As we make our way to the Hear Here CD release show Aug. 29 at Cat’s Cradle (also my birthday!), listen to 88.1 as our top-notch Local Lunch crew debut songs from the 17-track compilation. This Friday, Aug. 14, Mikey P and guests Mike Robinson from Terpsikhore and BJ Burton from Flying Tiger will unleash Kooley High’s “Can’t Go Wrong” and Lonnie Walker’s “Feels Like Right.” The freshness will continue through next week, so stay tuned. Local Lunch airs Mon-Fri from noon to 1 p.m.
Category: Local Music
General coverage of local music happenings
As always, Tir Na Nog Irish Pub and WKNC 88.1 FM have put together a great schedule for Local Beer Local Band. Join us this week as we celebrate DJ Cantona’s birthday with music by Maple Stave, Auxes and (Double Barrel Benefit 4 alumnus) Fin Fang Foom. It’s FREE and our friends 21 and up can enjoy tasty local beer specials.
Exciting stuff happening on both the Local Lunch and Local Beat today.
First, the Local Lunch: our good friend BJ Burton from Flying Tiger Sound Studios is coming by to DJ with Mikey for today’s Local Lunch. He’s bringing with him exclusive local tracks “that no one’s ever heard before”:
“Second Bird of Paradise” by The Rosebuds
“Seasons” by Lonnie Walker
I don’t know exactly what Mikey and BJ’s plans are, but those songs will be presented to the world for the first time during the Local Lunch today.
Then, looking ahead to the Local Beat, we’ll be chatting with Shayne from The Future Kings of Nowhere about playing the Hopeline Benefit show at Tir Na Nog tonight, about moving to New York, and about some of his memories from time spent in the Triangle. He’ll be performing several new songs in studio, as well.
And, of course, we’ll be spotlighting some of the AWESOME new local music that’s been released locally. Good stuff all around.
This week’s shoegaze edition of Local Beer Local Band Night features Citified and Gray Young. Show starts around 10 at Tir Na Nog and it’s free to get in! Fresh with a new EP “Absence”, the Greensboro collective Citified will be headlining. Make sure you get to Tir Na Nog in time to see Raleigh based Gray Young perform or you’ll miss one of the Triangle’s best. Come out and support the community!
Also, tune in at 5pm today (Thursday) as I will be interviewing Gray Young.
Tonight (Thur 5/11) at Local Beer Local Band Night we have marine-mammal rockers, The Whalewatchers, and experimental jazz group, Starmount. Don’t forget, Tir Na Nog is in downtown Raleigh (218 S. Blount St.) and it’s FREE to get in! Also, I’ll be doing an interview with the Whalewatcher’s arund 5pm today, so make sure you tune in.
Here’s the official Whalewatcher’s music video for the song Pretty Money:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r8ufspAdTk
See you out there!
As most of you all know, WKNC and Tir Na Nog do this thing called Local Beer Local Band Night. Each Thursday at Tir Na Nog we have a free show with great local bands and great local brews. This week’s line up is Regina Hexaphone and the Stars Explode. Also, tune in to 88.1 at 5pm on Thursday, as I will be interviewing Regina Hexaphone.
Here’s a qoute from the Independent Weekly about Regina Hexaphone:
“The rustling sun-kissed beauty and easy charm of Regina Hexaphone’s folky pop echo the sweet, generous vibe of frontwoman Sara Bell. Just as a wayward smile from someone attractive can brighten your day, nothing feels quite as welcoming as Hexaphone’s soothing sonic embrace. A preview of their forthcoming album, Into Your Sleeping Heart, is impressive, indeed, from the nomadic surf-inflected pop of "Waiting for the Wind” to the Dresden-bound gypsy bounce of “The Fortyniner.” Elsewhere, they work in a hazy, pillowy drift of receding detail, like a watercolor pulling away and over the horizon.“ –Chris Parker, Independent Weekly
"The Stars Explode is the new rock band led by Doug Edmunds, co-founding member/songwriter/drummer/vocalist for 90s rockpop underground wonders, Gladhands, and most recently the drummer for Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies. The Stars Explode builds on Edmunds’ musical legacy while looking squarely to the future. With influences ranging from the rugged British rock of Paul Weller to the loud guitar pop of the Posies to latter-day singer-songwriters like Grant-Lee Phillips, Jon Brion, and Rhett Miller, Edmunds’ new band offers up a delicious blend of musical offerings.”–the Stars Explode’s Myspace
Here’s a video of Regina Hexaphone playing live in Chapel Hill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0FW6XjdYrE
So come out and support your community!
