In late April, the Anchorage Museum and the Institute of the North hosted the second annual North by North Festival. The three-day event whi

Six months ago, Russ Ariel, Jonathan Cannamore and Lisa Cannamore decided to form a hard-hitting punk-rock outfit called The House Opinion. Although the band is still in its fledgling state, plans for the band had been in the works for years. “So we've kind of had a long history,” explained The House Opinion frontman, Russ Ariel. “I originally met [drummer] Jonathan Cannamore at open mic nights around Anchorage when I was playing in an two-piece folk-rock band. He kind of kept showing up and 'fanboyed' over the band.” “Whoa! Easy there, bud,” interjected Cannamore with a laugh. All heckling aside, Cannamore eventually turned Ariel's band into a short lived three-piece outfit called Fellow Cr

Right now Isaguirre is a staple in two of Anchorage's hardest working bands – the Conway Seavey Band and Kalo. A cursory look at the per

“He was out of sorts and he committed suicide kind of out of nowhere. For about six months afterwards, I was just in this dark place where t