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At The Drive In Returns With New LP ‘in • ter a • li • a’
With praise still reverberating from December’s unveiling of “Governed By Contagions,” At The Drive In has issued another clarion call from its first album in 17 years: “Incurably Innocent” is the...
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Film Bits: ‘X-Men’ May Have Found New Director; ‘Inhumans’ Casts ‘Game of...
Simon Kinberg Directing Next ‘X-Men’?The next entry into the wildly uneven X-Men franchise may have found its director in long time series producer/writer Simon Kinberg. This would be the directorial...
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Strand of Oaks Create Undeniably Catchy Rock Gems On ‘Hard Love’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥Even as his sound has grown bigger and grander over time, Tim Showalter’s songwriting has always radiated with a kind of dark intensity. As Strand of Oaks, he has been consistently making...
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Tales From The Golden Road: 79.5 Get Ready Embark On First Tour With Chicano...
Plenty of people go to see bands when they come through their town, but most people don’t think about everything that it takes to get those bands to their favorite club. Being on tour for a musician is...
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SONG PREMIERE: Kentucky Psych-Folk Band Bendigo Fletcher Rest Easy With...
Bendigo Fletcher are only just now establishing a following in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, but spend some time listening to their heady blend of psych-folk and Americana and you’ll quickly...
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SONG PREMIERE: Killer Kaya Brings Mystical Funk Alive on “Understood”
Santa Barbara based psychedelic funk band, Killer Kaya, releases “Understood” (below) one of the tracks from their upcoming album said to be coming out later this year. While “Understood” holds true to...
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Kevin Russell (Ex Gourds) Talks New Shinyribs Album, Tacos, Old Austin and...
Kevin Russell never slows down. Since calling it quits with his beloved band The Gourds in 2013, the Austin musician has been devoting nearly every waking hour to his band Shinyribs. Russell formed the...
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The Mountain Goats Return With ‘Goths’ May 19th – Share First Single ““Andrew...
On May 19, The Mountain Goats return with Goths. The band has shared the first single via Spotify and can be heard below. The Mountain Goats have announced a run of tour dates including several...
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The Enduring Importance of ‘Lost Highway’: The Lynchian Nightmare Unrestrained
With that gum you like coming back in style, David Lynch is back on everyone’s minds. The upcoming relaunch of Twin Peaks has everyone talking about Lynch and his uncompromising “weirdness.” Weird is...
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The Feelies Keep True Indie Alive On ‘In Between’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥Some 30 years ago, The Feelies gave new meaning and incentive to the alt-rock underground. Based out of the otherwise unassuming town of Hoboken New Jersey, they fused a psychedelic...
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Deliver Strongest Album Since Debut With ‘The...
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥Since the release of their eponymous debut in 2005, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have struggled to create something quite as monumental. In fact, after releasing three other LPs over the past decade...
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Rhiannon Giddens Explores Racial Strife on ‘Freedom Highway’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥“There is just one thing/I can’t understand, my friend/why some folks think freedom/ is not designed for all men,” sings Rhiannon Giddens in a fiery voice as she covers “Freedom Highway” a song...
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Keep It Weird…. Again On ‘Flying...
♥♥♥♥♥♥No one is questioning that King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are strange. Or that they are an extremely psychedelic, experimental and talented seven-member group. Their past albums alone prove...
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‘Get Out’ an Important Work of Sheer Terror (FILM REVIEW)
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥It’s rare that a horror film feels important. Mostly horror exists as pure escapism; a fun romp through the fields of terror that allows audiences to escape their lives for 90 minutes at a...
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John Mayer Adds Summer Outdoor Shows To World Tour
A summer leg has been added to John Mayer’s Search for Everything World Tour, which will launch on Tuesday, July 18 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Isleta Amphitheater and runs through Sunday,...
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Zombies Live Again in ‘The Girl with All the Gifts’ (FILM REVIEW)
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥The zombie zeitgeist has come and gone. Infested though we were, we’ve moved on from the horrors of last decade into new territories, and now even old stalwarts like The Walking Dead have...
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Crystal Fairy Holds Back Nothing on Audacious Debut (ALBUM REVIEW)
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥In a way, it was inevitable. The marriage between Teri Gender Bender, lead singer for Le Butcherettes and Bosnian Rainbows, and the Melvins has been teetering towards existence for years now....
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Sting, Joe Sumner and The Last Bandoleros Let Loose In New Orleans (SHOW REVIEW)
When Sting shouted out, “I want to hear you New Orleans!” the crowd shouted back in unison. While the city is in the midst of their Mardi Gras season, Sting brought that same kind of jovial fun to his...
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Blitzen Trapper To Make Theatrical Debut With ‘Wild And Reckless’
Blitzen Trapper will make their foray into the world of theater with Wild and Reckless, a new concert event written and performed by the band that will have its world premiere at The Armory in...
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Oscar Predictions: ‘La La Land’ or ‘Moonlight’?
The Oscars are back, and this time it’s personal. Well, sort of. After last year’s #oscarssowhite debacle, the Academy added a few folks to their line-up and decidedly wandered up and down the film...
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