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In 2003, a trio of musicians met at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and quickly formed a band with an unusual name: The Wombats. Wombats are a marsupial native to Australia that poop cubes. I am not kidding; look it up. With their quirky band name, the Wombats began releasing music, gaining traction in…

On October 6th, Matt Maltese aka Matthew Gordon took the stage at Newport Music Hall. The show was filled with cute stories, swaying starry-eyed couples, and bits of spectacular birthday fun.  Maltese’s music is mostly indie pop, with gut wrenching melodies and chamber aspects. Most of his songs are about love or heartbreak, and it…

Nashville-native, Sophia Allison, better known by Soccer Mommy, took the stage at Newport on Friday, September 28th. Allison got her start at New York University, where she majored in music business, but after playing her first performance as Soccer Mommy, she was signed by the record company Fat Possum and soon dropped out of school…