Showing posts tagged “Bowerbirds”
Grayson Currin ·
31 Aug 2009, 6:35 PM ·
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Well, hey there, little guy.
Troika Music Festival unveiled the first draft of its schedule for its three November days of music in Durham this morning, and it looks like organizers have landed on the most closely curated pool of bands and bills since the festival’s inception in 2002: All told, 71 acts will spread over eight venues (two of which remain unannounced) Nov. 5-7, and no more than four bands will play any venue on any night. In other words, lots of great bands will get ample set times.
Troika 2009 will begin with a centralized outdoor show on Thursday, Nov. 5, featuring the equally but divergent eclectic The Beast and Megafaun. Four sets of four bands then head indoors to four venues—one unannounced, The Pinhook, Duke Coffeehouse and Broad Street Cafe. For a measure of this year’s quality, note that Bowerbirds, Max Indian, Future Islands and The Moaners headline their respective venues. Now there’s a Versus to get excited about. Continue reading »
Live Actions: New Bills, Troika Music Festival Bowerbirds, Future Islands, Megafaun, The Love Language, Troika Music Festival
Bryan Reed ·
8 Jul 2009, 12:32 PM ·
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Bowerbirds, by Alissa Anderson
Bowerbirds and Megafaun, two of the finest musical acts this state has to offer, are on the road together for a six-week jaunt that began Monday in Washington, D.C. and ends Aug. 17 in Atlanta. (A full list of tour dates is below the jump). It will bring the bands north to Canada and west to Washington, and will bring their music to a nation, that, by all appearances, is ready to hear what we’ve treasured in our backyards for a few years now. The latest on both, after the jump, and our usual disclosures apply…
Megafaun, by Mike Schaedler
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News flashes Bowerbirds, Megafaun
Grayson Currin ·
22 Jun 2009, 3:59 PM ·
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Skip Matheny, Daytrotter style.
A quick mention of a few local bands with some interesting online features today:
—In another early bit of promotion for I and Love and You (now due in September, NPR says), Concord quartet The Avett Brothers recorded a three-song installment of Tiny Desk Concert in the office of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. The unrecorded “Down with the Shine” and the new staple “Bella Donna” make an appearance, but the real reason to watch is the opener, “Laundry Room.” A gorgeous song with a dozen slogans for the taking, “Laundry Room” finds the harmonies of the Avetts hitting new strides. And it’s good to see that Scott’s banjo refuses to stay in tune, even for NPR. Continue reading »
Briefly Bowerbirds, Megafaun, Roman Candle, The Avett Brothers, What Laura Says
Grayson Currin ·
28 Apr 2009, 3:37 PM ·
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Birds in a van.
Last night, two locals—Bowerbirds and Lost in the Trees—shared a four-band bill at Manhattan’s Mercury Lounge. Throughout the evening, a trickle of excited correspondence from members of both bands announced that a special guest had come to watch Bowerbirds’ set: Neutral Milk Hotel leader/ de facto hermit/ “Salinger of indie rock” Jeff Mangum. There’s, of course, little to report about the appearance besides just that—no collaborations, no serious hangouts. Mangum just watched and, between songs, held his beer between his teeth to clap. Maybe he’ll come down to Chapel Hill later this year?
On the news tip, though, Dead Oceans will release Bowerbirds’ second LP, Upper Air, Tuesday, July 7. (And, just to get it right, I co-released Bowerbirds’ first album on this here label.) The Birds will likely offer some of those songs up (”Northern Lights,” please) at a homecoming show at Local 506 Friday, May 8, before heading to Europe for a festivals-and-clubs tour later in the month. New in the Lost in the Trees world: Billions, one of the most esteemed booking agencies in the land, recently acquired the band, and they seem to have piqued some national label interest of late.
News flashes Bowerbirds, Jeff Mangum, Lost in the Trees
Grayson Currin ·
11 Mar 2009, 3:31 PM ·
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“Ticonderoga is the most exciting new Triangle act I saw, spinning elliptical folk songs over intricate webs of interlocking keyboard, drum, guitar and bass strands.” —That’s what I said, late 2004.
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News flashes Bon Iver, Bowerbirds, Local 506, Ticonderoga, Wes Phillips
Andrew Ritchey ·
11 Feb 2009, 7:55 AM ·
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Double Barrel Benefit Night One: Bowerbirds, Lost in the Trees
The Pour House, Raleigh
Friday, Feb. 6, 2009
A couple songs into his band’s headlining set at The Pour House Friday, Bowerbirds’ Phil Moore said, “This is what we call a party.” A few cheers followed. “Just continue to party,” he said. “Maybe in a more subdued way,” Moore’s bandmate, Beth Tacular, pleaded from across the stage.
The vibe was happy for the first night of WKNC’s sixth-annual Double Barrel Benefit, but people seemed more interested in hanging out than hearing Bowerbirds. Constant conversation filled the air, delicate vocal harmonies and guitar picking struggling versus the storm. It made for quite the contrast with the set the band played through an actual rainstorm in Duke Gardens this past summer. Continue reading »
Live Actions: Reviews Bowerbirds, Lonnie Walker, Lost in the Trees, Megafaun, Schooner, The Rosebuds, WKNC
