There are bands you love, and then there are bands you love and nights that sounds like the inside of your heart. And last night, the entire Pour House howling along with a blow-the-doors-off cover of “Thunder Road”, was the latter.
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the butchies @ cat’s cradle
Sometimes you just need to go out and watch a bunch of badass women play pop punk. Sometimes that is, in fact, the answer on a Wednesday night. (I tagged along to the Butchies’ reunion show with Ash, and it was fantastic.)
counting crows traveling circus & medicine show
Koka Booth is such a weird little venue; I’m not sure what possessed Cary to put a gorgeous, beautifully acoustic-ed 5,000 seat outdoor amphitheatre somewhere that it would attract big rock groups — only to have the town tell the bands that they couldn’t play louder than a certain decibel level. (Adam Duritz was Not…
counting crows traveling circus and medicine show
counting crows travelling circus and medicine show, originally uploaded by minervacat. curiosity, kitten, doesn’t have to mean you’re on your own Full review and photos tomorrow.
twin tigers @ local 506
Athens’ Twin Tigers fall somewhere on the musical spectrum between drone and shoegaze and electro-pop — depending on the song, and depending on the spot in the song. There’s a lyricism to frontman Matthew Rain’s raspy, repeated lyrics that moves them out of the drone category, but enough fondness for noise, for shambling diversions into…
chatham county line cd release show for ‘wildwood’
There’s no doubt in my mind that Chatham County Line are one of the best traditional bluegrass bands working today; even more so because they’re much more than a trad bluegrass outfit. They’re a group of guys who know the lineage their music comes from, and who recognize and draw from that, all while being…
i wake in the morning and i step outside
holy ghost tent revival @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. I’m listening to my 4&5 star songs playlist on my iPod lately, on shuffle — and this afternoon on the way home, it threw up a slice of my teenage years. 4 Non-Blondes’ “What’s Going On” followed by Dog’s Eye View’s “Everything Falls…
roadside graves @ the nightlight, june 2010
and i don’t know whose baby you are The Roadside Graves, a fantastic Jersey band who released my favorite track of the year — the stunning 7+ minute “Liv Tyler” — on their EP You Won’t Be Happy With Me earlier this spring, are one of three or four bands that are lynchpins of a…
langhorne slim @ cat’s cradle
As always, Langhorne Slim’s set at the Cat’s Cradle last night was transcendent. Seriously, one of the best live performers working right now. His live set is never less than 150% stellar. I think I’ve forgotten how to write a post here. I’ll be back soon. Stay put, y’all.
rhett miller @ the pour house
rhett miller @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. For as well and as long as I’ve loved the Old 97s, I’ve only seen them live three times — and before last night, I’d never seen Rhett solo. He flew down for a one-off favor-for-a-friend benefit show in Raleigh, and it was absolutely a…
brand new kind of photography 