Chris Malarkey, a 13-year member of the staff at Raleigh’s Pour House Music Hall, has signed on to help book acts at the Lincoln Theatre. A local music fixture, Malarkey has been the sole booking agent at the Pour House for about five years. “It’s a bigger level,” Malarkey says of the move. The Pour […]
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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Last round: A booking shift at The Pour House
Chris Malarkey, the former booking agent at Raleigh’s The Pour House Music Hall and a local music fixture, is moving on from his post after 13 years with the venue. Malarkey joined the space in 1999, begging his way into part-time gigs as a way to break into the live music business. “I was a […]
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In Raleigh, Schoolkids and Sadlack’s survive—for now
Ric Culross has managed Raleigh’s Schoolkids Records for two decades, weathering tides of big-box retailers and Internet downloads from the store’s resilient Raleigh outpost. For the last five months, though, Culross has had to answer a persistent, perturbing question: Are you still in business? In August, N.C. State University, whose iconic Belltower stands just across […]
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Live: Crooked Fingers’ folk heaviness
Photo by Jordan LawrenceCrooked Fingers’ Eric Bachmann, crooning hard Crooked Fingers, Mount Moriah Friday, Jan. 6 Kings, Raleigh Technically, Crooked Fingers Friday night stop at Raleigh’s Kings was not a hometown show. It has been 15 years since leader Eric Bachmann left Chapel Hill and 14 since Archers of Loaf, the now-legendary indie rock outfit […]
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Eric Bachmann’s extreme arrival at the latest iteration of Crooked Fingers
Crooked Fingers plays Kings with Mount Moriah Friday, Jan. 6, at 10 p.m. Tickets are $10–$12. When a band breaks up after almost 10 years and a flirtation with real fame, it’s understandable when the members want their next project to be as different as possible. For Eric Bachmann, the frontman of Chapel Hill’s hard-hitting […]
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Midtown Dickens announce third LP, Home
I’ve had the MP3s for Home, the forthcoming third LP from Durham’s Midtown Dickens, for just more than an hour, and that is nowhere near enough time to digest any record. But after only one listen, this much is evident: Home is a great step forward for the band. The album drops Feb. 28 via […]
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Cyber Monday is almost over, but there’s still time for music
Christmas is less than a month a way. Hanukkah’s even closer. Many of you have likely stumbled upon this post in the middle of a digital rush to secure presents for all the friends and family on your list, and while it’s easy to get distracted by ads and offers from big box stores and […]
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Hiss Golden Messenger explores the eternal with immediacy
Hiss Golden Messenger plays a rare full-band set Saturday, Dec. 10, at Nightlight, with William Tyler, David Strader, The Paradise of Bachelors Soundsystem and DJ Mental Feelings. In the meantime, Poor Moon is now available in a limited edition of 500 via Paradise of Bachelors. The first Sunday of November is gorgeous and temperate in […]
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Naked Gods’ No Jams
The packaging of No Jams, the second LP from Boone’s Naked Gods, may confuse you. The band name and title suggest down-tempo anti-folk, perhaps serious music from smart people with a lot to say about the existence of a higher being and the human condition. The song names indicate a different direction. “Shaq & Diane” […]
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Pinhook improvements Kickstarted; anniversary celebrations begin tonight
It might not seem like it now, but The Pinhook was quite the risky endeavor when it opened its doors just in time for the 2009 Troika Music Festival. At the time, Durham’s only other semi-consistent rock clubs were the student-booked Duke Coffeehouse, a multipurpose space on the university’s campus, and Broad Street Café, a […]
