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• A Very Wonka Afternoon With Primus, In Concert And In Costume October 31, 2014

  Soundcheck&nbsp;celebrates Halloween with one of the most inventive and darkly comedic bands of all time:&nbsp;Primus.&nbsp; (article)

• Gig Alert: Dracula Suite October 31, 2014

  Pianist Michael Riesman plays&nbsp;Philip Glass&rsquo;s 'Dracula' score alongside a screening of the classic film, tonight at Morgan Library in Murray Hill. (article)

• Primus Plays Wonka In Concert; Movie Date's Scariest Sounding Films October 31, 2014

  Primus performs songs from its Willy Wonka-inspired album in The Greene Space. Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman of the&nbsp;Movie Date podcast talk about the&nbsp;movies with the scariest sounds.&nbsp; (episode)

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  • Creaking Stairs And Children's Choirs: Movie Date's Scariest Sounding Films October 31, 2014

    Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman, co-hosts of&nbsp;The Takeaway&rsquo;s Movie Date podcast, delve into some frightening sounds in the film industry with&nbsp;some of their favorite scary movie audio.

  • Buscabulla: Reinventing The Caribbean Cool October 31, 2014

    Puerto Rican-turned-Brooklyn band Buscabulla performs its Caribbean electro-psych grooves in the Soundcheck studio.

• 'Season Of The Witch' Explores Music And The Occult; How To Be Smarter About... Tour Riders; Maya Beiser Plays Live October 30, 2014

  Exploring rock 'n roll's relationship with the occult. How to get smarter about tour riders. Maya Beiser performs in the Soundcheck studio. (episode)

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  • Rock 'N' Roll Gives The Devil His Due In 'Season Of The Witch' October 30, 2014

    In&nbsp;Season Of The Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock And Roll, Peter Bebergal says&nbsp;that&nbsp;the occult's influence on&nbsp;rock is more complex than biting a head off a&nbsp;bat.

• Gig Alert: Primus In The Greene Space October 30, 2014

  Inventive and darkly comedic band pays tribute to Willy Wonka this afternoon in&nbsp;The Greene Space. Listen to their version of "Pure Imagination." (article)

• Gig Alert: Peliroja October 29, 2014

  Afro-Cuban-Caribbean soul-funk melting pot plays Joe's Pub. Download "Bohemio."&nbsp; (article)

• George Clinton On A Lifetime Aboard The Mothership; Twin Peaks Plays Live October 29, 2014

  Funk pioneer George Clinton reflects&nbsp;on a long career in his&nbsp;new book,&nbsp;Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You? Plus, Twin Peaks plays in the Soundcheck studio. (episode)

• Moby's Post-Apocalyptic Photography; That Was A Hit?!? On Little Stevie Wonder; Twin Peaks Plays Live October 28, 2014

  Moby discusses his new photography exhibit. Looking at the unlikely success of Little Stevie Wonder's first No. 1 hit. Adult Jazz performs in the Soundcheck studio. (episode)

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  • Moby's Post-Apocalyptic Dream Is Becoming An Audio-Visual Reality October 28, 2014

    Step inside the audio-visual world of Moby's cult-inhabited, post-apocalyptic America.&nbsp;

  • That Was A Hit?!?: Little Stevie Wonder, 'Fingertips' October 28, 2014

    As part of the ongoing series, That Was A Hit?!?, Soundcheck looks at&nbsp;how Stevie Wonder's early hit&nbsp;"Fintertips" set him on&nbsp;the trajectory to become the influential artist he is today.

• Gig Alert: Boots October 28, 2014

  Beyonce mystery collaborator plays Baby's All Right Tuesday night. Listen to "Mercy." (article)

• Five Songs For Dylan Thomas October 27, 2014

  In honor of&nbsp;the&nbsp;100th anniversary of Dylan Thomas' birthday, Soundcheck host John Schaefer reflects on five songs inspired by the Welsh poet. (article)