The Lost Era of Indie Rock: 20 Local Albums That Turned 20 in 2020
The story of local music between alt-rock and the internet in 20 forgotten classics from Y2K.
Triangle First: Optimism Bursts from Tragedy in Nathan Oliver’s Strokes-y Single “Everybody’s Swimming”
If the video of swimmers and skydivers for the new track from Oliver’s forthcoming album doesn’t make you feel a little better, you probably already felt fine.
Triangle First: The Charming Nostalgia of “Left on Red,” the First Music Video by Charles Latham and the Borrowed Band
The local country-rockers conjure the world of MTV before “120 Minutes” in their first-ever visual, which leads into a livestream show at the Pour House tonight.
Triangle First: al Riggs Strolls a Deserted Durham in “Love Is an Old Bullet”
The single comes from “Bile and Bone,” Riggs’s new album with producer Lauren Francis, which comes out next week.
Triangle First: Take a Lake-House Retreat with T. Gold’s “You’re Not Gonna Live Forever”
The band of the founders of Carrboro’s Sleepy Cat Records have put quarantine to good use by creating this warm, relaxed new single and video.
Triangle First: The Towering “I’ll Be Fine” Proves XOXOK’s “Right On” Was No Fluke
Keenan Jenkins’s pair of atmospheric soul singles this year are clearly forming the foundation of a phenomenal album.
Triangle First: The Novelty of Being Happy at Home in Thomas McNeely’s “Total Restoration of the Heart”
The first single from the well-rounded local musician’s forthcoming indie rock EP bursts with optimism and renewal.
More Indie Rock Coverage
Triangle First: An Inspired Song by S.E. Ward from Suah Sounds’ Benefit Compilation
“The Co-Isolation Sessions” to benefit N.C. service workers isn’t out until June 5, but we’ve got Ward’s gripping “State of Wonder” today.
Triangle First: The Mountain Goats’ Matt Douglas Steps to the Front on “Black Smokestack”
The song comes from Douglas’s forthcoming “En Masse” EP, where a warm bath of indie rock vestiges and hushed, sweeping electronic vistas converge into vivid forms.
Triangle First: Stray Owls Slow-Dance with the Stars in “Dislocation”
The local indie-rock collective Potluck Foundation’s run of new releases continues with a new album by the gently psychedelic Mebane band.
Triangle First: Erie Choir’s Eric Roehrig Rages Back to Rock Roots on “Cemetery Rows”
A crash course on Roehrig’s classic indie-rock band, Sorry About Dresden, as it relates to his new Erie Choir EP, “Starlight Veins.”
Shoegaze-Soul Legends The Veldt Play the Virtual Listening Room Tonight
In the early-’90s golden age of local indie rock, The Veldt stood out among the likes of Superchunk and Archers of Loaf.
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