Clockwork Kids move beyond “The Swain Sessions”
A senior class project at UNC Chapel Hill expanded into a band [...]
Brian Tucker
For love of Cassette Tapes
More than just nostalgia, the format lives on as an affordable means to promote new bands [...]
The Lonely Teardrops to play at Orton’s
Katie Teardrop and Crash LaResh talk about their raucous sound. [...]
David Dondero and “This Guitar”
"An Oregon winter can send you into yourself pretty deep, I suppose." [...]
Meet Chasing Opal
Duo discuss how their different sounds took time to gel [...]
Live review – Drunken Prayer
Asheville based band delivers a summer-worthy show [...]
Charleston, S.C. band Old You at The Whiskey
Great band with a varied, sultry sound returns to ILM on September 2nd [...]
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers perform at Brooklyn Arts Center
Kellogg recounts building a band, the kind of songs they write, and "passing on words onto my own legacy" [...]
D&D Sluggers album release show at Soapbox
D&D Sluggers merge a variety and sounds with chip music for fun, catchy music. [...]
Giles Corey talks on-the-job training for Lubriphonic
Chicago band's sound is a high energy mix of funk, rock, and soul. [...]
Jack’s Mannequin preps new album release, plays Greenfield Lake
Andrew McMahon readies a third album for band Jack's Mannequin and talks about the road there and some friends who helped along the way [...]
Minus The Bear at Soapbox this weekend w/Skysaw, The Constellations
Minus the Bear take on mini-tour in support of new album "Omni" [...]
Marc Price to perform at Nutt Street Comedy Club
Marc Price is an actor and comedian, gaining fame on "Family Ties" and making "Trick or Treat" in Wilmington [...]
Mike Blair and The Stonewalls release “The Print”
Blair's second release is a five song EP [...]
album review – Koot Hoomi Presents: The Dark Side of Hall and Oates
Former Wilmington Musician Robert Lurie has creative fun with Hall & Oates [...]
Album review – SWTHRT – “Compact Disc”
Southport, N.C. duo release dreamy confection of caustic pop and open hearted lyricism [...]
Punk duo Blacks releases “Demos”
Punk rock duo approaches music in diffrent way [...]
American Aquarium’s singer-songwriter BJ Barham
BJ Barham talks about building a working band and recording new album with Jason Isbell [...]
The Del McCoury Band and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The N.C. music legend covers a lot - his family, joining Bill Monroe's band, Jerry Garcia, and making music with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band [...]
EP review – Bella Vita’s “Flight Patterns”
folk / indie band shines on uplifting EP release [...]
album review – David Dondero’s “A Pre-existing Condition”
Dondero's latest features an interesting mix of covers [...]
Beta Radio Live at WHQR
Beta Radio puts on a (nearly) full band show as part of local radio station's live music series [...]
Bibis Ellison releases “Demo”
Singer-songwriter takes a different approach on songs [...]
Glow in the Darks Scars Tribute Album
ILM musician's catalog of work gets a massive tribute album [...]
album review – Skullbuckle
band comprised on musicians from various NC bands deliver scorching debut [...]
Album review – Unholy Tongues – “Jackal in a World of Reassurance”
New instrumental delivers effective, engaging, high energy instrumental album [...]
Gray Young at Satellite Bar & Lounge on Saturday
A moving, sonic experience returns to Wilmington. Raleigh's Gray Young plays from new album "staysail" with ILM band Unholy Tongues [...]
I Was Totally Destroying It to release “Horror Vacui”
Chapel Hill indie rock/powerpop band's new album lays it all bare. [...]
Live review – ALO
The band was a hit with their music and interesting covers
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Live review – White Tiger and the Bed of Roses
By Brian Tucker (originally published in Performer magazine) October 8, 2009 – Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern – Wilmington, NC There’s a fine anomaly to [...]
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