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Pink Flag's King of Scenenew
The Durham punk rock trio's latest EP aims for something more nuanced than thrashing, screeching rebellion -- properly, post-punk angularity.
Tags: Pink Flag
Wilmington's Onward, Soldiers are an Unlikely Southern Rock Bandnew
The genre-tweaking folk-rock band Onward, Soldiers is roots rock with a Southern soul and a restless heart.
INDY Week |
Jordan Lawrence |
06-16-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Onward, Soldiers
Stretching the Boundaries of Jazznew
The five members of Peter Lamb's Wolves stretch their techniques—and the boundaries of their jazz
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
06-09-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Lamb's Wolves
CSAs: Produce to Your Doornew
Plus: Recipe for kale chips.
INDY Week |
Joyce Clark Hicks |
06-08-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: CSAs, Kale Chips
Digging Up Secrets in the Intense and Absorbing Incendiesnew
Their late mother's instructions are shocking and cold: "Bury me with no casket, no prayers, naked, facedown, away from the world."
Transgenderism and Transsexualism are Expressions of Life-Loving Inventionnew
By living their lives, transpeople invite everyone to question his or her assumptions. The invitation is a reminder to us all that change is what we are.
Heather Victoria's Graffiti Diarynew
A Jamla recording artist, Victoria is a freshly minted, B.E.T.-black songstress trying to repave the bridge that R&B icon Mary J. Blige built from soul to hip-hop.
Tags: Heather Victoria
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
Staring at chickensnew
The simple pact you make with chickens is that, if you give them fresh water, some scratch corn and a few greens every day, they'll give you eggs.
Tags: Raising Chickens
France's Bloody 16th Century Comes to Lifenew
The Princess of Montpensier tells the story of a 16th-century noblewoman whose body is not her own, and who lives in a world in which marriages are political alliances and prudent women suppress their romantic feelings.
New Poetry by Lou Lipsitznew
If this world falls apart (the winner of the 2010 Blue Lynx Prize) consistently brings the reader to a dark place and then pulls back.
Tags: Lou Lipsitz
Why Paul Seelig's 11-Year Sentence Fits His Crimenew
Numerous celiacs have likened Seelig's deception to a game of Russian roulette -- except that you don't know you're playing.
INDY Week |
Joyce Clark Hicks |
05-12-2011 |
Food+Drink
Morgan Spurlock Gets Irrelevantnew
It's a huckster's dream: Spurlock makes his movie, the sponsors promote their brand, and the film distributor pockets a tidy sum. The audience is the one left holding the shopping bag.
Kristen Wiig gets Apatow-ed in Bridesmaidsnew
If nothing else, Bridesmaids rebuts the criticism that Judd Apatow's films are nothing but wish-fulfillment scenarios for schlubby guys; in this one, whininess and low self-esteem are definitely gender-neutral.
Will Ferrell Gets Semi-Serious in Everything Must Gonew
Everything Must Go is a commentary about the artificiality of suburbia as well as an earnest fable about a man who must confront and let go of his past in order to embark on a better future.
Tags: Will Ferrell, Everything Must Go
