Whether by accident or by design, “Oh Good It’s Al Riggs” may be the most essentially-al-Riggs release yet.
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On Final Album ‘The Other Side of Night,’ Lilac Shadows Lets in the Light
By the final stretch of the album, Lilac Shadows seems to have summoned a determination to move beyond despair.
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Permanent’s ‘Social Disease’ Is a Celebration of Early Experiments in Underground Music
As the sound of an engine sputters to life, the album moves deftly between body and atmosphere.
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2020 In Review: The Local Albums That Got Us Through This Year
It was a hard year. Music Helped.
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Tracks Music Library Is a New Kind of Local Listening Experience
The streaming overlords may have a stranglehold on music—but a new Chapel Hill platform makes a case for homegrown streaming.
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Said Deep’s “Duck in Idaho” Is a Love Letter to Sampling
The album is the sound of the after-party winding down, moving from room to room as snatches of conversation float in and out of earshot.
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In the Long Tradition of Reinterpreted Christmas Classics, “Yule Chime” Is a Welcome Addition
Josh Kimbrough’s addition to the canon follows in the footsteps of John Fahey.
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Durham Piano Prodigy Justin-Lee Schultz Is Just Getting Started
The 13-year-olds debut album comes out on Friday, November 13.
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Twenty Years of Far-Out Music With Cory Rayborn’s Three Lobed Recordings
Parties and festivals may be on hold, but there’s plenty to look forward to—and look back on—with Three Lobed’s new subscription series.
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Don’t Be Deceived by the Gruesome Title: “Bile and Bone” Is al Riggs’s Most Beautiful Album Yet
The prolific, solitary song-maker slows down and opens up in a new collaboration with Lauren Francis.