A January tradition by now, this benefit show pitting covers of two bands against each other. (Dylan vs Petty ; Springsteen vs Young ; REM vs U2) It is always for a good cause, and it is always fun. This year it was the Beach Boys and the Beatles getting the versus treatment, and it…
Category: opinions about concerts
willie nelson @ dpac
Got to see Willie Nelson for the first time last night, at the DPAC with Dan. He did Will The Circle Be Unbroken / I’ll Fly Away / Amazing Grace at the end, and I cried like a baby. A few more photos of Willie and Lukas, who opened, are here.
photo preview: jon spencer blues explosion
Some nights you just need to know when to put the camera down.
southern folklife collection fiddle symposium concert
One of the best things about living in a college town — one of the best things that I don’t take nearly enough advantage of, to the point where I put it on my life list — is all the cool free and cheap events that Carolina sponsors, throws, has, etc. Last night was the…
the devil makes three @ cat’s cradle
I didn’t know that a bluegrass band from Santa Cruz, California — a pretty traditional three piece bluegrass band, albeit a really great one — could inspire such punk show mosh pit heights, but the Devil Makes Three did it last night. It’s a tribute to them, on most hands; their rocking, uptempo, hook-filled songs…
chatham county line electric holiday show @ haw river ballroom
So lovely — warm and fun and full of singalongs, this was the first of CCL’s annual Electric Holiday Show that I have been to, but I will not miss another one. Full set is here.
almost people @ local 506
I know Scotty Sandwich from many things: his digital label Death To False Hope Records, his booking of great punk and garage and hardcore shows in Durham, but I’d never seen him play in his own band, Almost People, before last night. They play sharp, clever, hooky pop punk, lots of great guitar riffs from…
magnolia collective @ local 506
This is me resolving that, in 2013, I will leave the house more and be a hermit less, especially when it comes to local music, because my friends are really talented and seeing them play makes me really happy, even when I unintentionally do dumb things at their shows. They also take care of me…
american aquarium @ the soapbox
In a time past, some of it documented here, shep. and I used to spend a lot of weekends hauling all over the South to see bands, both national touring bands who didn’t play in the Thrill, or bands from here we just loved. So it was appropriate on Friday that, after failing to acquire…
american aquarium @ local 506
If I went back and counted, I’ve seen American Aquarium more than 50 times since the fall of 2007 — probably closer to 75. But as they spent more time on the road, and drew more and more fans in Raleigh, particularly, I’ve seen them fewer and fewer times every year. This is good, because…
brand new kind of photography 