It didn’t matter that some beneficent soul at Raleigh’s Sorry State Records had taken a pen to the price tag to offer a $10 discount for the $50 seven-inch record I needed. Last week, had the mood and lighting been conducive, I might have paid double. On Friday night, the store posted an online photo […]
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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With a new corporate owner and expensive upgrades, The Ritz is now the Triangle’s biggest rock club. But how does it fit in?
His teeth chattered, and his body shivered. But the parking lot attendant bound in the thick black stocking cap and heavy gloves understood my confusion: “You can walk 10 more feet,” he said flatly, as if for the hundredth time that night, “and you won’t have to pay.” On Friday night, I had pulled into […]
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Raleigh development leader Greg Hatem says the city’s downtown is “unlivable.” He’s wrong.
Greg Hatem doesn’t believe me when I tell him he’s about to move two doors down from the neighborhood party house. During the last month, the 54-year-old married father of two, who has been described as “the godfather of downtown Raleigh’s renaissance,” caused quite the inner-city stir. He told The News & Observer that the […]
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On Wolves, American Aquarium and its frontman mature with perfect timing
American Aquarium Friday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m., $15–$20 Saturday, Jan. 31, 9 p.m., $20–$25 Lincoln Theatre 126 E. Cabarrus St., Raleigh By evidence of name alone, American Aquarium never intended to be a mere rock ‘n’ roll band. In 2004, when the neophyte songwriter B.J. Barham selected the alliterative handle for his collegiate roots-rock act, […]
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After a frustrating end to their last band, two old friends emerge reenergized and refocused as Dad & Dad
Dad & Dad with Great Bedroom & Sam Logan Thursday, Jan. 22, 9 p.m., $5 Slim’s, 227 S. Wilmington St., Raleigh 919-833-6557, slimsraleigh.com Dad & Dad with Floating Action, Wild Fur Friday, Jan. 23, 9 p.m., $10 Cat’s Cradle Back Room 300 E. Main St., Carrboro 919-967-9053, catscradle.com To consecrate its new music, Virgins Family […]
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Moogfest seeking move to Durham in April 2016
The Triangle might need to make room for another music festival in 2016: On Wednesday afternoon, several independent sources confirmed that Moogfest, “a five-day festival dedicated to the synthesis of technology, art and music,” is looking to relocate to downtown Durham in April 2016. Representatives with Moog Music, the music manufacturer responsible for the Asheville-based […]
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One Triangle record store plans to close, but the rest are enjoying a surprising— and, they say, sustainable—renaissance
Patrick McKenna doesn’t remember the last time he took a vacation. He knows that he and his wife, Amy, visited Wrightsville Beach on the North Carolina coast for three days and two nights. They had a good time, he confirms. But he’s no longer certain if they made the trip two or three years ago. […]
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Smash Mouth set to headline Raleigh Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon in April, inspire few
If you’re not familiar with the concept of the Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon Series, which arrived in Raleigh for the first time last year, it’s mostly self-explanatory: Several thousand runners complete a half marathon or the full 26.2-mile course, passing bands every mile or two as they move along. When the run is done, participants […]
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On his expansive second record, Nathan Bowles explores the tradition of home
Elisa Ambrogio & Nathan Bowles Sunday, Jan. 11, 8 p.m., $8 The Pinhook 117 W. Main St., Durham 919-667-1100, thepinhook.com Nansemond, the second album by Nathan Bowles, is named for a place that no longer exists. Until the late 20th century, a portion of Virginia’s Tidewater region, where Bowles was raised, took the name “Nansemond […]
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The Triangle’s 25 Best Albums of 2014
As 2014 drew to a close, many national music critics joined in a collective sigh. They lamented that there had been too few landmark albums released in the preceding 12 months. But at home in the Triangle, limiting a list of notable 2014 albums to a mere 25 became a problem. The results divide between […]
