THE NUDE PARTY, DRESSED FOR SUCCESS, HITS KARL HALL
The members of The Nude Party were hanging out with their families in North Carolina, eating, drinking and enjoying a day off from the breakneck pace of touring, when singer Patton Magee's phone rang....
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SUB POP CELEBRATES 30 YEARS WITH SEATTLE PERFORMANCES
Photos by Jeff Colchamiro Legendary indie record label Sub Pop recently celebrated its anniversary with a weekend-long event, SPF 30, to commemorate "30 years of releasing somewhat well-regarded re...
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ABBY AHMAD & MARK MARSHALL BRING DIVERSE CATALOGS TO HOMETOWN SHOW AT KARL HALL
Musician couple Abby Ahmad and Mark Marshall have created a sizable and diverse catalog of music together, on their own and with other collaborators. Ahmad, a singer, songwriter and guitarist, is reco...
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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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JACKIE GREENE, ERIC KRASNO and ROSS JAMES TREAT CROWD TO INTIMATE EVENING AT TERRAPIN CROSSROADS
SAN RAFAEL, Ca. -- Like a three-course meal with each set of flavors complementing each other to perfection, Jackie Greene, Eric Krasno and Ross James served up a sumptuous banquet of sounds Saturday ...
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PEACH FESTIVAL 2018: PHIL LESH, UMPHREY’S MCGEE, MICHAEL FRANTI and MORE
Photos by Sam Watson The seventh annual Peach Music Festival on Montage Mountain in Scranton, PA, wrapped up last weekend with an exciting blend of classic rock royalty like Grateful Dead and Allma...
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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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