Archive for April, 2024
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Portland’s MarchFourth Marching Band transcends categorization. Musically, they are aptly self-described as a “brass-rock-funk assault peppered with moments of swing, jazz, Bollywood, ska and metal.” Visually, to call the...
Movie
Probably better suited to movie-going families than adults expecting something along the lines of Steve Carell comedies such as The 40 Year Old Virgin or Dinner for Schmucks, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is both a loving tri...
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The daughter of Hank Williams, Jr. and the granddaughter of Hank Williams, singer Holly Williams is a prodigious talent of her own right. Her recording career started nearly ten years ago but last year’s The Highway marked a re...
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Singer Scott Weiland has had an off-again and on-again relationship with Stone Temple Pilots. The two are currently at odds and last month, as Weiland began a solo tour with his backing band the Wildabouts, the band officially ...
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Singer Jonny Craig has been in and out of pop/punk acts for the past decade. But since getting the boot from Dance Gavin Dance last year, he’s decided to devote himself fully to his solo career and pursue soul and R&B music...
Movie
While director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, The Evil Dead) does a good job of making the world of Oz look fantastical and dreamlike in Oz the Great and Powerful, the prequel is a bit more style than substance, ultimately lacking purp...
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When the judges voted her off the fifth season of America’s Got Talent in 2010, they told violinist Lindsey Stirling she had little chance of sustaining a successful recording career. Undaunted, Stirling, who blends classical m...
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Mixed by Sonny DiPerri (Interpol, Jane’s Addiction, Portugal. The Man), STRFKR’s new album, Miracle Mile, is its most accessible yet as its dance-y synth beats and whispery vocals resemble a strange cross between the Bee ...
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Formed 30 years ago in Brooklyn, New York, They Might Be Giants have certainly had a long, seemingly improbably run. The nerdy duo — John Flansburgh and John Linnell — started out performing their quirky indie pop tunes accompa...
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The Hives, a high energy garage rock outfit from Sweden, caught a fair bit of attention in the States in the early 2000s when rock pundits lumped them in with the Strokes and White Stripes as part of a burgeoning garage revival...