Joseph Giampino’s brush seems to have touched every business sign in Raleigh, from hair salons to breweries and parking garages to city parks. Here’s how he gets it all done.
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On New Watchhouse Album, Emily Frantz and Andrew Marlin Lean Into Rituals
Below the serene, warm surface of “Rituals,” Watchhouse has put out another album filled with rich experimentation and boundary-pushing creativity.
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Skylar Gudasz Is Crafting Her Own Cosmology
On the Durham musician’s new album, “Country,” nine intimate slices of indie rock blur the boundaries between sky and earth, water and land, hidden pain and extroverted smile.
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Years After The Love Language, Stuart McLamb Cuts His Teeth On Ambitious New Project with Charles Crossingham
The band’s ambitious self-titled debut explores universal themes—aging, love, death, triumph—while channeling the joys of a back-road drive.
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The Old-Time Explorations of “Beehive Cathedral” Are Sumptuous and Rich
The new trio record from Americana savants Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey is hypnotic in some spots, unhinged in others.
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On “Needlefall,” Magic Tuber Stringband Blends Communal Joy With Minimalist Abstraction
On Magic Tuber Stringband’s fourth full-length release, the old-time band effortlessly inhabits both ends of its sonic spectrum.
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Gibson & Toutant Get Weird and Dig Deep on Debut Album ‘On the Green’
The Durham duo constructs an eccentric world of sonic peculiarity on their debut full-length album, out March 22 on Sleepy Cat Records.
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Alex Bingham Is Not Afraid of Crying At the Party
The Hillsborough musician has endured a lot these last few years. But, as Bingham is quick to point out, haven’t we all?
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Viv & Riley’s Radiant Songs of Discovery
“Imaginary People” riffs on pop and Americana, building on Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno’s sparkling creative kinship.
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On “Night Blooms in the Apocalypse,” Multi-Instrumentalist Sam Logan Tiptoes Up to the Edge of Extinction
Hard times call for honest art: Logan has done us a favor by examining our sad state of affairs with precision.