Left Outlet and The Names will be rockin’ Tir Na Nog tonight (Thursday 5/28) for Local Beer Local Band Night! Left Outlet is experimental prog rock and The Names are old school rock ‘n roll with a bluesy feel. Don’t forget it’s FREEEE to get in, and Tir Na Nog has some delicious local beers on tap. Come out and support your community!
Left Outlet will also be on the air at 5pm with me today to talk about their band and the show.
Here’s a video of Left Outlet playing “Prudence” live:
I’m super excited about this week’s Trekky edition of Local Beer Local Band Night (5/21), as we have the Double Barrel Benefit alumnus The Never and Lost in the Trees! Local Beer Local Band Night is held every Thursday night (9:30) at Tir Na Nog in downtown Raleigh. It’s FREEEEEE to get in and Tir Na Nog has some great local brews. So come out and support your comunity!!!!
Here’s a video of Lost in the Trees performing live at the Showroom in SC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHxPbIHvRdk
And here’s a video of the Never live at the Cradle!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKzV0RP8djQ&feature=related
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Old school local rockers Sorry About Dresden will be headlining our weekly event Local Beer Local Band Night at Tir Na Nog, thursday at 10! Playing alongside are the Dirty Litte Heaters and Le Weekend. It’s FREEEEE to get in and Tir Na Nog has some mouthwatering local brews on tap. Come out and support your community!
Check out this video of Sorry About Dresden playing live for the DotMatrix Project in Greensboro!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XH3uPsGn6o
And here’s a video of the Dirty Little Heaters playing live back in ‘06. This girl know how to rock!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-rfiThHw8o
by Spaceman Spiff
This past Thursday was a busy day for Prabir and the Substitutes! After being stuck in traffic, the band dropped by the 5 o’clock Shadow for an in-studio interview with Mikey P and me. Then, the band headed to Tir Na Nog where they completely rocked out WKNC’s weekly Local Beer Local Band Night with Chapel Hill natives Embarrassing Fruits.
Considering their hectic touring schedule, I was excited to have such a relaxed discussion with the band about their music. Prabir and the Substitutes are a pop-rock group from Richmond, Virginia with a knack for melody and harmony and a keen appreciation for the joys of playing music. Appropriately enough, we discussed the trials and tribulations of touring and the many ways the band keeps their lives enjoyable (everything from maintaining an amusing website to smashing their instruments after their shows). We also spun some great tracks off of their new EP “Hello.”
Check out the interview below!
Prabir and the Substitutes interview
In today’s digital world, it’s great to see a band that cares so much about the physical release of an album. I love having something I can hold in my hands when I buy my music—the thrill of driving to my local record store, thumbing through the collection, talking with the clerk as I pay, peeling off that damn sticky tape before prying open the cover, admiring the pictures in the liner notes—owning the physical CD gives me more of a connection with the artist.
In the 1960s, the single was the primary means by which an artist released their music before bands like the Beatles and the Beach Boys demonstrated the artistic importance of the album. In 2007, Prabir and the Substitutes demonstrated their respect for the physical release of an album by intending for the duplicate copy included with their EP, Share, to be given to a friend. The group might not save the physical album from certain doom, but they’re putting up a valiant fight.