‘Punk as an aesthetic and individualistic lifestyle means nothing.’
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Hanging with the Coathangers
“I’d never even played bass before. In middle school, I played clarinet, but that’s like completely different.”
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Crazy Bag Lady: Household word
“You get 25 kids in some of these living rooms and it seems like there’s a thousand people there, all right there with you.”
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Close to the ‘Bone
Back in the very late 80s, when hair bands were already flat and grunge music had yet to don its flannels, something weird appeared on the bill of my favorite […]
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La Dispute, Chilled Monkey Brains
LA DISPUTE, FORMER THIEVES, NATIVE At 9 p.m. Friday, May 13 Sweet Melissa’s, 35 Whitaker St. In the post-hardcore universe, wherein steely punk bands find (and fornicate with) alternate modes […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Bloodkin *** One of Athens, Ga.’s best straight-up rock and roll bands for the past two decades, this raw, rootsy, guitar-based act has never received their due — although those […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Rev. Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy, Reckless Kelly *** I can’t deny that the last time I tried to take in a rare, independently promoted rock show at this primarily black-oriented […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Groovesect *** It’s not every day that a bona fide musical legend makes it his business to be seen playing with an upstart band. Let alone one whose members’ average […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Xela Zaid For some time now this Miami-based singer/songwriter has operated on the fringe of the DIY rock movement — touring and recording with the duo Ho Chi Minh. His […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Soap Operating quite under the radar for a few years now, this quirky, funky, indie-rock band (featuring Rigel Crockett, Antar Ellis, Joachim Kelly, Eric Curl and Louis Clausi) has become […]
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The DFL Project: bringing punk into focus
FOR AS LONG AS THERE HAVE BEEN live music scenes, there have been photographers who have attempted to document them for posterity. However, up till now, most of the published […]
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Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
Joe Buck There’s a demon in Joe Buck’s head and it wants you dead. Formerly of Th’ Legendary Shackshakers and perhaps best known as the upright bassist in Hank III’s […]