The songs were written over the course of about three years in Brunswick, Maine, and then recorded over ten months in Brooklyn.
By Ian Thomas
May 15, 2013
Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group isn't exactly a simple how-to for budding musicians.
Ian Svenonius has never been one to think of a rock band as just a rock band. The frontman of Nation of Ulysses, The Make-Up and Weird War always has something else going on — usually something involving leftist politics and an aesthetic uniformity that feels a little bit dangerous, a little bit cool.
By Andy Mulkerin
May 15, 2013
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Local shows by Andrew W.K., Josh Ritter, Futurebirds and Laura Stevenson
+ SUN., MAY 19
Since the release of I Get Wet more than a decade ago, Andrew W.K. has developed a close following for his strange, irreverent approach to music, and his party-on philosophy. Songs like "Party Hard" and "I'm a Vagabond" define his sound, which at times feels reminiscent of the kind of shameless, good-time-seeking attitude of '80s hair-metal bands.
May 15, 2013
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"Just being able to be versatile is what's really been dope as a DJ for me."
If being well-travelled lends a sense of diversity, it should come as no surprise the sense of variety that Pete Butta embraces as a DJ. The New Jersey-born 25-year-old was raised in Illinois before living his teen-age years in State College.
By Rory D. Webb
May 15, 2013
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New albums from B. White and Crystal Seth
B. White
The Anomaly
(The 58s)
McKeesport rapper B. White here presents his first solo full-length, released by his group The 58s.
May 15, 2013
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