Rick Valentin (vocals and guitar) and Rose Marshback (bass and vocals) met more than 30 years ago while attending University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and immediately began making music together in several different bands. But the one that stuck was the energetic pop-punk group Read More

Effortlessly blending folk, rock, reggae and funk, Boston trio Dispatch have been firmly in the middle of the Venn diagram overlap of jam band and indie rock since Read More

Two pairs of brothers and sisters—Michele Stodart (bass, vocals and keys) and Romeo Stodart (guitar and vocals) with Angela Gannon (melodica, percussion and vocals) and Sean Gannon (drums)—formed the Magic Numbers sixteen... Read More

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English singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Colin Newman is perhaps most known for fronting the post-punk outfit Wire, while most know Israeli musician and visual... Read More

Sometimes the toughest decision to make on a hot summer night is whether to see a great movie or check out a host of terrific bands. But thanks to the people who’ve brought you fun-loving events like Read More

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