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NEWPORT, KY. — “Hi. We’re the Breeders. We’re gonna play Last Splash.” With that simple statement by lead vocalist Kim Deal, the classic Breeders were back. In 1993, on the back end of Sonic Youth’s Goo and Nirvana’s Nevermind, guitarists Kim and Kelley Deal, bassist Josephine Wiggs...

LITTLE ROCK — Having travelled by automobile through Northeast Arkansas, I cannot help but wonder, when the pioneers were rolling through, spreading alcoholism to the Quapaw and Caddo and pushing waves of Cherokee, Choctaw and Creek refugees before them, what those were like who, upon crossing...

LOUISVILLE — We have reached the I-75 / I-65 interchange: the Mamas and the Papas' cover of "Dancing in the Streets." It's 3 pm Eastern. We'll be camping tonight. One problem: we have no idea where. "Hey! In West Memphis, there's a small skate park with camping!" Aaron Mondarresi, the Harlequins'...

Three months ago, in the throes of bored thirtysomethinghood, I called Mike Oliva of the Harlequins at 11:30 at night. "Heard you're headed to Austin this year." "Yeah, man, we got an official showcase. We're psyched." I cleared my throat. "Care to take along an imbedded...

The Tristate will be well-represented at next week’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin. In addition to now Texas-based Heartless Bastards, Cincinnati will send Buffalo Killers, The Seedy Seeds, The Ridges, Why? and the Harlequins down to the Silicon Hills. Two tour launch shows will...

If you are over the age of 25 and somehow don’t remember the name Freedy Johnston, you’ll certainly remember his 1994 smash album This Perfect World, and its ubiquitous alt single “Bad Reputation.” What you may not know is that the acclaimed New York-based singer-songwriter is hard at work...

Bill Donabedian isn’t talking. Not on the record. Not about this. The Bunbury Music Festival’s 2013 headliners will, for now, remain classified.  "I've seen what's being tweeted about it and [said] on Facebook,” he laughed. “Some of it's right, some of it's partially right. Some of it's...

It's not something one would expect a reputed guitar prodigy to say.  "I've never really been into guitar music, so to speak." Yet that's exactly what Joe Robinson, the hyper-promoted winner of 2008'S Australia's Got Talent show (and mere 21-year old wunderkind) just dropped. Do tell. "I mean,...

It's 11 am on a Sunday, Eastern Time, and I am calling the Eastern Sea's Matt Hines for a pre-arranged interview. The trouble is, he's not answering. Hi, thanks for calling Matt Hines' cell phone. Sorry I missed your call, but my phone's either on silent, or I've tragically died and somebody forgot...

The first time I caught Atlanta’s psych-pop Gringo Star, they were opening for The Harlequins’ 2012 release party at Mayday, and the floor was shaking. "Yeah, those guys are awesome,” laughed guitarist Nick Furgiuele. “We've played a bunch of times with them. That was a really fun night, as...

Dave Davison, guitarist and vocalist for Maps & Atlases, is a phrenic songwriter. The combo, known for laying exuberant indie pop melodies over fractal sextuplets and syncopated 8-beats, clearly picks up a prog-pop mantle that Yes laid down on Fragile, at least a decade before he was born....