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Short, Strange Trip
Based on stories in this exquisite newspaper and perhaps elsewhere, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Near Southside, specifically the historic Fairmount district,...
Killer or Filler?
Nevada Hill’s doom project Bludded Head continues to churn out new material even while he’s undergoing cancer treatments. And from two diverse ends of...
Top 5 Shows
1.) I don’t know if these two bands, one local and one touring, have ever played together before, but after their gig together Friday...
Open Roadhouse Doors
Much of the place looks the same. The relatively roomy stage, the gritty industrial interior, the neon signs, the black bar counter, the four-tops,...
Just Peachy
Jordan Richardson appears to be in complete control of his muse. Last year, his songwriting vehicle, Son of Stan (named after his father), released...
Top 5 Shows
1.) Marc Ford is doing Americana right. It’s melodic and dynamic rather than boring or so self-serious it makes you want to smash the...
Rocked and Loaded
The oft-romanticized idea of the singer-songwriter slaving away in solitude was never one that Stephanie Donaghey bought into. Despite her late hours writing poetry...
Go for the Goldd
Though the headliner for Thursday night’s show at The Where House (2510 Hemphill St.) is Skeleton Coast, don’t expect to hear a lot of...
‘Phibs Screen “Medea” at the Modern
Throughout history and in every culture, the worst possible crime has always been the murder of children by their own mothers. (Dads offing their...
Double Shot of Chamber Music
Late Sunday evening, the independent coffeehouse Avoca Coffee, on the Near Southside, provided the casual (and great-smelling) backdrop for The Hall Ensemble’s first and...
