Album Review: Scout Niblett - It's Up To Emma

Scout Niblett’s seventh album, It’s Up To Emma, opens with a foreboding two-note pattern and the line, “I think I’m gonna get me a gun, a nice little silver one.”

“Gun,” the album’s opening murder ballad is transportive. Niblett draws the listener into the narrator’s anger and hurt as she fantasizes about a bloody end for her ex. “Maybe you’ll be holding her hand or watching her shitty band,” Niblett sings.

Niblett’s spartan and raw style is the perfect complement for a break-up album. Her voice hardly needs any support or ornamentation from the guitar and drums because she easily twists pain, confusion and defiance together.

The Black Lips announces fall dates, coming to Raleigh

Georgia indie rockers The Black Lips are hitting the road this fall as they head up to New York to screen their new documentary about their tour in the Middle East last year and they'll be making a stop in the Triangle.

The band will play the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh on Saturday, November 9. Tickets are on sale now via Etix for $13.

Check out the music video for "Family Tree" from The Black Lips' latest album Arabia Mountain below.

Loamlands announces debut EP, shares opening track

Loamlands, the post Midtown Dickens band comprised of former members Kym Register and Will Hackney are releasing their debut EP recorded with members of Lost in the Trees and Megafaun serving as the rhythm section.

The EP is titled Some Kind of Light and will be release on September 24 via Trekky Records. It features five tracks and the full track list is available below where you can also check out the fantastic opening track "Another Reason."

The band will play a free show at the Steel String Brewery in Carrboro on Sunday, August 11, opening for Phil Cook as he celebrates the release of his new 12" This Side Up.

Blitzen Trapper announces new album 'VII,' fall tour

Portland folk rock/alt country band Blitzen Trapper and releasing a new album on October 1 titled VII which will be their first album released by Vagrant Records. The band will hit the road on a big fall tour in support of the album which will bring them back to the Triangle.

The band will play the Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw on Thursday, September 26. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketfly for $16.

Check out the new song "Ever Loved Once" from VII below.

Of Montreal announces new album, fall tour

Kevin Barnes and his art pop group of Montreal are gearing up for the release of their twelfth album Lousy with Sylvianbriar on October 8 and will follow the release with a big cross country tour.

The band will return to the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Tuesday, October 22. Surface To Air Missive will open. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketfly for $17.

Check out the opening track from Lousy with Sylvianbriar, "Fugitive Air," below.