Archive for 'Music'
Band Profile: Bright Young Things
Today we will be posting band profiles on Bright Young Things & Wembley, two great North Carolina bands that will be playing at Saturday’s Rock & Shop Market. First up, Matt from Raleigh’s Bright Young Things: Tell us more about your sound & influences: Wow, let’s see. This is always such a difficult question to [...]
3 Comments »Band Profile: The Tender Fruit
The Tender Fruit is Christy Smith of Durham with Staci Sawyer performing on drums. Their songs are mellow and stirring. Christy has lent her sweet voice to such notable North Carolina musicians as Bon Iver and Nola. I asked them a few questions including their influences and favorite local bands, read on for their answers [...]
Bifocal Media
Bifocal Media is a music label & video production company that specializes in promoting edgy underground artists. Their label roster includes striking bands of past & present: Braid, Des Ark and The Cherry Valance, as well as print projects like Brian Walsby’s “Manchild” comics. In addition, they produce multimedia content for more main-stream clients like [...]
Raleigh Undercover
In the scant few years of its existence, Kings Barcade was one of the best venues in the Triangle for independent music of all sorts. From North Carolina’s best local acts to old school punk legends to dance parties and movie nights, Kings was always a good good time. Though Kings is now gone (hopefully [...]
Better late than never: local records worth your time / money
Its tough going being a band here in NC. Local interest waxes and wanes, and success is fleeting at best. One show you can have a great turnout and sell lots of CDs, and the next the opening band doesn’t even stick around for your set. Inevitably, great bands succumb to the pressures of real [...]
Music Notes
The difficulty with being in any rock and roll band is an unstated need for approval from total strangers. Snobby indie-rock posturing doesn’t fool anybody; if you are actively seeking public venues to share your songs, you want those four coffee shop patrons to leave with your hand-numbered cassette demo. It’s no different here in [...]
