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Bonnaroo : Summer camp for college kids

By Sara Pequeño | June 19

Sweaty bodies hover against each other, separated by each others’ backpacks. Everyone chatters amongst their friends and strangers, remarking on the ...

Music Review: ‘The Pinkerton Raid’

By Maddy Baldwin | May 21

In their self-titled debut album, The Pinkerton Raid presents a collection of songs that reach a level of mastery in communication between band members ...

Music Review: Kooley High

By Elizabeth Byrum | December 1

Whether up in Brooklyn or hanging around the Triangle, Kooley High still has North Carolina on its mind and doesn’t want you to forget it. On its latest ...

Music Review: Eric and the DiMarzios

By Allison Hussey | December 1

Fronted by graduate student Eric DiMarzio, student band Eric and the DiMarzios has played a handful of gigs around campus — including opening for The ...

Dive recommends for Nov. 10, 2011

November 9

DTH Diversions recommends Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s album Couldn’t Stand the Weather and the 1984 film, “Purple Rain.” ...

Music Review: Wax Idols

By Thompson Wall | November 8

Diversion’s reviews this week’s album releases

Music Review: The Wilderness of Manitoba

By Elizabeth Byrum | November 1

As a harsh winter lurks around the corner, The Wilderness of Manitoba creates a safe hideaway on its latest release, , a cozy collection of earthy themes ...

Music Review: JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, 'Want More'

By Elizabeth Byrum | October 27

Everyone seems to want more of one thing or another — time, money, food — the list could go on forever. On Want More, the second album from JC Brooks ...

Music review: Lizzy Ross, 'Read Me Out Loud'

By Elizabeth Byrum | October 12

Editor’s Note: When Dive reviewed _Read Me Out Loud in our Sept. 29 issue, we incorrectly labeled_ “Maria, Maria” as a cover. We decided to give ...

Music review: Alana Amram and the Rough Gems, 'Snow Shadows: Songs of Vince Martin'

By Thea Ryan | October 12

Brooklyn folk music sounds like an oxymoron. Alana Amram and the Rough Gems operate within this strange category, and sometimes it’s hard to figure ...

Music Review: William Michael Dillon

September 22

There’s no denying the cathartic qualities of music — musicians often find themselves drawn to tell a soul-searched story.

Music Review: Mandolin Orange

September 20

Just so you’re not confused — yes, this is two albums. And yes, it’s one band. And they’re coming out at the same time. Try and keep up.

Music Review: The Beast's "Guru Legacy"

By Elizabeth Byrum | August 25

With a seamless fusion of jazz and hip hop, and an affinity for social awareness, The Beast certainly grabs the Bull City by the horns and electrifies ...

Music Review: Katharine Whalen & Her Fascinators' "Madly Love"

By Linnie Green | August 25

There’s the music, there’s your expectation of what the music will sound like, and then there’s that space in-between the reality and your prediction ...

Music Review: Amor de Dias

By Tariq Luthun | May 17

Sometimes, life calls for slow, melodic theme music to accompany you along your days — the key word being sometimes. The union of Alasdair MacLean ...

Music Review: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

By Tariq Luthun | May 15

It’s been almost 20 years since they made an album together, but the original members of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones seem to have not lost any of ...

Music Review: Zoon Van Snook

By Joe Faile | December 1

If Gregg Gillis (a.k.a. Girl Talk) were to write his own music, it would sound a little something like Zoon Van Snook and its latest scatterbrained electro-ambient ...

Music Review: Pascal Pinon

By Elizabeth Byrum | December 1

Considering the harsh winter for which Iceland is named, the country sure knows how to churn out heartwarming tunes. In this vein, the young Icelandic ...

Movie Review: Love and Other Drugs

By Rachel Arnett | December 1

Zoloft, Prozac, Viagra, and Anne Hathaway’s shaky Parkinson’s-ridden body knocking over one of her several prescription bottles — a more apt title ...

Music Review: Junip

By Linnie Greene | November 17

The Scandinavian landscape is like a page out of a Brothers Grimm tale. Apparently, so is its music. Junip, comprised of Swedes José Gonzalez, Elias ...