Once again reunited Illinois alt rockers Hum are are back together this summer to for a short tour with fellow 90s rockers Failure, but on a night off from that tour Hum will make a stop in the Triangle for a headline show.
at a show in Chicago five years ago below.
Soul singer Ms. Lauryn Hill is heading back out on the road later this summer for a new round of U.S. dates that will bring her to a much more intimate venue than her tour last summer which brought her to Red Hat Amphitheater.
Milwaukee via Los Angeles singer-songwriter Mike Krol is the latest musician to join the ever growing roster of talent signed with Durham-based label Merge Records. Krol's third album, his first via Merge, titled Turkey will be released on August 28.
Singer-songwriter and former Old Crow Medicine Show member Willie Watson will hit the on another big U.S. tour this fall and he will once again return to the Triangle for an intimate show.
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Up and coming upstate New York band X Ambassadors won't release their debut album, VHS
, until next week on June 30, but the band has already had a hit with their single "Renegades." They'll hit the road this fall on short US tour that will come to the Triangle. |
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Canadian electronic duo Purity Ring just released their sophomore full-length album Another Eternity
earlier this year, and they have just announced a new round of North American tour dates this fall that will bring them to the Triangle.
Seattle electronic duo ODESZA has just announced a new run of North American tour dates this fall, including a a stop in the Triangle.
Tacoma punk rockers Seaweed released their final full-length album, Actions and Indications
, in 1999 and now the album has been remastered to be released on vinyl for the first time.
Indie folk band Lord Huron just released their sophomore full-length album, Strange Trails
, earlier this year and the band has been touring constantly in support of it. They have just added a new round of U.S. dates in the fall that will bring them to the Triangle.
Earlier today the International Bluegrass Music Association unveiled more performers for the 2015 Wide Open Bluegrass festivities returning to downtown Raleigh this fall, including the two headliners for the big shows at Red Hat Amphitheater.
Singer-songwriter Michael Benjamin Lerner, better known as Telekinesis, will return this fall with his fourth full-length album Ad Infinitum
, out on September 18 via Merge Records.
North Carolina string band Steep Canyon Rangers will return this summer with a new album on Rounder Records titled Radio
. The album, produced by dobro wizard Jerry Douglas, will hit stores on August 28. Listen to the driving title track from Radio below where you will also find the album's complete track list. |
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, this fall and her newly announced tour plans will bring her back to the Triangle.
Continuing the endless parade of impressive speakers at the the Film Acoustic series at the Carolina Theatre in Durham, July's installment might be the most impressive booking yet.
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Future Islands just announced their big 1,000th show in Carrboro a couple of weeks ago and now they have revealed the acts that will fill out the lineup of the all day event. Joining Future Islands will be Dan Deacon, Danny Brown, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Valient Thorr and Lonnie Walker.
Pop star Janet Jackson will return this fall with her first new album since 2008's Discipline
. The album doesn't have a title yet, but Jackson has already announced a big fall tour in support of it dubbed the Unbreakable Tour.
The Duke Performances Music in the Gardens series just kicked off last week and will feature fantastic performances through the end of July, but it's time to start looking forward to their big 2015-16 season which is packed with diverse artists.
Singer-songwriter and Lambchop frontman Kurt Wagner has joined forces with his fellow bandmates Ryan Norris and Scott Martin to form a new experimental electronic group called HeCTA.
As we first mentioned back in April, local pop rockers The Old Ceremony have a new album coming out on July 14 via Yep Roc titled Sprinter.
Langhorne Slim has become a regular visitor to the Triangle in recent years and he'll make another stop in the Triangle in September as part of his extended summer tour in support of his new album, The Spirit Moves
, due out on August 7.
Local singer-songwriter and Megafaun member Phil Cook will return this fall with a new solo album titled Southland Mission that, as we previously mentioned, he will debut at the final night of his three-night stand at Duke Gardens in a few weeks.
Piano pop guru Ben Folds has finally released the details of his new orchestra album that will feature collaborations with yMusic and the Nashville Symphony.
Bombastic California punk rockers FIDLAR will release their sophomore album on September 4 titled Too
and they'll hit the road this fall in support of it. |
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via the label on July 28. Now the band has announced the TMLT Around the World tour in support of the album that includes the Triangle as the fourth stop on the jaunt.
Breakout Baltimore band Future Islands, who used to call Greenville home, have just announced their 1,000th show and they have decided to make it a big shindig right here in the Triangle.
Rock and roll supergroup Hard Working Americans, Todd Snider, Dave Schools, Neal Casal, Duane Trucks, Chad Staehly and Jesse Aycock, are hitting the road this August on a short summer tour and the band will be making a stop in the Triangle.
released last year below.
Jimmy Eat World frontman Jim Adkins is hitting the road this summer without his bandmates as he plays solo acoustic sets at smaller clubs across the U.S.
Indie rock veterans Yo La Tengo will release a new album on August 28 titled Stuff Like That There
which will featured reworked versions of some of their old music as well as some covers. The band will hit the road on an acoustic tour this fall in support of the album and will come to the Triangle.