American Aquarium, Red Collar, Holy Ghost Tent Revival The Pour House, Raleigh Saturday, April 25 Last Saturday night, Raleigh road warriors American Aquarium showcased Dances for the Lonely, its latest batch of tunes inspired by frontman BJ Barham’s cross-country adventures with his bandand, of course, his women. Heavy on the new stuff, Barham spent the […]
Spencer Griffith
Bio: Spencer Griffith lives in Raleigh, where he teaches school and writes about bands.
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Doco’s The Fossil Record
For a trio that boasts of its originality, Raleigh’s Docomelders of reggae, ska, punk and rapmakes comparisons to the ’90s kingpins of that party hybrid, Long Beach three-piece Sublime, entirely too easy. Start a track with a lighter and a rip? Right there on “Kinston,” in which frontman Trevor Booth pines for a million bucks […]
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Tonight: Chatham County Line side-project The Jackets headlining debut
While Chatham County Line bassist Greg Readling and principal songwriter/ vocalist/ guitarist Dave Wilson have long used Stillhouse as their electric outlet, banjoist Chandler Holt and fiddle/ mandolin player John Teer have finally found their own channel for tunes that don’t fit CCL’s ever-evolving acoustic catalog thanks to The Jackets. With Wilson out of the […]
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Live: Bombadil previews Tarpits and Canyonlands
Bombadil, Benji Hughes, Lost in the Trees Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh Friday, April 10 After spending many of the last few years on tour, Durham’s Bombadil took some time off from the road in early 2009 to rest and record Tarpits and Canyonlands, the successor to last year’s wildly imaginative A Buzz, A Buzz. The album’s […]
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Hammer No More The Fingers’ Looking for Bruce
Listen up! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. With its seven contagious college rock anthems, Hammer No More The Fingers’ self-titled, cheaply made 2007 debut EP scored the Durham power trio some minor blog buzz. Anticipation for the band’s first full-length peaked anew when word spread that Jawbox […]
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Live: Manchild 4
Manchild 4 Release (Double Negative, Des Ark, The Loners, Goner) Tir Na Nog, Raleigh Saturday, April 4 To celebrate the release of Brian Walsby‘s fourth comic book, Manchild 4, Bifocal Media one-upped their Manchild 3 partya doubleheader of Double Negative and The Loners at Tir Na Nogby adding Goner and Des Ark to a stacked […]
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Artsplosure 2009 schedule (sort of) released
While Artsplosure has yet to officially release its lineup musical performers for this year’s 30th incarnation of the annual Raleigh street festival (scheduled for May 16 and 17), a slight tweak to the URL for last year’s fest yields a not-quite-live site for this year, schedule included. Internet sleuthing, y’all. Amongst Saturday’s highlights are Bayou […]
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The Love Language finds converts
“Have you been to South by Southwest before?” asks Josh Pope, bassist for Raleigh band The Love Language. “I’ve been kind of in awe of how much it reminds me of the North Carolina State Fairwith a lot of music going on.” It’s near midday during the warm Sunday afternoon finale of SXSW, Austin’s annual […]
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The Alcazar Hotel’s Come On! Dig the Unified Theory!
Sharing a kinship for the Hill Country’s juke-joint blues and the Motor City’s garage-rock boogie, North Mississippi transplant The Alcazar Hotel blasts through Come On! Dig the Unified Theory! Founder and frontman Will Dawsonalso of Squirrel Nut Zippers 2.0 and Katharine Whalen’s Luckythumps low-lying grooves from his two-string bass while pushing his vocal cords into […]
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Live: Red Collar gets on the road
The silver spraypainted Red Collar sign outside Triangle Brewing Company‘s Durham warehouse space Saturday night read, “Road Work Ahead.” Maybe it was the only large piece of reflective orange metal they had lying around on Pearl Street, but it was entirely appropriate. Following the hometown release show for Pilgrim, Red Collar, finally, was hitting the […]