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Featured, Music, News & CultureJanuary 6, 2022

TV on the Radio: We’re an American Band

With the recent election of Barack Obama as president of the United States, TV on the Radio may have been the most American band making music in 2008. Little did we know then that the country would face a vicious and sustained backlash that continues to threaten our democracy.

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FeaturedNovember 26, 2021

The Sonics: How to Lead a Punk-Rock Double Life

When mild-mannered Rob Lind isn’t on the links at Birkdale Golf Club near his home in the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina, he’s onstage with his legendary garage-rock band The Sonics

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Featured, MusicDecember 30, 2018

Folk You!

Tweet In the mid-1980s a ragtag groiup of folk musicians led by the one-named singer-songwriter Lach, along with Roger Manning, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Kirk Kelly, […]

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MusicApril 25, 2015

Meat Puppets: There’s No Business Like Show Business

TweetLess than a year after the suicide death of Kurt Cobain, I saw one of his favorite bands, Meat Puppets, perform at a big Christmas […]

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MusicJanuary 13, 2014

The Ballad of Wreckless and Amy: A Punk-Rock Love Story

TweetEver had a YouTube rabbit-hole experience? Sure you have. I had one tonight that warmed the icy punk-rock part of my heart. You know the […]

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