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Old As the Hills

Part of a burgeoning scene of new, tradition-conscious American acoustic artists, The Hunger Mountain Boys bypass the ill turns country has made in recent times.

CD Review: HuDost

By Ronda Johannessen

HuDost has a folk quality yet is quite post-modern; the band offers new takes on ancient words and melodies, cross-cultural hybrid transcendental chill-out music with an edge.

CD Review: The Last Conspirators

By Peter Aaron

Tim Livingston is back with The Last Conspirators, a quartet that brings a welcome, Information Age crunch to the tough, melodic sounds of late ’70s/early ’80s Brit-punk.

CD Review: Super 400

By David Malachowski

Hailing from that hotbed of rock bands, Poestenkill, New York, long-time Capital area favorite Super 400 has a dazzling new release, 3 and the Beast.

Nightlife Highlights

By Roger Houston

Roger Houston’s nightlife picks for August.

Back to the Future

By Peter Aaron

This is TONTO, which, at a height of five feet and occupying 300 square feet, is the world’s largest analog synthesizer and the very one played by Stevie Wonder.

CD Review: Artie Traum

By Mike Jurkovic

Artie Traum’s all-star local band—Levin, drummer Gary Burke, pianist Warren Bernhardt and special guests like John Sebastian —lead us on an invigorating tour of Americana.

CD Review: Dead Unicorn

By Jeremy Schwartz

Dead Unicorn tears through the material with a gleeful malevolence reminiscent of early Killing Joke.

CD Review: Samuel Claiborne

By Peter Aaron

Samuel Claiborne has certainly had no shortage of pain and spiritual trials from which to draw for the sparse, fathomless, and profoundly moving solo piano improvisations in The Annunciation.

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