The Heart of Highland Sweet Adeline Chorus will compete in the Region 9 Sweet Adeline Competition on Saturday, April 4 at the Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach. ...more

April 1, 2009

SHOLI: SHOLI (QUARTERSTICK/ TOUCH & GO) **½ Sadly, "Sholi" may be the last new release from Touch & Go, as financial woes have forced the label to go catalog-only for the time being. T&G is one of the great U.S. indie labels, fostering bands such as Big Black, The Jesus Lizard and Seam, to name but a few. ...more

March 5, 2009

Every month in Alternative Press magazine, the column "I Don't Know, Ask That Guy" skewers some band that had the temerity to exist before Weezer. ...more

January 16, 2009

GLASVEGAS: GLASVEGAS (COLUMBIA) ***½ Glasvegas recalls early, angry Elvis Costello or a Scottish incarnation of The Arcade Fire or Okkervil River with big ambitions, urgent vocals, soaring choruses and jangling guitars. ...more

January 16, 2009

Nature Coast Festival Singers will present three Christmas concerts featuring the Christmas Choruses from Handel's The Messiah and several other Christmas pieces. ...more

November 9, 2008

The buzz on Coldplay's fourth album was that Chris Martin and friends hadn't made the same album they've made three times before. Admittedly, this says nothing flattering about the band, but it certainly was a necessary adjustment. Had Coldplay continued to refine its sound, the next disc surely would consist of a single sustained piano chord and a quavering, wordless whimper from Martin. ...more

June 26, 2008

Supporters of Masque Community Theatre have found themselves in the midst of two real-life dramas, one for which they are grateful and another that is causing them major concern. ...more

June 25, 2008

Supporters of Masque Community Theatre have found themselves in the midst of two real-life dramas, one for which they are grateful and another that is causing them major concern. ...more

June 25, 2008

When the one-man, publicity-generating whirlwind that is Diddy met the well-oiled hype machine of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, sparks were bound to fly. ...more

May 4, 2008

Any metal band can rip off the top of your head. Dillinger Escape Plan nests in your brain, laying eggs that hatch twisting rhythms, jazzy interludes and melodic surprises. If 2004's "Miss Machine" bested the competition, "Ire Works" makes plain DEP has no competition. ...more

December 13, 2007