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Video: Toad the Wet Sprocket
Jesse Hamm caught up with the alt-rock band at the Orange Peel.
Brian Sneeden wins the poetry prize
An attentive crowd turned out Friday night for the finalists of the 2011 Mountain Xpress poetry prize. Rooftop poet and Asheville Vaudevillian Brian Sneeden claimed the top honor. Asheville Poetry Review’s Keith Flynn did the final judging.
Lyrics Born at Pisgah
Rich Orris was there, and if you weren’t, you shoulda been.
Look at me LAMAfest!
Jesse Hamm has some highlights of last Saturday’s LAMAfest at the Grey Eagle, featuring Now You See Them, Uncle Mountain, Modo, Underhill Rose and many more.
Town Mountain live at the Grey Eagle
Jesse Hamm caught the Asheville-based bluegrass mavericks at their CD-release show last week.
Reception for Relics is tonight
Our own Ursula Gullow has a new show up at N.C. Stage. 
And then there was Bassnectar
Didn’t make it to last week’s sold-out Bass Center electroni-stravaganza at the Civic Center? Or wishing you could go again tonight? Here are some photos from photog Shaun Hollingsworth.
We present for you: belated photos of Josh Ritter
Rich Orris took these last week. Enjoy ‘em.
Moogfest on the horizon with just-announced fest
Well, sort of. It’s closer than before, thanks to the Halfway to Moogfest weekend, featuring Atmosphere and Madlib, among others. Hells yes.
David Wax Museum at the LAB
Jesse Hamm got this footage at Monday night’s show.
UNCA cancels Concerts on the Quad
Citing financial pressures, UNCA officials opted to end the 28-year summer music series.
“Immaturity at its immaturest”
Disclaimer Stand-up Lounge welcomes The Rubber & Glue Tour to Athena’s tonight.
The Broadcast sings “Higher Ground”
Wake up, it’s Saturday morning! Time for a peppy cover from local rock outfit The Broadcast’s recent Jack of the Wood show. Video by Jesse Hamm.
Where in the world is Jack Ballard?
The man who put on the Loki Music Festival at Deerfields may or may not have surfaced again in Arizona. Why are people looking for him?
The Walkmen at the Grey Eagle
Rich got photos. Jesse got video. We all got seriously entertained.
It’s Time for Three
Asheville Bravo Concerts presents a string trio that can’t be classified. Want to attend tomorrow’s performance? We’re giving away two pairs of tickets to the stellar show.
About a Dead Man
We highly recommend you stop by Harvest Records this evening and view the new work from artist (and Xpress designer) Nathanael Roney.
Avett Brothers at the Civic Center
Photos by Rich Orris.
Setting our Sightlines on local theatre
We continued another year of the heavily trafficked Sightlines theatre-review project (mountainx.com/theatre). A collaboration between Xpress and contributors John Crutchfield, Lucia Del Vecchio Gray, Steven Samuels and guests, the online-only reviews attempt to provide honest and thoughtful criticism of almost every local theatre production. Watch for changes this year, as Samuels opens the Magnetic Field […]
“You Can Sing Me Anything”
I don’t get to write much for print. But a certain set of songs demanded the cover, and I allowed: a performance of The Magnetic Field’s iconic 69 Love Songs albums, recreated by nine local bands. The article consisted almost entirely of the performer’s answers to a series of questions I sent. It may have […]