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Dirty Beaches frontman Alex Zhang Hungtai talks about his dissonant past and scoring a film about an indoor waterpark.

When nothing sounds good anymore, Blue Bird refreshes us in the joy of music.

Lydia Loveless performed her soulful country tunes last night at The Waiting Room Lounge with The Filter King's Gerald Lee Jr. Check out John Shartrand's photos from the evening.

Stalking his crowd intensely while pantomiming his lyrics, Future Islands' frontman Samuel T. Herring performed as if he was on Broadway Nov. 2, rather than the Waiting Room Lounge stage playing to a few dozen people.

HN intern Steven Ashford gets real with the West Coast hip-hop pioneer.

"The King of Surf," Dick Dale, played a "Bitchin'" set Thursday night at The Waiting Room with local favorites The Mezcal Brothers opening the show to a packed house. 

HN's Shannon Claire captured the high kicks from the band featuring members of Sleater Kinney, The Minders and Helium.

The Matador took over The Waiting Room Sept. 30 to drop their EP, Once Upon a Sinking Ship. HN contributor Shannon Claire captured the metal party.

Skypiper guitarist/vocalist Graham Burkum talks about the folk rock band's soon-to-drop self-titled album and its release show tonight at The Waiting Room with Anniversaire and Tarlton.

Workers who came here to do dirty, dangerous jobs, and who never left built this city. So it makes sense that Two Gallants' road-weary, blue collar indie-folk anthems would resonate here