brand new kind of photography

Dr Dog — Be The Void. Out 2/7, Anti- Records. I spent most of the weekend thinking about what I wanted to say about Dr. Dog’s fifth full length LP, Be The Void. I have listened to it a dozen times since getting a copy for review, and I understand that I love it unconditionally,…

interview: samantha crain

Amazing songstress Samantha Crain is gracing the Triangle with not one but two shows this week; she headlines the 506 with American Aquarium opening on Tuesday, February 7 (Doors 8:30, show 9PM, $10) and opens for AA and their live CD release show at the Pour House on Saturday, February 11 (Doors 8PM, show 10PM,…

shut up and read

Don’t Be Literary, Darling (Sasha Moorsom) Don’t be literary, darling, don’t be literary If you’re James in the morning you’re Hemingway in bed Don’t talk of yourself in the style of your own obituary – For who cares what they say of you after you’re dead. Don’t be always a thought ahead and a move…

bad machine tour: lydia loveless & scott h. biram

shep. and I used to drive around the Southeast a lot, going to see our favorite bands play places other than the Triangle. We do it less now because we’re older, and gas is more expensive, and frankly, mostly the old thing: four years ago that four hour drive home from Norfolk at 2 am…

liturgy @ duke coffeehouse

To say that metal of any variety is not in my wheelhouse is an understatement; I don’t even mostly understand metal music, because I have a really hard time finding the lines in it. So I agreed to go see Liturgy at Duke Coffeehouse with Louis with a little trepidation. It could be great, it…

kathleen edwards @ cat’s cradle

Last night’s Kathleen Edwards show, based on my listening to all four of her albums at work during the day — well, I was a little afraid I was going to be the girl in the front of the audience honking and snotting and weeping all over the place. I was not! That is because…

worth getting up for: january 2012

Worth getting up for in January: Girl in a Coma, Red Collar, Spider Bags, Rat Jackson, Kathleen Edwards, Matt Pryor live; tribute shows; frozen samosas from Trader Joe’s; red patterened drop-waisted dresses; new pants; Bones coming back on TV; Justified; Onward, Soldiers’ new album; the Extra Hot Great mini-episode of names that Benedict Cumberbatch does…

two sentence reviews of reasonably new albums i listened to in december and january

Short and sweet this month. Didn’t process much new stuff, but getting ready to dig in. February will be big! Estrangers — Black Ballroom: a debut release from a Winston-Salem band, this is fuzzy and catchy garage rock, similar to what the Smith Westerns are doing. It shimmers and swings, and the distorted vocals with…

review: the other f-word

I love this photo; it’s such a perfect quiet moment with Stephen and Joah Tunnell, and Joah’s daughter Madeline, amongst the furor of TRKFest 2011. Madeline is growing up as the daughter of two musicians, as the niece of two musicians. Her mother spends a large chunk of the year on the road with about-to-break…