My face was suitably rocked by three of the most talented (and occasionally delightfully offensive) rock bands in the Triangle. Sometimes you just need a lot of electric guitars. Full set is here.
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some army 7″ release show @ local 506
Some Army plays rattling, shining indie rock with clever lyrics and shimmering harmonies. Fan Modine makes some of the most melodic, danceable garage rock I’ve ever heard. And Prypyat plays songs that wouldn’t be out of place being done by Duncan Webster’s hard rocking Hammer No More The Fingers, except that he and Leah Gibson…
interview: mipso trio
Yesterday I had the undeniable pleasure of sitting down, in a noisy Weaver Street Market, with the three guys who make up fast-rising North Carolina Americana band Mipso Trio. Joseph Terrell, Jacob Sharp, and Wood Robinson will be headlining at the Cradle on Saturday night, with Overmountain Men and Jim Avett. (Details: Saturday 1/14, doors…
new track from lost in the trees
Yesterday NPR debuted the first track from Chapel Hill’s own Lost in the Trees, off their upcoming second album for Anti- Records, A Church That Fits Our Needs, due out 3/20. (Happy birthday to me.) The track is “Red”, and you can hear it here. LITT has been gaining buzz and admirers since Anti- re-released…
kinda brilliant. kinda dumb.
I lived in Minnesota for four years and never saw the Replacements. This, of course, is because I lived in Minnesota a good ten years after they split up, but still. That’s really sad, for me, and that’s part of why I’m so psyched to see Color Me Obsessed, because it’s that little bit of…
promo photos: some army
I spent some time yesterday doing cover images (hint: it involved 100+ photos of a closet) for the new Wylie Hunter & the Cazadores record, and as I was leaving Wylie’s, I got an email from my buddy Russ, who fronts locals Some Army. He had a photo emergency, so I scooted over to the…
interview: writer & director gorman bechard
Back in November, I was sending a raft of pitch emails, and one of them was to the general email address for a documentary about the Replacements, after seeing shaky but amazing video of Jesse Malin covering “Alex Chilton” for a tribute show after a screening of that documentary up in NYC. I promptly forgot I’d sent…
automatic for the joshua tree
Third annual early January covers show for a good cause at the 506; always good times. Full set is here.
the vaudevillain revue: the nightmare before new year’s eve
I spent last Friday, again, with the VaudeVillain Revue in Raleigh; it was, again, a pleasure. Full set here (not necessarily SFW).
the rest is silence
The Quiet World (Jeffrey McDaniel) In an effort to get people to look into each other’s eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decided to allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without saying hello. In the…
brand new kind of photography 