Dibia$e headlines Raund Haus’s anniversary party at The Pinhook on Saturday, Feb. 23.
David Ford Smith
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Drum and Bass Went from Experimental to EDM and Back Again. Detroit Producer Sinistarr Was Right There Waiting.
Sinistarr plays Party Illegal with Oliver Long, DJ Jules, and Treee City on Saturday, Feb. 16.
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Record Review: Ghostt Bllonde’s Bouncy Birthday Party
The band celebrates the album’s release Saturday night at Kings.
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Hopscotch, Night Two: Thundercat and Miguel Nod to Mac Miller in Full-Throttle Sets
Hopscotch Music Festival: Thundercat, Miguel, Breathers, Circuit Des Yeux Downtown Raleigh Friday, September 7, 2018 I likely won’t ever forget the bizarre high/low scenario I was in when I heard the news that Mac Miller, America’s favorite frat rapper turned rap experimentalist, died. I was at Kings, having just witnessed an incredible Grouper set at […]
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Hopscotch, Night One: Lifting Off for Year Nine with The Flaming Lips, Lee Ranaldo, Kilbourne, and Flasher
Hopscotch Music Festival: The Flaming Lips, Das Drip, Kilbourne, Lee Ranaldo Downtown Raleigh Thursday, September 6, 2018 Thursday is always something of a ramp up day for Hopscotch. You scoot out from work when you can, pick up your wristband, maybe catch a few day show sets if you hurry. (Or, you duck out entirely […]
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Hopscotch 2018: Our Electronic Recommendations
Despite dance music occupying less and less space on the Hopscotch lineup, the inclusions this year are intriguing. Adventurers looking for serotonin-draining club moods have a number of underground dance zones to explore. At Neptune’s on Thursday night at 11:30, Brooklyn’s Kilbourne hotwires the brawny stomp of early-aughts happy hardcore into a modernist, wildly fun […]
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Raleigh’s New All Data Lost Festival Carves Out a Space for the Odd and Obscure
ALL DATA LOST Saturday, Aug. 18, 2 p.m., $10–$15 The Wicked Witch, Raleigh www.thewickedwitchraleigh.com Yes, Raleigh is growing. As with most mid-size cities in 2018, the amount of new investors attempting to house and feed creative-class millennials and thirty-something techies is in overdrive. Across the street from the Contemporary Art Museum on Martin Street, an […]
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Arcade Fire’s Story as Indie Rock Titans Began a Decade and a Half Ago in a Tiny Triangle Club
ARCADE FIRE Thursday, July 12, 6:30 p.m., $46 Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh www.redhatamphitheater.com On June 7, 2004, a typical Monday night, Arcade Fire played a set at The Cave. As the story goes in Our Noise, John Cook’s written history of Merge Records, the hastily booked gig at Chapel Hill’s favorite 74-capacity venue occurred in […]
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Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan Surfs a Wave of Sensation Surrounding her Debut Record
SNAIL MAIL Tuesday, July 10, 9 p.m., $12–$14 The Pinhook, Durham www.thepinhook.com On a Wednesday in late June, Lindsey Jordan admits that she’s been a bit stressed lately. “I don’t have a lot of time to myself these days,” she says. Though originally from Maryland, she’s calling from the West Coast, in the throes of […]
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Moogfest, Night Three: Overcoming a Different Kind of Drone
Moogfest, Night Three: Jenny Hval, Pete Rock, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, DJ Stingray Downtown Durham Saturday, May 19, 2018 There was a dull ambient roar at Moogfest this weekend, and I’m not even talking about whatever Wes Borland’s drone set was. No, this particular sound emanated from the back end of the cavernous Armory all weekend, […]
