Phuzz Phest 2013, Day 2
The second annual Phuzz Phest took place in Winston-Salem April 4-6. Diversions went to the Camel City to check out North Carolina’s best bands and to discover some new favorites.
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The second annual Phuzz Phest took place in Winston-Salem April 4-6. Diversions went to the Camel City to check out North Carolina’s best bands and to discover some new favorites.
The second annual Phuzz Phest took place in Winston-Salem April 4-6. Diversions went to the Camel City to check out North Carolina’s best bands and to discover some new favorites.
There’s something invigorating about exploring any sort of unknown. On the Toddlers’ 19 EP, maybe it’s Nathan Toben’s soaring and powerful croon a la Roy Orbison, the tangled layers of instrumentation that balance delicacy with harshness or the overall mesmerizing and melancholic breed of “pop noir” that perpetuates a sense of mystery in the best way possible.
On the music genre spectrum, one would place noisy rock and heavy metal far, far away from the more tender and swooning tendencies associated with folk. But here in the Triangle, you shouldn’t be surprised to find musicians who dabble, quite wonderfully so, in both extremes.
The Dead Tongues Desert 4.5 stars
Chaz Bundick has had a busy past few years. He’s the name behind electro-pop outfit Toro Y Moi, and Anything In Return is impressively his third full-length in three years. But what was named as a key part of 2009’s “chillwave” movement is now a distinct project that has appropriately matured in its own vein.
Christmas isn’t here quite yet, but the feeling is certainly in the room.
Every week, Medium will post a story or review from the vault, #tbt style. This week: a Future Islands Q&A from former Assistant Diversions editor Elizabeth Byrum. Originally published on the Diversions blog on Oct. 31, 2012, this Q&A is in anticipation of the Future Islands' 1000th concert this Sunday.
It might be fall, but Carrboro’s T0W3RS is holding on to every last ounce of summer spirit with its effervescent latest release, the WYATT EP.
Mike Hadreas walked to his keyboard on stage at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro like a shy schoolboy, sat down and began to play the first track from Put Your Back N 2 It, “AWOL Marine.” The lights were dimmed so low that his boyfriend and co-keyboardist Alan Wyffels faded into the red-tinted darkness, while Hadreas’ voice quivered ever so slightly. As the audience prepared for a cathartic release of emotion via music, it’s obvious that in that moment each person found his or her personal connection to the intimate space and time wonderfully established by Perfume Genius.
Dive: What has your reaction been when learning that you reach a lot of people with your music?
With broken, beautiful lyrics and mournful instrumentation, Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas crafts personal songs that are universally relatable. After struggling with substance abuse and subsequently taking time to recover, Hadreas emerged from darkness with music that helped him process his past realities.
Fall always blows in abruptly, with too many chilling, rainy days that make it hard to get out of bed.
Shields, the fourth album from the Brooklyn quartet Grizzly Bear, certainly isn’t the guarded album its title may indicate.
As Carrboro prepares for its 15th annual Carrboro Music Festival on Sept. 30, the Town of Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department is offering a week of “Music on the Streets,” beginning on Sept. 24. The week-long series features free outdoor concerts hosted at a variety of local businesses throughout the town, with music styles ranging from jazz to bluegrass to rock. All week, community members not only have the chance to listen to local musicians, but also join in during the one hour open jam sessions that follow each night’s show. Concerts begin at 6 p.m. Staff writer Jay Prevatt describes his experience at Tuesday night’s concert.
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From start to finish, Carrboro band Some Army’s debut EP consists of seven fully-developed songs that seem to sprawl infinitely.
After finally arriving home to my parent’s house in Raleigh last night (this morning) at 3:30 am, I realized that I had spent the past 12 hours at Hopscotch. Whether it was catching some day parties, checking out Built to Spill in City Plaza, running into Dan Deacon or indulging in some post-show empanadas, Friday’s festival was everything I had intended Hopscotch to be, a continuing celebration of some really great music.
It’s safe to say that the Hopscotch Music Festival is in many ways a musical Christmas for North Carolina music fanatics. Thus, the lead up to this third installment was certainly intense excitement. Thursday night officially kicked things off with a slew of excellent performers that it was hard to make decisions on where to be. However, I think I made some of the best choices with the seven shows I attended.
At a certain point, the desire to explore these great states we call home from top to bottom, east to west and everything in between is manifested. For Dan Deacon, perhaps it’s his latest album, America, that cements these road tripping dreams.