Another day, another headliner I’m completely ignorant about: this time it was Southern California indie rockers Dawes, who I had at least heard of, this time around. I had this nagging feeling I’d seen them before — opening for someone, maybe, but who? — but no photos to verify this feeling, and I certainly knew…
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sinful savage tigers @ johnny’s
As recently as last summer, I would groan and grouch and roll my eyes at shows in strange venues; the light is wonky, or the background is awful, or everyone is sitting down and I feel totally awkward standing on the side of the stage taking photos. Sometime in the last year that changed —…
bull city undercover
Bull City Undercover — three nights of locals doing cover sets by a single artist of their choosing — has its roots in the old scene at the old Kings, but I, for one, am thrilled that Tamplin brought it over to Motorco with him when he left Tir Na Nog; it was a funny,…
the magnolia collective @ the station, may 2011
One of my favorite things about MagCo’s ongoing Thursday residency at the Station, besides the facts that they’re fantastic, I’ve gotten to meet a bunch of amazing people hanging out there, and the always excellent challenge of shooting the same band over and over again, is their rotating cast of local opens — I haven’t…
skylar gudasz & the ugly girls @ local 506
I am holding good to my goal to see more new-to-me local bands this year, and I love it when I can do that in my own backyard; Skylar Gydasz and the Ugly Girls (who are all, in fact, adorable dudes) threw a kickass CD release party at the 506 last Friday, and I hung…
the mountain goats @ cat’s cradle
I’ve been lucky enough to see the Mountain Goats a couple of times over the last few years; in 2006 at Troika, in an old garage, and John solo at the Durham Armory, and a sold out show at the Cradle in 2008. A sold out show in 2008 the night after the election in…
luego & jeff crawford @ motorco
An excellent evening of power pop. I am, in particular, supremely excited for Jeff’s new album. Yes, please. Motorco’s doing something lovely with these residencies; Luego is the band in residence for the month of April, four full band shows on Wednesdays with different openers, and Patrick solo on Sunday afternoons. A great look at…
spirit family reunion & the magnolia collective @ the pinhook
TOO MANY SHOWS. Did an extra 500,000 people move into the Triangle in the past 8 months? — Ross Grady of Triangle Rock to ch-scene I agree, Ross. I agree. But great sets from both bands last night; I hadn’t been to the Pinhook since last fall and it was nice to get back. Good…
oberhofer & cloudlines @ local 506
Straight up: all I knew about Oberhofer before last night was that Brad and Pete were supremely charming guys; I shot their interview with Speakers In Code back in February, but missed their following set at the Cradle for another show. I was delighted last night, though, when they took the stage to play the…
superchunk @ the cradle
Yesterday at work I uttered the phrase “Superchunk are the elder statesmen of Triangle rock” and then had to explain the term “elder statesmen”, so I didn’t bother with explaining the rest of it, but they are: in his 40s, Mac still rocks harder than most of the kids in the Triangle today. Jim Wilbur…
brand new kind of photography 