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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.

  • Go to the profile of  John Morrison
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.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
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.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
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
Turn The Crank Around Philadelphia

Turn The Crank Around

Hand-cranked spools put on a show at Studio 34.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
20 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
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