Dexter Romweber started Flat Duo Jets back in the mid-80s. The Chapel Hill band influenced the likes of Neko Case and Jack White. These days, Dex performs with his percussionist sister Sara Romweber (Let’s Active). The Dex Romweber Duo plays The Grey Eagle on Friday, Dec. 28. In advance, Dex talked to Xpress about documentary films, N.C. bands, creativity and his real feelings about drum-and-guitar duos.
Friday, Dec. 21, is not only the end of the work week, it’s the end of the Mayan Calendar. Which may or may not mean the end of life on earth. One thing we know for sure: It’s a good reason for a party. Leigh Glass (pictured) performs, among others.
The local hip-hop artist headlines a Saturday show at One Stop. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets.
Chelsea Lynn La Bate and classical composer Silas Durocher collaborate on this new classical instrumentation-meets-contemporary song writing project. Ten Cent Orchestra debuts at The Lab this Thursday, Dec. 20.
The local musician/super-great-guy plays his last show of the year at The One Stop on Tuesday, Dec. 18 Danger Cube from Knoxville also performs as part of the Two For Tuesday series.
Woody Pines plays retro-tinged viper jazz, ragtime and country blues at Jack of the Wood this Saturday. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets. Photo by Sarah Warda.
The Americana singer-songwriter has been earning rave reviews and prime opening slots. On Tuesday, Dec. 11, he returns to Asheville as a headliner at The Emerald Lounge. Photo by Jamie Goodsell.
Following a nod from MTV Hive, the Utah-based indie-rockers make their way to Asheville. They play Jack of the Wood on Sunday, Dec. 9.
Swamping releases the third volume of its underground/experimental music compilation (download it for free), and celebrates with three nights of art and bands.
Soul artist Lee Fields (RIYL Sharon Jones, The Legendary JC’s, Fitz & the Tantrums) plays Asheville Music Hall on Thursday, Dec. 6. Sidney Barnes, backed by The Secret B-Sides, opens. 9 p.m., $12 in advance or $15 day of show.
Local tattoo artist and musician J. Horton (aka Ho-Tron Beatz) is celebrating his birthday (well, the one-year anniversary of his Unification Tattoo Parlor) in style. Asian Teacher Factory, Top-R, Samuel Paradise and others perform at One Stop on Saturday, Dec. 1. Image from Photography by Margaret.
After missing their September show in Asheville due to a broken down bus, Nashville’s Turbo Fruits head back to Broadway’s. They play Thursday, Oct. 24.
The Knoxville-based Talking Heads tribute band returns to the Asheville Music Hall this Friday. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets.
Pairing psychedelic rock infused with West African and Afro-Colombian rhythm, this band all the way from Oakland, Calif. brings a lot of what Asheville likes to the stage. And, better yet, the Friday show is FREE.
The Friday, Sept. 7 show is shaping up to be a cosmic dance party of intergalactic proportions.
As part of its current exhibition, Mel Chin: High, Low and In Between, the Asheville Art Museum hosts a special screening of Chin’s animated film 9-11/9-11 on Sept. 11, at 5:30 p.m. in the East Wing’s New Media Gallery. Chin originally premiered the film in 2007, but the story and animations are based on a […]
PUSH Skateshop and Gallery functions as an art gallery, an advocacy group for skaters and a video production company. The Patton Avenue hub finds a match in PUSH Tunisia, an international project unrelated to Asheville's PUSH. The two PUSHs host an art show and a screening of “a skateboard 'artivism' film and art mashup featuring […]
As part of Malaprop's 30th anniversary, the bookstore — which has welcomed, hosted and promoted poets since it opened — is publishing an anthology of poems, written by the Women on Words poetry group. The collection, Remember Me as a Time of Day, was compiled by Malaprop's founder, Emoke B'Racz (a poet herself, as well […]
Singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe is a stalwart of the local music scene (he was born and raised here), and his albums are not only brilliant constructions of gritty soul and Appalachian roots, they impart Holcombe's one-of-a-kind mountain wisdom. His new record, Down the River, is his ninth, and is "born from that bed of contradictions we […]
Big name metal bands join forces in this triple bill hosted by the Garage at Biltmore. Fans are already talking about how epic this reunion show will be, and for rock fans, it’s one not to miss. Saturday, Aug. 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. The venue […]
"Most importantly," says press for Blue Skies Burlesque's new show, The Dreaming, "there will be beautiful ladies presenting carefully crafted routines, each one inspired by a dream." The show, at the Magnetic Theatre, features original acts (from drag and puppetry to striptease and pole dance) performed in classical and neoclassical Burlesque styles (including dance numbers […]
