Live review – Win Win Winter
By Brian Tucker (originally published in Performer Magazine) September 21, 2008 – The Soapbox – Wilmington, NC Sundays may be the wrong part of the weekend to [...]
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Q and A with Chicago’s darling
(originally published in Bootleg magazine, September 2008) By Josh Spilker Darling is a modern rock trio from Chicago and also run a record label, Cardboard Sangria. Their [...]
Live review – Hammer No More The Fingers
By Brian Tucker (originally published in Performer magazine) April 12, 2008 – Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern – Wilmington, N.C. Here’s what it feels like at [...]
Hammer No More the Fingers
by Josh Spilker Last December Durham showed Wilmington a thing or two about live shows by way of the band Hammer No More The Fingers (HNMTF). Three playful, and by all [...]
Live Review – The Felice Brothers
By Brian Tucker (originally published in Performer Magazine) March 5, 2008 – The Soapbox, Wilmington, NC In a warm and raucous way The Felice Brothers made a living [...]
Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade warm up Juggling Gypsy
(originally published in Bootleg Magazine March 2008) By Jenica Jones Imagine the sultry jazz halls of the 1930s and 1940s, people listening to the mysterious voice spilling [...]
Live review – Irata
By Brian Tucker (originally published in Performer magazine) January 17, 2008 – The Soapbox – Wilmington, N.C. Irata, an instrumental three piece Irata from [...]
Of Montreal, from Athens, comes to N.C.
(originally published in Bootleg Magazine January 2008) By Joseph Carr I sat down with the band Of Montreal, an eclectic group of musicians from Athens, Ga. This past [...]
Rong – Creating their Own Local Legend
By Brian Tucker (originally published in Bootleg magazine, January 2008) The world is either small or just made of many small circles always leading to something new. On a [...]
Live review – Paleface
By Brian Tucker (originally published in Performer magazine) December 8, 2007 – The Soapbox – Wilmington, NC Paleface stepped onstage casually as if only [...]
Live review – Thunderlip
By Brian Tucker (originally published in Performer magazine) November 18, 2007 – The Soapbox – Wilmington, NC As a band, Thunderlip appeared to have more fun on [...]
Live review – Freedom Hawk
By Brian Tucker (originally published in Performer magazine) November 10, 2007 – Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern – Wilmington, N.C. There’s no stage at [...]
Album Reviews – Chris Cubeta, Darling, Mooney Suzuki, Sean Fournier, Freedom Hawk, The Features, Humpback Jack, Stranger Day, Smashing Pumpkins
(originally published in Bootleg Magazine, August 2007) Chris Cubeta and the Liars Club – Faithful By Brian Tucker There was an illustration years ago in Rolling Stone [...]
Scott Crowder’s Dark Little Rooms
(originally published in Bootleg Magazine, August 2007) By Brian Tucker Scott Crowder probably had one of the coolest dads in the history of parents. Imagine the son of a [...]
Thunderlip prepping new album “The Prophecy” for August 2007 release
(originally published in Bootleg magazine, August 2007) By Brian Tucker There’s an image to me that sticks out about Thunderlip, and its not one of leader singer Chuck [...]
Labeling Deloris hits town before a hurricane does
(originally published in Avenue magazine, July 2006) By Brian Tucker Andrew Boudouris wants to get pierced. Someone at a local tattoo shop told him when to stop by but the [...]
Robert Lurie’s college writing project was about Australian band The Church
(originally published in Avenue magazine, September 2005) By Brian Tucker It was during Robert Lurie’s first summer in Wilmington as a graduate student at UNC-Wilmington [...]
The End of Detroit
(originally published in Avenue magazine, August 2005) By Ceri-Louise Frid For the last year downtown Wilmington has enjoyed rock music from The End of Detroit, a seasoned [...]
The Title Ceremony debuts
(originally published in Avenue magazine, July 2005) By Brian Tucker Heavy rain has poured for twenty minutes now. Rhory True, wearing a MONO band T-shirt and cell phone in [...]
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