Raleigh NC’s Birds of Avalon have spent the better part of the past three years on the road with the likes of The Racontuers, The Flaming Lips, Black Mountain, The Fucking Champs, Mudhoney,and Ted Leo. And judging from a few first-hand accounts, they have one of the best live rock shows going. The band will … Read more
The Roots : Photo by Aggie Donkar Jane Jane Pollock Going to a bar you frequent, usually after 10:00 pm, in the middle of the day is always a weird feeling. But walking in to a sun-drenched Kings Barcade at around two in the afternoon proved to feel just like home. Especially given Jane Jane … Read more
Anyone with an ear to the ground in the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill area of NC have heard the rumble of a local music scene waiting to blow the eff up. From the wildly successful, and heavily local Hopscotch Music Festival, to stage-stealing opening slots before major national acts, Triangle bands brought their shit … Read more
The Romany Rye Our new feature, The Radio Cure, provides you a smattering of great tracks to cure you of the radio blues. The Romany Rye – I Hate Myself (For Loving You) [download] The Romany Rye toured last summer with Delta Spirit and Dawes (if that’s any indication of this band’s cool factor) and … Read more