Listen up! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Riding a simple fiddle riff and chants of “Woo” that accelerate throughout, “Alimony”a highlight from Puritan Rodeo’s second album, The Magic Suit Balloffers the wonderful sense of spinning on a demented, out-of-control carnival merry-go-round. That image works for the entire […]
Andrew Ritchey
Sweet By and By
Listen! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Sweet By and By’s debut EP features six songs about the regrets and hopes surrounding the comings and goings of men in the lives of the band’s four lead women. Despite the underlying theme of love, though, Sweet By and By […]
Did Schoolkids close because it refused to adapt?
If you talk music landmarks in Chapel Hill, Schoolkids Records challenges only Cat’s Cradle for the top spot. Since 1974, Schoolkids has supplied the college town with records, cassettes and CDs, but, last week, the storefront was empty and the stock was boxed away in a Raleigh warehouse. As he dismantled shelves, manager Ric Culross […]

