Reviews
Jphono1’s “You Are Here to Be Around” Is a Captivating Ode to Acquiescent Self-Exploration
The musician's ever-expanding solo project took on a different shape during COVID-19. That's not a bad thing. Read more
Nov. 11, 2020
“Field Guide Volume I” Confidently Sets a New Sonic Standard for the Triangle’s Growing Dance Scene
Maison Fauna's latest release showcases its robust roster of local talent. Read more
Nov. 11, 2020
Triangle First: The Bleak, Timely Trumpist Dystopia of Letters to a Young Ghost’s “Paterotica"
Glitch art consumes the body of a masked dancer in the sea as the brooding electronic music of Sarah Fuller (formerly of See Gulls) and Robin Vuchnich unfurls. Read more
Nov. 02, 2020
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Triangle First: It's Time for the Percolator in Oak City Slums' Slamming NO VISA Mix
You’ll catch whiffs of Migos’s “Slippery,” Ciara’s “You Can Get It,” Lil Wayne’s “A Milli,” and other choice cuts you feel sure you’d recognize if the Raleigh producer didn’t transform them so skillfully and completely. Read more
Oct. 30, 2020
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Django Haskins Pastiches Poe in Halloween Treat "Strange Birds"
This is a world in which eyes are not merely lensed, but lenséd, a pungently incensed world of crimson flasks and taloned fingers and spider-infested houses. Read more
Oct. 29, 2020
Two Recent Country Albums Walk the Line Between Pop and Purist
C. Albert Blomquist and Charles Latham both home in on a certain timeless simplicity, letting old tropes and truisms breathe clear contemporary air. Read more
Oct. 28, 2020
The Mountain Goats' 19th Album Probes the Unknowable Expanse
"Getting Into Knives" feels like John Darnielle's fully-realized vision. Read more
Oct. 21, 2020
