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…
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locally grown: future islands @ wallace plaza
I like wild electronic noise, and both Future Islands (top two) and Motor Skills (bottom two) do that very, very well.
the magnolia collective @ the station
What do you do when you see the same band, every month, at the same venue? And they’re a band you love, but there’s only so many photos of Mimi’s fantastic shoes that you can take? A dedication to local music pushes me as a photographer; I have to find a way to get new…
HONKY @ local 506
Remember when Pam sent me to a hardcore show, only she didn’t tell me it was a hardcore show and then I had a really great time anyway? (The first and only time I saw a show at the late, sometimes great, now departed Brewery! Which is a shame, because the Brewery was the only…
the lusitania @ motorco music hall
First up, an open letter: dear the Lusitania, I am really, really sorry that y’all had such a shitass time with the sound at your show last night, because playing at Motorco is usually way way way more fun than you guys had. If it helps, and it probably doesn’t, you sounded fantastic from where…
onward soldiers @ nightlight
On the face, this was a strange line-up: Wilmington’s sharp Americana-pop songwriters Onward, Soldiers, with the Triangle’s rockers Effingham and garage-psych trio the Pneurotics, but you know what? It did. Effingham’s Jeremy Blair writes songs with a hook and a pop sensibility if not necessarily a pop sound, and with the collaboration of Magnolia Collective…
magnolia collective @ the station
The second half of my Thursday double-header was Magnolia Collective’s regular residency at the Station, complete with new banjo player and an opening set by Matt Douglas, who fronts the Proclivities and plays in the Small Ponds with Caitlin Cary. Matt’s solo stuff is strange and huge and noisy, and startled me a it. MagCo,…
boulder acoustic society @ deep south
I had the pleasure of going out to Raleigh to see my favorite klezmerpunkamericana band, Denver’s Boulder Acoustic Society, last night. With a huge sound, a practically punk rhythm section, and an accordian, BAS really, really don’t sound like anyone but themselves. Their set in Raleigh swung from gorgeous bluegrass waltzes to raving klezmerpunk fusions…
rat jackson @ local 506
Some nights it seems like everyone in the Triangle has six bands, and they’re all so fantastic that 97% of the musicians I know should be famous. (Top to bottom, Rat Jackson, the Pneurotics, & Some Army, last night featuring people who also play in Spider Bags, the Magnolia Collective, Gambling the Muse, Red Collar,…
koffin kats @ cat’s cradle
In the case of last night’s show, a photo is worth more than a thousand words. The Koffin Kats are fierce and wild, and an absolute joy to watch and shoot. They play psychobilly, noisy and tightly contained songs that roll and thump behind a single guitar, a shredded upright bass, and some of the…
brand new kind of photography 