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NICKNAME JOS

Nickname Jos is the artist project of 21 year-old Nashville producer, Josef Kuhn. Though a fairly new project, first debuting in 2019, Jos has already covered a large amount of ground with his diverse sound. Drawing creative inspiration from artists such as Bon Iver, Dijon, Frank Ocean, Indigo De Souza, …

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Abortion Access Art Fair

On Sunday Oct 23, from 11 am-3 pm, Durham Beyond Policing is hosting a craft fair at Motorco to raise money for the Carolina Abortion Fund, an amazing organization that provides abortion access and support in the Carolinas. We believe abolition and abortion access are part of the same battle, …

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ZULU

Straight out of Los Angeles, powerviolence band Zulu are here to share their life experiences and make a comfortable environment for everyone they come in contact with. The latest signing to Flatspot Records, the label will be releasing for the first time on vinyl the band’s debut EP Our Day …

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VINCE HERMAN BAND

The Vince Herman Band is out to have some fun. 33 years after founding Leftover Salmon, Vince is releasing an album of his own and hitting the road to play a batch of songs developed in his new Nashville home. It’s a bit of a departure from the “Salmon sound” …

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VINCE HERMAN BAND

Vince Herman is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who is famous as being one of the founders of ‘Leftover Salmon’. His family was musical and he learned to play the guitar in the third grade. Herman was influenced by bluegrass music and liked to listen to Grateful Dead and …

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SHE WANTS REVENGE

She Wants Revenge, the dark-alternative duo who first exploded onto the scene with 2005’s evergreen hit and dance floor classic, “Tear You Apart”, have reformed after a two-and-a-half year split, with tour dates, a new lineup, and their first album in over 10 years. For childhood friends Justin Warfield and …

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A Dolly Disco

This ain’t no disco It ain’t no country club either… Giddy up girls, for THE DOLLY DISCO – The Dolly Parton Inspired Country Western Dance Party! This is for the 9 to 5 workin’ girls with a calling from another era who just want something a little classic. Join us …

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TEENS IN TROUBLE

The bright-blazing new creative project of Lizzie Killian (previously of The Glowing Stars and Sputterdoll), Teens in Trouble refracts the sounds of punk, garage, and dream-pop through a prism of memory, melding past and present with the kind of sun-dappled clarity that can only come from hindsight. Armed with huge …

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LUEWWD

LUEWWD (The League of Upper Extremity Wrestling Women of Durham) hosts creative community-based women’s arm wrestling competitions to raise funds for organizations supporting women and girls in Durham. We are also a part of CLAW USA, the Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers. CLAW USA’s mission is to empower women and …

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SECRET MONKEY WEEKEND

Secret Monkey Weekend – All the Time in the World Full disclosure: I play keyboards on All the Time in the World, and I have known the principals in this story since I moved back to North Carolina in 2006. If that disqualifies me, so be it. Read this anyway. …

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MICHELLE

Through sharing the sacred space of meals and the secret space of dreams, MICHELLE presents a picture of a band enthralled by their craft, a group capable of melding six unique perspectives and backgrounds into one cohesive, impressive collection. Coming in January 2022, AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS is the …

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HUSBANDS

Husbands plays landlocked beach pop that sidequests Krautrock, garage rock, and tropicalia. OKC-based songwriters Danny Davis and Wil Norton got their start directing a Godzilla musical at their college and then began sharing snippets of lofi grunge pop ideas that came together in their first album, “Golden Year.” This album …

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PATTERSON HOOD

Patterson Hood is a prolific writer and performer whose character-driven stories are packed with political subtext. He is best known as front-man, singer, songwriter and guitar player for the critically acclaimed rock and roll band Drive-By Truckers, but is also a writer of essays, columns and short stories as well …

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ROBERT FINLEY

WINNSBORO, LA — Robert Finley’s singing is as primal as an alligator and sweeter than late-summer honey. And on the new Sharecropper’s Son, he uses his marvelously expressive voice—which can glide from a gut-deep growl to a soothing purr to a transcendent falsetto all in a single phrase—to tell the …

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PMBATA

Parker Bata, better known as PmBata, is taking the world by storm with his dynamic flow, stunning fluidity and rhythmic sound. At only 21 years old, PmBata is making waves with his new age Hip Hop that melds old school with new school, defying musical genres and expectations – all …

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JULIANNA ZACHARIOU

It is not uncommon for Julianna Zachariou to hear something like “I am a giant music critic and am very hard to convince, and I just love what you do.” It’s kind of her M.O. — she can show up to any room and make strangers collect themselves into a …

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MOM ROCK

Hi! we’re Curtis, Wilson, and Tara, Also known as Mom Rock, the three-piece indie rock tender meal you know and love. we got our start in 2018 by taking boston’s college party scene by storm, and have since stolen the hearts of show-goers with our electric live sets, infectious original …

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REVEREND BARON

Habitat skateboards OG and general steezey bastard Danny Garcia has been playing music in one form or other for a long time. With the help of another skateboarder turned singer-songwriter Matt Costa, Danny started Reverend Baron in 2013. Revered Baron’s sound is a mixture of American folk and blues, with …

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A-Trak

A-Trak, a.k.a. Alain Macklovitch, is the quintessential cultural connector. His 20-year career has seen him take turns as an internationally renowned turntablist, Grammy-nominated producer, innovative remixer, globetrotting DJ and more. As a founder of New York’s celebrated Fool’s Gold Records, half of the legendary house duo Duck Sauce and, more …

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Tommie Sunshine and Friends

BCS welcomes Tommie Sunshine – legendary electronic music producer, DJ, label owner, and host of the Netflix series After The Raves, for an opening night of North Carolina – based artists producers curated by his seminal Brooklyn Fire Records label imprint. Says Resident Advisor, “Covering ground as artist, remixer, producer, …

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ANDREW CALLAGHAN

Andrew Callaghan is a 25-year-old American journalist acclaimed as “the only honest man left in news.” Known for his deadpan humor and unfiltered reporting on complex social and political issues via his YouTube channel, Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan (billed as the “digital journalism experience”), Callaghan explores the depths of …

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SHWAYZE

Raised on the beaches of Southern California, Aaron Smith is a rapper, actor, musician, and father who became known to the world simply as Shwayze following a massive music breakout in 2008. The Malibu native released his debut album Buzzin’ that summer with singer-producer Cisco Adler. The duo hit the …

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3amsound

Inspired by the erratic thoughts that race through minds at three in the morning, 3AM articulates the roller-coasters of pain, love and hate. Inspired by Andre 3000, Dipset and Lil Wayne, his trap-melody flow can be considered deliverance from love lost, and provides solace from a conflict-ridden night out. Compared …

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BLOOD CULTURES

Blood Cultures is an anonymous experimental indie-pop project based out of Brooklyn, NY. Blood Cultures’ genre-bending sound is often characterized as psych pop, electro-pop, and bedroom pop. Blood Cultures released their first album Happy Birthday in 2017, second album Oh Uncertainty! A Universe Despairs in September 2019, and their third …

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DRUGDEALER

The third and most seasoned Drugdealer album, Hiding In Plain Sight, almost didn’t happen at all. Frustrated and insecure with his own singing voice prior to the pandemic, Drugdealer founder and primary songwriter Michael Collins was nearly ready to throw in the towel. With hits like “Suddenly” and “The Real …

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