SAVING SPACE SHOWCASE Wednesday, Dec. 20, 8 p.m., $7 The Pinhook, Durham www.thepinhook.com Editor’s note: Sarah Schmader, who runs the Saving Space Showcase, is a senior advertising account executive at the INDY. While we’re not in the habit of awarding our own staff, we would commit a greater disservice by not recognizing her hard work […]
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Record Review: Rachel Kiel’s Shot From a Cannon
RACHEL KIEL Shot From a Cannon Self-released The supremely gifted Chapel Hill-based singer-songwriter Rachel Kiel has demonstrated her estimable talents for the better part of a decade, but her third full-length, Shot From a Cannon, immediately announces itself with a powerful statement of intent. The opening title track is a tour de force of crashing […]
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Following Accusations of Bullying and Toxic Behavior, a Raleigh Promoter’s Career Is Effectively Over. What Comes Next?
Discussions of the Triangle music scene often frame the web of musicians, venues, fans, promoters, and other players as a community—one that’s vibrant, encouraging, and a largely positive environment overall. But last week, a multi-pronged social-media storm effectively ended the career of one Raleigh promoter, raising questions about how the Triangle’s music scene can get […]
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The Total Package Tour Promises a Heavy Dose of Eighties Nostalgia. But Does the Lineup Even Make Sense?
THE TOTAL PACKAGE TOUR Tuesday, July 11, 7:30 p.m., $25–$196 PNC Arena, Raleigh www.thepncarena.com In the haze of half-remembered decades gone past, acts like New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul, and Boyz II Men might be thought of as easily interchangeable archetypes of a bygone era, united by the common terrain of eighties chart […]
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Beauty World Unravels the Wonderful Textures of the Joypop Turbo EP
BEAUTY WORLD Saturday, October 8, 8:30 p.m., free The Carrack Modern Art, Durham Speaking with two people deeply locked in a state of creative symbiosis provides a music all its own. To spend an hour talking songwriting craft and inspiration with Leah Gibson and Duncan Webster, who make up the Durham-based dreampop outfit Beauty World, […]