For a while, it appeared that KT Tunstall was going to be yet another busker with a record deal (albeit a highly talented one).
Senior Edie Wellman knows what it means to live life on the edge—or over it, in this case.
In recent years Durham has risen from its status as a junior partner in the Triangle music scene to a thriving music community that is home to indie bands with national followings.
Art movements often seem to be deliberately named to confuse students, with arbitrary blanket terms attempting to catchphrase something ineffable—impressionism? Suprematism? And “Dada?”
Deerhunter’s new album Halcyon Digest conjures a lush series of highly polished soundscapes that evoke both mystery and beauty.
No Age could’ve dropped bags of bricks onto the heads of their audience to a fair amount of success and critical acclaim.
Before his most recent stretch in prison, Gucci Mane made a name for himself with his blase twist on gangsta rap.
In a Duke Performances season devoted to music that characterizes “A Nation Made New,” no act might fit this epithet better than Dirty Projectors.
Weezer’s newest release and their first on Epitaph, Hurley, can’t help but stand out due to Jorge Garcia’s beaming face on the cover.
The Carolina Chocolate Drops pursue an intriguing, almost paradoxical aim: to play in the traditional Piedmont folk style as modern musicians.
When, in 20 years, we look back on the Walkmen, Lisbon will probably occupy something of a holding pattern in their discography.
Here’s an example of a controlling market share: When Charlie Poole’s recording of “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down” was released in 1925, it sold 100,000 copies.
Superchunk has been a fixture in the indie-rock scene for almost two decades. The release of Majesty Shredding ends their longest hiatus yet, nearly a full half of their existence.
The Triangle has no shortage of indie-rock bands, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a group that’s had more of an effect on the local and national music scene than Chapel Hill mainstays Superchunk.
“Welcome to fabulous/Las Vegas/Give us your dreamers, your harlots and your sins/Las Vegas/Didn’t nobody tell you the house will always win?”
