The Richmond, Va.-based musician opened for The Mountain Goats at Grey Eagle last Friday. Photos by Rich Orris.
Tag: review
Showing 85-105 of 167 results
SoundTrack web extra: Anniversary
WNC-based singer-songwriter Angela Faye Martin releases her new album today. The gorgeously haunted 11-song collection features tributes to late musicians Mark Linkous and Vic Chesnutt, and contributions from Linkous’ brother Matt.
Sound track web extra: Geekamongus
Local percussionist Will Chatham recently released his solo album. The eight-song record is a surprising amalgamation of quirk, cool, experimental instrumentation and smart beats.
Sound Track web extra: Shod My Feet
The local band releases its first full-length album, “Orange,” at The Lab on Friday, Nov. 2.
Sound track web extra: Xavier Rudd and Yeshe
Two world music artists performed an uplifting an innovative show at The Orange Peel last weekend. Photos borrowed from the Peel’s Facebook page
Pearl and the Beard at Grey Eagle
Review and video from last Friday’s show.
Review: Leftover Salmon at the Orange Peel
Founding member Drew Emmitt summed it up best when Xpress spoke with him from his Colorado home last week: “The band definitely has a new fervor and a new excitement. It feels in a lot of ways like the old Salmon, and yet with a renewed energy.” The jam band, slam-grass pioneers are indeed back.
Janglin (and more) with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
The sprawling folk-rock collective played Thomas Wolfe Auditorium last week. Photos by John Zara.
Good sports
Football-themed play “Between the Tackles,” which opened last weekend at Burnsville’s Parkway Playhouse, is clearly a pick six, both in terms of fast paced acting and of gut wrenching humor.
SoundTrack web extra: “Getchya Hip Thrust”
Austin’s Ghost Wolves swing back through Asheville with a searing new single (and a collaboration with BP Fallon; the trio is pictured here). Check out a preview here; the show is Thursday, Sept. 27 at The Get Down.
Two Gallants and Papa at Grey Eagle
Two California bands played a memorable show to a crowd of possibly over-adoring fans at the Grey Eagle last night. Click through for the review.
“I might die. But that’s okay.”
A review of Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes’ energetic, enthusiastic and super-tight show at Emerald Lounge last weekend.
Sound Track web extra: Eleventyseven
Greenville pop group Eleventyseven releases its take on country, bluegrass and Americana with EP “Attack of the Mountain Medley.” The album drops online today.
Sound track web extra: Truth & Salvage Co. EP
A new full-length album is in the works for early next year, but in the meantime the Nashville-by-way-of-L.A.-by-way-of-Asheville rockers have dropped limited-release Salvage Songs, Vol. 1.
Sound track web extra: Golden Animals at the Grey Eagle
The Brooklyn-based psychedelic indie-rock duo performed a headliner-worthy opening slot on Tuesday night.
Review of Valorie Miller’s Turtle Shell, with a CD-release Thursday at BoBo
The record is one of Miller’s strongest efforts, every track featuring her distinctive and expressive voice, expert guitar work and originality — always with a flavor that has branded her, as a reviewer at No Depression put it, “pure Carolina from whisper to wail.”
Twin Shadow releases “Confess” on July 10
And it’s an awesome album. So gloriously ‘80s-retro (without feeling like a throwback) and emotionally wrought (without being cloying) that you’ll want to see the live show RIGHT NOW. Happily, the Moogfest alum returns to Asheville on Sept. 21 for a show at the Orange Peel.
Sound Track web extra: CrazyHorse & Colston
The local hip-hop duo releases a new album, “Backroads & Bonfires,” ahead of their Bele Chere performance.
Lost In The Trees at Grey Eagle
After more than three years the orchestral-pop group from Chapel Hill returned to Asheville, playing a complex, gorgeous and emotive show to a good-sized crowd. LITT has been reviewed by NPR and Rolling Stone and has, since its last Asheville appearance, made the transition from virtual unknowns to a nationally-recognized act.
Review: tUnE-yArDs and Mariachi El Bronx
More than a dance party, this show was brainy disco: a dissertation on how to raise the roof. The two bands took the Orange Peel stage on Thursday, June 7. Photos by Rich Orris.
Sound Track web extra: Alarm Clock Conspiracy
The local indie-rock outfit releases its self-titled debut and holds an album release party at Highland Brewery this Friday, 6-8 p.m.
