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Hear the latest from Negative Fun's NC Tape Series, featuring The Wyrms and...
On September 18, Raleigh’s Negative Fun Records will release two cassettes from two local bands: one, a debut from a new group of veteran players, and the other, a once-shelved swan song for a band...
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Rapsody prepares to rise above her Kendrick Lamar and 9th Wonder co-signs
Rapsody is ready to be a hip-hop star, so long as she keeps her role-model status safe by Tina Haver Currin The student lounge was so full, hot and sticky that condensation streamed down the long...
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Spend the weekend with two charming new Bombadil remixes
One especially satisfying element of Bombadil’s recent efforts with a slimmer lineup has been the emergence of drummer James Phillips as a real creative force. He’s previously shown himself to be a...
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Listen to "Boundless Love," the sweet new single from Jeanne Jolly
“Boundless Love,” the first single from Jeanne Jolly’s upcoming A Place to Run, is a gorgeous slab of Americana and a showcase of a versatile Raleigh singer coming into her own. Co-written with Chris...
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Bandages release "Endless Blood," announce 7-inch debut
The Raleigh band Bandages haven’t rushed to release a record. For all their veteran pedigree—the current lineup boasts ex-members of Double Negative, Pollution and Polvo—Bandages have instead been...
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Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn shares new Made of Oak track, "Pinebender"
I'm guessing you know Durham electropop duo Sylvan Esso, who garnered national attention last year with a slew of excellent singles and a big debut LP. Earworm tunes like “Hey Mami” and “Coffee”...
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Listen to a new Mount Moriah song, "Calvander," from a forthcoming 7-inch
Last month, Mount Moriah announced their first new release since their stunning 2013 Merge debut, Miracle Temple. The upcoming three-song seven-inch isn't quite the full follow-up most folks might have...
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Corrosion of Conformity sign with Nuclear Blast Entertainment for 2016 LP
Next year, Corrosion of Conformity will release a new album, on a new label, with a new lineup. Kind of. The band's forthcoming 10th album, to be released by the multinational metal imprint Nuclear...
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Boulevards talks his new Captured Tracks record deal, taking the funk to the...
Yesterday, Jamil Rashad got an early birthday present: News broke that the Raleigh funk revivalist had landed a deal with Captured Tracks, a vogue New York record label whose promotional and industry...
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Hear "All Them Houses," a new track from Jon Lindsay
Between preparing two solo LPs for release, maintaining a month-long residency at the Raleigh cocktail bar Common 414 and juggling a load of side projects, Jon Lindsay has kept a blistering pace this...
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Sway into Halloween with Mac McCaughan's cover of The Undead
It's something of a Halloween tradition for Superchunk and Merge co-founder Mac McCaughan, often with the band, to offer up a take on a song from the greater world of the Misfits. This year, he's...
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Mount Moriah delivers first single, "Cardinal Cross," from new LP, How to Dance
Just a month ago, Mount Moriah released a new three-song seven-inch that featured two new songs and a recording of "Plane" from the band's 2013 set at the Hopscotch Music Festival. It seemed as though...
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Four strokes couldn't kill Reese McHenry, one of the state's best singers,...
Reese McHenry plays as The Second Wife on Saturday, November 7th at the Pinhook in Durham. Reese McHenry could not speak. But the message she conveyed to her husband, Justin, on a November morning in...
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Record review: Made of Oak's Penumbra
Nick Sanborn wants you to know that he is putting in work. At the start of "Blue Zipper," the fifth and final track from Penumbra, the debut EP of the Sylvan Esso co-founder and producer under the...
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Listen to "Coldest Heart," the latest track from Well$
Chapel Hill rapper Well$ has been doing a great Drake impression of late. No, he’s not issuing back-to-back dis tracks at fellow rappers or crooning over Latin riddims like the OVO flag-bearer, but...
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Record review: Lack's Atemporal/Perhorresces
Philip Maier's LACK is a logical extension of the time he has spent pushing boundaries in other acts. Whether cutting up post-punk and digital pop tropes in VVAQRT or rerouting electronics to the...
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Record review: Jeanne Jolly's A Place to Run
The Raleigh singer Jeanne Jolly has a powerful and versatile voice, as capable of flying high for a soulful vibrato as it is dipping low for soft country ballads. It's earned her spots on stages with...
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After 14 years as a Raleigh staple, Goner drops the rock to become GNØER
Goner's brilliant new digital turn as GNØER More than two years have passed since Goner released its last record, Faking the Wisdom. But do not expect an album-release party in the near future from...
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Review: The electronic excellence of GNØER's Tethers Down
During its 14 years as a band, Goner released four remarkable LPs. The last, 2013's Faking the Wisdom, cut a memorable line between the poignant narratives of late-period Joe Strummer and Big Star's...
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Secret Boyfriend announces new Blackest Ever Black LP, offers incredible track
Secret Boyfriend soundtracked my morning with a single song. In January, the long-running, always exploratory project of Carrboro experimental impresario Ryan Martin will issueThis Is Always Where...
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