After releasing its first new song in more than two decades, the iconic Chapel Hill indie-rock band launched a national tour at the Cradle on Friday night.
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Whistling Past the Graveyard with John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats
Before his Haw River Ballroom shows, we met Darnielle in a cemetery for a cheerful chat about how to win at middle age, the odds on him making a rock opera, and other kinks in this mortal coil.
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Guided by “Laila’s Wisdom,” Rapsody Goes Toe to Toe Against Hip-Hop’s Biggest Names at The Grammys
Rapsody is hyper-aware that she doesn’t fit cis-het men’s “sexy” hip-hop stereotypes and that she’s often marginalized as prescriptively “woke.”
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“White Suburban Minstrelsy”: The Holderness family goes for Drake, Adele and Silentó in new Thanksgiving video
The artistic death spiral of America’s most inexplicable show-business family—the Raleigh-based, four-person Holderness clan—continues apace with the latest viral-video plea for relevance, this morning’s clumsily titled “Ultimate Thanksgiving Mashup: Hello, Hotline Bling, and Nae Nae, Holderness Family Style.” It’s the group’s second annual Thanksgiving offering, echoing 2014’s Meghan Trainor-inspired “It’s All About That Baste,” which […]