Nick Hakim arrived during the mid-2010s with a dazed folk-soul hybrid sound rendered psychedelic by an evident affinity for echo. Signed to the ATO label shortly after he made his recorded debut, the earnest singer/songwriter and guitarist released his first album, Green Twins, in 2017. Since then, he has issued […]
Carolina Waves – the award-winning, #1 platform for upcoming and indie artists in the Carolinas – celebrates their 5 year anniversary with a special celebration which also doubles as the year end mixer! Expect surprise performances from some of the top artists in the Carolinas, with over 100 radio personalities,
June McDoom is an emerging singer-songwriter based in New York City. Her unique approach to folk music incorporates influences of early soul, reggae, and vintage analog experimentation into a new world all its own.
In the beginning there was Thump… The primordial groove of the Universe. Thump thumped its way through all things. In the beginning groove was harmony, and harmony was groove, and it was good. Long before the age of humans, the Thumpasaurus roamed the Earth, serving the cosmos as the teachers
shame were tourists in their own adolescence – and nothing was quite like the postcard. The freefall of their early twenties, in all its delight and disaster, was tangled up in being hailed one of post-punk’s greatest hopes. In 2018, they took their incendiary debut album Songs of Praise for
This year marks the 40th Anniversary of REM’s 1982 release, Chronic Town… There are so many albums (or EP in this particular case) that could be celebrated at any juncture in their history but this first release by the Athens band was not only an important turning point in 80’s
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The Rural Alberta Advantage (The RAA) recently released The Rise EP featuring 6 new songs including ‘CANDU’. It is the first new offerings of music from the award-winning trio since 2017’s album The Wild, and the first recordings since the return of core band member, Amy Cole. An ongoing series
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A DANCE PARTY! Fangirl Fantasy is the ultimate fangirl experience created by a fangirl for a fangirl. Experience all your fan favorites on the dance floor, from Top 40 hits to deep cuts from artists like The Jonas Brothers, One Direction, and more!
Wildermiss is an indie rock band from Denver, Colorado. Emma Cole sings and plays synth, Joshua Hester plays guitar, and Caleb Thoemke plays drums. They have sold out all of their hometown headlining shows since 2017 and steadily gained momentum nationwide with multiple support tours and festival spots. The band
MIKE is a quintessential old soul. The 24-year-old artist’s wisdom is evident in both his calm delivery and measured questioning, even if he doesn’t always understand the depth of his words until they’re written. “All of these random ideas come to my head, but always end up making sense after
The 2023 Tour takes Martin across North America in support of his latest ep 2020 Vision (produced by 3-time Grammy nominee John Alagia (Lukas Nelson, John Mayer, Dave Matthews) as well as reinventing his own classics for these critically-acclaimed solo performances. Still fiercely independent and headlining venues from The Fillmore
Based out of New York City, rising dark indie punk pop artist D’Arcy has ranging influences from techno, Patti Smith, Nietzsche and FKA Twigs. Her work will transport you. Last summer (2021), D’Arcy toured across the US for her first time, hitting over 40 markets. College (NCAA) radio loved her
Parris Bridge is a Rock band with Alternative, Punk, and Metal influences based out of Greenville, SC. The band’s lineup includes bassist Andrew Doolittle, lead guitarist Josh Bishop, rhythm guitarist Derek Burns, drummer Christian Tucker, and lead vocalist Dylan Fipps.
For Thee Sacred Souls, the first time is often the charm. The band’s first club dates led to a record deal with the revered Daptone label; their first singles racked up more than ten million streams in a year and garnered attention from Billboard, Rolling Stone, and KCRW; and their
Show Me The Body is a New York City based ecClesiastical hardcore trio consisting of Julian Cashwan Pratt (founder; banjo and vocals), Harlan Steed (founder; bass), and Jackie McDermott (current drummer). The band has organized non-traditional, intentional DIY spaces for NYC youth since 2015, and since expanded that work to
Joan Shelley is a songwriter and singer who lives near Louisville, Ky., not far from where she grew up. She draws inspiration from traditional and traditionally-minded performers from her native Kentucky, as well as those from Ireland, Scotland, and England, but she’s not a folksinger. Her disposition aligns more closely
The 80’s never left us, just look around to see that music & fashion is still the passion here in 2022. Join DJ’s Fifi Hi-Fi and The Manimal as they transport you back to the decade of excess. The jeans were tighter, the hair was frizzier, and the music was
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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,
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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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
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”
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
