LA I Would Do Anything For Indie Sleaze Amid all this talk about indie sleaze, there’s woefully little nostalgia for the exuberant indie pop of the late aughts and early 2010s. Think back: which bands played on Brittany Menjivar 20 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa “Latch Is Love”: Beloved Bar Cat Honored With Second Annual Bar Fest Latch Fest 2024 Whittier Bar Tulsa Aug. 9 & 10, 2024 Sitting side by side at Whittier Bar on a slow afternoon, Latch Fest organizers Laura Voth and Bradley Metcalf Mitch Gilliam 16 Aug 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Love in the Laurel: “I Eat My Vegetables, I Eat My Fruit” Every August, eight blocks of Oakland’s Laurel District becomes the locus of eyes, ears, noses, mouths, and wandering feet for the annual Laurel Street Fair & World Music Festival. Agustín Maes 16 Aug 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Snake Hill Blues Gets Gritty For the first time, WNHH’s Tuesdays @ the Mediterranea Cafe concert series featured a saxophone, a harmonica, and a golden trumpet — though the last wasn’t making any sound. That Dereen Shirnekhi 15 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford Tomorrow’s Jazz Stars Bring New Edge To Yesterday’s Music The Austin Phillips Trio The Hopgood/Lord Summer Music Series Bushnell Park Hartford Aug. 14, 2024 I may say something controversial here, but it was refreshing to see jazz music Jamil Ragland 15 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Nothing To Be Ashamed Of Shameless Connecticut Pizza & Brew Fest Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater Bridgeport Aug. 11, 2024 Believe it or not, my trip down to the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater was my first time in Jamil Ragland 12 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven At Weird Music Night, “It’s A Mixed Up, Muddled Up …” “Hellooo!” called out John O’Donnell, in an exaggerated, almost Cookie-Monster-like voice. “Hellooo!” called back the crowd, matching his energy and tone. It was weird, wacky, and wildly entertaining, setting Eleanor Polak 9 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Car Troubles, An Ill-Fated Tour & Not That Kind Of Swim Meet First Annual Swim Meet Chimera Tulsa July 27, 2024 I’m writing this at noon on a 95° Thursday from an Iron Skillet in Weatherford, Texas. AAA should be here Mitch Gilliam 6 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Valauskas Experience Gets Ardent The background singers were back in Memphis. So were the bass and drums. Shellye Valauskas and Dean Falcone brought just their acoustic guitars to the WNHH FM studio, and poured Paul Bass 4 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford The Clarinet Speaks: Ragtime Endures Summer Concert Series: Elite Syncopation with Roy Wiseman Elizabeth Park Rose Garden West Hartford Aug. 1, 2024 After thunderstorms postponed a regularly scheduled Wednesday performance, I rang in August on Jamil Ragland 2 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa Thunderwof’s Hip-Hop Is No Joke Thunderwof Mixtape Release: “Boys Don’t Cry But, Wofs Shed Tears.” Heirloom Rustic Ales Tulsa July 19, 2024 If you’ve been to a comedy show in Tulsa in the Mitch Gilliam 26 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Generational Barrier Pierced One More Time Tour Xfinity Theater Hartford July 24, 2024 Whenever my son has wanted to see a band, we’ve usually had to travel far and wide to see Jamil Ragland 26 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Nekita Waller Rolls With The Wifi Audiofeed Presents Nekita Waller State House Square Food Court Hartford July 23, 2024 Sometimes, things just don’t go according to plan. I left the house with time to spare Jamil Ragland 25 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa Working The Early Shift: A Profoundly Weird And Enjoyable Happy Hour Pedal Steel Residency Hank Early’s Rabbit Habitat (Wednesday Happy Hour Residency) Mercury Lounge Tulsa July 17, 2024 When a musician could, ostensibly, play anything, then I think about their artistry as a Becky Carman 24 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven “Humans Is On The Fritz” Surviving techno-dystopia, with the help of New Haven-based Sotolish’s new EP Neon Black. Brian Slattery 22 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Willi Carlisle Hits Close To Home Willi Carlisle: The Critterland! Tour Mercury Lounge Tulsa July 11, 2024 In Willi Carlisle’s song “Tulsa’s Last Magician,” an aspiring trickster lives and dies on the side streets Z.B. Reeves 21 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland A Mesmerizing Immersion Into Light And Darkness “12 Symbols” directed by Christoper Robin Duncan “Where You Need to Be: Teleportation Studies” by Solée Darrell “The Space Between Years” by Christopher Robin Duncan Pt.2 Gallery 1523b Webster Agustín Maes 18 Jul 2024 · 5 min read
New Haven “You Smell Too Good” 4 bands keep it tight at 3 Sheets. Brian Slattery 15 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
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