Monthly Archives: February 2015

Twin Forks frontman Chris Carrabba on what a punk kid listens to when he grows up

Chris Carrabba fronts Twin Forks, a Nashville-based Americana/Folk band that joins the Ryan Bingham/Lucero co-headlining tour as the opening act. Before this eponymous record, Carrabba fronted Dashboard Confessional and Further Seems Forever before that.
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Spiritual Matters

Rattler is the newest creation of Elliott McPherson of the Dexateens. It’s a Magic City supergroup of sorts, featuring McPherson and Brian Gosdin of Dexateens, Wes McDonald of Vulture Whale, Mike Gaut of Model Citizen and Taylor Hollingsworth of Conor Oberst Mystic Valley Band. The project is loud. It’s punk. And it’s spiritual, a concept McPherson conceived after reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. Continue reading

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The band they’re supposed to be

American Aquarium comes to Birmingham on the heels of their eighth studio release, Wolves. Raised on Ryan Adams and Whiskeytown and the sounds emerging from Raleigh, North Carolina, the band’s story of survival includes a period when they had considered hanging it up, but soldiered through to complete their biggest and most revealing record, Burn.Flicker.Die. Continue reading

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The man who invented himself

Robyn Hitchcock has performed for more than 30 years with the likes of R.E.M. and Dave Rawlings. His new record, The Man Upstairs, is a collection of originals and covers of artists as diverse as The Doors and Psychedelic Furs.

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