Since November, Airstrip has released three infectious standalone tracks on its Bandcamp page. The new project, formed around Matt Park’s devastated, potentially nihilistic pop songs, played Friday night at Tir na nOg with Lonnie Walker and The Charming Youngsters. And while the opening and closing bands (both Greenville imports, though the Youngsters moved to the […]
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 ExMonkeys’ Use Your Tools
Download Use Your Tools on The ExMonkeys’ Bandcamp. Any study in electro-punk almost inherently includes talk of big beat. A ’90s-born subset of electronica, the latter communicates a slick but aggressive action-hero immediacy; think of The Matrix soundtrack, particularly that memorable Propellerheads track. Like that film’s other dominant characteristicbullet timebig beat turned the gee-whiz factor […]
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Valentine’s 2012: A locals-only heartbreak mixtape
1. The Rosebuds, “Cover Ears” — OK, so this is pretty much a no-brainer. A married duo divorces, then comes back together for a post-divorce LP, Loud Planes Fly Low. Ivan and Kelly Rosebud give us an intimate glimpse of post-marital desolation, notably when Ivan sings “who’s gonna love you/ when I go?” The rest […]
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F to M to Octopus explores one man’s transgender experience
Solo Takes On 3: Story, Identity & Desire UNC Communications Studies At Studio 6 Theater in Swain Hall Feb. 3–14 The five pieces in this year’s Solo Takes On festival are performed in rotating repertory beginning Feb. 3. Sam Peterson’s performances are Saturday, Feb. 4, at 9 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m.; and […]
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Bull City Metal Fest steps up
The Body’s tough. Last year’s inaugural Bull City Metal Fest saw sets by some of the best heavy music in the Triangle, from Jenks Miller’s widely praised brainchild Horseback to blues-metal blacksmiths Caltrop. The second is now scheduled to happen Feb. 3-4 at Durham’s Casbah, and it promises a continuation of this theme. With such […]
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Monoslang’s Monoslang
Monoslang plays Kings Saturday, Jan. 14, Minor Stars and No Eyes open the $5 show. With the addition of vocalist Lesley Pond, Raleigh’s Monoslang slides from pop-structured post-rock into trip-hop territory. Though both are indeed emotionally loaded, atmospheric styles, they’ve rarely overlapped in the past. Though Monoslang lacks the depth or complexity of the most […]
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A guide to the Triangle’s 2011 exit strategies
For more listings, see our Music Calendar. Happy New Yearor for 2012 Armageddon theorists, happy beginning of the end. Across the Triangle, there are rock shows and dance parties aplenty, with offerings swinging wildly from Top 40-like alt-rockers to whip-smart jazz combos, from high art to the gutter. Indeed, most every taste is represented on […]
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Chapel Hill Underground brings a west-end essence to the college side of town
There was a time when West Franklin Street was the Triangle music community’s stronghold: From extant standbys like The Cave and Cat’s Cradle to Nightlight and, years ago, Go! Room 4, it was the area’s little outlet for a lot of live music. But the scene has spread, and rooms in Durham and Raleigh are […]
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After a series of strokes and surgeries, Reese McHenry survives and blooms
Reese McHenry and Spider Bags play the Nightlight Friday, Dec. 9, with Flesh Wounds and Boykiller. The 9:30 p.m. show costs $5. It’s a slow Saturday afternoon inside The Cave, Chapel Hill’s oldest and most functionally named bar. A football game plays on the television screen with its sound muted. Rob Walsh is tending bar. […]
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Brooklyn’s Hull takes its enormous sophomore record on the road
Hull, Caltrop and Ruscha play Chapel Hill Underground (formerly Hell) Saturday, Nov. 19, at 10 p.m. Tickets are $5. Beyond the Lightless Sky, the second record by Brooklyn quintet Hull, is a big record by an ambitious band. The songs stretch from complex, epic crunch-fests like the title track to “Fire Vein,” a 10-minute integration […]
