Oakland Nectar Hits the Sweet Spot The Sweet Spot — Season Opener Nectar Social Club 408 15th St. Oakland April 7, 2024 Instead of trying to forge a reputation as the next new hot spot for clubbing, Breezy Bratton 9 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven From Cameroon, With Futuristic Hope A triple bill at Cafe Nine on Saturday Night featured a stunning set of music from Blick Bassy. Born in Cameroon and now living in France, the 50-year-old Bassy has Brian Slattery 8 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Global Metal “Family” Unites, 2 Minutes To Tulsa 2 Minutes to Tulsa The Vanguard & Cain’s Ballroom March 29 – 31, 2024 A few years back, Swedish old-school metallers Screamer popped into Tulsa, and my band, Blind Oath, Mitch Gilliam 7 Apr 2024 · 4 min read
LA Sierra Ferrell Shoots For The Moon SIERRA FERRELL: SHOOT FOR THE MOON TOUR The Fonda Theatre Los Angeles April 3, 2024. While I don’t exactly know what a honky-tonk is, I’ve always wanted to Kate Sadoff 7 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa Woody Guthrie Lives In Beat Root Revival Beat Root Revival Mercury Lounge March 28, 2024 England’s Ben Jones and Ireland’s Andrea Magee make up Beat Root Revival, an acoustic duo that combines the best of Z.B. Reeves 7 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Happy Birthday Hibachi (The Flames Of Love) Ichiro Hibachi and Sushi Bar West Hartford April 4, 2024 One of the more enjoyable aspects of going out to eat is getting to socialize between bites of food. Hibachi Jamil Ragland 5 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Cellist Doesn’t Miss A Beat Johnathan Moore was ready to add a layer of sound. He reached for the Boss RC 600 loop station pedal and … nothing. Moore said nothing. He made no excuses. He Paul Bass 5 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Roving Gallery Brings The World To A Bank’s Walls Gallery Guichard Presents Michael McAfee Art Unvieling and Art Show 1438 Webster St. Oakland March 30, 2024 In a temporary gallery space, canvases came to life. On gray felt walls Sarah Bass 5 Apr 2024 · 5 min read
New Haven “Local” Lunch At IKEA After a single bite, I realized I had ordered the wrong entree at IKEA. The “veggie balls” were a blank slate: a mush of chickpeas, carrots, peppers, and other veggies Laura Glesby 5 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford Food Flick Blows An Opportunity Club Zero Cinestudio Trinity College Hartford April 3, 2024 (This review contains spoilers.) Food is an incredibly difficult topic to talk about. People talk about weight loss, diabetes, famine, and Jamil Ragland 4 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Weird Sounds Hit Right At Home In West Oakland West Oakland Sound Series 2201 Poplar Street March 30, 2024 I left the West Oakland Sound Series on Sunday night absolutely tickled with the write-up I knew I had ahead Sonya Harway 4 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Chappell Roan Rides The Next Wave The jury is still out on whether American culture, or the music industry, can create another superstar, like Michael Jackson or Prince, like Madonna or Bruce Springsteen. Maybe Beyoncé, now Brian Slattery 4 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland “Time Won’t Wait” for Piedmont Jazz Bands Piedmont Middle and High School Jazz Bands Yoshi’s 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland April 1, 2024 Jack London Square buzzed with Piedmont Middle and High School jazz band students and Breezy Bratton 3 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill When It’s Time To Take A Stand Trouble In Mind Raleigh Little Theatre March 30, 2024 “Don’t think!” the director yelled, stomping over the actress’ rebuttals. That was part of a pivotal scene in Trouble in Synclaire Cruel 3 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven New Songwriter Series Comes To Cafe Nine Pete Greco had a series of requests for the audience at Cafe Nine on Tuesday night. Did anyone know how to tune a guitar? Did anyone have any tattoos? The Brian Slattery 3 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
LA Innocent Until Proven Guilty of Shoegazing SLIDE AWAY FEST featuring NOTHING PERFORMING GUILTY OF EVERYTHING and friends The Belasco Los Angeles March 31, 2024 Members of the jury, I understand you have a verdict in the A.J. Urquidi 2 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven The Earth Is Breaking Beautifully Susan Hoffman Fishman’s painting seems at first to be an abstract, full of brilliant colors and bold lines. Soon, though, one can see how it’s derived from natural Brian Slattery 2 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
NYC Grime & Crime: The Coolest Movie Ever Made Le Samourai Film Forum West Village, NYC 3/31/24 Film Forum is at it again with some truly aces programming. I’ve no doubt that the seats of this K Hank Jost 2 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
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