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Published on February 15th, 2025

The region’s geographic middle child, Broward County is “the natural place for all the counties to connect,” says Kelcie McQuaid, who will test this theory »

Published on February 15th, 2025

Some bands hit the ground running, based on luck, charisma, artistry, or connections, or they happen to be in the right place at the right »

Published on February 11th, 2025

If you were lucky enough to be of college age in the 2010s, you were lucky enough: synth pop filled the airwaves and your iPod »

Published on February 1st, 2025

For over ten years, Boston’s Slothrust have been the perfect combination of singer-instrumentalist Leah Wellbaum’s honest, catchy songwriting and drummer Will Gorin’s steady, energetic backbeat. »

Published on January 14th, 2025

What connects the retro-futuristic worlds of the video game No Man’s Sky with the sublime landscapes of 19th-century painter John Martin? The answer is Brighton, »

Published on January 13th, 2025

French Canadians are a curious blend of joie de vivre and quiet resilience—a people who can turn any minor inconvenience into a full-blown philosophical debate, »

Published on January 12th, 2025

It wasn’t going to be easy for the “Wipeout Gang.” In fact, it was gonna be nonsense — pure malarkey, if you will — if »

Published on January 12th, 2025

The Alabama that gave us Hank Williams, Wilson Pickett, Sun Ra and Gucci Mane is not “The South will rise again” version of that sweet »

Published on January 12th, 2025

How does a visual artist respond when the worst happens? For St. Petersburg, Florida’s Mel Kadel, the answer was: start almost from scratch, mid-career, after »

Published on January 12th, 2025

There’s loving where you’re from, and then there’s loving where you’re from so much that the connection entwines personally and professionally. Take the city of »

Published on January 11th, 2025

Some bands form, make an impact, and call it a day, having said what they needed to say, leaving fans with broken hearts and great »

Published on January 11th, 2025

It has to be exciting for a musical act that’s barely a year old to get a song placed in a feature film. Now imagine that »