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The Sad, Strange and Sweet Voyage of Bombadilnew
When Bombadil called it quits almost three years ago, they were one of the country's brightest young bands. Somehow, they're back.
Willie Nelson and a Spate of Veterans Take Their Bowsnew
Nelson has paired a decades-long string of hits with decades spent in service of them, constantly performing in front of new audiences.
Pictureplane's Geographic Isolation Hasn't Limited His Dance Musicnew
"The last record was more about time and space and outer space and galactic alignment than human consciousness. This one was more about the physicality of the world and sexuality."
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
08-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pictureplane
Clyde Edgerton's new novel, The Night Train, is his best in yearsnew
The Night Train is very much about the slow, pained shift in race relations during one important moment, but its 200 pages speak to life, not laws.
Tags: Clyde Edgerton
Bon Iver's Long Wagernew
From his influences to his collaborators, former Raleigh musician Justin Vernon has taken a steady approach to his career -- and won.
Neighborhood Watch Dogsnew
Boris, a male pit bull, and Winston, an old yellow Labrador, serve as companions on neighborhood watch.
Tags: Pit Bulls
Locrian/Horseback: New Dominionsnew
Mean as hell, loud as your speakers will allow, New Dominions is the sound of old ideas imploding.
Tags: Locrian/Horseback
Birds and Arrows: We're Gonna Runnew
Whereas their debut was a look at a new couple dealing lovingly with life, We're Gonna Run adds appropriate clouds to a once-honeymoon atmosphere.
Tags: Birds and Arrows
Once & Future Kings' Dead Lionsnew
Dead Lions treads the waters between Radiohead and Explosions in the Sky, using pretty piano-and-guitar-laced textures to build into big rock codas time and again.
Tags: Radiohead, Once & Future Kings
I Was Totally Destroying It's New EP Feels Stiffnew
Preludes feels like a deliberate attempt not to make an explosive rock record but to expand demographics by showing that -- beneath that poppy Hot Topic veneer -- there's real-life indie credibility, with old U2 references, new wave nods and vocal affectations that shine back on the local indie lords, Eric Bachmann and Mac McCaughan.
New Music Raleigh's Classical Crossover in a Rock Clubnew
New Music Raleigh recruited Shara Worden for Penelope in large part because the piece, like the group itself, blurs the lines between classical and rock music.
The Mountain Goats' Steady Struggle and Conquestnew
"It's all about me creating a space out of inside of myself where we can all suffer together, and raise our middle finger to the world to say that we're going to live through whatever suffering we're enduring." -- John Darnielle
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
04-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Can Crowdfunding Change the Way Music is Made?new
With crowdfunding, people interested in seeing a certain endeavor completed can contribute money in tiered amounts in exchange for gratitude or goods.
Tags: Crowdfunding
Interview: Wilco's Glenn Kotchenew
Wilco's Glenn Kotche talks about the idea exchange between rock and classical music.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
01-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wilco, Glenn Kotche
