Bitte Orca proclaims that Dirty Projectors don’t need a unifying, rebellious aesthetic to blow the lid off of modern music.
The duo is playfully aware of genre shtick and the chances that they’d be incorrectly labeled “proto”-something or other—instead, they’re delightfully “Post-Nothing.”
The majority of the album is fast-paced and intense, and this is where Florence shines
Back at the start of the research that led to The Jazz Loft Project, “13 years later” was not a part of the plan. Sam Stephenson didn’t know—couldn’t have known—that his investigation into the...
Will Hackney and Martin Anderson, the heads of Trekky Records, love Christmas and community. It's something that becomes apparent with each iteration of the annual Christmas at the Cradle, this...
In his self-described prequel to Get Rich or Die Tryin', 50 comes out with guns blazing on his fourth LP only to fizzle by the album's close.
Mayer’s fourth studio release, Battle Studies, is consistent with his previous works, replete with his unimpressive vocals and ridiculously repetitive lyrics.
Sir Walter Records in Raleigh is making Christmas's giving-and-receiving theme more musical with its fourth annual Christmas collaboration.
This might be the only Britney Spears album you ever need.
Musical titans, Escovedo and Lambchop (the band’s numbers are ever in flux, but its core is Kurt Wagner) represent different musical upbringings and even more different sounds. Genre-defying in...
Wale is sitting in the back of the hip-hop classroom playing the unruly, yet promising student.
With Troika evolving, so has Birds. The band, started by guitarists and married couple Cheetie Kumar and Paul Siler, formed in 2005 with vocalist Craig Tilley. The group eventually picked up...
Fresh off a European, Bowerbirds are returning to the Triangle to headline this year's Troika Music festival. Phil Moore and Beth Tacular answer questions regarding community, their environment,...
Fast forward to the present and Red Collar is standing mighty in the local music scene. The band has spent this year making personal sacrifices while supporting their first full-length album,...
Future Kings of Nowhere front man Shayne O’Neill may be on his way to becoming a Brooklynite, but he knows that he can always come home again.
Phrazes for the Young is the best Strokes-affiliated release since 2003’s Room on Fire.
From his vantage point, McLamb sees the rapid ascent of the Love Language as coinciding with a renaissance in the Triangle music scene at large.
Megafaun, on the verge of a European tour, come into their own as a centerpiece of this year's Troika Music Festival
The whole album is a paean to Sun Belt living cut short by Bush’s second term, Iraq and the faltering economy.
Sainthood is yet another offering that showcases the immense talent of Tegan and Sara.
