After years of grinding it out on her own, writing, recording and performing here and across the country on her own dime, truly embodying a grassroots, do-it-yourself approach, Angie Stevens is about to get a major boost from a well-regarded member of the music industry. Next month, the affable local songstress is heading to Kingston, New York, to spend a month recording with Grammy-winning producer Malcolm Burn, who, in addition to producing the String Cheese Incident, has also worked with Igg
Steve GullickForming in London in 2003, the Duke Spirit has evolved a sound that
brings together elements of garage rock, soul, the blues and swirly,
noisy atmospheric rock. Rather than sounding like's trying to do too
many things at once, act's music sounds rich with textures
and emotional landscapes. A perfect mixture of the gritty and the
sublime, the Duke Spirit employs an impressive palette of sounds and moods.
Frontwoman Liela Moss cuts a commanding figure on stage with an image
reminiscen
​Houses, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Joseph Pope III
Friday, Aug. 7
Meadowlark
Better than: The other performances I've seen from the same three acts.
Houses' schedule has been demanding lately. The group's ambitious goal
for the year -- to release four separate EPs, each bearing the name of a
separate season and each touting a unique sound and structure - has
translated into a seemingly nonstop schedule of writing, recording and
performing. Happily, any toll from the group's ambitious project
