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Members of Freakons gathered outside a red barn
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Freakwater and the Mekons unite to sing about coal’s dark, transatlantic legacy

by Bill Meyer March 23, 2022March 16, 2022

In the early days of the COVID pandemic, retail clerks, day-care staff, public-transportation employees, and many other workers learned what coal miners have known for a very long time: that the authorities who deem their labor essential don’t necessarily feel the same way about their lives. Freakwater and the Mekons have each sung folk ballads […]

Jason Molina performs at the John Waldron Arts Center in Bloomington, Indiana, circa 2000.
Posted inMusic

Jason Molina’s long dark blues

by Max Blau October 1, 2014August 18, 2021

Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. front man Jason Molina produced a prodigious catalog of stark and heartbreaking music. Then he disappeared.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Mon 1/21: Freakwater, Fresh Meat’s Cleave, and “Yuck!”

by Drew Hunt January 21, 2013August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, January 21, 2013

Posted inBlogs

Best shows to see: Catherine Irwin, How to Dress Well, Dave Douglas, and more

by Peter Margasak December 13, 2012August 19, 2021

Catherine Irwin, How to Dress Well, Dave Douglas, and Braid are among this weekend’s Soundboard highlights

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The long-overdue return of Kelly Hogan

by Peter Margasak March 5, 2012August 19, 2021

Kelly Hogan releases her first new album in 11 years on June 5.

Posted inMusic

Freakwater

by Rick Reger January 6, 1994August 26, 2021

Along with Alice Cooper, Freakwater has the distinction of recording one of the finest dead-baby songs of all time. But that’s probably where the similarities between the two end.

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