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Gimme Five! Reed Turchi of TURCHI

Reed Turchi, Cameron Weeks and Chris Reali play boogie blues with a north Mississippi bent. Their debut, Road Ends in Water, is a slide heavy guitar album that highlights their ability to conjure a slow groove, whip out a classic riff, or just rock out.

Sure, these boys have a handle on the sliding styles of blues, but can their leader handle a few hard hitting questions? See for yourself after the jump.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings, 3/12-18

 

A few ideas on where to spend your green (before you have to wear it)

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Gimme Five! Blake Schlukbier of River City Ransom

“Lets be honest, subgenres are fucking stupid,” or so says the bio for Raleigh five piece River City Ransom. The bands aggressive rock sound may harness a range of influences, but these boys have no time for the semantics of music critic fluff. Thankfully, their lead singer, Blake Schlukbier, did have time to entertain a few questions.

Can he handle the five hardest questiins in faux business, though? See for yourself after the jump.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 3/5-11

Here because you can’t be trusted to know where to go to hear the good stuff every night of the week.

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Gimme Five! Will Hackney of Trekky Records

Will Hackney was barely in high school when he and Martin Anderson, a middle schooler, decided to start a record label. At first it was just a name they wrote on homemade cds for their admittedly terrible punk bands.  Over the years, Trekky has grown into something much more. The label touts a lineup of wickedly talents local acts that are as much connected by their friendships as by their musical sense. This Friday, they will release their first compilation, Amalgam, at The Nightlight with Butterflies, Phil Cook and His Feat, Vibrant Green and a surprise guest there to celebrate.

Before things get too exciting though, it’s best we find out if one of their founders can handle a few of the hardest questions in faux business. Find out for yourself after the jump.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 2/27-3/4

 

Here keeping you informed on the places to go and what you’ll hear when you get there.

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Gimme Five! Montgomery Morris of Flesh Wounds

When her punk band Thee Scab Eaters disbanded because its other founding members had children, Laura King decided to recruit a new crew to make loud, rock music that cuts to the quick. Flesh Wounds does just that. King, Montgomery Morris and Dan Kinney have only just begun pounding out brutal sets of tunes. With a release tentatively set for sometime in April and a handful of tour slots lined up, these punks are aiming to annihilate your eardrums in the best possible way.

See how their howling guitarist takes up our five question assault after the jump!

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 2/20-26

Here because you can’t be trusted to know where to hear the good stuff every night of the week.

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Gimme Five! Boykiller

Somebody alert the authorities! Ginger Wagg, Catherine Steele, and Theresa Stone have joined forces to attack stages and eardrums as Boykiller. They’re a brand new band on a mission to murder songs as well as they already slay the opposite sex.

But can these ladies handle five furious questions? See for yourself after the jump.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 2/13-19

The week ahead for those with their head in the clouds.

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Gimme Five! Elliott Mills of Magnolia Klezmer

For fourteen years now musicians have come together to share their mastery of Klezmer, Jazz, polka, brass band, and classical music under the banner of Magnolia Klezmer. The group, typically twelve to fifteen members strong, is as apt to play in full force as in quartet. They’ve headlined weddings, benefits, bat mitzvahs and even spent a few afternoons under the trees on Weaver Street’s lawn.

Holding it down on drums, bass, and contra bass balalaika, (Dr. and bona-fide Duke professor) Elliott Mills surely knows his way around a dance beat (and a research lab)…but can he handle our five question assault? See for yourself after the jump!