In the realm of urgent punk and sinister metal, you can’t assume any bandleader’s name is real. Think Glenn Danzig or Jello Biafra, Ozzy Osbourne or Abbath. But in the case of singer Justin Storms, it was the band Wailin Storms that borrowed his name. “In Texas people called me Stormy,” says the Corpus Christi-raised […]
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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Getting funny with Bandway, Raleigh’s cock-rock wonder
Bandway with Pipe Saturday, Oct. 24, 9:30 p.m. $10 Cat’s Cradle 300 E. Main St., Carrboro 919-967-9053 www.catscradle.com Bill Mooney remembers fondly the time two of his old friends, known together as Bandway, sang along to a cassette deck at a sushi restaurant full of New York suits and got paid. It was weird. In […]
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Sarah Shook is a single mother and a tough country singer with a reckless side. She is keeping both ends up.
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers With Six String Drag and Dex Romweber Friday, Oct. 16, 9 p.m. $8–$10 Cat’s Cradle 300 E. Main St., Carrboro 919-967-9053 www.catscradle.com Sarah Shook and the Devil had some good times together. In a busy month, the hard-gigging country-rock band would play eight shows, many of them at downtown Pittsboro’s […]
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Birds and Arrows’ nine-year career offers a memory map for the couple’s romance
Birds and Arrows With Josh Starmer and the Star Makers Saturday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m. $8–$10 Cat’s Cradle Back Room 300 E. Main St., Carrboro 919-967-9053 www.catscradle.com In the fall of 2014, Pete and Andrea Connolly went west. He had just turned 50, so they were celebrating with a five-week trip. They visited Yellowstone and […]
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ProgDay: An old fest survives—even grows—alongside the rest
Saturday and Sunday, ProgDay takes over Storybook Farm, southwest of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. This weekend of music has been recurring for two decades, so long to brag that the 21-year-old event is indeed the oldest prog-rock fest in the world. Accordingly, it’s got niche cred: Of the eight acts on this year’s roster, only […]
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Raleigh’s Animalweapon, the latest victim of Undisclosed
Serial is a big deal. It’s a podcast fans follow with the fervor typically associated with binge-watched dramas like Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead. All at once, it’s a true crime tale, a postmodern murder mystery, an indictment of the American legal system and a look back at teenage life, circa 1999. Its […]
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Surviving the summer heat with Future Islands
Future Islands took the stage at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, and frontman Sam Herring appeared happy, but tired. The singer seemed overwhelmed by joy, overwhelmed by the heat of the sun that was only now setting, and overwhelmed by the nonstop personal reunions at this, his band’s 1,000th show. His speaking voice seemed extra-raspy, […]
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Billy Sugarfix is back (and already booking shows)
After a year in Prague, Bill McCormick is back in North Carolina. Better known by his stage name of Billy Sugarfix, McCormick left last summer to teach English overseas and to experience Europe with partner and fellow Triangle musician, Wendy Spitzer. While there, the couple ate and drank well and attended Krampus runs in Austria. […]
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Don’t try this at home: Boulevards’ Jamil Rashad on the bold new “Got to Go” music video
At slightly more than two minutes long, Boulevards‘ “Got to Go” is an efficient little tune. It exudes early ’80s Motown, from its chirruping synths to its nasty, strutting bassline, and the new video follows suit. In his denim jacket, turtleneck, and white high-tops, Jamil Rashad—Boulevards himself—could be from the same era. He struts on […]
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After leaving her country home, Steph Stewart returned to build a band of Boyfriends
Steph Stewart & the Boyfriends Saturday, May 30, 8 p.m., $10–$12 Cat’s Cradle Back Room, 300 E. Main St., Carrboro 919-967-9053, www.catscradle.com When Steph Stewart graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2007, she got the hell out of North Carolina. She’d been born and raised in the rolling foothills of rural Catawba County, in a region […]
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