2011

Okkervil River: Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC 9/13/11

Will Sheff is a densely literate songwriter of the highest degree.  Like a good novelist, his songs reveal layers as they progress, adding intrigue and possibility to the plot and subtle nuance to the characterization, while weighty symbolism abounds throughout.  The man also likes his hand-claps, as Sheff raucously urged and prodded the crowd to “throw their hands up” and clap along to the beats of some of the band’s best-known numbers

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Grayson Capps: The Lost Cause Minstrels

With his newest release – The Lost Cause Minstrels – on the Potato Head Family label, Grayson Capps takes his music in a new direction.  Having lived in both New Orleans and Nashville, the Alabama native recently returned home and seems to further embrace his roots.

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Neil Young Penning New Memoir

Neil Young’s taking a look at his life for a new memoir. The tentatively titled "Waging Heavy Peace" is scheduled for release in fall 2012, according to an announcement from

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Ten and Tracer

I stumbled across Ten and Tracer, or Jonathan Canupp, an American producer from Boulder, Colorado by listening to samples that left me drooling for more.

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Bleached Is Thinking Of You

Jessie and Jennifer Clavin returned to writing music together after a brief pause, but this time under the name Bleached. Fully entrenched in the SoCal scene, their music is beginning to spread around the country, thanks in part to the well-received Carter 7inch release and their wildly enjoyable and raucous live show. Look for the Clavin sisters this fall as they tour to and from the CMJ festival.

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Radiohead Appearing On Colbert Report

Comedy Central’s Colbert Report will air its first hour-long episode Sept. 26, when Colbert sits down with Radiohead Radiohead will perform four songs, featuring material off its most recent album,

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