Month: October 2016
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NEW RELEASES 10/28: We close out the month with a new DATURA 4, ALEJANDRO ESOCOVEDO, THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, and compilations, jazz and classical goodness galore!
An interesting bunch of stuff in our New Releases section this week. Datura 4 brings the heaviness, Brian Jonestown Massacre keeps it weird, Alejandro Escovedo returns with his first solo album in four years, and we’ve got extra compilation and Gene-centric jazz-and-classical goodness. Read on…. DATURA 4, Hairy Mountain (CD/LP) Rock n Roll fans, please…
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Hip-hop maestro DANNY BROWN’s incredible new album ATROCITY EXHIBITION comes out tomorrow on indie-store only neon pink vinyl! Viva #Vinyl Tuesday!
DANNY BROWN WILL PLAY THREE SHOWS THIS WEEK IN CHARLOTTE, CARRBORO & ASHEVILLE to celebrate his mind-bending new album. He’ll be at The Underground (10/28), Cat’s Cradle (10/29) and The Orange Peel (10/30). Click “Read More” for info on all three shows!
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NEW RELEASES, 10/21: YES! The new LEONARD COHEN is here, along with an amazing album by the supreme hip-hop duo NX WORRIES, a new PRETENDERS album produced by DAN AUERBACH, and more!
In this week’s New Releases, we reverently bow our heads and welcome the new album by the ageless Leonard Cohen, we celebrate the return of American Football (the band, not the sport), we dive into the demented hip-hop weirdness of Nx Worries, and we delight in a new Pretenders album produced by Dan Auerbach! Read…
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THE MARCUS KING BAND, ADIA VICTORIA & the KANSAS BIBLE COMPANY rocked FALL FOR GREENVILLE, THE BOHEMIAN CAFE and our collective worlds over the weekend, and we thank them, and YOU!
We had three amazing Fall For Greenville-adjacent performances at Horizon Records in The Bohemian Cafe this weekend, and we were three-for-three on awesome. ADIA VICTORIA kicked things off on Saturday at 2pm with a haunting, visceral set of gothic blues, then the glorious seven-piece ball of soul, funk, rock and marching-band madness that is the…
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AZIZA is a new project led by uber-bassist DAVE HOLLAND. Their debut album comes out this Friday. We are happy!
Aziza is in-stock now on CD at Horizon Records. The vinyl LP is out 10/28! The sheer range of talent and commitment that exudes from the newly minted quartet called Aziza is positively mouthwatering. Chris Potter is one of the most assured saxophonists on the planet; Lionel Loueke’s blend of contemporary guitar sounds with echoes of the…
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NEW RELEASES, 10/14: BLACKBERRY SMOKE, CONOR OBERST, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SUZANNE VEGA, KINGS OF LEON & more!
The throwback Southern rockers Blackberry Smoke kick off our New Releases this week, followed by a bluesy David Bromberg album, the swan song from experimental metal gurus Dillinger Escape Plan, a truly moving tribute to Italian opera by Jonas Kaufmann, a truly lovely downer from Conor Oberst and a star-studded tribute to the Night Tripper,…
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MICHAEL CLEVELAND’s “Fiddler’s Dream” is out now on Compass Records!
With his new release, Fiddler’s Dream, Michael Cleveland delivers his finest studio album to date: full of the fire and finesse that has earned him fans from across the globe. Highlights include a blistering performance of the Sam Bush on the John Hartford classic “Steamboat Whistle Blues,” and a twin fiddle show down on the…
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CLAIRE LYNCH’s beautiful new album NORTH BY SOUTH, a tribute to great Canadian songwriters, is out! And yes, we’re PUMPED.
On North by South, Claire Lynch pays homage to her favorite Canadian songwriters on a set of bluegrass and new acoustic tracks. After her recent marriage to a Canadian, Lynch began to dig into the vast catalog of songs written by Canadian songwriters and found the inspiration for this project. Working with Alison Brown in…
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ADIA VICTORIA is playing at Horizon in The Bohemian Cafe on Saturday, Oct. 15th before her FALL FOR GREENVILLE gig that night!
Adia Victoria is establishing a fresh reference point on the musical landscape. From blood-born howls to idiosyncratic phrasing, she is the big red dot saying You Are Here. The Nashville-based artist travels the lands of rock, afro punk, and country, squarely situated in the continent of the Blues. Ask about her artistic goals, and the…
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NEW RELEASES 10/7: THE MARCUS KING BAND’s new album is upon us, along with a long-awaited SHOVELS & ROPE album, new HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER & TODD SNIDER!
20-year-old guitar wizard and home-grown Upstate phenomenon Marcus King is standing on the verge of something much bigger. Marcus and his lethally talented namesake band have all the instinctive talent, blues chops and road-tested experience to be one of the great groups of our time, and their new self-titled album, produced by ex-Allman Brother Warren…