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In the appropriately named alt-country act He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, real-life brother and sister Robert and Rachel Kolar split vocals while Lauren Brown drums/tap-dances. A stand-up bass and lap slide guitar augments th...
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A scruffy blues duo out of Kansas, guitarist Aaron Moreland and harpist/vocalist Dustin Arbuckle hooked up with producer Seattle-based record producer Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Minus The Bear, The Sword, Norma Jean) for their fort...
Flicks
Director Danny Boyle (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) has a host of great movies to his credit. Following 127 Hours, his 2010 film about a rock climber who cuts off his own arm to survive, Trance is yet anoth...
Art
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Baby Dee started out as street performer and moved to New York City, where, after a stint as a music director at a Catholic Church, “he” became “she.” Baby Dee then be...
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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...
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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...