Depression-Era North Carolina String Band is Generously Anthologized on New Two-CD Set
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August 28, 2009
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The Static Minds' 'Rich Girl Blues'new
Here, on the debut 7" from Raleigh quartet The Static Minds, there are two. A-side reasoning: She's too busy being rich and, memorably put, "dying in her own bad taste." B-side reasoning: She's too busy being a bore.
Independent Weekly (NC) |
Rick Cornell |
03-04-2010 |
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Otis Taylor Shines New Light on an Ancient Instrumentnew
With each record, Otis Taylor has blazed a trail, or at the very least carved a trailhead, moving from self-described "trance-blues" to special blends that draw on jazz and back-mountain country, on the internal and the universal. His current release, Recapturing the Banjo, brings Taylor and most of his collaborators on the project to Duke University.
Independent Weekly (NC) |
Rick Cornell |
01-22-2009 |
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The Whistlestop Celebrates Faithnew
Several songs--most notably "The Money's Tight," which could have been written in the Great Depression's shadow--are the aural equivalents of the sepia-toned packaging and the vintage postcard included with the record.
Independent Weekly (NC) |
Rick Cornell |
07-31-2008 |
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The Body Might Have the Most Terrifying, Electrifying Album of the Yearnew
All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood takes doom metal -- that is, the most torturously heavy and slow music you can imagine -- and reshapes it with zeal.
Independent Weekly (NC) |
Grayson Currin |
09-01-2010 |
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Valient Thorr's Strangernew
Valient Thorr still finds its distinction by directing its menace at deserving targets via social commentaries charged by precision and power.
Independent Weekly (NC) |
Spencer Griffith |
09-01-2010 |
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Jim Avett's Tribesnew
With six of its seven songs being Avett originals, Tribes can be considered Avett's proper debut as a country music singer-songwriter.
Independent Weekly (NC) |
Spencer Griffith |
08-25-2010 |
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The Honored Guests finally value the process, not just the productnew
"It's about understanding your situation and understanding that something has to change in order to get to a better place," says frontman Russell Baggett of the band's third album, Please Try Again.
Independent Weekly (NC) |
Chris Parker |
08-25-2010 |
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Kooley High is Moving to New Yorknew
"My mama always told me that people won't respect you sometimes until you leave and come back, so we're doing our little leave and come back thing because we're definitely coming back."
Independent Weekly (NC) |
Spencer Griffith |
08-11-2010 |
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