES: ‘WE’RE REALLY COOL AND GOOD AT MUSIC’
The Bobby Lees might be from Woodstock, but they're no hippie revival act. The young punk group that has caught the ears of genre gods like Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry and Henry Rollins is gaining a reputa...
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SLEAFORD MODS’ JASON WILLIAMSON: ‘I THINK A LOT OF WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE FOLDING’
Sleaford Mods, the UK post-punk duo comprised of Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn, are not optimists. And they have a lot of material to work with. Their homeland is mired in a cost of living crisis ...
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RISING COLORADO BAND KIND HEARTED STRANGERS SET FOR NORTHEAST DATES
When it came time for Kind Hearted Strangers to record their second album, "Now.here," which will be released on April 7, the road dogs did what they do best: just play. "Basically, every day began...
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ELLIOTT LANDY RECALLS THE MAKING OF HIS HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THE BAND
In the 1960s, the idea of what it means to be an American was changing. As a war raged in Vietnam, protests raged at home. Young people were no longer accepting that whatever their parents or governme...
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