Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura are releasing their first album in four years on June 4 titled Desire Lines. The band will come to North America in support of the record this summer and will make a stop in the Triangle.
Up and coming Charlotte band HRVRD (once known as Harvard) released a new album this month titled From the Bird's Cage and the band will spend much a big chunk of the spring on tour supporting it.
Canadian band Born Ruffians has joined the roster of North Carolina label Yep Roc Records, which will release the band's new album Birthmarks on April 16. The band will hit the road to support the album in the spring which will include a stop in the Triangle.
Four and a half years since his last acclaimed solo record (Donkey LP), Ryan Gustafson, as The Dead Tongues, returns to his strength with the spectacular Desert. |
| Photo by Kevin Norris |
After a big 2012 and selling out most of the shows on their early 2013 tour, Las Vegas band Imagine Dragons have added new North American dates in late spring that will bring the band to the Triangle. |
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Quirky singer-songwriter, bass player and Primus frontman Les Claypool is hitting the road this spring on a short tour with his Duo de Twang project which also features Marc "MIRV" Haggard. The pair play stripped down versions of songs from Claypool's hefty back catalog. |
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The 2013 Hopscotch Music Festival is still over three months away, but tickets have been on sale since February 1 and the first first two price points for three-day passes have already sold out.
One of the biggest tours of the year so far is The Postal Service reunion featuring Benjamin Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello and Jenny Lewis. After already selling out the most of the shows that will make up the first leg of the tour, new dates have been added which includes a stop in the Triangle.Tickets purchased for the Red Hat Amphitheater show will be honored night of show at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion – no exchange necessary. Patrons who purchased general admission pit tickets will be relocated to the general admission pit at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion. Patrons who purchased reserved seats will be relocated to general admission seating in sections 1-3 and 5-8 in the pavilion. Patrons who purchased lawn tickets will be relocated to general admission seating in sections 4 and 9 of the pavilion.
South Carolina rockers Band of Horses have added new dates to their forthcoming spring tour in support of their latest album Mirage Rock, released last year.
Seattle experimental hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces are hitting the road this spring in continued support of their 2011 debut Black Up.
Young indie pop band Generationals are gearing up for the release of their sophomore album Heza which will be out on April 2 via Polyvinyl Records. The band will hit the road on month-long spring tour that will bring the guys back to the Triangle.
California singer-songwriter Trevor Powers, better known as Youth Lagoon, will release his sophomore album on March 5 titled Wondrous Bughouse. He'll hit the road on a big spring tour to support it which will bring him back to the Triangle.
California indie rockers !!! (Chk Chk Chk) are releasing a new album on April 30 cleverly titled THR!!!ER and they'll hit the road on a North American tour in the spring to support it.
Chris Stamey released his highly anticipated and much lauded new solo album Lovesick Blues last week and he has released a series of music videos for four songs from the album.
Raleigh’s Gray Young wastes little time on its third LP, Bonfire.
Long-running jam band and regular Triangle visitors Widespread Panic are hitting the road this June on a short tour that will bring them Raleigh for two nights. |
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Twin Shadow will hit the road again this spring on a North American tour in support of his latest album Confess. This tour will be a bit different, though, because each night will feature one true story told by either George Lewis Jr (aka Twin Shadow) or his father. That's why it's been dubbed the True Story Tour.
Triangle folk/Americana band Birds and Arrows are back this spring with a new album titled Coyotes which they release on March 19. The album features twelve new songs from the trio. Check out the track list below.
Back in November, Merge Records announced that they had signed singer-songwriter Mikal Cronin and now they've confirmed that the new album, MCII, will be released on May 7.
Canadian indie rock band The Besnard Lakes are gearing up for the release of their fourth full-length album on April 2 titled Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO. The band will hit the road to support the release and will be making a stop in the Triangle.
Fresh off of her big performance at the Super Bowl, Beyoncé has announced a new tour dubbed The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour and while she won't be coming to the Triangle, she will be making a stop in the Queen City this summer.
“I had a deal with man and God. One let me down and one did not so I made my way back home. Oh, I thought I’d never go back,” Samantha Crain sings on “Never Going Back,” the opening track of her new album, Kid Face. Freed from her romantic relationship, the native Oklahoman reflects on the relationship’s collateral damage (“Taught to Lie”), her own world view (“Churchill”), and the state of the world today (“Somewhere All The Time,” “Ax”) as she takes stock of her first 26 years.
2012 was a huge year for the young pop band Fun. and they'll ride that success into 2013 when they embark on a big U.S. tour this summer and fall with special guests Tegan and Sara.
British electronic musician and singer-songwriter James Blake is getting ready to release a new album this year and will announce details of it soon, but he has already rolled out plans for a big North American tour this spring which will bring him to the Triangle. |
| Photo by Will Holland |
