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Earlier this year, the avant metal act Mr. Gnome released its new album, The Heart of a Dark Star, to wide acclaim. According to the band’s press release, “[Singer] Nicole [Barille] and [drummer] Sam [Meister] are back in their...
Flicks
Marc Ribot may be best known for his contributions to many Tom Waits albums but the guitarist has played with a long list of great musicians that includes Elvis Costello, Elton John and Marianne Faithfull. He also has put out a...
Q&A
The Quality Street holiday album was hailed as “characteristically great” (New York Magazine) and “unimpeachably tasteful” (Washington Post) when it came out. Dubbed a “sleighbell-free zone” by sin...
Q&A
Country singer Martina McBride has a career that stretches all the way back to the ‘90s when she made her debut with The Time Has Come. Since then, McBride has won countless awards and sold millions of albums. Earlier this year...
Laughs
Inspired by loudmouth comics like Andrew Dice Clay and Sam Kinison, comedian Jim Florentine ditched his gig as a radio DJ to start doing standup comedy in the early ’90s. Eventually an album of crank phone calls led to regular ...
Flicks
Midway through Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets, Florian Habicht’s documentary about the Brit-pop band, we find out just what motivated singer Jarvis Cocker to first form the group. He admits he was “shy” and fig...
Q&A
Touring in support of their new single, “Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens),” Brooklyn-based New Politics draws from the pop/rock/punk approach of alternative rock acts such as Weezer and Nirvana. The band has toure...
Q&A
On Hang, its first full-length album in nearly a decade, Lagwagon sharpens its songwriting skills to deliver what is arguably the group’s best album yet. The record shows an introspection and maturity, including songs about soc...
Q&A
Thanks to some highly successfully YouTube videos, pop singer Neon Hitch has become an Internet sensation. The Brit singer has embarked on her self-funded Yard Sale Tour to promote Eleutheromaniac, the debut album that she’ll s...
Q&A
Singer-songwriter Mike Doughty is bringing his “world-renowned, award-winning Question Jar Show” to a city near you. The former Soul Coughing front man is touring with sidekick Andrew “Scrap” Livingston on cello. The two ...