Category: Current Events
Show Preview: Nathan Hussey, Sleepy Vikings at One Unit Art Space
The six sleazy Tampanians (a real word according to UrbanDictionary.com) of Sleepy Vikings have braved an infernal Florida sun to write the weird songs about stalkers, dead kings, summer, presidents and teenage loitering that make up the debut album, ‘They Will Find You Here’ out May 10th on the New Granada record label. They’re hitting [...]
Moogfest 2011 Initial Lineup – Asheville, NC
When Dr. Robert Moog (pronounced “mogue”) began developing the Moog synthesizers in the early 1960s, there’s absolutely no way he could have known the impact the synth would have on the development of modern music. That being said, he probably didn’t think he’d have a three-day music festival named after him either. Moogfest takes place [...]
Free Giveaway: Arctic Monkey’s Prize Pack
Arctic Monkeys will release their fourth album, entitled ‘Suck It and See’ on Tuesday June 7th, and in celebration we’ll be giving away an awesome Arctic Monkey’s prize pack. What’s included in the prize pack you might ask? Well that is -Full Length vinyl LP -Iron On Patch -UK Record Store Day 7″ single [...]
Show Preview: Valley Maker at Immaculate Consumption
Coffee houses tend to get a bad rap when it comes to music. They’re stereotyped as playing host to open-mic nights where droves of terrible to mediocre singer/songwriters showcase their average-ness to the general dismay of anyone who came into the shop looking for a quiet and peaceful coffee drinking experience. If you identify yourself [...]
The Weekend in Review: Manchester and The Love Language
We had quite an adventurous weekend music wise with All Get Out, Manchester Orchestra, O’Brother and The Love Language in town. 3 times I was mistaken for Andy Hull. One free drink. 1 time we were kicked out of the green room. (Whoops) 1st time I’ve been back to Art Bar since that whole Art [...]
Show Journal – Here We Go Magic in Chapel Hill, NC
So there is a place between North and South Carolina (it’s literally between both, I have no idea what state it is) where there are a bunch of shut down casinos. It’s probably one of the weirdest places I have ever been to. Pedro’s GPS took us on some random route up to Chapel Hill [...]
Show Preview: The Love Language at Art Bar
The Love Language at Art Bar – Saturday, May 21 1211 Park Street, Columbia, SC 21+ only $6 8pm This band is so awesome and I wish I could go to this show. Seriously, if you are not doing anything on Saturday night, hell, even if you are doing something, ditch that [...]
Daniel Machado Films Marshall Brown and his Friends
Marshall Brown with Shallow Palace, Sleepy Eye Giant, Ryan Shefflield Wednesday May 18 New Brookland Tavern Facebook Event Daniel Machado stopped by the last practice of Marshall Brown’s new band to film this promo for Brown’s upcoming show Wednesday night at New Brookland Tavern. Brown has been on the singer songwriter circuit since reemerging onto [...]
Show Preview: Here We Go Magic in Carrboro
Here We Go Magic at Local 506 Carrboro, NC 9:30pm $10 What more do I have to say? These guys are amazing. Read my review of their latest EP. Like I said in there, Thom Yorke said they were the best performers at Glastonbury Festival and A LOT of bands were there. They have toured [...]
Late Introduction: Meet Cameron
Before you start saying to yourself, “Hasn’t this guy been posting for at least three weeks now? And we’re just now getting an introduction?”, know this – just about everything I do is late timing-wise. Not something that I’m proud of, but it’s the way things go and I’m trying to work on it. Consider [...]
Show Journal: Donald Glover/Childish Gambino – Atlanta, GA
I’m going to warn you right now. This is probably going to be a long one. On Friday, May 5th, three of my closest friends and I started the long drive to Atlanta. We were completely unaware of the insanity that was going to transpire that night. We just thought, “oh we’re gonna go wait [...]
Twitter Question of the Week: Postmodern Dokken
I’m sitting here outside of Starbucks where I do a lot of my writing and I’m completely stumped. I have a long list of stuff to write about, but I can’t bring myself to write about any of it. I’ll save all of that for another day. So, I decided to ask Twitter. Twitter, what [...]
Summer Cuts: Ben Gibbard and Madi Diaz
Ben Gibbard-Carolina I’m ready for my summer music selections. I’ve been listening to a lot of great new music lately. Most of it has been featured on the website by myself, Cameron or Rupert. The other day I plugged in my old hard drive and came across “Carolina” by Ben Gibbard and fell back in [...]
Interview: Brooke Fraser plays Charleston
Hailing from the island nation of New Zealand, Brooke Fraser is a singer-songwriter unlike any other – from her accent, to her pleasantly dry sense of humor (much like her Kiwi compatriots Flight of the Concords), to the fact that she’s almost as tall as I am. At age 27, she’s already had a prolific [...]
American Gun CD Release and New Video
American Gun The House in 5 Points CD Release May 7, 2011 Buy the Album today American Gun is releasing their new album Therapy tomorrow at The House in 5 Points. Last time I was with Todd at The House we were stuffing beer bottles into a button up shirt that we tied into a [...]
