Museum Mouth opens for Junior Astronomers and Quiet Company on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 9 p.m. at Local 506 in Chapel Hill. Tickets are $7. The band also plays Saturday afternoon at Sadlack’s in Raleigh as part of a Hopscotch Day Party lineup. Rare is a record so aptly titled as Sexy But Not Happy, […]
Jordan Lawrence
Bio: After seven years in the Triangle, Jordan Lawrence followed his fiancée and their fluffy cat to Greensboro. He has written about music for the INDY since 2010.Twitter: http://twitter.com/JordanLawrence
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Megafaun and Arnold Dreyblatt in conversation
Helpful links Wristband / ticket distribution info Purchase tickets The schedule The day parties Complete event info During first few minutes of a recent Skype interview with Durham folk-rock band Megafaun and Berlin composer Arnold Dreyblatt, Brad Cook and Dreyblatt don’t answer a single question. As the Megafaun bassist and renowned avant-garde innovator wait on […]
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Despite emergency surgery, American Aquarium’s Bill Corbin made Saturday’s show
Photo courtesy of Hear Now PublicityBill Corbin, casualty of rock ‘n roll, preps for surgery American Aquarium —Raleigh’s favorite whiskey-besot, country-rocking semi-romantics— release their new album, Burn. Flicker. Die., today. Many of you might have had a taste of the record at the band’s sold-out CD release show down at the Lincoln Theatre Saturday night. […]
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For Greg Cartwright, growing up never meant growing still
The Reigning Sound and Last Year’s Men play Nightlight Friday, Aug. 24, at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $12. It seems illogicalinappropriate, eventhat a garage rock luminary such as Greg Cartwright would find the music in a coffee shop too loud. But during a recent interview in downtown Asheville, the 40-year-old frontman of The Reigning Sound […]
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Dan Melchior announces new LP, a tribute to his ailing wife
Most musicians in Dan Melchior‘s shoes would have likely put recording not just on the back burner, but freeze-dried in the pantry, ready to be resuscitated if the opportunity ever arose. Two years ago, Letha Rodman Melchior, the wife of the Durham-based garage rock stalwart, was diagnosed with breast cancer and melanoma. The subsequent two […]
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JOINT D≠’s Strike Gently
In the 24 breakneck minutes that comprise Joint D≠’s full-length debut, there is but one pause. The title track, strangely placed at the end, opens with an impenetrable wall of feedback, a jarring maneuver that’s still calmer than any other moment on the record. The surge builds until it explodes into yet another headlong rush […]
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Bevel Summers’ Bevel Summers
Bevel Summers play Local 506 Wednesday, Aug. 22, with The Toddlers and The Dogwoods. The $8 show starts at 8:30 p.m. If there’s one thing that Bevel Summers needn’t worry about, it’s finding an audience. The Chapel Hill septet rambles along the rustic folkways paved by outfits like Old Crow Medicine Show, hurtling headlong with […]
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Hiss Golden Messenger and Elephant Micah cover each other on split 7-inch
The past few months have been an exciting time for Hiss Golden Messenger, the Durham-based recording project of M.C. Taylor. Last year’s excellent and sedately funky folk-rock trove, Poor Moon, saw a CD reissue via the venerable imprint Tompkins Square. Taylor also contributed to a compilation honoring folk legend Michael Chapman and shared the stage […]
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COLOSSUS release and stream new EP
Photo courtesy of COLOSSUS “Remember when heavy metal was supposed to be fun? COLOSSUS does.” That’s the first line from the bio passed around with promos of The Sepulcher of the Mirror-Warlocks, the new EP from appropriately named Raleigh-Chapel Hill metal band COLOSSUS. The self-release represents the outfit’s first new music since 2009. The band’s […]
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Fun and Frustration: Museum Mouth’s pop-rock balancing act
Photo courtesy of Museum MouthBlurring the lines, Museum Mouth Rare is a record so aptly titled as Sexy But Not Happy — the fuzzy and feisty 2012 outing from Southport pop-rock outfit Museum Mouth. Sparked by buoyant bass lines and jittery drumming, the record explodes with aggressively colorful guitars and nervy choruses that typify the […]
