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Published on July 7th, 2022

From the day Christopher T. Wood, aka “Woody,” arrived at Palm Beach Atlantic University in downtown West Palm Beach circa 1994, he commanded attention. This »

Published on July 7th, 2022

The work of painter Michael McGrath forgoes the existential question of, “Why are we here?” and instead asks, “Where is here, anyway?” McGrath’s paintings transport »

Published on July 7th, 2022

There’s only the slightest hint in the band name that the front man of IV and the Strange Band descends from musical royalty. “IV,” as »

Published on July 7th, 2022

Singer-songwriter Matt Maeson started landing on playlists and lodging in hearts with “The Remixes,” a debut SoundCloud set in 2016 that could almost be heard »

Published on July 7th, 2022

Are you a tail-end Gen Xer, or maybe even a Millennial? Guess what, guys: Our music is the old people’s music now. But don’t reach »

Published on July 7th, 2022

Canadian electronic duo Purity Ring waited 18 months to play songs from their latest album in concert. So it’s not wrong to consider “Womb,” although released in »

Published on July 7th, 2022

The folks at Nikon knew they had a hit on their hands back in 1986 soon after they released the N2020, their first foray into »

Published on May 28th, 2022

Globalization might be a nightmare for the economy and the environment, but sounds and scenes flowing freely around the world have only done wonders for »

Published on May 28th, 2022

While many of us were perfecting our sourdough and coping on a spectrum between “comfortably numb” and “plotting against the neighbors,” King Gizzard and the »

Published on May 28th, 2022

How frustrating it must have been not long ago for rock fans outside of the American and U.K. mainstream to share their love for homegrown »

Published on May 28th, 2022

“Clematis” is often the first word you hear from regular bar- and restaurant-goers in West Palm Beach. Locals and seasonal visitors alike know the downtown »

Published on May 24th, 2022

For all the quirks, highly manipulated lore, identity crises, moniker predicaments and constant defiance of norms, Long Beach’s T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) remain one »