PRACTICE SPACE: SLEEPLORE
Words, photos and videos by Keith Perks Practice spaces are in buildings, warehouses and homes, and they are where bands create and perfect what you see and hear on stage every weekend. I want to s...
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KID ICARUS, AFTER 7-YEAR LAYOFF, RETURNS FOR NEPA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
Scranton indie rock band Kid Icarus will play its first show in seven years on Saturday. And like the last time the group performed together, it's a city event that's bringing the boys back together, ...
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EXCLUSIVE: THE MINUS WORLD TAKES ON DAVID BERMAN’S ‘MARGARITAS AT THE MALL’
The Minus World will release a new EP this week, and it features a compelling cover version of one of the final songs released by the troubled and critically acclaimed David Berman. Eric Schlittler, t...
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ROBERT WALTER TAKES FLIGHT WITH ‘BETTER FEATHERS’
Keyboardist Robert Walter is a self-proclaimed vinyl junkie, but he knows the value of digital music. So when it came time to release his latest material, he concocted a plan that brings some analog f...
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WARREN HAYNES: ‘WE’RE GOING TO UP THE DOSAGE’
The shutdown of the touring circuit affected no one more than Warren Haynes, the Gov't Mule guitarist and singer also known for his long-time membership in the Allman Brothers Band and work with m...
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SMALL BLACK PAYS TRIBUTE TO BELOVED SURFER UNCLE ON NEW ALBUM, WRAPS TOUR IN BROOKLYN
It's a paradox that urbanites have faced forever: feeling alone despite living among teeming throngs of people. For Josh Kolenik, that concept became even more vivid during the COVID-19 lockdown and p...
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CANADA’S FUNERAL LAKES ARE BACK WITH ‘REDEEMER’ EP
Funeral Lakes were thinking big and small at the same time for their new EP, "Redeemer." "They are pretty big, universal ideas, but we wanted to approach them more personally," the Kingston, Ontario,...
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THE GO-GO’S KATHY VALENTINE OPENS UP ON WILD RIDE IN ‘ALL I EVER WANTED’
According to the academics, the key elements for a good story are the characters, the setting, the plot, the conflict and the resolution. For Kathy Valentine, checking those boxes was a snap when it c...
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VALLEY MAKER CHECKS IN FROM THE CROSSROADS
"Well I'm missing you half the time/ And I'm missing them half the time/ And I'm missing what's left of my life/ And I'm missing what's left behind," Austin Crane sings in "On a Revelation," one of th...
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FOR DEBORAH GRABIEN AND LAUREN MURPHY, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE STORY
Deborah Grabien and Lauren Murphy are so simpatico these days that they practically finish each other's sentences during a joint interview. But if not for a chance meeting, the two Bay Area songwriter...
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