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Hear tracks by the Strokes, beabadoobee, Normani and more.

This new biography of Moby Grape drummer and cult solo artist Skip Spence does his talent justice while sensitively addressing his troubles.

Release Day Picks this week we highlight new albums by Maggie Rogers, Mark Knopfler, Shabaka, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Jakobs Castle, Bridget Kearney, James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg and tributes to Alice Randall and Stanley Mouse.

Stanley Mouse might be best known as one of the Bay Area’s finest and most well-respected psychedelic poster artists, producing original iconography

In 1969, Takasshi Matsumoto and Haruomi Hosono opted to defy rock trends by singing in Japanese, not English – paving the way for ‘city pop’ and J-pop

The documentary "Art and Life: The Story of Jim Phillips," directed by John Edward Makens, tells the story of Phillips, a graphic artist who has left his imprint throughout Santa Cruz and beyond.

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Tom Smothers, one-half of the legendary comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, has died at 86 following a battle with cancer.

Jim Ladd, the longtime FM deejay known who hosted a SiriusXM show for 12 years and was the inspiration for Tom Petty's album 'The Last DJ,' has died at 75.

In 1965, the United States launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman and Navy Cmdr. James A. Lovell aboard on a two-week mission. (While Gemini 7 was in orbit, its sister ship, Gemini 6A, was launched on Dec. 15 on a one-day mission; the two spacecraft were able to rendezvous within a foot of each other.)