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An account from Hopscotch, Raleigh's yearly music fest

By Josh Polikov | September 17, 2015

This past weekend was the sixth year of Hopscotch, a three-day music festival in Raleigh with 120 bands you’ve never heard of, six bands you think you’ve kind of heard of, and like, two totally sick bands you’re absolutely in love with. If you didn’t know, the fest is pretty cool because it isn’t an all-day thing—the headliners come on first, sometime in the early evening, then everyone splits off to a bunch of different club venues to see those six bands they’ve kind of heard of.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

Recess Predicts 2015

By Drew Haskins , Adam Schutzman , Josh Polikov , Katie Fernelius and Gary Hoffman | January 29, 2015

Here we are – 2015! We made it! As we move forward into the unknown of this new, exciting year, Recess sat around our crystal ball and summoned forth some predictions for what to expect in 2015.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Interview: Kathryn Calder from The New Pornographers

By Josh Polikov | November 6, 2014

"The band has always been interested in all kinds of synths and sounds but this record seems to be exploring the synth avenue for sure."

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Pinhook hosts night of American folk music

By Josh Polikov | October 16, 2014

Three different forces of nature from across our great nation will converge at the Pinhook on Wed., Oct. 22 to play some sweetly sublime tunes.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Music Review: This Is All Yours

By Josh Polikov | September 25, 2014

Undoubtedly, this is an important album. alt-J certainly sound like now; they sound like us. But they do not feel like us.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Music Interview: Tim Nordwind from OK Go

By Josh Polikov | September 25, 2014

We kind of, creatively, really grew up on the Internet and I think that’s extremely important to being a creative person now and being a millennial.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Interview: Matt Mondanile of Real Estate

By Josh Polikov | September 11, 2014

"Things are different now because now we’re in a band, and we have three records out, and we live off of it, and we have to sustain that, you know?"

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Highlights from Hopscotch

By Drew Haskins and Josh Polikov | September 10, 2014

Recess attended Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh this past weekend. Read some entries from the front lines of festival!

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

The Chronicle chats with White Lung's Mish Way

By Josh Polikov | September 4, 2014

White Lung will be playing on Sunday at 12:30 AM at Kennedy Theater.

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