Album of the Week: Preoccupations – New Material
Calgary post-punks Preoccupations have come a long way since changing their name from the controversial “Viet Cong” in 2015. Their 2016 album under their current name garnered a ton of […]
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September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Interview: Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig from Lucius
Indie pop act Lucius has evolved since their beginnings at the Berklee College of Music in Boston during the mid-2000s. Their 2013 debut album Wildewoman put them on the map […]
Album of the Week: Carissa Johnson and the Cure-Alls – Talk Talk Talk
Carissa Johnson is a musician who has been injecting rock music with a refreshing dose of originality for the past few years. Her blend of ‘70s punk, power-pop and melodic […]
2018 Motif Music Award Nominees
Voting is closed, but please join us on Tuesday, May 8th at The Met for the awards!! Doors open at 6pm! There was a record number of voters this year at […]
Six Good Things; Six Good Strings
Here we are in the Ides of March; I don’t know how we got here so fast, but I do know that as winter moves toward spring, clocks and times […]
Alt-Nation: New Biscuits and Shows That Don’t Blow
It is a challenge when you start a column late and it’s your brother’s birthday, your best friend may have bought a bar and your very good friend Mario, who […]
The Roots Report: Technophobia Part Deux and Some Shows
Okee dokee folks… As you may have garnered from my last column, I am a technosaur. I am no longer ashamed of it. I like things to be simple, and […]
Girls Rock Rocks
Didn’t everyone, at some point in their lives, dream of being a rock star? The desire to make music and art can start very young; however, the music scene tends to […]
An Interview with Storm Ford
As I sit in the recording studio of New Urban Arts a cacophony fills the small room filled with about five people all playing different instruments, all different tempos, humming to […]
Jazz Insights: Scott Hamilton
One of the world’s greatest jazz saxophonists hails from little ol’ Providence, Rhode Island. Scott Hamilton was born here, grew up and made his name locally. He was to become the […]