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(09/23/09 5:00pm)
Sophomore Price Davidson, a Duke Student Government Senator, made an appearance on this past weekend's episode of Army Wives. In this very special episode of the Lifetime drama, we learn about life at the Charleston fort during World War 2 and get a special message about racism. Oh, and what's Davidson's role? Western Union Messenger. In his dramatic turn, Davidson rings the death knell, announcing a fallen soldier and inciting the birth of a Greatest Generation version of a wife.
(09/21/09 9:43am)
Chapel Hill favorite Trekky Records will be hosting a label showcase at Carrboro's Milltown this coming Sunday, Sept. 27 with quieter sets from members of five Trekky bands:
(09/21/09 5:00pm)
Shayne O'Neill came down to Durham from his new home in BK, NY to preview some new material from his forthcoming album and long-awaited split EP with the Never as well as play some old songs. Check out the video below of the three-person version of the Future Kings of Nowhere playing some new and old tracks (this is also the second time "Paper Napkins" has appeared in video form on this blog.)
(09/22/09 6:15pm)
NOTE: A lot of records are being released this week. More than we have room for in our eight-pages every Thursday. As such, we're running some reviews online this week. Check back here throughout the week for reviews of the new WHY?, Owen, Times New Viking and more and don't forget to pick up the paper Thursday for those other reviews.
(09/19/09 6:47pm)
After the Yo La Tengo show last night, Midtown Dickens played an intimate house show in Durham with Box Elders that was, per the usual, delightful. Check out the videos below for a glimpse of what you missed (or didn't if you were lucky enough to be there).
(09/17/09 2:08am)
Check out the below video of ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead playing the first track off Source Tags and Codes last night at the Cat's Cradle. For the interview we ran last week, click here.
(09/16/09 6:12am)
CNBC's Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood, a Duke alum, weighed in on ABC leaking President Barack Obama's now infamous "jackass" comment about Kanye West at the VMAs over on Michael Calderone's Blog on Politico. Harwood said he deemed the comment off the record.
(09/18/09 5:51pm)
Sian Alice Group is making a stop at the Coffeehouse tonight at 9 p.m. with Polite Sleeper and Distrails on their across-the-pond tour. I caught up with vocalist Sian Ahern of the group, interrupting a visit with her friend, before the band left to talk about their new album and more.
(09/10/09 3:19am)
The Beast, bred of strong musical genes, will drop their debut LP Silence Fiction in October. The band will self-release/co-release the album with Chapel Hill's Robust Records. The band will also play a CD release party at the Duke Coffeehouse Oct. 16 with Carlitta Durand, Kooley High and Freebass 808. You can check out the album art here.
(09/09/09 4:00pm)
Check out the Fall Arts Preview, on stands today. In regard to the Duke Performances story, Director Aaron Greenwald mentioned a two-part video that he said, in many ways, was a source of inspiration for the 2009-10 programming. You can check out the videos on Duke Performances' Web site here or below. Lambchop and Alejandro Escovedo will play at Reynolds Industrial Theater Nov. 13. You can buy tickets to this, and all other Duke Performances shows, here.
(09/09/09 5:00pm)
John Darnielle has never been easy to read. But his latest album, The Life of the World to Come, is a bit surprising. In my superficial early listenings to the album (not the leaked version, but the real version), it sounds like a Mountain Goats album--which is certainly a good thing. All 12 tracks are Bible verses. That is, they are the passage citations of Bible verses. In light of this recent interview (sample quote, "One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can."), I decided to investigate what each verse said, turning to the King James edition (bible.com version--who doesn't love the Internet? ) of the good book for answers.
(09/06/09 12:15am)
Apologies for posting this late, but here's a video of J. Cole's performance Aug. 28, 2009 in the rain on Duke's East Campus Quad. You can find more videos of headliner Wale here.
(09/02/09 6:00pm)
D.C. rapper Wale played to a damp-but-excited crowd on Duke's East Campus Quadrangle last Friday. Check out some video's the Chronicle's Courtney Douglas captured of the performance, including a suprise cameo from Mike Posner. Also, check out Kevin Lincoln's interview with Wale and story on the show as well as a slideshow from Douglas and Maddie Lieberberg.
(08/31/09 10:30pm)
Three nights. Nine venues. A ton of bands. The schedule for the 2009 Troika Music Festival has been released over at the festival's Web site. You can check it out here, and make sure to buy your passes too (only $20).
(08/31/09 6:30pm)
In what might be one of the cutest moments ever captured on film, Midtown Dickens covered the Sonny & Cher anthem "I Got You Babe," with Kym Register and Catherine Edgerton serenading one another and a delighted audience. Watch the video below, and click here for more video of their packed, sweaty Friday night performance at the Duke Coffeehouse. The only appropriate reaction to this video is "Aww." Enjoy.
(08/31/09 4:30pm)
Midtown Dickens celebrated the release of their second LP, Lanterns, Friday at the Duke Coffeehouse. The band--augmented by a quartet of horns and Megafaun's Brad and Phil Cook--spent the time between songs thanking all their friends and those who enabled the album--it was like a bearable Oscars acceptance speech with great metaphors about babies. But a grateful Midtown Dickens was matched by an audience even more grateful for the energetic, joyful performance. Check out the three videos below of Midtown Dickens performing some of the tracks from Lanterns. (And if you are wondering about the head that occasionally pops on screen--that's Kym Registers mom standing front row-center.)
(08/30/09 11:55pm)
Joe College Day 2009, the third iteration of the event since it was revived in 2007, has been slated for Oct. 10 on the Main West Campus Quadrangle, starting at 2 p.m. The Duke University Union has just revealed its lineup for the event. Playing the event are:
(08/28/09 11:02pm)
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue just signed into law a 25% increase in incentives for the movie industry to shoot in the Tarheel State. From Variety:
(08/26/09 9:12pm)
In an act illustrating exactly why Duke ranked so high on GQ's list of America's Douchiest Colleges, what we can only imagine to be a group of Duke students has issued an online petition against the Conde Nast publication's for its "biased selection process." It says:
(08/26/09 10:00pm)
Amanda Barr's latest show, the challenging and exciting Public Healing, explores the idea of healing. Part of Friday night's opening including a special appearance by a shaman, enhancing the ideas in Barr's work. If you were unable to check out the opening, watch the above video for a glimpse of the performance--though it only gives a very small taste of what those who were they experienced. And don't forget to check out the Sept. 3 issue of recess for a review of Barr's show.
