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Lee Fields: out from James Brown's shadownew

"I'm still a North Carolinian at heart. The way I approach songs, I think about some of the things I learned and experienced as a boy growing up in Wilson."
INDY Week  |  John Schacht  |  04-02-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

Portland's Grails are Sonic Foragersnew

Middle Eastern exotica swirls into sludgy stoner rock riffs. Desert-baked noir-scapes lift off into synth-fueled space rock. Elemental drones contrast with trip-hop beats and modern chop-shop sampling. Grails is an evolving maze.
INDY Week  |  John Schacht  |  04-21-2011  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Story of Floating Action's Pan-Everything Soulnew

In the alchemy of greasy funk from Memphis and Detroit soul, Caribbean island riddims and Tropicalia beats, and African and Middle Eastern accents, Seth Kauffman has come up with a distinct sound he's dubbed "lo-fi North Carolina funk."
INDY Week  |  John Schacht  |  02-08-2011  |  Profiles & Interviews

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