I have this theory that the reason the Triangle music scene continues to proliferate as it does, with both tons of bands and tons of good bands, is because for 30 years parents have taken their small children to see excellent local bands play at free street festivals, so 30 years of small children have…
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
stephen malkmus & the jicks @ haw river ballroom
But Pavement was nothing at all like we pictured them. They were a bunch of foxy dudes, and they were into it. As soon as they hit the stage, you could hear all the girls in the crowd ovulate in unison. There were five or six of them up there, some banging on guitars, some…
worth getting up for: september
Worth getting up for in September: Hopscotch Music Fest; three day weekends; PINK HAIR; the eternal Kellen Moore finger guns gif; fake moustaches on sticks; shooting the Meat Puppets; (almost) hitting 100 shows for the year; Micah Schnabel live, again; Micah, in general; Brian Fallon’s delivery service delivering his new side project album; amazing relationships…
have gun will travel @ slim’s
What an amazing night. Micah Schnabel, of course, y’all know is one of my most favorites, and I am always thrilled to see BJ from American Aquarium do his sad bastard solo act (his words, not mine), but Have Gun Will Travel just blew me away. The energy, the focus, the songwriting, the cohesiveness of…
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in september
Two sentence reviews of new albums I listened to in August. Boom! The Horrible Crowes — Elsie: Brian Fallon is one of those musicians who I struggle to find fault with, primarily because his songwriting is so strong; he’s one of the best songwriters working today. This is the debut album from his acoustic-y, Rolling…
carrboro music festival: sinful savage tigers
Love these guys so much. Cannot wait for their full-length release; 10/22 at the Station, 10PM, with Phil Cook & his Feat. Be there. Or miss the revels.
if you lived here, you’d be home now: suburban home records
Y’all know that one of the indie labels I write the most about is Suburban Home Records, another outlaw country-ish label out of Denver, Colorado. They’re home to my beloved Two Cow Garage, which is how I discovered them, and Virgil routinely puts out phenomenal albums that skirt, closely, the line between country and punk…
mandolin orange cd release show
What a gorgeous evening, start to finish. Full set is here.
madi diaz @ local 506
Girl’s got a real set of pipes on her. Her new EP was out last week and it’s excellent. Full set here.
the head & the heart @ lincoln theatre
Seattle’s 6-piece the Head and the Heart slunk their way onto my radar last year, when praise for their luminous self-titled debut started to show up on the blogs I know and trust to recommend to me the best in new indie roots rock; I picked up their album, downloaded their Daytrotter, and fell head…
brand new kind of photography 