For his first release under his own name, once and future Megafaun drummer Joe Westerlund follows the path of numerous artists before him: he’s made his dance music debut. But the thirty-minute, two-part Mojave Interludereleased on tape for Cassette Store Dayisn’t a club banger, though it would probably sound fantastic played very loudly through a […]
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Record review: Canine Heart Sounds’ Live on the Moon
Canine Heart Sounds play The Pinhook in Durham Friday, May 8, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $7. Schooner and Hammer No More the Fingers join the bill. Decades of committed activism by progressive rock bands have had results, it seems. Following the go-go indie ’90s, rhythmic hanky-panky and sci-fi wistfulness have grown in acceptance. Via […]
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Twenty years after Jerry Garcia’s death, why is enthusiasm for the Grateful Dead still so alive?
Melvin Seals and JGB Tuesday, March 17, 8 p.m. $17–$20 Lincoln Theatre 126 E. Cabarrus St., Raleigh 919-821-4111 lincolntheatre.com August will mark 20 years since the death of Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead guitarist who, for scores of devotees, was worshipped more after he died than when he lived. As the anniversary of Garcia’s passing […]
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2012 Hopscotch Itinerary: Jesse Jarnow
Helpful links Wristband / ticket distribution info Purchase tickets The schedule The day parties Complete event info I come not to bury the men who scheduled so much insanely good overlapping music this weekend, but to write a piece of speculative fiction in order to come to an advance peace with the choices that will […]
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The magnetic improvisation of Chris Corsano
Helpful links Wristband / ticket distribution info Purchase tickets The schedule The day parties Complete event info Chris Corsano is a free jazz drummer. If that description wards off some listeners, that’s too bad, because Corsano36, male, shaved head and originally from New Jerseyis exactly the kind of free jazz drummer who could make a […]
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The drumming universe of Oneida’s Kid Millions
Man Forever plays Nightlight Thursday, May 24, with Jason Aylward (Valient Thorr), Drew Robertson, Kenneth Ells (Thunderlip, Church of Zann), Crowmeat Bob (Savage Knights) and Erik Sugg (The Cherry Valence). Le Weekend headlines, and Conspicuous Convulsion opens. The $5 show starts at 9:30 p.m. And suddenly, Kid Millions is hard to get a hold of: […]
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Against Music City’s odds, Lambchop has anchored an indie rock scene for more than two decades
Lambchop plays Motorco Music Hall Saturday, April 14. Crooked Fingers open. The $12–$15 show starts at 9 p.m. When in Nashville, visit the Country Music Hall of Fame. The band in the basement doesn’t disturb the street’s weeknight quiet. Downstairs, all is mellow for Lambchop, getting ready for a six-week trip to Europe, their first […]
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Did Jeff Mangum make his most inspired music after Neutral Milk Hotel was over?
Jeff Mangum plays Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill Monday, Jan. 30. The show is sold out. Discuss: Jeff Mangum put out his best music after the final Neutral Milk Hotel release, 1998’s coveted In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Granted, there really haven’t been very many new recordings from Mangum, now touring recently for the […]
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Akron/Family broadens their geographic base and their artistic vision
Akron/Family performs with Bad Weather California Saturday, Jan. 7, at 10 p.m. at The Pour House. Tickets are $12–$15. Editor’s note: The show is presented by Hopscotch Music Festival, owned by the Independent Weekly. Late last holiday season, one of the more quietly astonishing music collections of 2011 began to leak onto the Internet. First, […]
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Archival record label Numero Group excavates hidden artistic histories
The Numero Group’s Eccentric Soul Revue comes to the Carolina Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 or $5 for Duke students. The roster includes Syl Johnson, The Notations, Renaldo Domino, The Sweet Divines, The Divine Soul Rhythm Band and the horns of D-Town Brass. For details, see Duke Performances. After […]
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