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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 10/17-23

If you were thinking of setting a personal record for most badass shows attended in one week, this may be the time to go for it. Real talk.

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Freemail: Exitmusic – “The Sea”


Download “The Sea” from Exitmusic‘s new EP From Silence on Secretly Canadian. And catch them next month, Tuesday, 11/15 at The Cats Cradle w/ Phantogram.

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Gimme Five! Nick Driver

The short version of the story is that Nick Driver grew up on a farm in Zebulon, started a rock band in high school, trained classically (for guitar and vocals) in college, played hardcore for a spell, and then decided to scrap all the genre pretense and band histrionics for a more personal approach. Now lauded for his Americana, singer/songwriter feel, Driver’s recorded two records (2010’s Warm is Your Color and 2011’s A Kind of Love This World Could Never Burn) and toured the country sharing his music. This NC native is steady mastering the hustle, but can he answer our five questions? See for yourself after the jump!

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 10/10-16

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! Jess Edison of Once and Future Kings

Drifting int he ether between psychedelic pop and indie rock, Once and Future Kings first drummed to life in a basement in East Nashville. Now stationed in Raleigh, lead singer/guitarist Jess Edison has seen the band’s evolution through more than a few line-ups, all the while striving to maintain the core sound. He’s certainly got a knack for resilience, but can Edison survive the five hardest questions in faux business? See for yourself after the jump.

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Gimme Five! Wylie of Wylie Hunter and the Cazadores

“I’ve been looking for something real to believe in,” sings Wylie Hunter on “Get On Up!” the opening track on the Wylie Hunter and the Cazadores‘ debut. The sentiment seems fitting, if only because Hunter and his band (William Taylor on guitar, Seth Barden on bass, Paul Fisher on drums, and Charles Cleaver on keys) have spent the little more than a year since that release chasing down the dream. The buys have managed to drum up goodwill and comparisons to The Boss all through and beyond the triangle thus far, but can the lead hunter, answer our fearsome questions? See for yourself.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 9/26-10/2

Get up. Get out. (Here’s a few ideas on where to.)

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Gimme Five! Mark Holland of Jennyanykind

After 10+ years as a band, Jennyanykind called quits on their ramshackle Americana in 2003. The core of the group, brothers Michael and Mark Holland, turned to new interests.  For Mark that meant trading his drums for guitar and writing a batch of blue and roots-influenced tunes–for a time as Mark Holland Rhythm Force or thSongster, soon as a duo called Applesauce.

Just last year, Holland and his brother decided to hit the restart button on Jennyanykind. With everything moving apace, Holland’s having to pull creative double-time. But can this fearsome songwriter handle the five hardest questions in faux business? Find out for yourself after the jump.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 9/19-25

 

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

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Gimme Five! Daniel Lawrence and Kenny Jones of Supreme Fiction

It’s likely you’d expect a band with a song called “Zombie Bride” to be either scrapping at the dredges of metal or playing at some slap happy comedy schtick. Lucky then that Supreme Fiction has come along to shake things up. On the aforementioned song (as well as a wealth of others), this Chapel Hill brood creates music with a melodic punch, literary ear, and emotional bent.

The band (Daniel Lawrence, Kenny Jones, Kemp Watson, Bryan Reklis, and Tim Fenwick) will celebrate the release of their newest record, Berliners, on Thursday, September 29th.  But first, can a few of their own, handle this five question throw down? Find out for yourself after the jump.

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Gimme Five! Miles Andrews of Big Fat Gap

In Graham County near the Tennessee border is one of the few remaining stands of old growth virgin forest.  That’s the Big Fat Gap that this revolving troupe of bluegrass musicians took it’s name. Like the forest, Miles Andrews and his compatriots grow from old roots–old time songs and sounds on acoustic instruments.  What started as a pickin’ circle of friends has grown into an important sustaining force for the local acoustic scene in the area.

They’ve spent years building and sustaining a reputation for their musicianship, but can one of their own handle the Gimme Five treatment? Find out for yourself after the jump.