Mount Moriah Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro Saturday, March 26, 2016 Heather McEntire stepped to the microphone Saturday night chewing a cough drop. On tour, she confessed, all four members of Mount Moriah had played through colds. But, she promised, “I’m gonna sing my heart out for you. And we’re gonna play our hearts out for you.” […]
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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The Bastages Get Mad, One Last Time
THE BASTAGES FRIDAY, MARCH 18 THE KRAKEN, CHAPEL HILL 9 p.m., free Maybe it’s true that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Who says those tricks aren’t worth revisiting, though? The Bastages, which includes two members of eighties hardcore eccentrics Ugly Americans and Superchunk’s original drummer, can claim a rich punk-rock lineage. The […]
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Record Review: Caleb Caudle Settles Into Home on Carolina Ghost
CALEB CAUDLE CAROLINA GHOST This is American Music Journeyman singer-songwriter Caleb Caudle has spent most of his adult life making music, first with his band The Bayonets and, more recently, as a solo artist chasing the shadows of Americana crossover stars such as Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton. His latest collection, Carolina Ghost, is the […]
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Sci-fi Apocalyptic Thrash Metal: The Legendary Voivod Comes to Kings Tuesday
The Canadian prog-thrash crew Voivod was always idiosyncratic, always ahead of its time. Inspired equally by Rush and Discharge, science fiction and scientific fact, Voivod forged an ambitious and unusual form of thrash that framed rich mythology and astute allegorical commentary. Those themes of nuclear proliferation, endless war, and brinksmanship have been vital for more […]
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Record review: Naked Naps’ The Middle
When John Meier first joined singer and guitarist Catie Yerkes to help give flesh to the songs she’d been writing in her bedroom at the house-show venue the Mattress Fort, he had only recently switched from guitar to drums. The two developed their voices together as the duo Naked Naps. The duo’s early demos offered […]
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Dex Romweber and Cool John Ferguson, experts in fresh takes on old sounds
Dex Romweber & Crash LaResh With Cool Party Thursday, Dec. 31, 10 p.m., $7 The Cave, 452 1/2 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, 919-968-9308, www.caverntavern.com Dex Romweber (solo) Friday, Jan. 1, 9 p.m., free The Kraken, 2823 N.C. Highway 54 West, Chapel Hill www.thekrakenbar.com Cool John Ferguson Saturday, Jan. 2, 8 p.m., $10 Blue Note […]
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North Carolina bands show up in the A.V. Club’s annual Year in Band Names
The arts-and-culture hub A.V. Club has graced us once again with their annual compendium of gross, silly and ridiculous band names. And among such highlights as the Evil Dead-crazed grindcore outfit Brucexcampbell, two-tone ‘80s cover band Skapeche Mode, indie rock duo Fuck Your Birthday and gore-grind outfit Urinary Tract Infection From Severe Pus Clots, a […]
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In High on Fire and Corrosion of Conformity, a lesson on why band leaders do—and don’t—matter
High on Fire With Crowbar, Colossus & Bedowyn Saturday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. $17–$20 Motorco, 723 Rigsbee Ave., Durham 919-901-9875 www.motorcomusic.com Corrosion of Conformity With Brant Bjork, Saviours & Mothership Thursday, Dec. 10, 8 p.m., $20 Lincoln Theatre, 126 E. Cabarrus St., Raleigh 919-821-4111www.lincolntheatre.com Fixating on a front person is easy. The singer stands at […]
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Record review: Necrocosm’s Damnation Doctrine
The four years Raleigh death metallers Necrocosm spent woodshedding have paid off. Not long after forming in late 2011, the band became a staple of local bills, but the group didn’t rush a recording, that typically pernicious rookie mistake. Instead, Necrocosm carefully crafted its debut, Damnation Doctrine. The diligence impresses. The timeand moneythe band poured […]
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A review of Wailin Storms’ righteous new One Foot in the Flesh Grave
Wailin Storms keeps getting bigger. In personnel and sound, the band has expanded with every release. Frontman Justin Storms, the outfit’s lone constant, started the project as a Southern Gothic duo, issuing the predictably spare if effectively moody Bone Colored Moon EP in 2012. For 2014’s Shiver EP, Storms enlisted a drummer and bassist to […]
