THIS BAND IS YOUR BAND: Chicano Batman pays tropicalia- and psychedelia-flavored soul, but the group's lyrics address deeper themes about togetherness and the nature of freedom. Photo by Josue Rivas ...

HAND ME THAT PIE: Woodpecker Pie owners Matt Bailey, left, and Vincent Gagnon say their new mini-pie business inside Haywood Road's Mothlight is "a wonderful mix of constant anxiety and excitement." ...

Who says you have to learn to play the guitar or cello or any conventional instrument for that matter? Arone Dyer, half of the duo Buke and Gase, made her own instrument, a modified baritone ukelele ...

Kip Uhlhorn used to play guitar in Panthers. Before that he sang and played guitar in Red Scare. In September his psychedelic drone project Cloudland Canyon -- currently Uhlhorn, his wife Kelly ...