Jeremy M. LangeMenly men Ben Carr and Ian Rose, songwriting guitarist and drummer for the essential Chapel Hill garage punks Last Year’s Men, are starting a new limited-run label, Sonogram Records. The business model follows the raison d’etre of many micro-labels: two friends releasing their friends’ music to help them out, sure, but also for […]
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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Setting sail
I haven’t sailed in a very long timesince the ’90s, I’m sure. It’s been so long, I’ve lost most of the vocabulary; I’d be lost on a boat today. When I did sail, however, it was always with Simon. To Simon, the water was home. Even in the stillest air, he always found a little […]
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No Eyes’ No Eyes
No Eyes releases its self-titled EP with a show at Kings Barcade Friday, Aug. 3, at 10 p.m. Bel Espirit opens the $5 bill. No Eyes‘ self-titled EP starts strong, with a small batch of buzzing effects leading into a beguiling drug-rock mixdisorienting washes of guitar twist behind disaffected vocals, with the welcome clop of […]
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After eight years, Greenville’s The Kickass tours again—and finally finishes
The Kickass joins Valient Thorr, Royal Thunder and Caltrop at Cat’s Cradle Friday, July 20. Tickets are $10–$12 for the 7:30 p.m. start. When Greenville, N.C., instro-metal trio The Kickass recently rolled into Richmond after two weeks on the road in support of old friends Valient Thorr, its members were out of money. The tour […]
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This weekend’s four festivals, and the big choices of tiny communities
See Related Events below for details about this weekend’s festivals. This weekend, area music fans will be challenged with an abundance of opportunities: In four towns, multi-band bills and small festivals offer very different takes on nearby musical getaways. In Chapel Hill, there’s Buried Underground, a three-day spree of heaviness. In Carrboro, there’s Dirty South […]
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Milagro Saints’ Chance & Circumstance
Milagro Saints play at Tir na nOg Friday, June 8, at 10:30 p.m. The show is free. When it comes to genre signifiers, the word eclectic is often code for “jam band.” And while Milagro Saints don’t trade in the endless noodling and sometimes-gibberish lyrics of Phish or Widespread Panic, the songs on their latest […]
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Goodbye, Titan bassist Matt Cash to play final show Saturday night in Raleigh
Saturday night will see Matt Cash, bassist for Raleigh post-rock stalwarts Goodbye, Titan, play one last show with the band. It’s a friendly split, and he isn’t going far: he will remain active in his increasingly dance-oriented shoewave trio The White Cascade. And in a more literal way, he isn’t going anywhere – the two […]
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I love Lucy
Lucy was crying again. At three days old, it was just something she did. Still, it was stressing her sister Sarah out. It has been less than two years since Sarah was in the same helpless infant state herself. Sarah knew babies. There were some she saw at daycare, but none were this small. Lucy […]
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Free Electric State’s Monumental Life
Free Electric State plays with Filthybird and Last Remaining Pinnacle at The Pinhook Friday, May 18. Tickets for the 10 p.m. show cost $6. Bassist and vocalist Shirlé Hale and guitarist David Koslowski may have recently left North Carolina to return to Baltimore, but their band, Free Electric State, remains alive and well. Indeed, if […]
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Embarrassing Fruits’ Joe Norkus drops new EP, plays last local show for a while Sunday at Nightlight
Chapel Hill slacker-pop champs Embarrassing Fruits have been quiet for a while, so it’s nice to hear new material from frontman Joe Norkus. And it’s not surprising that his new EP is really good – Norkus is quite the songwriter. Yet where this could seem like the start of a new chapter in his involvement […]