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Local spirit
A sold-out show is packed with flannel shirts, beanies, and sweaty, joyous bodies while feedback and anthems ring out from the speakers. Tapes, LPs,...
Bringing back Afrobeat
Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, Fela Kuti pioneered the Afrobeat movement, a fusion of jazz, funk, hi-life, rock, and traditional West African music. Thanks...
RPM 2015 draws nigh
The 10th annual RPM Challenge is nearly upon us. The event, conceived in Portsmouth by The Wire newspaper, challenges musicians around the globe to...
Irons in the fire
For a certain demographic of local listeners, the heyday of the Seacoast music scene came in the late 1980s. The Queers were building an...
Now hear this
“Through the Static and Distance: The Songs of Jason Molina”
by various artists
Burst and Bloom Records/Haint Records
File under: Folk, Blues, Americana, Alt-Country
Sounds like: Each contributing...
Future sounds
Few New Year’s resolutions are easier to uphold than listening to more good music, especially in the Seacoast. The Sound asked local musicians to...
Monday night lights
George Woods and Heather Smist have incredible vocal chemistry. As they sang from the stage of The Red Door in Portsmouth on Monday, Dec....
Return to the roots
Everything old is new again, at least when it comes to trends in music. Bands like the Lumineers, the Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons,...
Repeat the sounding joy
Not just a great holiday song, but a perfect pop song, “Christmas” is the gold-standard by which all other seasonal music should be...
Shooting the Pistols
Ever wonder what it would have been like to hang out with Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, and the rest of the Sex Pistols in...
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