We told you back in July about Merge Records releasing the debut album from Saint Rich (featuring Delicate Steve bandmates Christian Peslak and Steve Marion) titled Beyond the Drone on October 1. Now the band has extended their fall tour in support of the album to include a stop in the Triangle.
Ohio alt-pop band Walk the Moon released their self-titled major label debut album last year via RCA Records and the band are hitting the road in late summer and into the fall which and they'll make a stop in the Triangle.
Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell has announced a short solo tour this fall under the name Birdsmell where he'll be playing some new songs as well as reworked versions of songs from the band.
UNC has hosted some big concerts to celebrate homecoming in recent years including J. Cole, The New Pornographers and Passion Pit, and this year won't be any different.
With his debut self-titled solo record, Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles alum Fred Nicolaus ventures out on his own under the moniker Golden Suits.
As we've come expect over since the beginning of the Hopscotch Music Festival, when you're bringing so many bands to one place at one time, there are bound to be a few cancellations and last minute changes.
DC indie rockers U.S. Royalty will release their sophomore album this fall titled Blue Sunshine (a specific release date has not been announced) and the band will hit the road in support of it in September.
Georgia indie rockers Manchester Orchestra and hitting the road the fall touring the eastern half of the US and they'll make their way back to the Triangle.
This fall the Durham Performing Arts Center will host a special two-night R&B/hip-hop event for North Carolina Central University's homecoming weekend dubbed The Return of the Masters.
Triangle expatriates Roman Candle (they now call Nashville home) are returning this fall with a new album titled Debris, their first full-length release in four years. It will feature eleven new songs and although an official release date has not been announced yet, the band has shared a new song from the album.
With the 2013 Hopscotch Music Festival two weeks away, the festival has just unveiled this year's day parties which are free and will be going on during the day before the festival officially gets started each night on September 5-7. There are also a few events before and after the festival on September 4 and 8.
New York alt-pop band Cults will release their sophomore album Static on October 15 and they'll hit the road on a big North American tour in support of it this fall. |
| Photo by Will Holland |
“I hate music. What is it worth? Can’t bring anyone back to this Earth,” Mac McCaughan sings to open “Me and You and Jackie Mittoo,” one of the highlights of Superchunk’s tenth full-length album, I Hate Music.
After coming to the Triangle earlier this year to play the Red Hat Amphitheater supporting The National, indie favorites The Dirty Projectors will be coming back our way for a headlining show this fall. |
| Photo by Jason Arthurs |
Bombadil's fantastic new album Metrics of Affection was released last month and now the band has released a second video from the album for the song "Boring Country Song" (the first video was for "Escalators").
With the International Bluegrass Conference, Awards and the Wide Open Bluegrass Festival just a little over a month away, stage schedules have been released for the festival along with the lineups for the Ramble Showcases at the Lincoln Theatre.
R&B star Janelle Monáe was in Raleigh today (August 15) at radio station k97.5 promoting her forthcoming album The Electric Lady out on September 10 and she has just announced a return to the Triangle for a big show as a part of her fall tour.
Indie pop duo Phantogram have spent the summer in the studio working sophomore album that they're expected to announce sometime soon, but they've already rolled out plans for a big fall headlining tour in support of it.
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams has announced some new late-summer tour dates which will bring her back to the Triangle. She was last here at the North Carolina Museum of Art in 2011.
Earlier this year, Pennsylvania singer-songwriter Denison Witmer released a self-titled album (which is actually his ninth full-length album) and he'll be on the road this fall in support of it, including a stop in the Triangle.
Experimental art punks Pere Ubu have been making challenging, controversial and satisfying music since 1975. Their latest release, Lady From Shanghai, shows that they haven’t run out of steam.
Las Vegas rockers The Killers rolled into Raleigh Monday night for a packed show at Red Hat Amphitheater, their first Triangle show in almost nine years (they played the Cat's Cradle in September 2004). |
| Photos by Justin Weber |
Triangle old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops having been touring all the time since the release of their latest album Leaving Eden last February and the band performed the album's title track at the legendary Grand Ole Opry in Nashville back in June. Check out the performance below.
The Avett Brothers just released a new album last September titled The Carpenter but they're already eyeing this fall for the release of another new album.
Seattle indie folk rock band Hey Marseilles released their sophomore album, Lines We Trace, earlier this year (which Amazon has named the 17th best album of 2013 so far) and the band will hit the road on US tour this fall. |
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Singer-songwriter John Vanderslice just released his ninth album in June titled Dagger Beach and he has announced some new fall tour dates in support of it which will bring him back to the Triangle.
Singer-songwriter Amos Lee will release a new album titled Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song on October 8 and he'll hit the road on a big fall tour in support of it.
San Francisco rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club released their seventh album earlier this year titled Spector at the Feast and they'll make their way back to the US this fall for a tour in support of it after spending the summer in Europe.
Rising UK R&B singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé has announced new fall tour dates in support of her debut album Our Version of Events and among the dates is a stop in the Triangle.
Scout Niblett’s seventh album, It’s Up To Emma, opens with a foreboding two-note pattern and the line, “I think I’m gonna get me a gun, a nice little silver one.”
Georgia indie rockers The Black Lips are hitting the road this fall as they head up to New York to screen their new documentary about their tour in the Middle East last year and they'll be making a stop in the Triangle.
Loamlands, the post Midtown Dickens band comprised of former members Kym Register and Will Hackney are releasing their debut EP recorded with members of Lost in the Trees and Megafaun serving as the rhythm section.
Portland folk rock/alt country band Blitzen Trapper and releasing a new album on October 1 titled VII which will be their first album released by Vagrant Records. The band will hit the road on a big fall tour in support of the album which will bring them back to the Triangle.
Kevin Barnes and his art pop group of Montreal are gearing up for the release of their twelfth album Lousy with Sylvianbriar on October 8 and will follow the release with a big cross country tour.