Local musician Dep releases a new downloadable album. (Get a first listen here.)
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Fitz & the Tantrums at the Orange Peel
The L.A.-based retro-soul outfit returned to Asheville as a headliner, playing a high-energy and wildly fun show. Slideshow of photos by Rich Orris.
SoundTrack web extra: Quota
Indie-pop trio Eleventyseven releases EP Quota, a confection of ‘80s-reminiscent dance music, catchy lyrics, and a stellar tribute to skacore.
SoundTrack web extra: Leaving Ohio
Semi-local band Treadmill Trackstar made a fine comeback (they got their start in the ‘90s) last year with i belong to me. The band returns this year with Leaving Ohio, a darkly-gorgeous Americana-tinged collection.
SoundTrack web extra: Mended Heart Compilation
Local indie-label Mended Heart Records recently released Band Together Compilation 2011 featuring 14 bands, and benefiting a charity.
SoundTrack web extra: Doc Aquatic at Grey Eagle
Psychedelic indie rock band Doc Aquatic recently opened for The Baker Family Band at the Grey Eagle, performing a varied and innovative set.
SoundTrack web extra: The Dark Shave
Local prog-rock trio The Dark Shave put on a highly experimental and energetic show, opening for Grammer School at Craggie Brewing last weekend.
SoundTrack web extra: New Weird Xmas
Yes, this three-song EP by Alligator Indian has “Xmas” in the title, but don’t let that weird you out. The experimental collection is perfect for any season.
Little bit of love in her heart: Lissie plays the Orange Peel
The little woman with the big voice took the Orange Peel stage last night and played a polished, passionate and extremely fun show. Photos by Rich Orris.
It’s been a long time since he did the stroll…
Robert Plant and Band of Joy might not have reinvented rock ‘n roll at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, but they put a new spin on “Rock and Roll” along with plenty of other Led Zeppelin classics and new material from Plant’s recently-release Band Of Joy album. Photo by Rich Orris.
SoundTrack web extra: “Ray of Sunshine” and “Natural Selections”
Two very different local CDs for your consideration: An album of folk banjo and piano jazz from Average Joe, and a compilation of area punk and alternative bands from new label Umbrella Tree Records.
Sound Track web extra: Donavon Frankenreiter show review
The surfer/singer/songwriter came to The Orange Peel last night on tour for his new album, Glow.
Sound Track web extra: Asheville Symphony Orchestra review
Last Saturday, the Symphony performed a dynamic concert including collaborations with NC Stage and the Asheville Symphony Chorus.
Sufjan Stevens at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
A review of the epic (and epically hard to describe) concert, and photos by Rich Orris.
SoundTrack Web Extra: You Dirty Rats
If you’ve heard You Dirty Rats live (and you should), this EP won’t come as a complete surprise — but the band does have a few recording tricks up its collective sleeve resulting in an album that’s both polished and raucous.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Rat Jackson, Ryan Sheffield and Eliza Bell
Guest reviewer Sanuk D checks out Rat Jackson’s Midnight Get Right, Ryan Sheffield & the Highhills’ Head for the Coast and Eliza Bell’s Maps Upon the Sand.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Hello Hugo
Hello Hugo is a band not just to see, but to pay attention to. If you thought instrumental bands were for elevators, think again.
SoundTrack Web Extra: The Nova Echo
Local electronica band The Nova Echo releases EP Voyager: Five hooky, dancey, other-worldly, totally-infectious new songs.
SoundTrack Web Extra: One Foot in Fantasy
Debut psy-trance album One Foot in Fantasy, along with a psy-trance DJ compilation by Axis Mundi’s Jason Miller, are being handled internationally by Hong Kong and Italy-based distributors, but the other-worldly music is firmly rooted in the local EDM scene.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Quetzatl at The Hookah Bar
Quetzatl is a veteran of the electronic music scene, and it showed with how tight and perfectly executed his set was. The years have, thankfully, not translated into an evolution of sound that is inaccessible or overly polished. His sound is gritty, but not from a lack of production savvy. It’s an approach that transcends the myriad genres that have been born from the electronic scene, and instead layers elements of different styles upon one another.
SoundTrack Web Extra: The Bushels
The Bushels, from Charleston, S.C., have a former Asheville singer/songwriter on mandolin and an arsenal of feel-good bar rockers in sophomore release, Wood & Steel.