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_David Menconi, The (Raleigh) News & Observer’s music critic since 1991, is making waves with his recent biography — “Ryan Adams: Losering, a Story of Whiskeytown” — about the former frontman of the local alternative rock band Whiskeytown.
The N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra is turning the big 2-0.
Trevor Dougherty is a self-described “electro-beat farmer” — and harvest time is coming.
Rapsody The Idea of Beautiful Hip-hop
The Killers Battle Born Alt-rock
Elim Bolt Nude South EP Rock
Ben Sollee Half Made Man Folk-rock
Durham-based Beloved Binge pulls out some more lighthearted pop-punk jams with its fourth studio album, Pockets.
Though generally just the outside of a sweet summer fruit, the term “peach fuzz” is also a common nickname for the pubescent precursor to full-blown facial hair. In a strange way, it’s the latter that best describes Peach Fuzz, the impressive debut EP from Chapel Hill outfit The Evil Tenors.
From start to finish, Carrboro band Some Army’s debut EP consists of seven fully-developed songs that seem to sprawl infinitely.
In 2009, The xx’s debut eponymous album achieved critical success, becoming the cult classic of London’s music underground. Fans could only pray that three years later, the band’s sophomore LP, Coexist, would achieve anywhere near the status of an adequate follow-up effort. Boy, will they be pleasantly surprised.
Psychedelic pop
Rising to iconic status with chaotic experimentation and stalwart unpredictability, Animal Collective has taught fans to expect the unexpected. On the heels of 2009’s critically adored and highly accessible (by Animal Collective standards) Merriweather Post Pavilion, it only seems natural for the collective to get wild again.
Alternative
Banjo enthusiasts, historians and musicians alike are strumming their way to UNC for a banjo jamboree.
I Was Totally Destroying It has long penned instantly accessible songs with an edge of raw emotion that set the band apart. But on Vexations, bold becomes mediocre and pop with a rock soul becomes rock with no soul.
The premise of Sumner James’ debut 29 Days was to create an album from start to finish over the course of one month. He managed that while embracing a new personal style of music to boot.
Every week, Medium will post a story or review from the vault, #tbt style. This week: a review of Holy Ghost Tent Revival's album, Sweat Like The Old Days, written by former Diversions staffer Thompson Wall. Originally published on the Diversions blog on Aug. 22, 2012, this review is in anticipation of the Fourth of July show at Cat's Cradle this Saturday, featuring Holy Ghost Tent Revival and other bands.
Karina Soni thinks the combination of food and music is the perfect way to enjoy the summer outside.
The dB’s have not released an album of new material in 25 years. But in their newest album Falling Off the Sky, they merge the jangle-pop sounds of their early 1980s works with a more mature take on lyricism.
