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Identical twins Craig and Charlie Reid have played together in bands ever since they were teens. They formed The Proclaimers some three decades ago and somehow managed to keep the group going despite the ups and downs of the mu...
Flicks
Photographer Eric Schwartz originally set out to create portraits of people with tattoos for an exhibit. He soon realized there was more to the story, so he began making a short documentary. That short documentary eventually tu...
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New York noise rocker Marnie Stern has such a hard time finding someone to date, she launched a “Win a Date with Marnie” campaign in conjunction with the release of her new album, The Chronicles of Marnie. She received a whoppi...
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For the past several years, Hot Water Music singer Chuck Ragan has organized The Revival Tour, an old school concept featuring new school punk singers and songwriters. The current tour features a revolving door of artists that ...
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People magazine has called Cedar + Gold, the latest album from San Diego-based singer-songwriter Tristan Prettyman a “soulful, shimmering songs about love and loss.” Songs like the opener, “Second Chance,” are surprisingly movi...
Movie
Given the epic quality of his “Vengeance Trilogy,” we had great expectations for Stoker, the English language debut from Korean director Park Chan-wook. And in terms of visual style, Stoker certainly has plenty going for it. Th...
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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...
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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...