But if a concert—namely, Wale’s appearance Friday, Aug. 28—was produced in such a way that 75 percent of undergraduates had little chance of showing up, was it truly a Duke event?
Mark Anthony Neal interprets Michael Jackson's cultural legacy through Duke's latest digital initiative, Online Office Hours.
It began as a dorm room jam session at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 40 years ago, and in 2009, Arrogance still seems to have no end in sight.
The Resistance is a fitting title for Muse’s fifth album. The fact that the U.K. group still makes records seems to resist the law of nature that bad bands eventually die out.
Being hip-hop’s global ambassador for more than a decade has changed Jay-Z's perspective, but more than that, it’s changed his lifestyle.
U.K. outfit Manic Street Preachers’ ninth album, Journal for Plague Lovers, retains their 1990s guitar rock sound all the way.
The pioneer of Mafioso rap offers some sage advice to the aspiring gangster on “Black Mozart.” “You better get that money, no matter what you do.” Setting the lyric to the ominous theme score from...
In Prism witnesses yet another change in direction, almost altogether ignoring their last album while harnessing the psychedelic exploration of Exploded Drawing into an attentive, purposeful sound....
Formed in 1984, Yo La Tengo is the quintessential indie rock band, still on independent label Matador after 12 solid LPs. Still, the title of their newest album, Popular Songs, is a tongue-in-cheek...
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, henceforth the band you will know as impossible to find in the alphabetized album shelves, plays the Cat’s Cradle Sept. 15. recess writer Brian...
Best known as a college radio station staple over a decade ago, Polvo returns with its new album, In Prism—their first in 12 years—with hopes of revisiting the off-rock heyday of the 1990s.
recess writer Brian Contratto talked to lead vocalist and guitarist Conrad Keeley, who also contributed original visual art to the tour, about moving to New York, the Austin scene and his art.
Formed in 1984, Yo La Tengo is the quintessential indie rock band, still on independent label Matador after 12 solid LPs.
The pioneer of Mafioso rap offers some sage advice to the aspiring gangster on “Black Mozart.” “You better get that money, no matter what you do.”
The record is a refreshing blend of artists who, though they have extremely varying sounds, share a common standard of excellence.
WILCO (the album) nonesuch five stars Any time a band releases an eponymous album, they are not only gambling the reputation of the album itself, but of their entire catalogue to date; they are...
With their guitar-centered, lo-fi sound, Sorry About Dresden has become a Triangle indie mainstay and will surely be one of the highlights of this year's Troika Festival. Since entering the...
The formation of Carrboro band Schooner seems lifted from a bad movie script, complete with serendipitous beginnings and the potential for fractured families. In 2003, Reid Johnson and Tripp Cox...
If indie rock has lost its soul, then Hammer No More The Fingers is here to save it. The Durham-based trio, the roots of which go back to 1996 when drummer Jeff Stickley and guitarist Joe Hall...
