AltWeeklies Wire
N.C. Hip-Hop Day Sent Mixed Messages About Local Rapnew
9th Wonder's detractors insist he's got no right to proclaim #nchiphopday as a monolithic movement unless his goal is to put everyone on the map.
Dark Water Rising's Native American heritage is an inspiration, not a limitationnew
"Working together, going the extra mile; we have that in our community, no doubt, but through our music we're trying to spread that message to everyone."
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Water Rising
Megafaun Continues to Reinvent Itselfnew
The release of Megafaun's new album—their most traditional yet—is the perfect chance to get behind the conceptual encrustation and find out what they really care about.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
09-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Megafaun
Nobunnynew
Bay Area garage rocker makes a new identity of rock 'n' roll references.
INDY Week |
Bryan Reed |
09-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nobunny
Brooklyn MC Jean Grae Gets Ready to Go "Music Heavy"new
"My persona/ personality is not made up, it's honest and vulnerable. From choosing what I wear every day to my tattoos -- I try to be inappropriately appropriate."
INDY Week |
Eric Tullis |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jean Grae
Arborea's music echoes through the deep hollows of backwoods Mainenew
"If we got frustrated, I'd say, 'C'mon, let's go for a ride in the canoe, and watch the sun go down.'"
INDY Week |
Jesse Jarnow |
09-01-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Arborea
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
Mary Johnson Rockers' Hummingbird Heartnew
The songs on the band's third release are so catchy, well-written and eclectic that, at just over 30 minutes, it feels as though it's over before it's begun.
Tags: Mary Johnson Rockers
Actual Proof's Still Hotter Than Julynew
(Jamla Records) On the latest project from this North Carolina hip-hop duo, Enigma and Sundown find themselves trying something larger—less spring-and-snap action and more knockout, bare-knuckle boxing.
Tags: Actual Proof
The Rosebuds' Loud Planes Fly Lownew
"Worthwhile," which closes the album, is a fittingly bittersweet farewell—and, you have to think, the quiet gatherings of a new start.
Brain F≠'s Sleep Roughnew
What makes this debut LP a record that will instantly drill itself into the head of most any loud-rock fan is the Charlotte band's endless churning, wrought by a precise mix of mind-rattling hooks and bone-crushing riffs.
Tags: Brain F≠
Troika Music Festival calls it quits after 10 yearsnew
"I'm fairly confident something will jump up in its place in the not-too-distant future," Chaz Martenstein says.
Tags: Troika Music Festival
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.
My Dad is Dead bids a redemptive farewellnew
Early indie rock misanthrope My Dad is Dead ends its 25-plus-year run this weekend.
Tags: My Dad is Dead
Bitter Resolve's Misfits March Forwardnew
The monolithic riffs and malevolent rhythms of Bitter Resolve's proto-metal suggest the sort of bros who would bludgeon Chapel Hill's stereotypical indie rocker in the back alley behind Local 506 just for fun. But that would be missing the message.
INDY Week |
Corbie Hill |
06-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bitter Resolve
