Kovacs & the Polar Bear and Jonathan Ammons & the Electric Ghost both have highly anticipated shows, one Friday and one Saturday.
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Gilded age: Review of Vampire Weekend at The Orange Peel
Relentlessly poppy, polished and fun, Vampire Weekend lives up to the hype.
Skinny Legs and All perform “Every Mile Was Worth It”
The local teen blues-rock outfit celebrated the release of its first original CD, appropriately titled The Original.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Big Daddy Love
From start to finish, Big Daddy Love’s To The Mountain is a captivating album that alludes to a dynamic live show.
This weekend on a shoestring
Lots of music this weekend (and Greenfest at UNC-A). Not to be missed: the return of Jonathan Ammons & the Electric Ghost which is not just a comeback but a CD release. Because it’s just that sort of weekend.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Paul Cataldo
New England-born, Black Mountain-based singer/songwriter Paul Cataldo evokes a strong sense of place with Rivers, Roads & Mountains.
Get yer goats on
Tonight, one night only at the Fine Arts Theatre: a Mountain Goats performance film made by the very talented director Rian Johnson (and put on by our friends at Harvest Records).
SoundTrack Web Extra: The Discordian Society
The Discordian Society’s Primordial Soup is a heady brew of styles, influences, serious musicianship and sometimes downright silly lyrics.
This weekend on a shoestring
This week’s roundup starts with Thursday, April 1, but it’s no joke. A down-right exhausting list of budget-priced shows awaits your perusal. Read on!
Review of MARTYN at Club 828
You don’t have to be a club rat to dig Martyn; you just have to dig music that’s designed to blur the senses through rhythm, groove and drone. This is arty stuff, no doubt about it.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Galen Kipar
If Galen Kipar’s The Scenic Route — a name which at first seems vague, but, on closer examination, proves apt — is not a work of mastery, it’s damned close.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Boo Ray
Boo Ray’s Bad News Travels Fast plays like a guilty pleasure, all boozy and rough-edged and filled with promises of trouble and ruined reputations. But the thing about Bad News is there’s nothing bad about it.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Tom Fisch
Singer/songwriter Tom Fisch turns out a seamless ode to nostalgia and the bittersweet progress of time on October Boy.
This weekend on a shoestring
More daylight, warmer weather, and even more to do. Bands, art, a market opening, free burgers, a costume sale and plenty more. All for cheap or — even better — free.
Video: Hockey at Grey Eagle
The Portland, Ore.-based new-wave band played in Asheville last Friday and Jesse Hamm filmed the show. The band hits Coachella next month.
Drive-by Truckers at Harvest Records
Mark ye olde calendars, ‘cause the Drive-By Truckers and Langhorne Slim will be playing in-stores at Harvest Records on Record Store Day, April 17.
This weekend on a shoestring
There’s a good hour of extra daylight each night this weekend, and the vernal equinox (that’s the start of spring) is at the stroke of midnight on Saturday. Need any more reason to get out of the house and celebrate a bit? How about a weekend’s worth of entertainment, with no cover charge over $5.
Ready for the weekend
The Hurt Mountain Boys lead a night of mountain/country/roots/rock at Stella Blue on Friday.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Rafe Hollister, Leigh Glass
Reviews of the newest albums by Rafe Hollister and The Leigh Glass Band (both of whom perform this Friday).
Battlefield band CD/DVD package giveaway
Xpress is giving away a copy of Battlefield Band’s albums Out for the Night and Zama Zama, and a copy of the DVD Battlefield Band in Concert at the Brunton Theatre Musselburgh.
Catch Blind Boys of Alabama in Franklin
The new Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts hosts the renowned gospel group on Friday.