Read our review of Yearling’s The View From Here. We sat down with Yearling guitarist George Hage and drummer Mike Schroeder to talk about their band’s debut album, The View From Here. INDEPENDENT: Is your music more pop or pop-punk? MIKE SCHROEDER: I think our music is really based more on the pop side. When […]
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New this week: Urinetown: The Musical
Urinetown: The Musical UNC Pauper Players Through May 12 When it comes to musicals and all things theatrical, taking a whiz, piss or whee is typically a taboo subject. But the quirky off-Broadway musical Urinetown brings the act of elimination straight out of the WC and onto center stage. Based around the saga of a […]
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The Grass Cats
When The Grass Cats formed in the late ’90s, they never dreamed of competing for attention with people like Sam Bush. But, 10 years later, that’s just where the band stands: Their latest single “Pill or Potion,” written by mandolin player Russell Johnson, continues to gain accolades across the country as their latest album, Home […]
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RJD2
RJD2 With Busdriver and Happy Chichester Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro Wednesday, March 21, 9:30 p.m. Tickets: $14-$16 “The Horror,” the opening track from RJD2’s 2002 debut Deadringer, was a herald: Big, howling horns and clanging, dancing drums announced the second coming of the sampling savior, a skinny white kid from Philadelphia. Critics said RJD2 was the […]
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Of Montreal
Listen! Listen to Of Montreal’s “Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse” from Hissing Fauna. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Three years ago, in the final months of an extended Norwegian vacation, Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes almost lost his mind. He had finished his ninth full-length album with […]
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The Rapture
The Rapture Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro Monday, Jan. 29, 8:45 p.m. With Under the Influence of Giants Tickets: $15 in advance, $17 day of show Back in 2003, it seemed like The Rapture were those dudes. Their second album, Echoes, was all acclaim, and they looked to be the deliverance of New York’s dancing post-punk revival. […]
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Have a Holly Raleigh Christmas
Listen! Listen to two tracks from Have a Holly Raleigh Christmas by The Rosebuds and The Kickin’ Grass Band. If you cannot see the music player below, click here to download the free Flash Player. Kickin’ Grass: soggy-bottom bluegrass. Schooner and The Rosebuds: sweet indie pop hooks. Dulcimer Dan: mythological Celtic melodies. Aside from calling […]
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Nathan Davis, 1976-2006
A picture of a smiling man, arms wrapped around his baby girl, stands on a bar table. A poster-board filled with more pictures leans against a wall. Candlelight flickers across the glossies, a warm glow suddenly radiating from those frozen moments: He strums his guitar, laughs, kisses the baby’s forehead. To the left, a speaker […]
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Jerry Douglas
In Nashville, Jerry Douglas is the guy, the go-to player for stylized dobro licks and magic. By now, he’s a nine-time Grammy award winner and a staple in the popular Alison Krauss & Union Station. But, even though Douglas is as established as any Music City musician his age, he’s still learning. In fact, last […]
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Middle-earth mirth
Listen! Listen to Bombadil’s “Jellybean Wine” from their debut EP Bombadil. If you cannot see the music player below, click here to download the free Flash Player. It’s a little after 1 a.m. on a muggy July night in downtown Raleigh, and The Pour House is quiet again. Bombadil’s gaggle of groupies–15 energetic, giggling young […]