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James Cook’s Other Side of Hell
On his new album, soul singer-songwriter James Cook goes from the end of the world to the place where he wanted to be all along.
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A New Angle
My meeting with Local Famous Records co-founders Anthony Sosa (Temporal Distortions) and Michael Garcia (Double Bear) started with a handshake and ended with hugs...
Destination Decibel: Summer Shows
National tours are inching their way back, plus many of your favorite local artists are now filling their schedules with local and regional shows....
Ashes to Ashes
Let’s play a word association game. When I say “surf rock,” what comes to mind? You’re thinking California, Brian Wilson, the ‘60s, maybe Dick...
Shows of Da Week
Thanks to President Biden’s vaccination program, we’re now free to move about the cabin, though masks are still highly encouraged. If it’s been a long...
Kings of Madness
For most of us, the events that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 elicited a mix of shock and horror. The breach...
Shows of the Week
Tim Burt was a sweetheart of a man, and he worked his ass off behind the scenes at Lola’s to make it the institution that it...
Destination Decibel
As national tours are still not quite a thing — at least not this summer (thanks, pandemic) — many of the town’s busiest local...
Your Summer Playlist
I’m sure you’ve read by now about the massive emergence of Brood X cicadas now dominating the eastern seaboard. After being dormant for 17...
Listen Up: The Cush’s Riders in the Stardust Gold
The Cush
Riders in the Stardust Gold
(Mad Bunny Records)
After a five-year hiatus, The Cush commemorate their return to music with Riders in the Stardust Gold....



















