Skullbuckle releases its album Friday, Feb. 4, at The Pour House. The $5 show starts at 10 p.m. It’s easier to describe Skullbuckle‘s attitude than its sound: reckless irreverence and unrepentant goofiness, fueled by a brash, why-the-hell-not cocksureness. That playful, carefree indulgence unites the 17 songs of the Raleigh unit’s self-titled debut, though little else […]
Chris Parker
Bio: After a fond stint in the Triangle, Chris Parker lives in Cleveland, Ohio, where he writes about music and politics for a variety of newspapers and magazines. He has written about music for INDY Week since 2002.
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Mr. Hank & Mr. Townes
The tribute party for Townes Van Zandt and Hank Williams featuring The Magnolia Collective, Josh Moore, Slingshot Cash, Jokes & Jokes & Jokes, Jeremy Blair from Effingham, and Christopher Jones happens Saturday, Jan. 1, at Nightlight. The $5 show starts at 9 p.m. You’d imagine Hank Williams Sr. would enjoy Townes Van Zandt’s company. Townes […]
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Greg Humphreys’ Realign Your Mind
For his second solo album, Realign Your Mind, the lead soul man of Hobex and Dillon Fence, Greg Humphreys, delivers an intimate set of songs shadowed in twilight. Leavened by spare, airy arrangements often consisting only of his voice and guitar, these songs come colored with a circumspect sense of loss brought on by the […]
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Spider Bags’ “Take it Easy” 7″
Like a work of art painted inside the wheel well of an old Chevy Impala, the Spider Bags’ new 7″ is likely to be missed, but that doesn’t make it any less classic. Covered in grime, laced with echo, it accelerates with rollicking savagery and freewheeling intensity. The A-side, “Take it Easy,” is a classic […]
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Le Weekend’s DBLSCRT tries its songs both ways
Le Weekend releases DBLSCRT Friday, Oct. 29, at Nightlight, with Ezekiel Graves and Eric Roehrig opening and between-set commentary from Dave Bjorkback and David Nahm. The $5 show starts at 9 p.m. Life presents a perpetual game of what might have been. Making one choice prevents others from ever happening. But art, at least in […]
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Southern Culture on the Skids’ The Kudzu Ranch
Success can create prisons for musicians: Though Southern Culture on the Skids has never been incarcerated like, say, John Mayer (who seems to enjoy the “serial headcase” attention) or Dave Matthews (who’s sentenced to his fans), their skill at writing satirical white-trash paeans often overshadows their broader talents. Anyone who’s seen them live should know […]
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Wild Wild Geese’s Sorry, Earth
Wild Wild Geese play Tir na nOg Thursday, Oct. 7, with Wesley Wolfe and Shit Horse. That 10 p.m. show is free. The band plays Nightlight Friday, Oct. 8, at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $5. Durham quartet Wild Wild Geese follows-up last year’s four-song EP with Sorry, Earth, a fine full-length that echoes the fuzz-drenched […]
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Superchunk returns with Majesty Shredding, an LP that reinforces its legacy
Superchunk plays the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Thursday, Sept. 16, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12–$16. The show is presented in conjunction with the Nasher’s new exhibit, The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl. This week, Superchunk released its ninth album, and first in nine years, Majesty Shredding. It marks the recorded return […]
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Essay: Punk again
No Age joins Public Enemy and The Love Language in City Plaza Saturday, Sept. 11. Tickets are $30 and are still available. Fucked Up plays Berkeley Cafe Friday, Sept. 10, with Whatever Brains and Double Negative. Double Dagger plays Berkeley Cafe Thursday, Sept. 9. Brutal Knights play Slim’s Thursday, Sept. 9. See Related Events below. […]
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After the death of her husband, Corinne Bailey Rae makes an album that captures life’s mess
Corinne Bailey Rae and Filthybird play Thursday, Sept. 9, at Cat’s Cradle. The 8 p.m. show is sold out. Inevitable in life is loss, but don’t fret so much: Just as it makes the rose smell sweeter and the summer feel warmer, implicit impermanence makes the ache of love that much more pronounced. That relationship […]