80s rockers Rick Springfield and Pat Benatar are joining forces this summer for a short tour that will kick off right here in the Triangle.
Raleigh's own superstar string band Chatham County Line is back this year with their first studio album since 2010's Wildwood. The new album is titled Tightrope and will hit stores on May 20 via Yep Roc Records.
Experimental Philadelphia indie rockers Man Man are hitting the road again this spring in support of their latest album On Oni Pond and they'll return to the Triangle (they played the Cat's Cradle last fall).
Band Together's concerts in Raleigh raising money for community organizations in the Triangle have become a staple in the area and they've grown bigger and bigger each year. This spring it grows exponentially as the concert moves the area's big shed with a big headliner.
Vertical Scratchers debut, Daughter of Everything, is scattershot, but charming. John Schmersal (Brainiac/Enon, Caribou’s touring band, and Crooks on Tape) and Christian Beaulieu (Triclops!/Anywhere) have created an album all over the place, but still inviting. 
Swedish folk pop duo First Aid Kit released their acclaimed sophomore album The Lion's Roar in 2012 (check out the album review HERE) and have been rising in the musical ranks ever since. The band will cap their upcoming spring tour with an appearance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee in June, but they'll stop in the Triangle the night before the big gig.
The newly-remastered version of Superchunk's 1997 album Indoor Living is out today, February 25, as a part of Merge's 25th anniversary celebration. To commemorate the release, the band has released a new solo acoustic version of the song "Watery Hands" that you can stream below.
Chicago indie rock duo Wild Belle released their debut album Isles last spring and have been hard at work supporting it since then. They have just announced a new round of spring tour dates that will bring the band back to the Triangle (they played Kings last fall).
Singer-songwriter Andrew Bird was just announced as one of the performers at this year's Bonnaroo Music Festival in June and with that comes a string of tour dates around that appearance that will include a stop in the Triangle.
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos is gearing up for the release of her 14th album, Unrepentant Geraldines, out on May 13, and has just announced a big North American summer tour in support of it which will kick off on July 16 in Vancouver.
Utah pop rockers Neon Trees are gearing up for the released of third full-length album, Pop Psychology, on April 22 and they'll hit the road on a big North American tour in support of it in May.
Philadelphia pop rockers Dr. Dog are hitting the road in the late spring on a tour in support of their new album B-Room released last fall and they're coming to the Triangle.
The Rock 'n' Roll company, which holds marathons throughout the U.S., is holding their first-ever event here this spring and along with it will come a big concert at the end of the races featuring Denmark via New York band New Politics.
Seventy-six year old surf rock guitar legend Dick Dale and his band are hitting the road this spring and they'll make a stop in the Triangle.
Up and coming indie singer-songwriter Erika M. Anderson, better known as EMA, will release a new album on April 8 titled The Future's Void and she'll hit the road on a big North American tour this spring ins support of it.
New York alt rockers Born Cages led by guitarist and singer Vlad Holiday are hitting the road on a short tour in March leading up to South By Southwest and it will include a stop in the Triangle.
Legendary soul singer Lionel Richie is gearing up for a big summer tour this year dubbed All the Hits All Night Long and he’s taking R&B superstar CeeLo Green along for the ride.
Two of the Triangle's most popular groups, The Old Ceremony and The Love Language are teaming up for a big show in the Triangle this spring at what's becoming one of the most popular venues in the area.
Ohio indie trio Cloud Nothings will release their third full-length album Here and Nowhere Else on April 1 and then they'll hit the road on a big spring tour in support of it.
After wrapping an intimate 11-night residency at a 40-capacity venue in New York this month, British indie rockers The xx will hit the road on a short U.S. tour in April that will bring them to the Triangle.
Singer-songwriter Conor Oberst is back this year with his first solo album since 2009's Outer South. The new album Upside Down Mountain will be out on on May 20 via Nonesuch Records. He'll hit the road in May on a big tour with Dawes, both as the opening act and Oberst's band.
Water Liars' third full length album is a powerful, confident thesis on the band. It balances country, punk, love, loss and southern identity brilliantly. It is appropriately self titled.
Country legend Willie Nelson and superstar bluegrass group Alison Krauss and Union Station are teaming up for a big spring/summer tour that will bring them to both the Triangle and the Triad.
The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, just released his 18th studio album earlier this year titled High Hopes and he has been in South Africa and Australia promoting it. Now he'll come back to the U.S. in the spring to head out on another tour that will bring him to the Triangle
The Piano Man himself, Billy Joel, returned to the Triangle on Sunday night for a much hyped show that surpassed expectations and made good on Joel's promise to dig deep into his catalog on this tour.
New York indie pop band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are heading down to the South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin in March and they've announced a short tour around the festival.
Ohio indie pop duo Twenty One Pilots will take their latest album Vessel back on the road this spring as they head out on a big tour that will bring them to the Triangle.
Colorado pop rockers OneRepublic are hitting the road this summer on a big North American tour in support of their latest album Native that will bring them to the Triangle for a big show.
Following the deluxe reissues of Lambchop's Nixon in January and the forthcoming reissue of Superchunk's Indoor Living in February, the reissue series will continue on in March with a classic Richard Buckner album.
Local folk rising stars Mandolin Orange released their acclaimed Yep Roc debut This Side of Jordan last year and now they've released a new music video from the album for the song "Morphine Girl." Check out the beautifully shot video below.
Singer-songwriter Angel Olsen blew folks away at last year's Hopscotch Music Festival (check out a write-up and photos of her set HERE) and now she's gearing up for the release of a new album on February 18 titled Burn Your Fire for No Witness. As is the custom, a tour will follow the release and it will include a return to the Triangle.
One of North Carolina's favorite sons, the amazing singer-songwriter James Taylor, has just announced a big summer tour that will bring him back to the Triangle for big show.
The Love Language released both their third full-length album, Ruby Red, last year as well as a collection of demos titled Black Mt. Demos but now they've released a new music video for the song "Faithbreaker," which features a version of the song not found on either release.