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Ben Watt Explains How He Picked the Openers for His Upcoming Tour
Check out the fresh crop of talent that Watt is bringing on tour.
Bree McKenna (Tacocat, Childbirth) Points out the Sad Irony Inherent in the Attacks Against Brock Turner’s Friend
The situation caused her to think of her own music community and how it mishandles the subject of rape.
Esmé Patterson Plans to Celebrate the Swedish Heroes of the Stanford Rape Case on Stage
Two bicycles, to her, represent love and light in the darkness.
UPDATED: Please Help Chris Gethard Find This Lost J Church Single
Gethard is looking for “The Creep is Back” — in the name of friendship.
The Ain’t Rights are All Right: Four Days in the Green Room
Hutch Harris of the Thermals talks teaching actors how to be musicians.
John Colpitts (Oneida, Kid Millions) Failed at His First Attempt to Soundtrack a Film
And learned some pretty vital lessons in the process.
Here’s Why Listening Makes or Breaks a Band
BRONCHO’s Ryan Lindsey tells us why a band is like the Eames diagram.
Don’t Get Rich, Don’t Die Trying: Thriving V. Surviving in the Music Industry
Hutch Harris of the Thermals isn’t rich, but he’s not sure he wants you to know that.
M.C. Taylor Remembers His Songwriting Hero, Guy Clark
The Hiss Golden Messenger frontman never met Clark, but he knows exactly what he would have told the legend.
The Counting Crows Taught Me Not to Give a Fuck About the Critics
Dr. Dog’s Eric Slick pens a defense of the oft-maligned mainstream band.
The Problem with YACHT — and Understanding Overreaction in the Age of Outrage
Hutch Harris of the Thermals examines his reaction to YACHT’s faux sex tape scandal.
How Working Double Shifts at Applebee’s Helped Me Succeed as a Musician
Kelsey Byrne’s — a.k.a VÉRITÉ — career was on the up and up while she served tourists Triple Chocolate Meltdowns.
