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We literally stumbled across San Diego's Writer in a bar off the Las Vegas Strip. Their hard driving indie Amercana was an odd cross between the quirky tunefulness of earlier era Wilco and the anthemic reaching of Coldplay or U2. All in this tiny, smoky, cramped bar where there were so many bands on the bill the bartender couldn't even identify one band from the other for us. Luckily two of the band's fans in the audience schooled us and the band sent us their Blood Drops EP. more ›

Last year, we spoke with local author Aleksandar Hemon on the eve of the release of his novel The Lazarus Project. We expected big things of that excellent tome, but nothing could have prepared us for the widespread acclaim and awards heaped upon Lazarus, including but not limited to National Book Critics' Circle finalist (2008), National Book Award finalist (2008), and the Trib's Heartland Award (2008). more ›