Album releases from Evening Shadows and The Girls
Two solid new local albums arrive following the pandemic. [...]
Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern
Seeking Madras and the excellent Bike Ride
"I like the hiss, that's what it's all about.” [...]
The Dirty Little Heaters
Prolific musician with a dynamite voice returns. [...]
Carlos Denogean, Rest in Peace
Wilmington music scene heartbroken over the passing of beloved musician. [...]
Shannon and the Clams return for two shows
Article and extended interview with lovely singer Shannon Shaw. [...]
Basement Life
Greensboro trio influenced by 90s punk and indie rock shares the bill with two other NC acts - Youth League and Cuzco [...]
Q and A with Totally Slow’s Scott Hicks
Greensboro punk band returns with combustible "Imperium" [...]
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers return with “Sidelong”
Chapel Hill singer-songwriter returns with new band and fiery new album [...]
Royal Thunder returns with “Wick”
Atlanta hard rock act returns with stellar new album [...]
Q and A with Valient Thorr
By Brian Tucker Valient Thorr hasn’t played Warped Tour since 2006 but they’re no stranger to Wilmington, having played many explosive shows in this town. They [...]
Q and A with Holy Rivers
The Hufton Brothers rise again with new sound, new album [...]
Best Behavior
Brooklyn band's garage rock and pop debut is infectious fun [...]
Street Clones to play new material Saturday night’s show
The band has different sounding material following last year's solid debut [...]
Lionized releases debut EP ahead of this weekend’s show
Members of Mazlow form new new band [...]
Irata return to Wilmington with “Sweet Loris”
Greensboro experimental hard rock band adds a great guitarist and evolve their sound into something heavier [...]
Must Be the Holy Ghost brings unique show to Satellite
Hypnotic experimental songs paired with visual art show [...]
Thunderlip releases new album “Sunday Driving”
Ten years after their debut, Thunderlip returns with new album that reflects the fun that initially brought the band together [...]
Interview with Brent Drew of the band Coy
Album release show for a band's music a local singer wonderfully dubbed "post-apocalyptic heartache folk rock" [...]
Visual/Sound/Walls returns to Cucalorus Film Festival with bigger show
Organizer John Gray and musician John Manning discuss the visual/musical event at the yearly film festival. [...]
Album review – Ironhead’s 1000 Nights
Local duo return to their roots and reform old band. [...]
Album review – Unholy Tongues – “Jackal in a World of Reassurance”
New instrumental delivers effective, engaging, high energy instrumental album [...]
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 [...]
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 – 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 [...]
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