I like to be up front with you guys, you know that: a few years ago, I picked up Liam Finn’s debut album, I’ll Be Lightning, because he was Neil Finn’s son, and I do love me some Crowded House. Happily, Liam is just as talented as his dad, in completely different ways, and so…
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frontier ruckus @ local 506
Frontier Ruckus’s songs are dense and full of empty space, universal and intensely personal, intimate and wide as Michigan skies. They put out one of my favorite albums of 2010 in Deadmalls & Nightfalls, and they were wonderful when I saw them in January; they were just as wonderful last night. I find it hard…
shakori hills grassroots festival fall 2011
I’ll write more about the festival this week, but for now, a selection from my two days; all 150+ images are here.
american aquarium @ local 506
Thursday night, American Aquarium with Wylie Hunter & the Cazadores and Stella Lively — a lovely evening full of bands made up of people I am inordinately fond of. I love the Thrill, I love our scene, I love the people I know, and I love the shit out of music. Full set here.
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.
if you lived here, you’d be home now: suburban home records
Y’all know that one of the indie labels I write the most about is Suburban Home Records, another outlaw country-ish label out of Denver, Colorado. They’re home to my beloved Two Cow Garage, which is how I discovered them, and Virgil routinely puts out phenomenal albums that skirt, closely, the line between country and punk…
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.
brand new kind of photography 