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To create 69 love songs seems like the work of a lifetime. Stephin Merritt, the mastermind behind The Magnetic Fields, accomplished the feat in a »
There’s a particular kind of Los Angeles myth that never really fades: the Bukowski-soaked dive bars, the cracked sidewalks that run past mid-century bungalows, the »
In 1982, the world was inundated by new wave as well as a variety of raw, experimental sounds that were liberating in their limited technical »
Art is not a lonely pursuit for Miami-based Brian Butler. From his ongoing Everybody Draw Everybody portrait swaps to his Beach Towel Art Show during »
Long before Miami punks took over skateparks, they dragged generators out to the edge of the Everglades and blasted guitars into the swamp. The raw »
If you’ve been around the South Florida scene long enough, you might swear you’ve seen Death by Holiday before and you’d be partly correct. PureHoney »
Musician, collagist, merch designer — one might say Ted Feighan is a modern Renaissance man. In his case, the Renaissance is tropical. As Monster Rally, »
There was a recent change to the lineup and Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos will not be headlining for this tour any longer. SEE EDIT BELOW There »
Every year at around this time, people gather to celebrate Dan Hosker, who made waves in The Holy Terrors, Harry Pussy, Laundry Room Squelchers and »
The tendency among some entertainers to embellish or conceal their personal histories isn’t unique to rap. The Rolling Stones’ youthful reputation as societal terrors belied »
The origin story for Athens, Georgia’s indie-pop heroes of Montreal starts with a teen-aged Kevin Barnes writing and recording music on a four-track cassette machine »
Synthesizers weren’t a novelty when brothers Gary and Dwayne Dassing embraced them in the mid-1980s. But plugging synths into a Commodore C64 home computer to »
