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After original singer Layne Staley died in 2002, it wasn’t certain that grunge icons Alice in Chains would continue. Yet the band persevered, regrouping in 2005 and recruiting powerhouse vocalist William DuVall to take his plac...
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On Mogwai’s eighth studio album Rave Tapes, the band delivers another set of compelling mood-altering, mostly instrumental tunes. Mogwai wrote and recorded Rave Tapes at the band’s Castle Of Doom studios in Glasgow, Scotland, w...
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To hear frontman Todd Fink tell it, indie rockers the Faint almost called it quits after releasing their last studio effort, 2008’s Fasciinatiion. But the band reconvened last year to record their new album, Doom Abuse, a colle...
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Singer-guitarist Holly Golightly‘s punk rock ethos was instilled in her years ago in the UK, where she joined outsider artist and poet Billy Childish in his garage rocking act the Delmonas, which then became Thee Headcoat...
Flicks
A fascinating documentary about a nanny who took more than 100,000 photographs but never had a single gallery show, Finding Vivian Maier grew out of John Maloof’s random discovery of her negatives (he bought a box of them at an...
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Athens, Alabama-based Alabama Shakes practically came out of nowhere in 2012 when it dropped its debut, Boys & Girls. An album of raw, bluesy songs sung by Brittany Howard, Boys & Girls received three Grammy nominations...
Beer
This is another New Belgium “Lips of Faith” series beer that I picked up recently. It is a dark Belgian Dubbel with Schisandra berries added to the fermenter. According to the Colorado brewing company, these berries are known...