A lovely pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday night LBLB with two of my recent local favorites: the dreamy indie-post-pop of Sam Logan’s Lilac Shadows (Sam was the brains behind the excellent Huguenots; Lilac Shadows is his latest project) and the über-catchy garage punk of Gross Ghost. Wild psych screamo punk outfit Exquisite Corpse opened. I hadn’t been to Raleigh…
Tag: local music
rock it local
From top to bottom, Hammer No More the Fingers, Free Electric State, Lonnie Walker, the Brand New Life, and Murphy’s End. Five local bands at two venues last night, and I’d really wanted to catch Gross Ghost’s set at the Cave after Hammer, but ill-advised application of a final whiskey and ginger forced shep. and…
bottom string sessions: gross ghost
Saturday Grant and I went out and taped a Bottom String session with Gross Ghost at Mike Dillon’s cabin in the woods. Seriously in the middle of the woods. Gorgeous gorgeous setting and lovely guys. Full set is here.
bombadil cd release party for ‘all that the rain promises’
Everyone in the Triangle knows the story of Bombadil; in 2009, poised to break out with the spectacular and heartbreaking Tarpits and Canyonlands, the band took an abrupt and open-ended hiatus, based, publicly, mostly around de facto frontman Daniel Michalak’s deteriorating physical health. (If you aren’t from here, you can read last week’s Indy story…
the sea & cake @ local 506
Friday’s show at the 506 was a lovely evening full of jangly indie rock from the Sea & Cake and Butterflies, and absolutely staggering dreamy instrumental post-rock from Chicago’s Brokeback. Warm and comforting in the best way. Full set here.
bottom string sessions: mandolin orange & sinful savage tigers
I had the pleasure yesterday of getting to spend a couple of hours shooting the members of Mandolin Orange and Sinful Savage Tigers, plus out-of-towner Josh Oliver (formerly of the Everybodyfields) and last minute surprise Josh Moore, while they futzed around filming official video sessions for the Bottom String, but also just goofing off with…
a weekend to rock
Kicked off a long weekend of tons of shooting with two shows last night; Slingshot Cash at the Cave, and Josh Oliver & Andrew Marlin at the Station. Both great sets, low key, low light, warm and honest. I’m going to swamp you guys with shots the next few days; be ready. This afternoon I…
effingham @ local 506
In 2012, I resolve to shoot a lot of festivals and steal every red gel and light bulb from every venue in the Triangle. Yesterday Pam and I were talking about how there are good bands, bad bands, and your friends’ bands. It’s nice when your friends’ bands are also good bands.
sinful savage tigers — the last night of the revels
I developed a new metric over the weekend, for whether or not I should be writing about a band because I might be too close to them personally: could I call any of the members and ask to borrow a PA on short notice on a Sunday afternoon? If I could, maybe I should skip…
brand new kind of photography 