Tuesday, April 10, 2012

NC musicians teaming up to defeat Amendment One

The Mountain Goats, Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, Eric Cartwright of Reigning Sound, and Tara DeFrancisco will take the stage at Motorco Music Hall on Thursday, April 19, for the Benefit to Defeat Amendment One.

General admission tickets are $20 and available here. VIP tickets are available for $100 and include a pre-show meet-and-greet and the opportunity to request a song in the set.

Visit protectallncfamilies.org to learn more about Amendment One, and please get out to vote on May 8.

Album Review: Lilac Shadows - Shallow Madness

The new EP from Carrboro’s Lilac Shadows, Shallow Madness, is made of a strange substance. It’s thick, but not impenetrable. It’s slick, but not artificial.

Listening to Shallow Madness is like diving into a viscous liquid. Remain still and the music — particularly “Rise” and “What Dreams” — will suspend you in its depths. However, put forth enough kinetic energy and “Bloodworth” and the title track will keep you in endless motion.

Lilac Shadows is Sam Logan, Derek Torres, and Karen Blanco of T0W3RS as well as Zack Oden from Annuals. The group’s addictive sound is possible because they build their layers of psychadelic synths atop a solid foundation of melody. When the propulsive second half of “A Shallow Madness” kicks in, it’s clear these aren’t pointless pallets of sonic textures.

Monday, April 09, 2012

The Brian Jonestown Massacre announces summer tour, coming to Carrboro

Veteran psychedelic rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre are gearing up for the release of their thirteenth album Aufheben on May 1. After hitting the west coast in the spring, the band will head out on an east coast tour in late summer which will bring them to the Triangle.

They'll play the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Tuesday, August 21. Magic Castles will open. Tickets will go on sale on Thursday, April 12 via Etix for $17.

Check out the song "I Want to Hold Your Other Hand from Aufheben below.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds thrill Atlanta crowd

Anyone who's followed Triangle Music for a while may know that we wander out of the Triangle from time to time to catch shows that just never seem to make their way to us. On Friday, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played the Tabernacle in Atlanta and we were there.

The former Oasis leader and principle songwriter kicked off his set by visiting the past with the classic Oasis b-side "(It's Good) To Be Free" followed by "Mucky Fingers," which both sounded fantastic. The rest of the main set relied heavily on Gallagher's new solo work, which works into the set seamlessly with the occasional Oasis classic.

"Everybody's on the Run," "If I Had a Gun..." and "The Death of You and Me" were big hits with the crowd, who seemed to know all of the new music, boisterously singing the choruses to practically every song.

Friday, April 06, 2012

River City Extension announces 2012 tour, coming to Chapel Hill

Photo by Danny Clinch
Eight-piece New Jersey band River City Extension are releasing a new album on June 5 titled Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Your Anger and will hit the road on a co-headline tour with The Drowning Men to support it.

They'll make a stop at Local 506 in Chapel Hill on Saturday, June 2. Ben Henderson will open. Tickets will go on sale at noon on Thursday, April 12 for $10 via Etix.

Stream or download the song "Welcome to Pittsburgh" from Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Your Anger below.