Hayes Carll/Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Lincoln Theatre-Raleigh, NC April 19, 2011 Hayes Carll and Jason Isbell are modern-day troubadours, constantly crisscrossing the country while becoming distinctly familiar with the beer-stained walls and sticky floors of rock club dressing […]
“Do you wanna mess around?/I mean deep down in your bones/In hotel swimming pools/On public telephones”. As Rhett Miller uttered these lines from the fourth verse of Satellite Rides deep cut “Buick City Complex”, Wednesday night before a packed […]
An unfortunate recent trend in the NBA has been for fellow buddies/superstars to join forces and create “superteams”. Made popular last summer by LeBron James and Chris Bosh joining friend Dwyane Wade in Miami, the idea has been taken further […]
Mining the past for inspiration has long been a hallmark of the performing arts. Musicians, actors, and writers have been re-interpreting ideas since the dawn of time, constantly putting new and inventive spins on classic ideas and concepts. In country […]
Few bands reach the pinnacle of notoriety with their debut album. Uniquely, Gomez, Britpop’s scruffy-toned troubadours, did just that by claiming the heralded Mercury Prize in 1998 for their release, Bring It On. The ensuing years have brought moderate success […]
Figuring out a way to combine baseball and rock and roll while getting paid for it has surely been a dream of countless Americans over the years. After all, there are few things that evoke more passion and debate than […]
Some nights it’s worth staying up late to catch the magic. Coming off an extra long day and a longer than usual week, my buddy and I made the trek out to Carrboro to see Alejandro Escovedo, the always fabulous, […]
Dan Bejar has been performing under the moniker Destroyer for 15 years now, releasing elegantly detailed, shambled and hazy folk gems, mixed with some of the most diverse musical arrangements out there. On previous efforts, gentle acoustic strumming would often […]
In his song, “Mama’s Eyes”, Justin Townes Earle proclaims, “I am my father’s son”. Having seen him live for the first time last night, I would second Justin’s statement. Nattily dressed in a vintage thrift-store suit, the lanky son of […]
Ben Crum, Dan Donahue, and Jamey Huggins formed Great Lakes back in 1996 while living in Athens, Georgia. After releasing a self-titled debut in 2000, Huggins devoted his time to his role in Of Montreal, leaving Crum and Donahue to […]
