I lived in Asheville for six years, and I can’t say that much was consistent during that time. From guitar stores and restaurants to record shops and even hiking trails, my favorites changed often. I was initially in college but then I quit. I had lots of jobs and cars, too, and I must have […]
Corbie Hill
Bio: Corbie Hill lives on three wooded acres in Pittsboro, where he is a writer, musician, dad of two and community college English instructor. He is a regular contributor to INDY Week's music section.Twitter: http://twitter.com/afraidofthebear
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The brief reunion of Art Lord & the Self-Portraits offers a glimpse into Greenville’s former college-rock crucible
Art Lord & the Self-Portraits play Kings Thursday, Feb. 14, at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, and Lonnie Walker and Googooloo open. About an hour east of Raleigh, in a cabin in rural Johnston County, Baltimore dance-rock instigators Future Islands are reconnecting with their roots. The band formed in Eastern North Carolina in 2006, emerging […]
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Jphono1 releases “Know Your Clouds” with two weekend shows
John Harrison, guitarist and vocalist for Chapel Hill fuzzy smart-rockers North Elementary, plays two release shows this weekend for his latest solo record. Know Your Clouds, the second LP under the Jphono1 identity, diverges a bit from the finger-picked debut, especially in the addition of hypnotic extended instrumental sections. Harrison’s newest gadget, a Roland JUNO […]
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Chapel Hill ska horde The Jumpstarts reunite
The Jumpstarts hit the stage at 9 p.m. at Cat’s Cradle, Friday, Feb. 1. The English Beat headlines, and tickets cost $18–$20. Shane Hartman is sorting through old press clippings and band photos from the mid-’90s, back when he played bass in ska act The Jumpstarts. On Friday, The Jumpstarts will restart, playing for the […]
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Some Army to Kickstart new LP
Some Army: why so blue? Carrboro Southern psych-rockers Some Army are aiming to fund their debut LP via—you guessed it—popular crowdsourcing platform Kickstarter. Early February will see the start of a 30-day campaign, with the band setting its sights on respected North Carolina producer, musician, and sound engineer Mitch Easter’s Fidelitorium Studio. “It’s going to […]
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Future Islands precursors Art Lord and the Self-Portraits release a new master of an old song
Mike VorassiLooking to the past: Future Islands This Valentine’s Day will see Art Lord and the Self Portraits, which broke up in 2005, celebrate its tenth anniversary with a show at Kings and a double-album release. The Definitive Collection, out that day on Friends Records, includes Art Lord’s four releases, but also features a download […]
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Records, cabins, restaurants: Can Kickstarter stick around?
Male bowerbirds build ornate nests, or bowers, to attract potential mates. They use flowers and mosses and most anything else they can find to add color and allure to their lair. Phil Moore and Beth Tacular aren’t trying to attract anyonethey’ve been dating for most of the last decade. But as the folk-romantic band Bowerbirds, […]
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The Spinns: Pop a top, again
The Spinns play a benefit for Norton Records at Kings Friday, Dec. 28, at 9:30 p.m. The $6–$10 show also features Black Zinfandel and Nervous Ticks. They then play The Cave Saturday, Dec. 29, at 10 p.m., with New Town Drunks. Tickets are $5. Rob Walsh manages the bar at The Cave, Chapel Hill’s famously […]
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New benefit Christmas single: “Bing Crosby,” by The Chorus Project
One new local Christmas track mixes nostalgic holiday R&B with the massed harmonies of a caroling glee club. “Bing Crosby,” by Chapel Hill teenage vocal group The Chorus Project, was penned by Seamus Kenney of SNMNMNM and Trepak and co-produced by local audio engineer and dB’s member Chris Stamey. Yet an all-star studio cast takes […]
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Will The Avett Brothers’ popularity overshadow N.C.’s roots music past and sterling present?
If you saw Mitch Collman and Jim Avett together at a concert, you might not look twice: They are two 50-plus fathers, both gregarious, with grown children and graying hair. Collman is a cardiologist; Avett was a welder before he retired. But they share a taste for American roots music and rather nascent interests in […]