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2008 Stories by Falling James

• Into the Mystic Valley

  published October 16, 2008

  Mystic bright eyes: The trembling-voiced bard (Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos) from Omaha returns with his latest project, the Mystic Valley Band,... More >>

• Dubbing Reality With Die Rockers Die

  published October 2, 2008

  The local collective Die Rockers Die are so prolific, their recent three-disc album Powered by People comes in an oversize package that... More >>

• The Rockers From Rockford

  published September 25, 2008

  Whither Cheap Trick? The longtime rockers from Rockford can be quite confounding. On the one hand, they seem perfectly content to endlessly play... More >>

• Word on the Street

  published August 21, 2008

  The annual Sunset Junction Street Festival in Silver Lake has expanded so much in recent years that it's grown far beyond its original roots as a... More >>

• The Bowmans at the Hotel Café

  published July 10, 2008

  Sister act the Bowmans create their own little oasis of beauty and tranquility every Wednesday this month at the Hotel Café, just a few... More >>

• Mad Rhythms

  published April 3, 2008

  You might remember Sami Yaffa from his days in the early-’80s Finnish hard-rock band Hanoi Rocks (although he’s apparently not... More >>

• The Pretty Little Blues: Nellie McKay

  published February 7, 2008

  Just about every corporate-funded mall-punk band makes a mighty noise about how it'll never sell out, how uncompromising its... More >>