Today, we bring you Gross Ghost covering Future Islands‘ “Long Flight.” Mike Dillon reflects on what this song and the group Future Islands means to him and the formation of Gross Ghost: “Tre [Acklen], Chris [Hutcherson-Riddle] and I went on our first tour with Future Islands many moons ago. They took us up to Maine […]
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Videos: The Backsliders bring it all back in Raleigh
Walking toward the Pour House Saturday night, I ran into a wide-smiling Jac Cain. This made me a little nervous, so I asked The Pour House soundman, “What do you think about tonight?” He responded with a deep, menacing laugh and not much more. The Backsliders had not even partially reunited in a number of […]
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Carolina Covers: Chip Robinson covers Malcolm Holcombe’s “Who Carried You”
Today’s Carolina Cover comes from Chip Robinson, covering “Who Carried You” from Asheville native Malcolm Holcolmbe‘s 1999 Geffen Records release, A Hundred Lies. When we set these sessions up and ask for a cover, folks sometimes do not have time to prepare because of scheduling. In this case, Robinson came in with what he said […]
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Live Video: Mount Moriah & Bowerbirds at Cat’s Cradle
Mount Moriah, Bowerbirds Cat’s Cradle Dec. 8, 2012 Saturday brought one of the more anticipated local performances in recent memory to the Cat’s Cradle. Mount Moriah stirring up recent buzz around their signing to Merge Records and the announcement of their next release, Miracle Temple debuted a handful of rich and powerful new songs. And […]
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Carolina Covers: Jason Kutchma handles Superchunk’s “Hyper Enough”
Today brings together another pair of local favorites, Jason Kutchma and Superchunk. As soon as Kutchma mentioned the song he’d chosen to cover back in July, I instantly became excited—it’s one of those that you can hear in your head as soon as it’s mentioned. “When the first 20 seconds burst from the speakers, my […]
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Carolina Covers: American Aquarium takes on Mount Moriah
It’s been about 10 months since we recorded this song with B.J. Barham of American Aquarium. Over that time, I’ve received sporadic text messages from Barham, on tour in different spots across the country, asking, “When are you putting that cover out?” With the year coming to a close, and after recording nearly 30 Simple […]
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Frank Fairfield adds second Triangle show
Fans of Frank Fairfield, rejoice! Frank has added a last-minute show this Saturday evening at Cup 22 at the Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw. So if you can’t make his performance tonight at The Pinhook in Durham with Deep Chatham, you’ll have another chance. If you are not familiar with Frank Fairfield, he is a […]
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Simple Music Video Series: “Painter Man Blues” by Dan McGee of Spider Bags
It took us a while, but we were finally able to track down Dan McGee of the Spider Bags to come do a few songs. Between playing a get-out-the-vote rally in Durham, in-store performances and a number of recent club shows, Spider Bags have been busy of late. That’s understandable, as their latest album, Shake […]
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Video: The Love Language brings a big band to the Lincoln Theatre
The Lincoln Theatre hosted quite the three-band bill on Friday with The Love Language, Gross Ghost and The Toddlers. One act after another unveiled refreshing material, making this one of my favorite shows of the year. The Toddlers offered a number of new songs, presumably from their upcoming Kickstarter-funded release. As they began to play […]
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Simple Music Video Series: Chip Robinson’s “Angelita” and “Bells”
It was difficult not transforming into a complete fanboy when Chip Robinson came to perform several songs a few days ago. It was election night, after all. But midway through the first song, perhaps sadly, I no longer cared who won. After seeing and hearing the fire coming from Robinson as he performed a familiar […]