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Andy Downing

Andy is the director and editor of Matter News. The former editor of Columbus Alive, he has also written for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Spin, and more.

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Forget about happy little trees: Ben Lamb translates his anxieties to ‘Axe of God’

The Columbus artist’s new exhibition kicks off at St. James Tavern with an opening reception on Thursday, Nov. 5.

Laura Larson and Christine Hume discover collective power in ‘portraits of refusal’

Columbus photographer Larson will join writer Hume in celebrating the release of new book ‘All the Women I Know’ at the Center for Print and Collaborative Arts on Friday, Nov. 6.

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Friko expands on its sound, delivers ‘Something Worth Waiting For’

The rising Chicago rock band headlines a show at A&R Bar on Saturday, Oct. 31.

Sadie Dupuis and Dylan Baldi bring horrors real and fantastical to Two Dollar Radio HQ

The musicians visit the recently reopened Parsons Avenue shop for a 7 p.m. concert on Saturday, Oct. 31,

The preacher’s son: Daniel Budd begins to find his way back

Earlier this year, Daniel Budd wrote in a public Facebook post that he had been abused by his father, the late Charlie Budd, a pastor and missionary whose public profile differed greatly from the man his son said existed behind closed doors.

Lydia Loveless is ready for the ‘Accolades’

The Columbus singer and songwriter’s excellent new EP, which releases via Bloodshot Records on Friday, Oct. 30, interrogates the mental toll of navigating a rapidly corroding world plagued by rising costs and inescapable violence.

A decade later, Matthew Erman and Lisa Sterle revisit ‘Long Lost’

First released in 2016, the husband-wife duo’s first collaborative series was recently reissued as a graphic novel by Vault Comics. To celebrate, the couple will appear in-person at the Book Loft on Wednesday, Oct. 28.

‘Pulp Stiction’ joins the resistance

A deeply compelling new collage exhibition brainstormed and curated by Emily Morgan opens at Hopkins Hall Gallery on Monday, Oct. 26.

‘American Doctor’ asks viewers to not look away

The gut-wrenching documentary from director Poh Si Teng, who will be on hand when the film screens at the Wexner Center this weekend as part of ‘Unorthodocs,’ takes viewers inside Nasser Hospital in Gaza.