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Fishbone Stays In Your Face Philadelphia

Fishbone Stays In Your Face

The band of Black punks from '80s LA continued their (successful) quest to reclaim rock music at Philly's Brooklyn Bowl last night.

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John Morrison
25 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Friko's “Something Worth Waiting For” Detroit

DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Friko's “Something Worth Waiting For”

Chicago indie rockers' sophomore album lives up to its title.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
24 Apr 2026 · 1 min read
Wise Women Jazz It Up Philadelphia

Wise Women Jazz It Up

Three female composers from Philly performed as part of the city's Jazz Appreciation Month — and challenged common assumptions about the genre.

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John Morrison
24 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
No PA? No Problem! Philadelphia

No PA? No Problem!

From outerspace back down to earth, three bands went all over the musical map at Brickbat Books this week.

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Tyler Maxwell
24 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
An Edible Hug Detroit

An Edible Hug

Why Alpino Detroit is my new favorite restaurant.

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Erica Hobbs
24 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Chamber Music At Discovery Lab? It Makes More Sense Than You’d Think Tulsa

Chamber Music At Discovery Lab? It Makes More Sense Than You’d Think

The cheekily-named woodwind quintet WindSync explored music through nature, play, ephemerality, and legacy

  • Go to the profile of  Todd Woodlan
Todd Woodlan
24 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
Back That Thang Up … Again New Haven

Back That Thang Up … Again

Janday Wilson was hardly the only fan (or performer!!) feeling older than "Juvenile" at Toad's Place Thursday night.

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Janday Wilson
24 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
All Cellos, Like A Human Choir Baton Rouge

All Cellos, Like A Human Choir

LSU ensemble brings the universal language of music to the Old Governor's Mansion.

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Serena Puang
23 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
In A Tiny Gallery, “Fragmented Landscapes” Layers Space With Memory Tulsa

In A Tiny Gallery, “Fragmented Landscapes” Layers Space With Memory

Caty Smith’s global travels inspire a vulnerable, meditative body of photographic experiments

  • Go to the profile of  Ariana Jakub Brandes
Ariana Jakub Brandes
23 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
"Co-Founders" Cracks The Code Oakland

"Co-Founders" Cracks The Code

At the Kaiser Center.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
23 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
Cycles Of Violence Repeat. “Antigone & Ismene” Reckoned With How To Break Them. Tulsa

Cycles Of Violence Repeat. “Antigone & Ismene” Reckoned With How To Break Them.

Riff Raff Tulsa's new adaptation of an ancient play felt urgent, unsettling, and deeply human

  • Go to the profile of  Katelyn Wiehe
Katelyn Wiehe
22 Apr 2026 · 8 min read
Into The Inextinguishable Light Oakland

Into The Inextinguishable Light

Oakland Gay Men's Chorus brings queer joy to the Valley Center for the Arts.

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Frederick Noland
22 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Historian Hits The Road All Over

Historian Hits The Road

Beverly Gage returns with a history-laden fresh take in time for the nation’s 250th anniversary.

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Midbrow Editor
22 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
The Puppets Weren't Funny Hartford

The Puppets Weren't Funny

A radical troupe from Vermont makes kids squirm, for a cause.

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Jamil Ragland
22 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Ubiquitous Orange Oakland

Ubiquitous Orange

80 photographs feature a color that finds its way into our lives in ways we often don’t always notice.

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Agustín Maes
22 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
Making Music Ours Again Philadelphia

Making Music Ours Again

Izzy True isn't giving up on their dreams just yet — but how can artists avoid giving into music monopolies these days?

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Izzy True
21 Apr 2026 · 1 min read
Pushing the Pistons Through Art & Beer Detroit

Pushing the Pistons Through Art & Beer

A visual art exhibit at Collect Beer Bar is channeling support for the city's basketball team during playoffs.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
21 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Can You Name That Instrument? Philadelphia

Can You Name That Instrument?

Midbrow, meet the pipa, ruan, and the sanxian.

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Tyler Maxwell
20 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
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