Top 10 Local Albums of 2017
The most impressive thing about the 2017 album list is the bands that didn’t make the cut. Our two main music writers and I...
Claire Hecko’s Sonic Journey
By the time you reach your mid-30s, you’ve probably been around various blocks enough times to have a fairly good idea of who you...
A Tame … Tame Christmas
With all the hustle and bustle of modern-day holiday commercialism and parental guilt trips, the real reason we still practice the tradition of Christmas...
Twilite Lounge 2
Beneath glowing blue and yellow neon, there’s a door that cuts off the corner of a low industrial building. The former warehouse now proudly...
Paper Knife Proves Sharp
You don’t have to be the Doris Kearns Goodwin of underground music to recognize that there’s usually a record label around which notable scenes...
Danni and Kris’s Climb
Imagine cramming your gear into the hatchback of your car and driving for two days to Northern California to cut a record in a...
The Mammal Virus’ Prescription
For bands, a bonus of rehearsing in one of those large multiplex rehearsal spaces is the colorful cast of characters who seem to come...
Andy Pickett’s Ticket
Andy Pickett is ready to have a career in music. He just doesn’t seem sure how. The burly, bushy-headed, soft-spoken, self-taught pianist is on...
Alex Atchley’s Many Ghosts
A big hurdle creative-types often face is figuring out where and how to channel their creativity — which medium is best suited for them...
Dead Vinyl’s Rebirth
Last year, Dead Vinyl entered that career phase a lot of bands go through when all the members live together. In lots of cases,...
