Bits

Published on May 1st, 2025

The name might sound like a Ben & Jerry’s flavor, but Rainbow Kitten Surprise are actually a four-piece from the mountain town of Boone, North »

Published on April 30th, 2025

We begin by stipulating that when it comes to the visual arts, Miami-Dade County is king, regionally speaking. Between Art Basel, the Wynwood Arts District »

Published on April 29th, 2025

When the world gets turned upside down, when loyalties realign, when everyone expects conformity: Don’t let the bastards grind you down. The Toasters, New York »

Published on April 28th, 2025

The classic juke joint as a place for Black Americans to play and hear live music, and to dance, drink and socialize had its heyday »

Published on April 28th, 2025

The pianist Glenn Gould famously declared that the correct ratio of artist to audience is “one-to-zero.” Not so fast, says PureHoney artist of the month »

Published on April 27th, 2025

I had a chance to see Rosegarden Funeral Party at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach last August, and I have never before or since »

Published on March 25th, 2025

Ever since streaming took over for CD’s, it’s been hard to find an album I’m  willing to hear over and over again. When the entirety »

Published on March 24th, 2025

When midwesterners Uncle Tupelo split up in 1994, ending a brief but noteworthy run as avatars of alt-country, what happened after that was normal, even »

Published on March 3rd, 2025

Colored by Grief After an unimaginable loss, Shannon Shaw is “alchemizing the pain.” Band life is often a slog with long drives, takeaway meals, and »

Published on March 2nd, 2025

The PureHoney featured artist of the month, Lewis Rossignol, lives in a small city in his longtime home state of Maine. But unlike, say, that »

Published on March 2nd, 2025

Though formed way back in 2017, Austin, Texas’ Being Dead have just two full-length albums to their name. But these LPs have arrived in quick »

Published on February 18th, 2025

Select audiences are currently obsessed with alternative adult contemporary easy listening; consider it the Great American Songbook for Generation X and elder millennials. Bands including »