Alabama rapper Yelawolf is preparing to release his second solo album, Love Story, sometime before the end of the year and he has just announced a big fall tour dubbed Slumerican Made that will make a stop in the Triangle.
Up and coming Ohio indie folk band Saintseneca released their Anti- Records released sophomore album Dark Arc earlier this year and the band are hitting the road on a big fall tour in support of it.
Continuing the celebration of their 25th anniversary reissue series, Merge Records has just announced the latest release that's in the batter's box.
Los Angeles up and coming hip hop artist Ty Dolla $ign released his debut EP earlier this year titled Beach House, a new mixtape titled Sign Language earlier this week, and his debut full length is expected out later this year. On top of that he recorded the song "Shell Shocked" for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Now he has announced a big fall tour that will bring him to the Triangle.
Georgia singer-songwriter and American Idol season 11 winner Phillip Phillips released his sophomore album earlier this year titled Behind the Light. He has just announced a fall tour that will bring him to the Triangle.
When we told you about the announcement of the Hopscotch Music Festival day parties for 2014, there was still a big "TBA" listed for the Wednesday night pre-festival party at the Lincoln Theatre.
Americana/folk rock singer-songwriter Aoife O'Donovan has been touring hard since the release of her debut album Fossils released last year via Yep Roc Records. She has added more tour dates that will bring her back to the Triangle early next year.
After everyone has stuffed their face on Thanksgiving this year, Mandolin Orange will be in Carrboro to help you digest with a two-night stand in Carrboro.
Minnesota alt country mainstays The Jayhawks reissued three of their albums, Sound of Lies, Smile and Rainy Day Music, as expanded editions with bonus tracks earlier this summer with vinyl reissues coming on September 30. To support the reissues, the 1997 lineup of the band consisting of Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Tim O'Reagan, Karen Grotberg and Kraig Johnson will hit the road this fall.
The new Hiss Golden Messenger album Lateness of Dancers is just three weeks from hitting the streets. It's out on September 9, and another new song from the album has just been released.
Veteran rockers Meat Puppets are teaming up with singer-songwriter Cass McCombs for a fall co-headline tour that will take the bands across the country.
Australian indie pop band Twerps have signed with Merge Records who will release the band's next full-length album in early 2015. But you don't have to wait until then for new music because in addition to announcing that the band joined the label's roster today, Merge also released a new EP from the band.
The opening track to David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights’ End Times Undone fades in quietly as if trying not to disturb and to pretend that it was playing the whole time.
Hip hop icons Method Man and Redman are heading out this fall on the Smokers Club Tour and one stop on their outing will be right here in the Triangle.
Portland rockers Ages and Ages released their sophomore album Divisionary earlier this year and they have just announced a new fall tour in support of it.
The War on Drugs will be headlining the Lincoln Theatre on Thursday, September 4, during the Hopscotch festival but he has already scheduled a return to the Triangle this fall, just a bit to the west.
Thursday night brought incredibly mild weather and the perfect conditions for a big outdoor show at Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheater. The venue hosted reunited bluegrass/newgrass group Nickel Creek who are celebrating their 25th year in 2014.
Singer-songwriter Willie Watson, formerly of Old Crow Medicine Show, plans to stay on the road for much of the remainder of the year touring in support of his debut solo album Folk Singer Vol. 1. He played the Cat's Cradle Back Room last month but when he comes back this fall he'll play a big seated theater.
The 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival is just three weeks away and the festival has just announced their annual series of day parties, kickoff parties, after-parties and whatnot. Bands will be playing venues all around downtown Raleigh from Wednesday, September 3, through Sunday, September 7.
Ryan Adams' new self-titled album will be out in a little less than a month, September 9 to be exact, and he has just released a new music video for the album's first single "Gimme Something Good."
Canadian indie pop band Stars is back this fall with the seventh full-length album No One is Lost due out on October 14. They have just announced a fall tour in support of the album that will bring them back to the Triangle.
Florida indie rockers Surfer Blood are heading back out on the road this fall in support of their sophomore album Pythons released last year.
The Rosebuds first post-Merge record, Sand + Silence, tries to address the elephant in the room since the band’s masterful break up record, Loud Planes Fly Low: how does the band move on?
The Mountain Goats' mastermind John Darnielle will release his first novel on September 16 titled Wolf in White Van. Daniel Handler, best known for his work under the pen name Lemony Snicket, says the book "moves through the mind like a dark-windowed car through a sleepy neighborhood, quiet, mysterious, menacing, taking you places you will never, never get out of your head."
Alt-country singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless just released her third full-length album earlier this year titled Somewhere Else and she has just added new fall dates in support of it that will bring her to the Triangle.
Australian roots rockers the John Butler Trio released their six studio album earlier this year titled Flesh and Blood and they are heading out on another run of U.S. dates this fall.
Vermont singer-songwriter Nick Zammuto, better known simply as Zammuto, will release a new album on September 2 titled Anchor and they're spending most of the rest of the year on the road and will stop in the Triangle this fall. |
| Teenage Fanclub at Merge 25 Photo by Kevin Norris |
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Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson and his band Chris Robinson Brotherhood released a new album in the spring titled Phosphorescent Harvest and they're staying on the road through the fall.
Boston jazz pop band Lake Street Dive has been touring hard this year in support of their breakthrough album Bad Self Portraits and they are not slowing down any time soon. The band has announced new fall tour dates that will bring the band back to the Triangle.
After a four-year hiatus, Spoon is back with their eighth full-length LP, They Want My Soul. This long gap in between albums allowed the band to add new styles to their repertoire and fine-tune their signature minimalistic sound.
Indie rock band Dum Dum Girls released their third full-length album earlier this year titled Too True and the band will head out on fall tour in support of it in the coming months.
Spider Bags’ Merge Records debut, Frozen Letter, is both the clearest distillation of the sincerity that has made the band great for years and an exciting extension of the band’s sound.
Seattle experimental hip-hop collective Shabazz Palaces led by Ishmael Butler just released their sophomore album last week titled Lese Majesty and they're hitting the road later this month on a tour in support of it.
Veteran New York rockers Living Colour have announced the release of a new album on September 18 titled Shade and they'll hit the road on the Synesthesia Tour this fall in support of it.
This fall a trio of great female led bands will converge on Carrboro to play the ten year anniversary celebration of Girls Rock NC and to raise money for the organization.
After playing the Merge 25 festival this past Saturday, Canadian electronic band Caribou has announced a big fall tour in support of their forthcoming album Our Love out October 7.