Here’s the thing: Stephin Merritt does whatever he wants, and doesn’t seem to care what we—or even his own band for that matter—think.
What’s to be anticipated from Bowerbirds’ third LP The Clearing?
With 2009’s Reservoir, London-based Fanfarlo invigorated a well-worn sound with powerful narratives...
Grammy award-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops returned this week with their latest album...
What is it about Montreal that fosters good music?
“It All Feels the Same,” the first track off of Tennis’ sophomore album, Young and Old, displays a remarkable sense of clairvoyance in its title.
Comparing Shearwater to Talk Talk is sort of like comparing a contemporary Irish novelist to James Joyce...
Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel, a.k.a.
You’d be right to call Die Antwoord an oddity, but you probably wouldn’t be doing it for the right reasons.
Sharon Van Etten’s voice has a magical quality of transposition.
“We just want to emote ‘til we’re dead.” This epitaph-to-be has become a pretty accurate M.O. for Kevin Barnes’ work during the past half-decade.
Portland folkies Blind Pilot, who will perform Feb. 21 at Cat’s Cradle, are no strangers to the Triangle.
Just like the antique Peugeot that whisks Owen Wilson to the Parisian 1920’s in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, Sharon Van Etten’s voice has a magical quality of transposition.
First Aid Kit launched their career with a novel YouTube oddity that’s received almost 3 million hits.
Since the 2010 release of Shut Up, Dude and Sit Down, Man, Brooklyn-based Das Racist, ...
On Sonic Youth’s widely-regarded 1988 album Daydream Nation, frontman Thurston Moore sang.
What do you think about Lana Del Rey?
Cloud Nothings storm back on their third LP Attack on Memory with a renewed sound and musical swagger that belies lead member Dylan Baldi’s sole 20 years of existence.
On Feb. 1, the Duke Coffeehouse welcomes Brooklyn black metal band Liturgy for a performance that may well cause James Buchanan Duke to roll in his grave.
Saxapahaw—emphasis on the first syllable—is one of those towns with an apparently comprehensive single website.
