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Charlie Daniels Band and Filter added to Downtown Live
Another year of Raleigh Downtown Live, another year of washed up bands.
Bon Iver, DeYarmond Edison Featured in New Yorker Magazine
Here a Bon. There a Bon. Everywhere a Bon Bon…..Iver.
Double Barrel Benefit #6 Lineup is Smokin’
Could 2009 be Raleigh’s year to get its groove back and shine in the music scene?
WKNC Launches a Blog
Institutions all over the city are spitting out blogs, but WKNC’s entry is slick, informative and a better online publication than the NC State newspaper.
Animal Collective Album Release Party at Pour House
Does a trippy album cover mean a trippy release party?
Chatham County Line Home For Christmas
Fresh off their UK/ Ireland tour last month, Chatham County Line is back home in Raleigh and readying for their sixth annual Holiday Ho Ho Down at The Pour House this Friday night, December 19th.
Music Friday At Rebus Works: Ivan Howard And Reid Johnson
This Friday, December 19th, Ivan Howard of the Rosebuds and Reid Johnson of Schooner will play at Rebus Works as part of the ongoing exhibit Greg Fidler Form Review & Via Penland as well as the 5-10-20 Project, the special holiday sale featuring five inch art by ten artists for twenty dollars each.
Spin Me Right ‘Round
I recently inherited my father’s turntable and record collection, an acquisition that’s become an unexpected joy to me in the past few months. My reasons at the time for setting up the system were simple: pay homage to my father and occupy some empty square footage in my apartment. I never quite believed the earnest claims of audiophiles, that music actually sounded better through that antiquated machine. But when I dropped the needle onto Eric Clapton’s Slowhand and the beginning notes of “Cocaine” crept from the speakers, I felt like I was hearing the song for the first time… [Continued below the fold]
