There was overtime and the Canes won! Teenage girls screamed for Jeff Skinner like he was all four of the Beatles! The dudebros in front of us were so excited about the game and super adorable! I have almost finally gotten my white balance right in the RBC Center! A++ hockey experience, Canes, will likely…
gambling the muse @ nightlight
I am trying really hard to make good on my goal to see more, new local bands this year, and Gambling The Muse is one of those bands — apparently, according to my Photojojo time capsule this week, I actually saw them play at the Dylan vs. Petty benefit last year, but that evening ended…
paleface & mo @ the pour house
Paleface & Mo played to a small — rainy Thursday, a huge show at Kings down the street –but enthusiastic crowd at the Pour House last night, and unlike other shows I’ve hit lately, I knew it wouldn’t be a disappointment, and it wasn’t. The set was short, just over an hour, but packed with…
preview: paleface & mo @ the pour house
People intimately familiar with Paleface’s music are usually familiar with his background: Daniel Johnston discovered him, Beck was his roommate, Danny Fields molded him, and after having a huge influence on the New York City anti-folk movement and two major label releases, Paleface sort of fell away, self-releasing cassettes and albums until Concord’s Ramseur Records, home to weirdos…
slingshot cash @ the open eye
The Cowboy has a band. They’re called Slingshot Cash and I’m terrifically fond of them. They’re good, he’s a great songwriter, and if you live in the Triangle, you should go see them when they play out. For reasons that don’t need exploring at this juncture but should be pretty obvious, I won’t be writing about…
worth getting up for: january
Worth getting up for in January: oh my god, a million shows; two great covers shows, one of Townes and Hank covers, one of Neil and Bruce covers; watching the video of the crowd at the Avetts’ show starting Paranoia in B-flat Major without Seth and Scotty; Part 5 of Frank Turner’s US Social D/Lucero…
smith westerns @ local 506
I don’t see a lot of bad shows; I see a lot of shows, and there’s rarely no redeeming qualities in any of them. I don’t go see shitty locals, because there are too many good and great locals to see, and mostly my taste in music is pretty reliable when it comes to live…
frontier ruckus @ local 506
Frontier Ruckus and the Moondoggies put out two of my favorite underrated albums of 2010, the Moondoggies’ all sweeping vistas and huge sounds and Frontier Ruckus’ all creeping sadness and mournful Michigan landscape, so to get them both in a single weekend was a huge joy. But where the Moondoggies get their huge sound from,…
save our arts: a benefit for central park charter school
For the third year running, Heather Cook orchestrated a gorgeous benefit show for the arts programs at Durham’s Central Park Charter School, and it was a perfect kind of local music evening. Good bands, good company, good food (learned: cannot shoot and eat Only Burger at the same time; alas), in a gorgeous new venue…
the moondoggies @ local 506
The Moondoggies surprised the hell out of me last night: I assumed that they made their huge tidal-wave sound with two or three guitar players in addition to their keyboard player, but they don’t; it’s just four of them, wringing sweeping sounds out of guitar and bass and keyboards and drums, and it’s as slow-burn,…
brand new kind of photography 