NEVER TRUST A PRANKSTER: KEN BABBS SHARES HIS PSYCHEDELIC ADVENTURES WITH KEN KESEY AND THE DEAD IN ‘CRONIES’
The beatniks and hippies made indelible marks on American life. But what about the unnamed cohort in between, those too young to be contemporaries of Kerouac but too old to be driving the Summer of Lo...
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UK INDIE ROCK STANDOUTS THE LATHUMS SET FOR US DEBUT THIS WEEK
For $20 and change, you can see one of the top bands in the UK when The Lathums make their stateside debut this week with shows at Milkboy in Philadelphia and Elsewhere in Brooklyn. The young band fro...
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MARILLION TACKLES PANDEMIC, CLIMATE CHANGE ON MUSICALLY UPBEAT 20th ALBUM (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
Progressive rock juggernaut Marillion has never shied away from big ideas, and 40 years and 20 albums into its career, the U.K. progressive band has tackled one of its grandest yet: an album largely i...
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SHINER BACK ON THE ROAD, AND IT’S ‘STRANGELY FAMILIAR’
It had been nearly 20 years since Shiner released an album when the Kansas City band reconvened. With a few reunion tours based on re-releases and anniversaries, the group continued to be an occasiona...
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KAT VON D IS OUT TO PROVE HERSELF ON DEBUT ALBUM AND TOUR (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
When we ask Kat Von D how she feels about fans being skeptical when an artist tries something outside of their established genre, she cuts us off. "They should be," she says. Von D is a classica...
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BRITISH CHART-TOPPERS THE WOMBATS GEARED UP FOR FILLMORE, TERMINAL 5 SHOWS
U.K. indie favorites The Wombats are stateside through late February for a run of dates to promote their newly released fifth studio album, "Fix Yourself, Not the World." It's on track to be the band...
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LEXI VEGA CONTINUES TO FIND HERSELF AS MINI TREES
Photo by Danielle Parsons For Lexi Vega, who performs as Mini Trees, music has been a tool for self-discovery. With a Cuban-born father and Japanese American mother, finding her identity has not be...
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EXCLUSIVE: UNIVERSITY DRIVE STREAMS NEW LYRIC VIDEO FOR ‘CARRY IT’
Photo by Amanda Hrycyna "Carry It," the new track from University Drive, is a dark journey with dark, pointed lyrics like "When I was dead you were deaf ears." With a lyric video that debuts exclus...
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SLEEPLORE TALKS DEBUT EP, RECORDING PROCESS AND FIRST LIVE SHOW
Photo by Keith Perks With his first EP as Sleeplore due next week and the project's first live show in the rearview mirror, Clyde Rosencrance joins us to chat about the endeavor that has been a few...
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THE MOTHER HIPS REKINDLE COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT WITH ‘GLOWING LANTERN’
While the new normal for bands is to collaborate remotely, the upcoming Mother Hips album, "Glowing Lantern," was built on old-fashioned, in-person hangs between primary songwriters Greg Loiacono and ...
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