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The Maine Keeps Kicking Philadelphia

The Maine Keeps Kicking

The prolific touring band stopped by Franklin Music Hall this month.

  • Go to the profile of  Emily Cohen
Emily Cohen
27 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Outdoor Gigs Go Ballistix Philadelphia

Outdoor Gigs Go Ballistix

Three bands play a generator show at Grays Ferry.

  • Go to the profile of  Pierce Jordan
Pierce Jordan
27 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Dissonance With Lyricism Hartford

Dissonance With Lyricism

Brazilian jazz fuses an eclectic mix at Hartford Library jazz series

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
27 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Utopia Is Woman Baton Rouge

Utopia Is Woman

Glassel Gallery is turned into an ecofeminist paradise

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
27 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Arrrr, Houma! Baton Rouge

Arrrr, Houma!

Pirates have resumed an annual invasion.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
27 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
“Die, Cry, Hate?” Love! New Haven

“Die, Cry, Hate?” Love!

Karen Ponzio catches Vegas-based k-goth band past self at the Cellar.

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Karen Ponzio
27 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Jes Fan Is An Apt Pupa New Haven

Jes Fan Is An Apt Pupa

Artist's solo show at Yale mines the process of becoming.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
27 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
Close up of hands playing the guitar. Behind is a hand playing the bass. Gwangu

Jazz Players Find Home In the Groove

And Jisu Sheen finds echoes of Monk and country-city insight in her new home of Gwangju.

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Jisu Sheen
27 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
The Scoop On Journalism All Over

The Scoop On Journalism

Erin Van Der Meer's new satirical novel dives deep into tabloid news' underbelly..

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
26 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Meet The New Neighbors. Same As The Old Neighbors Hartford

Meet The New Neighbors. Same As The Old Neighbors

As seen in "Native Gardens" on the Hartford State.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
26 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Meditating to Noah Davis Philadelphia

Meditating to Noah Davis

A breathwork class at the Philadelphia Museum of Art changes alienation into ancestry.

  • Go to the profile of  Soleil Summer
Soleil Summer
26 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
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.

  • Go to the profile of  John Morrison
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.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
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.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
24 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
An Edible Hug Detroit

An Edible Hug

Why Alpino Detroit is my new favorite restaurant.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
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
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