TINY RHODE ISLAND HAS BIG STORIES TO TELL ON DEER TICK’S NEW ALBUM
For its ninth studio record, Deer Tick frontman John McCauley gave his songwriting partners in the band an assignment: write tunes about the group's home state, Rhode Island. The resulting album, "Coi...
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AUSTRALIA’S THE JUNGLE GIANTS ARE BACK IN THE US, AND THEY’RE ‘FREAKING OUT’
Australia's The Jungle Giants have finally made it to the United States on their tour in support of "Love Signs," their fourth full-length album. "It’s been way too long so we are freaking out," en...
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THE DISTRICTS BRING ‘GREAT AMERICAN PAINTING’ TO WARSAW IN BROOKLYN
Photos by Bobby Nicholas Philadelphia's The Districts performed at Warsaw in Brooklyn on April 14 in support of their critically lauded new album, "Great American Painting." The album, the band'...
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AT WARSAW, HOP ALONG DOESN’T DISAPPOINT, BUT SPEEDY ORTIZ, NOT SO MUCH
By Cal Setar “Where pierogis meet punk,” isn’t just lip, or food, service – it’s the strange reality of Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based music venue Warsaw. From the workers at the door to the bartende...
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