Nothing Brooklyn-based indie-pop band Lucius does is accidental. The band’s aesthetic is inspired by 1960s girl groups, but the quintet’s sound is pure 21st-century sonic...
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Fresh films
When Telluride Film Festival founders Bill and Stella Pence moved to Portsmouth in the late 1990s, they wanted to do something special for the new...
News in brief
Dover Council votes to change Cocheco River spelling The city council is hoping a nearly 200-year-old paperwork mistake will soon be corrected. At a meeting last...
Video vault
“In a Lonely Place” Columbia Pictures, 1950 Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Art Smith Directed by: Nicholas Ray The plot: Dixon “Dix” Steele (Bogart) is...
Running start
Five years ago, Todd Kozikowski had a flash of inspiration. His newborn daughter, Ellie, was critically ill. She was having up to 100 seizures a...
Taking aim
About 61,000 people hold paid hunting licenses in New Hampshire. Since a general hunting license costs $22 for state residents and $103 for nonresidents, it’s...
Special delivery
In the land of Continentia, the setting for Dorks in Dungeon’s mash-up of fantasy role-playing games and live improv comedy, there are few jobs more...
Eight-Bit Junkyard
Is there, in recorded human history, an example of an adjective that so despoils a noun as thoroughly as “educational video game?” No, there is...
The End of the Tour
There are few cinematic genres trickier to navigate than biopics. How can any film, no matter how artfully crafted, capture a person’s whole life in...
Style queue
For info on Style Queue Magazine, click here. /stīl/ /kyo͞o/ noun 1. a sequence of people with a distinctive appearance 2. A style column for...
Sliding scale
Trombonist Kendall Moore moved from Miami to the Seacoast in March, and the day after he arrived, he already had a gig with trumpet player...
Ladys’ night
There’s no pretention behind The Landladys’ infectious brand of indie rock and the camaraderie that facilitates its creation. Filed somewhere between The Microphones and Brian...
Talking up the Takedown
Spend the day at the annual Pawtuckaway Takedown music festival in Nottingham and, along with a great line-up of local bands, you’ll also see tree...
Beyond belief
When Norman Muscarello burst into the Exeter police station early on the morning of Sept. 3, 1965, he likely had no idea he was making...
Family band
Claire Roeth In the beginning, Mexo-Americana was a self-applied tagline for the David Wax Museum. As fans of the band have long known, front man...
Less is more
With its relative affordability and accessibility, Nahcotta’s “Enormous Tiny Art” show has turned many art lovers into art collectors over the years. More than 40...
Mr. Holmes
Longevity can be measured in many ways. The character of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes first saw print in 1887, making him 128 years...
Darkness and volume
There’s no mistaking KYOTY’s kinetic riffs and sprawling post-metal sound. The sheer force of their booming industrial oscillations is enough to pulverize eardrums, while their...
Question of the week
Q: Where did all these wasps come from and what can I do about them? Jeremy Delisle, Education Center Program Coordinator, UNH Cooperative Extension Illustration by Alyssa Grenning...
Now read this
Undermajor–domo Minor by Patrick deWitt DeWitt, author of the amazing revisionist Western “The Sisters Brothers,” returns with a strange and compelling comedic tale of a man...
News in brief
Rye Judge rules in favor of public access at Sanders Point Sanders Point in Rye is open to the public. That’s according to an Aug. 20 ruling...
Video vault
1974: On the Road With The Beach Boys MFM Productions, 2011 Starring: Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Mike Love, Blondie Chaplin, and Ricky Fataar...
Changing lanes
If you want to get really excited about the Seacoast’s progress toward bike-friendly status, it’s best not to compare it to bicycle powerhouses around the world....
Write big
Josh Ritter rarely writes about himself. The singer-songwriter is more at home building narratives and dipping into the lives of fictional characters in his songs....
Dover sues state over education funding
Dover officials believe the state of New Hampshire shortchanged the city nearly $14 million in education funding during the last seven years, and the city...