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Interview: Just Loud sings about the personal without giving up the private
NAPA — After Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry provided guest vocals on Just Loud’s rocking funk track “Soul Train” late last year, the singer-songwriter paid her back almost immediately when the song reached No. 40 on Billboard‘s Alternative…
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INTERVIEW: Breaking Benjamin guitarist Keith Wallen splits his passions with solo releases
Very little time is spent idle for Breaking Benjamin guitarist-singer Keith Wallen. Along with his work with the modern rock heavyweights, Wallen also finds time for solo work. He released a debut solo EP, Allies, in 2014, and…
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INTERVIEW: Noah Kahan shares what’s inside his ‘Busyhead’
Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan may have toured the world, but he’s just your average 22-year-old. He still misses home, gets nostalgic for high school and worries about what the next 10 years of his life will look like.…
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INTERVIEW: Tijuana Panthers on longevity, faith and ‘Carpet Denim’
If a band plays Coachella with no booking agent only two years after releasing its debut LP, there’s got to be more to the story. Tijuana Panthers’ grass roots work ethic during the early 2000s…
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INTERVIEW: Chase Atlantic confidently faces mental health on ‘Phases’
When Australian pop band Chase Atlantic went into the studio last spring to record what would become its sophomore album, Phases, brothers Mitchel and Clinton Cave, and best friend and bandmate Christian Anthony didn’t even…
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INTERVIEW: Like Machines create a stir with revitalized sound, weighty message
Atlanta hard rock trio Like Machines want to challenge listeners’ belief systems and broaden their minds through music. The band just dropped its socially conscious second single, “Destitute,” about the emotional and physical impacts of…
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INTERVIEW: Staind taking a reunion one step at a time, set to play Aftershock
Mike Mushok may be the most enthused man alive for the reunion of early aughts hard rock mainstays Staind. “I mean, I wanted to do it all along,” the Staind guitarist said of kickstarting the…
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How JR JR’s Daniel Zott and his wife fostered love with hearts broken
More than four years had passed since Michigan indie rock band JR JR last released a record, but the absence of music from Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott had nothing to do with a lack…
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‘Murder in the Front Row’ documentary celebrates Bay Area thrash
I Images courtesy “Murder in the Front Row.”Decades after their release, countless fans still furiously debate whether Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets is the best Metallica album. But the Bay Area spawned an…
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INTERVIEW: NYC artist Abir takes her Moroccan-tinged pop nationwide
SAN FRANCISCO — Abir Haronni is minutes removed from stepping off-stage at the Regency Ballroom and her adrenaline is still palpable, even as she stops to take photos with new fans. This is the largest crowd…
