Thelma and the Sleaze, Chris Maxwell, Mount Moriah, Our Annual People Issue and More: Inside This Week's Scene

Kandyland: Thelma and the Sleaze played 31 shows in Nashville last month. What did your band do?

Strange Shadows: After three upbeat decades, Chris Maxwell pulls back the curtain on his confessional solo debut (Playing Monday, March 21, at The Basement)

North Cackalacky State of Mind: How Mount Moriah's Heather McEntire pulled herself from the depths of depression by her Tar Heel State roots (Playing Wednesday, March 23, at The High Watt)

Check out profiles on Hans Condor's Charles Kaster, Drkmttr booker Kathryn Edwards, tunnel tubatroll Joe Hunter and others in the Scene's annual People Issue

In The Spin: Diarrhea Planet, Bully and Slammers Top Another Triumphant Freakin' Weekend; Emotions Ran High in the Drunk Tank at Carly Rae Jepsen's Cannery Gig

Plus Critic's Picks on The Weeks, David Liebe Hart, El Rick Haun, Gordon Lightfoot, Spider Stacy, Rihanna, Charlie Christian, Caleb Caudle, JEFF the Brotherhood, Jacob Smigel, Shannon and the Clams, Yonatan Gat, Roz and the Rice Cakes, Musicians Corner and more