In downtown Carrboro, the unassuming little building across from Weaver Street Market is broadcasting live radio from its shiny, converted bank teller window. WCOM 103.5, the low power FM station started as a community hub of live and recorded music in a bilingual format, is kicking off the new year with live programming and a […]
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307 Knox rocks
The Durham imprint that brought you the Durham Rocks compilation, 307 Knox Records, documents another slice of Triangle music culture on some new releases. Punk true believers Blackstrap’s Media Slut debut EP is just out. Unfortunately, this is also the band’s swan song, as they played their final show in November. Maybe we’ll see some […]
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Rock ‘n’ Roll survivor
Mike Triplett has long been an integral part of the Triangle music community, both as guitarist for rock trio Fin Fang Foom, and manager of Go! Studios; an upbeat, kind-hearted soul amidst the grind of the rock club biz. After being stricken with complications from spinal meningitis earlier this year, a vast support network went […]
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in magnetism
Characters in Stephin Merritt’s compact and intricate songs thumb their nose at affection and the curiosities of relationships. His wry wit cuts through the dense arrangements, which rival some of those classic pop composers like Rogers and Hart or Bacharach. Australian songwriter Hanlon opens. The Magnetic Fields and Darren Hanlon play Durham’s Carolina Theatre on […]
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Pura Fe sings the praises of her Tuscarora Nation
Native American activist Pura Fe celebrates the heritage and legacy of her ancestry in her work as a singer, dancer and teacher. Her latest CD, Follow Your Heart’s Desire, just out on the Hillsborough imprint Music Maker, reflects her own family stories as a Native American descendant of the Tuscarora Nation in the Roberson County […]
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And they don’t stop
In the tight-knit, ever-growing community of hip hop in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, ambition and ego is tempered with the need for cooperation and family. Here is a sampling of artists working alongside each other to raise not only the awareness of great hip-hop music from our state, but the people along with it. […]
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And they don’t stop
In the tight-knit, ever-growing community of hip hop in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, ambition and ego is tempered with the need for cooperation and family. Here is a sampling of artists working alongside each other to raise not only the awareness of great hip-hop music from our state, but the people along with it. […]
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Tunes on the Terrace
The new fall tradition at UNC-Chapel Hill is “Thursdays on the Terrace”–a series of afternoon concerts at the Graham Memorial building (near Morehead Planetarium) on campus from noon to 2 p.m. This series sets itself apart through its recruitment of musicians of all stripes from our area. Thus far, this year there’s been a great […]
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Mash the State
Tim Ross is well known in Triangle music circles, as a percussionist in Joby’s Opinion in the ’90s, as WXYC station manager and DJ Twombly to the masses at places like The Federal and Hell, and as a former music scribe for Spectator. Thanks to the wonders of digital sleight-of-hand and the constant, pulsing capillaries […]
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Mission of Burma
Returning from the ether with the same kind of tremolo sparks and guitar distortion that made them a name 20 years ago, Mission of Burma reunited in 2002 for some gigs and took to it so much they released a new album, ONoffON, earlier this year. In so many rock reunions, the music suffers at […]
