This time of year, it’s common to be spending your drive time dodging the crimson specter of Mariah Carey’s holiday anthem or the absolute bludgeoning that is The Eagles’ “Please Come Home for Christmas” on the radio. Thankfully, there are countless options to keep that nauseating, stereotypical holiday dreck at bay.
This time of year, it’s common to be spending your drive time dodging the crimson specter of Mariah Carey’s holiday anthem or the absolute bludgeoning that is The Eagles’ “Please Come Home for Christmas” on the radio. Thankfully, there are countless options to keep that nauseating, stereotypical holiday dreck at bay.
A little over a year ago, I interviewed long-running instrumental band Stem Afternoon about their then-new debut album, Bandit from Beyond. Talking with multi-instrumentalist and producer Clint Niosi, drummer Mykyl Garcia, guitarist James Velasco, and, via speakerphone, DJ FTDub at Orange Otter Studio, Niosi’s home
Darstar is back. The power-pop group formed in 2010 and released the album Tiny Darkness in 2011 before disbanding a year later after a family tragedy forced one member to call it quits. But to frontperson Lisa Hardaway and her bandmates, being back together has been good for their souls. Although the circumstances