It was hard not to feel like an outsider as I took my seat atop a barstool at the French Broad Brewery. As the pre-show banter between the audience and band indicated, I was a stranger amongst friends. Family members dominated the makeup of the dozen attending and I felt a bit out of place, […]
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SoundTrack Web Extra: dep
Asheville-based recording artist Danny Peck (a.k.a. dep) releases his fourth album, Start Loving the Robots, a collection of electronica soundscapes and esoteric explorations.
SoundTrack: tHE POLES
It’s a weekend of EPs: Rockers tHE POLES release a four-song, self-titled EP. If you missed their Friday night show at the LAB, get a taste here.
SoundTrack: The Blue Dragons
Folk rockers The Blue Dragons release a four track (psst! there’s a bonus hidden track!) EP.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Eleven & the Falcons show review
“We’re like dubstep meets bluegrass”: Weird-yet-surprisingly-listenable surrealist pop trio Eleven & the Falcons recently played Firestorm Cafe. Singer/songwriter Amy White opened.
SoundTrack: The casual confidence of Millie and the Sirs
A review of the local band’s recent show at French Broad Brewery.
SoundTrack Web Extra: The Jellyrox
From Black Mountain: A surprisingly sweet electro-pop confection.
SoundTrack Web Extra: John Brannen
Country rocker John Brannen’s Bravado is immaculately-produced, sometimes-predictable and full of swagger.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Eleven & the Falcons
The Death Vine by this new-to-Asheville trio is both wildly experimental and pleasantly pretty.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Lost in the Trees
Lost in the Trees re-releases 2008’s All Alone in an Empty House on L.A.-based Anti Records.
SoundTrack Web Extra: The Archrivals
Usually novelty albums quickly lose their appeal — this is not the case with the Archrivals’ self-titled debut effort.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Richie Tipton and the First Kings
Richie Tipton and the Firsts Kings aren’t exactly the saints their cross-bearing CD art makes them out to be.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Sirius.B
Yes, Monkey Robot Soldier sounds like a cousin of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but Sirius.B tempers the fantasy of this EP with fierce and solid instrumentation.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Chad Mackey
If the World is Listening… by local singer/songwriter Chad Mackey is a buoyant, summery take on indie-pop.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Jeff Markham & The Last Call
This band’s newly released album, Before I Go aptly represents all the energy and charisma of the live show.
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You Dirty Rats is the latest project of Rudy Colombo, the singer/songwriter/guitarist of The Humbuckers and a former member of The Gypsy Moths, Billy the Six and NC Rail. But, unlike those other projects — Colombo's Asheville presence dates back to the 1990s — You Dirty Rats is a departure from the country-influenced songs Colombo […]
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From the first notes of "Hurricane Cocaine," a slow-building, richly layered pop-rocker, Wages establishes itself. Were this a speed skating trial, they'd be Apolo Ono overtaking three Koreans in a single fluid motion. Were this an Iron Chef match, they'd be Kat Cora with all her practiced cool and secret spice. Were it not the […]
SoundTrack Web Extra: Archer vs. Gunman
New to Asheville, Archer vs. Gunman brings with them The Last Days of Winter, a rocking album that reveals, upon closer inspection, beautifully-written lyrics.
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Jason Smith, the singer/songwriter/composer known as Night's Bright Colors (NBC), released the fourth and final installment in his Hospital Quartet on Sunday, May 2. The album — like its predecessors — is available online only, by free download. The drop date was significant: It was Smith's birthday. He begins a new year as his current […]
Night’s Bright Colors releases final installment
Companion albums Patient Notes and Absinthe Mourning will be available for free download beginning May 2.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Songs of Water
Song of Water’s new album, The Sea Has Spoken, seamlessly melds Appalachian string instruments, classical elements, complex percussion and elegant composition. The band performs Saturday, May 1, at The White Horse.