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…
Category: opinions about concerts
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…
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…
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.
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…
the meat puppets @ the cat’s cradle
A strangely apt pairing: like the Cradle, the Meat Puppets have been a rock and roll institution, in certain circles, since the ’80s … and like the Cradle, which recently completed a massive renovation, the Meat Puppets have been through more than one incarnation in those thirty years of music. Whereas the Cradle used to…
hopscotch music fest day 3
Final full set is here.
hopscotch music fest: the flaming lips @ city plaza
More later, after my nap, but this: I don’t get the Flaming Lips, but I cannot deny that they put on a hell of a visual show.
brand new kind of photography 