“Zoe,” the second song on the new EP that longtime Durham duo Beloved Binge will release tonight at The Pinhook, lasts for less than two minutes. But the little ditty quickly expresses the essence of Eleni Binge and Rob Beloved, who have been consistent creative, community, and activist powerhouses in the Triangle since relocating here […]
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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Live: Blissfully Up, Blissfully Down with Tom Carter in Durham
Tom Carter The Shed, Durham Wednesday, May 25, 2016Tom Carter exploits his guitar. Last night, during the first of his two sets at the preternaturally comfortable Durham club and listening room The Shed, Carter conjured a wide world of sounds with only a six-string alabaster Ibanez, a small army of daisy-chained pedals, and two amplifiers […]
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Groove in the Garden Announces Lineup for August Concert, The Fabulous Knobs to Reunite
For the second year, Groove in the Garden—a joint production between two Raleigh booking forces, Younger Brother Productions and The Pour House—will turn the amphitheater and rose garden near Raleigh Little Theatre into a festival grounds for a day. Durham indie rock revivalists Hammer No More the Fingers and Richmond soul singer Matthew E. White […]
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Trespassing among the Ruins of Eastern North Carolina
We had been in Elm City for thirty-five minutes the first time I trespassed, hopping a rusty old fence. We found ourselves, uninterrupted and alone, prowling an area advertised as off-limits. Turns out, during this weekend adventure, it would not be our last offense. We’d left Raleigh minutes after the workweek had ended, headed east […]
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100 Events You Must See This Summer
Each of the road trips we’ve suggested in this year’s summer guide will last you for a weekend, perhaps three days. That leaves more than three months of opportunities to sample a wealth of Triangle events, from the annual American Dance Festival and Festival for the Eno to concerts in the amphitheater of the North […]
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Moogfest Announces Dates for 2017 Festival in Durham, Drops Ticket Prices
When Moogfest director Marisa Brickman said the festival was here to stay, she meant it. With four hours officially remaining during its debut weekend in downtown Durham, Moogfest announced the dates for its return to the city in 2017. Moogfest will run from Thursday morning, May 18, until 6 p.m. of Sunday, May 21. Tickets […]
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Moogfest 2016, Day Two: A Call to Keep Using the Durham Armory and PSI Theatre
Moogfest 2016 Downtown Durham Friday, May 20, 2016 Despite a week of foreboding from area forecasters, the rain has mostly steered clear of Moogfest’s big debut in downtown Durham. It poured ahead of dawn on Saturday morning, but a blanket of low, gray skies and the occasional drizzle were Friday’s only very slight meteorological miscues. […]
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Moogfest 2016, Day One: Delight and Disorganization, Protests in the Street and Sleep in the Ballroom
Downtown Durham has dressed up well for the debut of Moogfest. If you walk along the streets near the city center, looking down without staring at your cell phone’s screen, you’ll spot large orange-and-blue square decals stuck to the sidewalks. They’re branded for Moogfest, but they are in fact marketing propaganda for the city of […]
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Moogfest 2016: An Interview with Moogfest’s Director, North Carolina Native Marisa Brickman
Marisa Brickman thought there must be some mistake. In early 2015, she applied to be the new director of Moogfest, the music festival located in Asheville since 2010. But the post was listed in Durham, a city the North Carolina native had last visited as a UNC student some fifteen years earlier. Working in California, […]
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Moogfest 2016: At Last, The Music and Creativity Festival Arrives in Durham
Moogfest Downtown Durham May 19–22, $69–$249 Imark the times I have attended Moogfest not by the specific year or by roster but, instead, by the musical moments that left the biggest impressions. There was, for instance, the inexplicably deep bass tone of the producer Pantha du Prince, which rattled a midsize arena in downtown Asheville […]