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Music Tonight: Thursday, May 25

RampArt is hosting another hardcore punk show tonight at 7 p.m. Two Rhode Island bands, Providence’s Catalyst and Bullet Proof Backpack from Middletown (a group of teenagers who run their own label, which gets a huge thumbs up/fuck yeah from this old head), will share the stage with the Brain Dead Rejects, from parts unknown. […]

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You Can’t Fight in the War Room

I’ve always found it kind of odd that we call it Memorial Day, since the American consciousness is generally incapable of attaching memory to reflection in a way that serves as a reliable monument to the past. We tend to expand grievances while bumping out facts in favor of a national mythology incompatible with an […]

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Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 23

Oryan Peterson-Jones continues his recent tradition of playing a solo set of flamenco and folk music gathered from his various world travels at the evening dune-land beautyscape of the Humboldt Bay Social Club. It starts at 6 p.m. and it’s free. Back in Arcata at the Jam, it’s Reggae night again. Join live bands Wisedem […]

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Dream Operators

Because I make it a point to listen at home to the music of as many of the artists that I cover here, the algorithms on all the sources and apps I use are completely wrecked, a situation I actually find delightful, even if I don’t personally enjoy all of the music. Another nice byproduct […]

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