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Interview: Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World
By Dan Cava July 10, 2017 With a concrete fanbase and an increasingly huge catalog of driving, tightly crafted sing-alongs, the melodic rock band Jimmy Eat World is approaching its twenty-fifth year with no signs of slowing down. 2001’s “The Middle” may be the height...
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John Moreland finds home
By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani July 7, 2017 John Moreland speaks in cordial tones, like he’s known me for-almost-ever. His down-home aesthetic is bolstered by the way he approaches conversation with a writer he’s never met before and one who is over a thousand miles away. That...
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Andrew Bird thrives with calculated spontaneity
By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani June 26, 2017 Andrew Bird has been at this a long time. With a record-making career spanning more than twenty years, Bird has released over a dozen albums dating back to 1996. Add in live albums, EPs, guest appearances and collaborations and...
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Four years in the making, Junior Astronomers’ new album is well worth the wait
By Lane Claffee June 7, 2017 It’s been a busy few years for Junior Astronomers. Recently, they’ve supported acts for big names in indie-rock like Modest Mouse and Manchester Orchestra, signed to Charlotte’s Refresh Records, and announced on the stacked bill for Afropunk in Brooklyn,...
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Rachael Price and Lake Street Dive have come full circle
By Lindsay Kosma *Ticket Giveaway* May 31, 2017 If Lake Street Dive were, in fact, the dive bar for which they were named, it would be the kind of place that served a little bit of everything. Whether you’re in the mood for something velvety and...
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High Water’s debut was a Joyful Family Affair
By Sean Titone April 29, 2017 It’s often said that a wedding is the only time in your life when every single person you cherish, all of your closest family and friends through the years, will be in one place together in a celebration of...
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Dawes, Deer Tick, Delta Spirit supergroup, Middle Brother reunites at High Water Fest
By CLTure News April 23, 2017 It’s been six years since the indie rock supergroup Middle Brother consisting of Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, John McCauley of Deer Tick, and Matthew Vasquez of Delta Spirit released their self-titled debut album. Last year, the band reunited at...
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Watch Charles Bradley perform emotional “Changes” at High Water Fest
By Cameron Lee April 22, 2017 In October of 2016, the late-bloomer iconic soul, funk and R&B singer Charles Bradley released in a statement to his fans that he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He also announced that he would be rescheduling the remainder of...
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The Shins capture something wistful and melancholy for all generations
By Evana Bodiker April 21, 2017 “Symphonic,” a fellow audience member wrote in my notebook as we stood in a swaying crowd of exuberant fans at the Shins’ first U.S album tour show since 2013. If it were any other concert but the Shins, I...
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Chapel Hill quartet Mipso fuses acoustic and electric in ‘Coming Down the Mountain’
By Carson Risser April 7, 2017 Chapel Hill-based string quartet Mipso released their third full-length album, Coming Down the Mountain, on Friday. For their second album, Old Time Reverie, the indie-folk band made the decision to add banjo and electric piano to the mix, and...
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