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Rachel Hirsh Makes a Break for it With Bruxes
The co-leader of I Was Totally Destroying It celebrates the debut EP of her new project tonight in Carrboro. Fronting Triangle power-pop prodigies I Was Totally Destroying It, Rachel Hirsh drove home...
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New Podcast Don’t You Lie to Me Warmly Colors in the Personalities of Area...
Warren Hicks and Jeff Bell’s new podcast features candid, familiar chats with leading lights of the local scene. Nothing is more mysterious to the uninitiated than the local art world, with its...
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Song Premiere: Peter Holsapple Returns to Solo Work with a New Single
Peter Holsapple, who co-fronted power-pop cult heroes The dB’s in the eighties and subsequently worked with everyone from R.E.M. to Hootie & The Blowfish, has plenty of recordings to his credit,...
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"Taking Alt Back From the Nazis"
The INDY, along with several other alternative publications nationwide, have partnered with journalist and Baltimore City Paper editor at large Baynard Woods to bring our readers his weekly "Democracy...
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Song Premiere: Listen to New Tunes from Organos and Faults on a Forthcoming...
After a hibernation of nearly five years, Durham's Organos is, at last, back with a new song, a quick little number that you can listen to right here. It's side the A-side of a forthcoming split with...
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Record Review: ZenSoFly Blooms Into Hip-House With Her New Sunflowers EP
Her refined throwback approach runs the risk of novelty, but Sunflowers benefits from ZenSoFly’s microphone prowess. Of the various trends and fads cropping up throughout hip-hop's four-decade...
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Before Finding a Place in the History Books, Renowned Blues and Folk Musician...
Huddie Ledbetter, aka Lead Belly, stopped at Raleigh's Central Prison with folklorists John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax in December 1934. Before Johnny Cash recorded "Rock Island Line," before Pete Seeger...
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Listen to New Music from DJ PlayPlay and the Long-Dormant Future Kings of...
Happy Friday! We did it!…
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Raund Haus Celebrates Its Second Anniversary This Weekend—Get Started With a...
Two years ago, Raund Haus sprung up in Durham as a tight-knit family of beatmakers and associated artists. Since then, the collective has established itself as a strong curatorial hub and launched a...
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The Dead Tongues Have a New Record Out This Spring. Listen to "Won't Be Long"...
As a solo artist and with a full band, The Dead Tongues, Ryan Gustafson has crafted some of the area's best twang-tinged tunes of the past decade. Happily, he's continuing that strong streak with a...
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Record Review: On No Excuses, Nance Has His Eye on the Next Level
The Dutch producer teams up with the adventurous Raleigh trio for a record that toes the line between slick and a snoozefest. By all indications, Nance has a great story to tell. He's been on the...
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