The West Asheville record store celebrates a milestone anniversary, local vocalists reflect on touring with Dr. Dog, plus more area arts news.
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The scoop on the return of AVLFest and Transfigurations IV in August
Mark your calendars for two of Asheville’s most beloved summer music festivals.
Around town: Celebrating Cherokee language preservation
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian holds a two-day event celebrating the Cherokee language. Plus, a fashion show honoring Black leaders; “The Granddaddy” of all festivals at UNCA; and more.
Local record-shop entrepreneurs discuss the wild world of vinyl
This roundtable discussion hits on vinyl trends, keeping up with new music and counteracting record-store stereotypes.
Mark Capon brings an analog pastime into the digital age
While Harvest Records remains shuttered, the business has started offering curbside pickup, mail orders and the occasional local delivery as co-owner Mark Capon tries to reimagine the usual record store experience through a virtual platform.
Gold Light & Snakemusk debut a new album with two local shows
Gold Light & Snakemusk will perform on Friday, May 10, at Harvest Records and Static Age Records.
Acoustic Asheville: Gold Light and Snakemusk
They are releasing their debut album, Shadows In The Shallows, on Friday, May 10 and are celebrating with two local shows that day.
The Young Society: record store crawl
Locally owned record stores hold a lot of musical energy, acting as hubs for artistic congregation and hosting live events by underground artists. Many Asheville locals are record collectors, and peeking into this world made me want to be one too. Christina and I explored four local spots housing worlds and decades of music
Screen scene: Local film news
Grail Moviehouse and Harvest Records team up to screen a documentary on Athens’ music scene and local libraries continue various film series.
Screen scene: Local film news
Frank Thompson kicks off a monthlong seminar on horror films and Harvest Records teams with The Grail to screen a doc on Sharon Jones.
Record Store Day returns, April 18
This year, on Saturday, April 18, record stores around the world will take part in the hallowed event. That mainly entails promotions, but there are also in-store events and a list of titles released only at record stores.
Sound track: Field Guide by Sarah Louise
One of the wonderful (and sometimes confusing) things about instrumental music is how open to interpretation it can be. While lyrics and instrumentation go hand in hand, the introduction of words does effectively contextualize a song. Of course there are other markers — rhythm, key, the instruments being played — that set a mood, but […]
Recap: Harvest Records’ Transfigurations II festival
The island’s hot and sunny day might have precluded a larger crowd from gathering for earlier sets — and sedated the folks there all day.
Harvest Records celebrates a decade in business with Transfigurations II music festival
Although “pretty much everybody” told them it wasn’t a good idea, Matt Schnable and Mark Capon opened Harvest Records in 2004. “We were just out of college and pretty headstrong about it,” says Schnable. “We figured even if were open just a year, at least we had seen something through.” The West Asheville-based store was […]
Eric D. Johnson on film scores, Joni Mitchell and Transfigurations II
Four years had passed since Eric D. Johnson made the last Fruit Bats record and in that time he’s scored films like Ceremony and Our Idiot Brother. There have been cinematic albums before, but EDJ, Johnson’s new solo project, is “a literal byproduct of all the film things I’ve been doing.”
Transfiguratively speaking: Harvest Records announces Transfigurations II lineup
Harvest Records announces Transfigurations II lineup Unless you work for, say, AC Entertainment, or are just a glutton for punishment, you probably don’t want to organize music festivals on a regular basis. That’s kind of how Harvest Records owners Mark Capon and Matt Schnable felt after pulling off their highly regarded Transfigurations Festival — and […]
Harvest Records celebrates nine-year anniversary with huge sale
“This time nine years ago, Matt and I (and a bunch of close friends) were scrambling to try to open a record store that we didn’t actually know how to run, in a neighborhood that no one really cared about,” begins a Facebook post by Harvest Records co-owner Mark Capon.
Indie-rocker Kurt Vile drops by Harvest Records
Add Vile to the list of big names who’ve played in store at the West Asheville record store.
Floating Action premieres “Matador” video
Last month, we joined Floating Action on the set of its latest video, an ‘80s-themed aerobics spoof for “Matador,” a bouncy rock anthem from its latest album, Fake Blood. Now, after nearly two months, the video has finally been released.
Slowdancing with Neil Halstead
The shoegazey-singer-songwriter (of Mojave 3) returns to Asheville for an intimate concert event this Saturday.
Float on: Fake Blood hits stores
For weeks, Xpress has been updating you on Floating Action’s forthcoming record and high-profile brushes with fame. Now, fans can finally see what all the (most recent) fuss is about. The band’s latest LP, Fake Blood, is officially in stores.