Friday, May 3 is a big night for Asheville’s progressive arts scene. Satellite Gallery (55 Broadway St.) hosts the opening of Apopalypse, featuring new work from Peter Parpan, Alli Good, Andy Herod, Joti Marra Ramsey and Nick Turkette, “five artists working in a similar pop culture influenced style,” for a show that “attempts to speak […]
Calendar highlights: Parkway Playhouse, Folkmoot fundraiser, Folk Art Center crafts
Clubland features: Hopscotch road show, Cinco de Mayo and Ultimate Twang
The rise of Jackson Scott
A few months ago, Jackson Scott was just Jack, the drummer/guitar player/occasional singer for local psych-rock-shoegaze group Sin Kitty. That all changed on Feb. 26 when Scott’s song “That Awful Sound” premiered on Pitchfork. Since then, the song, hosted on Scott’s SoundCloud page, has logged more than 80,000 plays. The rapid success left many people […]
Continued evolution: Mountain Oasis announces lineup
Mountain Oasis announces its first round of bands, including Nine Inch Nails and Neutral Milk Hotel. Weekend passes go on sale this Thursday, May 2. Silver Apples photo by Sasha Stamatovski.
The Tallest Man on Earth at Moog Sound Lab
Swedish folk singer/songwriter Kristian Matsson (aka the Tallest Man On Earth) performs “There’s No Leaving Now” at Moog Music.
All they have tonight
Local indie-rock band Total War talks about making the video which won both best song and the audience choice award at this year’s Music Video Asheville. Video still by Brave Sir Media.
What makes a SciGirl tick?
Girls ages 9-14 are invited to learn about the heart at SciGirls, a national effort to engage young women in science. The program will be hosted by PARI on Tuesday, April 30.
Five Questions — LEAF preview
Abigail Washburn is a claw hammer banjo player, singer/songwriter, world traveler and, most recently, theatrical writer. She’s a former member of The Sparrow Quartet and a LEAF favorite.
Honor in August comes through Asheville on spring tour
The D.C.-based rock band plays as part of a four-act lineup at Emerald Lounge on Wednesday, May 1.
CalCast: April 26-28
See the Clan Destiny Circus, experience Butoh dance and celebrate West Asheville this weekend. Podcast hosted by Ms. Amandi of of Asheville Free Media’s Bombshell-ter Radio.
Five Questions with Futurebirds
Athens, Ga.-based sextet opens for Band of Horses at the U.S. Cellular Center on Wednesday, May 1. In advance, multi-instrumentalist Carter King talks to Xpress about why Athens produces great bands, the connection between art and self-determination and what the folkloric character Baba Yaga means to Futurebirds. Photo by Jason Thrasher.
Akron/Family or Yo La Tengo: How to choose?
Indie-rock fans face a tough choice this weekend as two cult favorites, Akron/Family and Yo La Tengo, go head to head at The Grey Eagle and Orange Peel, respectively.
The teeth are out
Derek Trucks talks to Xpress in advance of the Tedeschi Trucks Band show on May 2 at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.
MVA 2013 winners and red carpet
This year’s Music Video Asheville awards event took place this past Wednesday, showcasing more than 30 local videos in front of a capacity crowd. Photos by Halima Flynt.
This weekend on a shoestring
This weekend offers dance, outdoor festivals, live music and theater. As always, Xpress highlights the best in low-cost weekend entertainment.
Big Boi at the Orange Peel: an embarrassment of riches
Backed by a monster live band and tireless hype-man BlackOwned C-Bone, Big Boi gave us a whale of a show that barely left a barely left room for a breath, much less a break. (Photos by John Zara)
Westward expansion
All Go West, West Asheville’s daylong music festival, returns for its third year. But the home-grown fete, which skipped 2012, comes back with a few updates. First, it moves into West Asheville’s walking district, according to director Arieh Samson. Centered around Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, an outdoor stage will host performances until 10 p.m., […]
Under exposure
“Photographer” can be a identifier in Asheville, or at least an ambiguous one. When someone says they’re a painter, we tend to know they mean artist, rather than house painter. But say you are a photographer, and the artistic part isn’t so quickly assumed. The practical applications of photography seem to dominate the questioning. “Is […]
Straying From the Path
Released five years apart, “Is There a Ghost” and “Knock Knock” are remarkably similar songs, energetic opening numbers that are as catchy as they are fulfilling. And yet, Band of Horses, the Charleston, S.C.-based outfit that created them, are a very different band than they were in 2007. Keying on leader Ben Bridwell — the […]
End of empire
Margaret Curtis’ paintings were once described by an art critic as looking like “the day after the party.” That was 10 years ago, when hyperbolic feminine themes were rampant in Curtis’ paintings of parade floats and giant plastic flowers. At that time Curtis was one of several female artists, like Sue Williams, responding to what […]