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Music Tonight: Sunday, Oct. 22
Shutups are a stony and explosive pop rock band on the Kill Rock Stars label. Last year’s album I can’t eat nearly as much as I want to vomit is a certified banger. Tonight the group comes to the Outer Space to share the space with locals Makeshift Kink (whose record, Ambulance Eternal I reviewed…
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KISS honored by Cleveland, Rock Hall with Music Keynote to the City and KISS Day Proclamation (photos)
CLEVELAND, Ohio — KISS band members Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer were at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday to be honored with the City of Cleveland’s first-ever Music Keynote to the City and a KISS Day Proclamation for Oct. 22, 2023. Cleveland Chief Government Affairs Officer Ryan Puente presented…
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De Colombia p’al mundo: How Feid became Medellín’s reggaeton ‘ambassador’
Enlarge this image Feid’s music is steeped in his Colombian identity, but on one of reggaeton’s most important stages, he won Puerto Rico over. @Sismatyc @Sismatyc This summer, the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot (aka El Choliseo) in San Juan became saturated with neon green outfits, posters and lights. The bright hue signaled…
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Today’s Top Tips for Live Music (October 22, 2023)
Best Bet: Leslie Mendelson / Marco Benevento: STOP Woodstock National Benefit Concert @ Colony, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock, 7-11 p.m. This benefit concert features an incredible line-up: Simi Stone, Karina Rykman, Chris Corsico, Leslie Mendelson, Aaron Johnston (Brazilian Girls), Jeff Hill (Steve Earle), Bill Carbone (Max Creek) & Danny Blume. So, the lineup is stellar… but…
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Ambitious expansion effort will transform Music Hall into a downtown showstopper
In his office brightly crammed with a century’s worth of Detroit music memorabilia, Vince Paul has been dreaming up a grand vision for downtown. Paul, a gregarious, Broadway-experienced arts executive who has run Music Hall for 17 years, isn’t usually the buttoned-up type. But for several years behind the scenes, he has been quietly spearheading…
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‘The band, the scene… I put it all in there’: Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore on his memoir of a rock’n’roll life
Early on in Thurston Moore’s memoir, Sonic Life, he recounts a turbulent time in his teenage years when it all could have gone horribly wrong. Briefly in thrall to an older friend with criminal tendencies, he indulged in a short but spectacular bout of juvenile delinquency that included high speed car chases through the streets…
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Kate Bush discusses the artist who left the greatest mark on music: “such staggeringly brilliant work”
As one of the world’s greatest musical pioneers herself, Kate Bush knows a thing or two when it comes to the works of other luminaries. Bush charged on with absolute fearlessness during her rise to prominence, showcasing her musical prowess in ways never before seen or done. While some didn’t know how to respond, others…
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La Fleur returns with first music in three years, announces debut album ‘Väsen’
La Fleur has returned following three years of musical silence to announce her debut album, ‘Väsen’. Accompanying the announcement is the release of emotive ‘Chian/Slowdive’, a double A side which blends house and techno by bringing in an uplifting, positive strength throughout with its melodies and percussives interlaced by catchy hooks from beginning to end.…
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YouTube Music Integration Comes to HomePod
YouTube Music is now available directly on Apple’s HomePod and HomePod mini, thanks to new Siri integration support in the YouTube Music app. The change means subscribers to the streaming service can now choose to use voice commands to start YouTube Music on a HomePod, without having to append “on YouTube Music” to every request.…
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The week in classical: Under the Little Red Moon; Helen Charlston & Sholto Kynoch; Rigoletto
“Please, can we go again?” asked my three-year-old grandson after absorbing Under the Little Red Moon, a 20-minute “opera for tinies”. That’s surely a ringing endorsement from the target audience. It’s a tough challenge to hold the attention of a roomful of restless babies and toddlers for 20 minutes, but English Touring Opera generally succeeds,…