YO LA TENGO Tuesday, April 10 & Wednesday, April 11 8:30 p.m., $22–$24 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro www.catscradle.com Yo La Tengo just keeps getting better and better. The venerable New Jersey indie trio’s fifteenth full-length album, There’s A Riot Going On, is an expansive collection comprising delicate mood pieces, ambient electronic moments, and vibrant rhythmic excursions. […]
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Of Montreal Draws from Extended Dance Mixes of the Past to Aim Its Sound at the Future
Of Montreal Friday, March 23, 9 p.m., $17 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro www.catscradle.com Indie-rock chameleons Of Montreal have cycled through plenty of styles over the years. On their latest album, the sprawling White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood, the Athens, Georgia, band takes cues from extended eighties dance remixes on tracks like the Prince-goes-goth “Paranoiac Intervals/Body Dysmorphia” and […]
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Record Review: Superchunk Swings for the Fences with What a Time to Be Alive
Superchunk What a Time to Be Alive Merge Records Conventional wisdom holds that veteran bands tend to mellow out and lose the fire in their bellies as they make more records. Superchunk has done exactly the opposite. Beginning with the release of 2010’s freewheeling Majesty Shredding, the quartet has become more galvanizing and outspoken. Accordingly, […]