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…
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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…
studio session: effingham
Last night I got to Durham too late to see the Save Our Arts show with the Beast, Mount Moriah, and Megafaun (sold out! Good on them) so I trundled back to the Thrill and spent the evening hanging out with Jeremy Blair and Effingham, who are recording their first full-length in the Cowboy’s studio….
onward soldiers cd release party for ‘monsters’
There’s nothing more fun than an amped up crowd that’s at least as excited for a release as a band is; or maybe it’s the other way around. Either way, both Wilmington’s Onward, Soldiers and the crowd at the Pour House on Thursday were in fine form for the band’s release party for their sophomore…
the where’s the band? tour @ cat’s cradle
When Lisa at Sneak Attack got in touch with me about covering Matt Pryor and the Where’s the Band? tour, I have to admit: I was a little smirky about the tour. Besides Pryor, I made the snap judgment that it was lead singers from candy pop punk bands, it would be full of teenagers,…
girl in a coma @ local 506
The mark of a great band is this: not how they perform as a headliner, but how they perform as an opener. Last night Girl in a Coma, touring as an opener for the Features, completely owned the crowd in the 506. Not a huge crowd, but one that whooped and hollered and even danced…
red collar @ local 506
My face was suitably rocked by three of the most talented (and occasionally delightfully offensive) rock bands in the Triangle. Sometimes you just need a lot of electric guitars. Full set is here.
some army 7″ release show @ local 506
Some Army plays rattling, shining indie rock with clever lyrics and shimmering harmonies. Fan Modine makes some of the most melodic, danceable garage rock I’ve ever heard. And Prypyat plays songs that wouldn’t be out of place being done by Duncan Webster’s hard rocking Hammer No More The Fingers, except that he and Leah Gibson…
new track from lost in the trees
Yesterday NPR debuted the first track from Chapel Hill’s own Lost in the Trees, off their upcoming second album for Anti- Records, A Church That Fits Our Needs, due out 3/20. (Happy birthday to me.) The track is “Red”, and you can hear it here. LITT has been gaining buzz and admirers since Anti- re-released…
automatic for the joshua tree
Third annual early January covers show for a good cause at the 506; always good times. Full set is here.
brand new kind of photography 