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Local Prog Trio Maps Need Reading Fights Adversity to Release Its Epic Debut Album

In Music Stories by Ryan ReedAugust 31, 2016leave a COMMENT

Maps Need Reading’s debut album is cursed. What other explanation could there be? In January, halfway through writing a quirky concept album about household appliances brought to life, guitarist/songwriter David …

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Yonatan Gat Fights the Fear of Improvisation

In Music Stories by Ryan ReedMarch 10, 2016leave a COMMENT

For six years, the Israeli-born guitarist-composer Yonatan Gat toured the world with Monotonix, a garage/noise-rock band known more for their abrasive stage antics (destroying equipment, jumping off balconies) than their …

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Nashville’s Blank Range Is Ready for the Next Career Leap

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Nashville indie rockers Blank Range played their first major gigs in May 2014 at an Iowa casino, opening three shows for Alice in Chains. Yes, the grunge-rock veterans responsible for …

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Local Music Review: White Stag

In Music Reviews, Music Stories by Ryan ReedJanuary 21, 2016leave a COMMENT

“Suspended Cognition,” the opening epic from White Stag’s Eos Crux EP, begins with a dissonant jazz-metal dirge bordering on modern-era King Crimson; acoustic-electric chords cycle progressively higher into an eruption …

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Local Music Review: Maps Need Reading

In Music Reviews, Music Stories by Ryan ReedAugust 26, 2015leave a COMMENT

Maps Need Reading Hopes for Chemistry “Morning haze, one hit more,” Maps Need Reading sing on their debut EP. It’s a pertinent tagline for Hopes for Chemistry, four tracks of …

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