All photos by Chris Lay Last night at The Sheldon in Saint Louis, Toronto’s Cowboy Junkies played a full two sets (plus encore) that included selections off their recent Nomad Series, The Caution Horses’ “Witches,” Miles From Our Home’s “Those Final Feet,” and covers of Lou Reed’s “Sweet Jane” and Neil Young’s “Don’t Let It … Read more
All photos by Nate Burrell The Black Keys aren’t just a duo from Akron these days. They’re a band capable of headlining any festival known to man, and selling out arenas, which isn’t easy to do in Saint Louis if you’re not Springsteen or Pearl Jam. Last night they rocked Chaifetz Arena on the campus … Read more
All Photos by Aggie Donkar While we here at Speakers in Code are normally spotted hanging out in once smoky small clubs, every once in a while we don our finest pair of designer jeans and wash up that white part at the bottom of our Chucks to hit the town for one of those … Read more
All photos by Aggie Donkar At the beginning of March, we gave you the skinny on Alabama Shakes along with the mandatory assignment to keep your beautiful peepers (and ears) on the band. Did you do your homework? Yeah? You get a gold star. No? Don’t worry, there’s time to rectify the clichéd dog-ate-my-homework excuse. … Read more
Words and Photos by Agatha Donkar Glenn Boothe, who owns the Local 506, told me this great story a few years ago, one night when I was sitting at the bar and there were, at best, maybe 20 people there for the show — I couldn’t even tell you who was playing, that’s how empty … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar Delta Spirit is on the kind of roll that’s going to last for a bit. Their recently released self-titled album is a favorite of ours here at Speakers in Code, so much that we had to talk to the guys about it a few weeks ago. But, conversation wasn’t … Read more
All photos by Chris Lay From the opening “Artificial Nocturne” to the closing acoustic “Gimme Sympathy,” Emily Haines and Metric owned the Pageant’s stage on Tuesday evening. Pop, punk, rock, electronic — you name it — Haines proved to be a versatile leader of a band who knew no bounds. Their 2012 album, Synthetica, was … Read more
Photo By Aggie Donkar | Fullsteam Summer Basil Loyal Speakers in Code patrons – I offer you photo-journalistic proof that the “perfect day” is not some sort of mythos. It exists, I tell you, and at least one of these “perfect days” happened Sunday in Chapel Hill. Cast your eyes upon those Carolina-blue skies. Adjust … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar asking for flowers is like asking you to be nice When an artist you love starts a show with your favorite song, it can go two ways: uphill, like the song was a sign that the set would be perfect, or downhill, with the song as the highest point. Last … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar Kathleen Edwards’ new album, Voyageur, has swept across the land in the past few weeks, earning praise for the lightning bolt of awesome that is the musician from Ottawa. In fact, we got to chat with her not so long ago; you can read our conversation with her here. On … Read more
All photos by Chris Lay A couple weeks ago, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals made a stop at The Blue Note in Columbia, playing a show before the release of their upcoming album, The Lion The Beast The Beat. Our friend Chris Lay was there to capture the rising band from Vermont.
All photos by Chris Lay Last year, we ranked M83’s album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming as our 40th favorite album of 2011. So, needless to say, we’re big fans. The shoegazing outfit, fronted by Anthony Gonzalez (and complete with the creepy dude on the cover of “Midnight City”), hit up The Pageant last week and … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar Sugar + the Hi-Lows are reinventing the kind ’60s pop that The Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly made, if the Everlys had come of age playing in Seattle garage rock bands and Buddy Holly was a country songwriter from Nashville. They’re built around Nashville singer-songwriters, Trent Dabbs and Amy Stroup, … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar Last Sunday, our resident east coast photog, Agatha Donkar, caught The Deep Dark Woods at Local 506. Aggie notes that their new album sounds more like The Band than anyone else making music today. For those of you still reeling from the death of Levon Helm, well, there you go. … Read more
All Photos by Aggie Donkar “We had planned to not rock, but really, we fucking rock.” – Gary Jarman The way I see it, you have two choices when walking out on stage to greet a crowd of around 50 people standing in a room that holds a few hundred. The first is to let … Read more
All photos by Nate Burrell My Morning Jacket stormed the Peabody Opera House last night, playing a two-and-a-half hour set set that took us through their massive catalog. Jim James danced, swung his hair, and we sang along to jams like “Mageetah,” “Holdin’ On To Black Metal,” “One Big Holiday,” “Victory Dance,” “What A Wonderful … Read more
All photos by Louis Kwok Another LouFest is now behind us, and despite the occasional (and sometimes heavy) rain, record crowds gathered at the two-day festival at Forest Park in Saint Louis. We’d like to thank all the bands and organizers involved in giving our city an outdoor festival it truly deserves. And we’d also … Read more
All photos by Louis Kwok Day Two at LouFest in Saint Louis featured The Flaming Lips, and abbreviated sets by Dawes and Dr. Dog, only because of a sudden downpour. Unfortunately, the rain picked up right when Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes was absolutely killing it. Oh well, such is life. Once again, thanks to Louis … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar I never saw Sleater-Kinney – which is a tragedy, yes – but if they rocked half as hard as Corin Tucker and her band rocked a small but enthusiastic crowd at the Local 506 in Chapel Hill, I can guarantee you they were great shows. Tucker, touring behind the recently … Read more
All photo by Agatha Donkar Every time I think that the Triangle has pulled out all the stops on unusual concert venues, they find a way to top it. Last night, the Cat’s Cradle partnered with the Town of Carrboro to present a free show on the Carrboro Town Commons, giving out 5,000 ticket vouchers … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar The Gaslight Anthem stuck with their roots last Thursday, playing to a sold-out crowd at small capacity Cat’s Cradle in a final club tour before their latest release, the upcoming Handwritten, propels them to the bigger venues that the band is clearly ready to play. They stuck with their roots … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar Girl In A Coma brought their high-energy pop-punk to a small but enthusiastic crowd at Local 506 last week; the San Antonio trio continues to tour behind their excellent LP Exits & All The Rest, but they dropped a new song or two into the set in Chapel Hill, perhaps … Read more
All photos by Katie Guymon Last Monday, GIVERS, the swiftly up-and-coming Lafayette, Louisiana fivesome put on a helluva show at Cicero’s in Saint Louis. We’ve been doting on the fun-time guys (and gal) since the inception of Speakers in Code, and we were thrilled to hear the news of the band’s debut LP release with … Read more
All photos by Aggie Donkar/Brand New Kind of Photography Indie rock royalty, and the “elder statesmen of Triangle rock,” did what they do best Saturday night at the Cat’s Cradle: rocking peoples faces off. And we had a lady on the scene to document the way it all went down. Check out some of the … Read more
All Photos by Aggie Donkar/Brand New Kind of Photography It’s no secret that we here at Speakers in Code love Oberhofer. Hell, we’ve featured the band three times now, giving it a coveted spot on our Best Songs of 2010 list, sitting down with Brad and Pete for an interview over mediocre appetizers, and now … Read more
All Photos by Aggie Donkar/Brand New Kind of Photography After a string of packed-house dates supporting Merge brethren Jonny, Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, otherwise known as Wye Oak, brought their show to Local 506 in Chapel Hill Saturday night, firmly filling the house to capacity. Thankfully, our pretty picture lady captured the moment for … Read more
Photo By Lauren Bland Tater Tots, Double Downs, Beer, and a Fantastic Evening of Music with Admiral Fallow (Sponsored by Speakers in Code) Presenting a show isn’t as easy as it looks – in fact, it’s hard work. We learned quite a few lessons in our efforts to bring Admiral Fallow to Durham, North Carolina the … Read more