For a second, imagine that Fake Swedish’s debut Get Correct is a certifiable psychedelic session lost in an attic since the ’70s, recorded in a garage to reel-to-reel by four fellows now sporting beer bellies, gray ‘staches and nametags at 9-5s that remind them of the good ol’ days of loud amps, hard hallucinogenics and […]
Grayson Haver Currin
Bio: Grayson Haver Currin was the music editor of INDY Week and the co-director of Hopscotch Music Festival.Twitter: http://twitter.com/currincy
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Homebrew
Within the first two minutes of his debut EP, Median makes plenty clear: He’s a plain guy that doesn’t rock rocks, game hoes, wear ice in the grill or trifle in customary hip-hop bullshit. He claims he’s cool, calm and collected, an emcee that is just “24, but the flow more ancient than Rome, the […]
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Little Brother’s Big Pooh
The last member of the Triangle’s Little Brother to release a substantial project away from the group, Big Pooh–one of the trio’s two MCs–is often considered the runt. Critics fawn over 9th Wonder’s soul simplicity on production and dissect Phonte’s real-life flow. Pooh, though, is chronically overlooked or panned. But–with his debut solo project Sleepers […]
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in fresh Popper
A month after previewing new material from their forthcoming Vagrant Records release under a pseudonym in Austin, two-fifths of Blues Traveler–harp rippin’ frontman John Popper and bassist Tad Kinchla–hit the road as the John Popper Project, a jam-heavy quartet exploring funk ‘n’ dance avenues with the phenomenal DJ Logic (MMW, Dirty Dozen) on the tables […]
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Well seasoned
Within the elegant, ostentatious confines of the 1,700-seat Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh last week, the Triangle’s major venues–from the 20,000-plus shed at Alltel Pavilion to the area’s thankfully eclectic Museum of Art–revealed their early schedules for the summer of 2005. There was pomp, circumstance and back-patting as Cary Mayor Ernie McAlister and Raleigh Mayor […]
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Homebrew
Two years ago, Chris Edge, then the program director at G105, told me there were two reasons he didn’t play local music. First, Edge–a guy with a family and a day job–insisted he didn’t know about it. Irritating, but excusable. Edge’s second reservation with local releases was their apparent lack of production value. The stuff […]
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Homebrew
The Grimm Brothers collected fairy tales about scoundrels, Rapunzel and the Tailor in Heaven. Those are people that Jacob and William–German boys born in the 1780s–never met, delivering neat little narratives that offer moral lessons outlining life codes meant for mimesis. Let’s get one thing straight: This ain’t a fairy tale. Brothers Grim–four Raleigh boys […]
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Homebrew
Extended-Player-Creme-de-la-Créme Syndrome: An unfortunate disorder in which a young band spends an inordinate amount of time writing, rehearsing and recording new material only to release a short but spirited EP with loads of promise never fulfilled by the follow-up drag of an LP. Perhaps you’re familiar with it through Kings of Leon and Vue, two […]
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Hancock moves from Martin Street to Kings
The man behind the recent booking success at Martin Street Music Hall has left the club. Lincoln Hancock–who took over booking duties at the former dance club-turned-combination bar, restaurant-in-progress and rock club in mid-December, less than six months after the club opened–left his post last week. The move also leaves Lizzie’s, the popular bar beneath […]
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in revivals
In its eight-year existence, Yep Roc Records has opened doors for newcomers and given them an avenue toward a national name: Thad Cockrell, Chatham County Line, The Comas. Yep Roc has also opened its doors for that aging lot already sporting an (inter)national name, though: Nick Lowe, Paul Weller, Robyn Hitchcock and, now, John Doe. […]
