Last week, WKNC debuted its new online video series, “The Lounge,” with a five-and-a-half-minute performance from rising acoustic guitar star Daniel Bachman. Bachman, who recently relocated to the Triangle, courses through a rendition of “Sarah Anne,” from his just-released fourth LP, Jesus, I’m A Sinner. His nonchalant performance casts shadows of Piedmont blues and American […]
Bryan C. Reed
Bio: Bryan Reed lives in Raleigh, where he nerds out about punk rock and comic books. He's written about music for INDY Week since 2008.Twitter: http://twitter.com/BryanCReed
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Alesana returns to Raleigh, launches Adelaide Recording Studios
By the time they released their fourth full-length, A Place Where The Sun Is Silent, in 2011, Alesana had built a steady national following, broadened their musical ambitions well beyond the post-hardcore template and jumped from one large indie label, Fearless Records, to Epitaph Records, an even bigger one. They were, and are, one of […]
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As Duke’s WXDU turns 30, the area’s college rock outlets fight for relevance amid online competition
WXDU 30th Anniversary With Jett Rink, Pine State, Torch Marauder System, Blue Green Gods, Malt Swagger Duke Coffeehouse Saturday, Nov. 9 8 p.m., $5 When WXDU first went live on the FM dial in 1983, it wasn’t the first Duke University radio station. The school had been broadcasting under various call letters and frequencies as […]
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Superchunk Covers The Misfits’ “Children In Heat,” Merge launches its 25th anniversary with a 7-inch series
In tribute to the holiday, Superchunk debuted a new Misfits cover, this time tackling the irrepressible “Children In Heat” with a faithful remake. It’s not the noted ‘Fits fans’ first tribute to Glenn Danzig’s cult-iconic punk band. In 2010, the band issued a cover of “Horror Business” and later offered it again on a 2011 […]
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Sorry State Records greets a crowd on opening day
Before Sorry State Records opened its doors for the first time at noon on Saturday, a line of eager customers already gathered outside the Morgan Street storefront. The shelves of new and used records on offer were quickly clogged with people scouring the stacks for vital titles among the curated selection of punk, metal and […]
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The week in music: Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 2013
1. THE PINHOOK’S 5TH ANNIVERSARY Spreading its five-year anniversary festivities across two events makes logistical sense, as that means The Pinhook gets to celebrate itself twice, with double the number of friends and bands. But The Pinhook’s take-all-comers attitude is what really unifies theseand all otherbills on the Durham venue’s calendar. The first night features […]
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To Live A Lie Records announces January festival in Raleigh
To Live A Lie Records—the Raleigh imprint dedicated to bullet-fast hardcore, searing powerviolence and brutal grindcore—has quietly been building its catalog and an international audience since 2005. Now, with a line of almost 100 titles from heavy-hitters like Magrudergrind, ACxDC, Assholeparade and Torch Runner, To Live A Lie is gearing up for a January showcase […]
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Where did Megafaun go?
However inadvertently, Megafaunthe third album by the Durham trio of the same name, released in 2011began with a warning. Over a measured bass groove and half-psychedelic guitars, Megafaun‘s members harmonized, “Take your time/Everyone knows/If it starts real fast/It’s gonna end real slow.” And so it came to pass: A year after the album’s release, the […]
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Hiss Golden Messenger to perform Oct. 22 at Aloft Hotel in Chapel Hill, reissue Bad Debt next year
In a continuation of their summer concert series at Aloft Hotel franchises, Paste Magazine has announced three more hotel bar shows in North Carolina, including one at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, featuring Durham’s Hiss Golden Messenger. In a brief announcement posted to Facebook, band leader Mike Taylor treated the news with an appropriate […]
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The Cat’s Cradle Back Room opens with a slight delay, strong acoustics
Eleanor Friedberger, Stuart McLamb, Invisible Hand Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013 When the doors to Cat’s Cradle’s new Back Room opened to the public for the first time Saturday night, it was an hour later than advertised. A meager line had formed in the alley behind the storied club, but the […]
