Sondre Lerche’s musical musings are absorbed with relative ease. It’s rock lite, a watered-down version of Simon and Garfunkel, ensuring that it’s easy on the auditory palate.
“Nothing is Wrong” is a top-down, wind blowing through your hair on a bright afternoon sort of musical affair.
TUnE-yArDs is a bizarre rock beauty headed by New England’s Merrill Garbus. With melodies that bounce and bubble and lyrics that ask questions of the nature, “What’s a boy to do if he’ll never be a gangsta,” tUnE-yArDs encourages its listeners to quit being so serious already and have a little fun.
You might picture a full-skirted girl spinning on the hay-sprinkled floor of a barn as you listen to the music of Alela Diane & Wild Divine.
_This week, Diversions staff writer Nina Rajagopalan spoke with Theresa Wayman of Warpaint, a Los Angeles foursome composed of vocalist and guitarist Wayman and Emily Kokal, Jenny Lee Lindberg and Stella Mozgawa.
_This week Diversions staff writer Nina Rajagopalan sat down with UNC’s own Mipso Trio. The whimsical bluegrass threesome is comprised of Joseph Terrell on guitar and vocals, Jacob Sharp on mandolin and Wood Robinson on double bass.
Seeing the name Parts & Labor on the cover of an album gives one a questionable impression of what to expect within.
Dive’s got some tips on how to maximize your break, be it the best traveling records or easy day-trip or weekend destinations. So don’t be blue if there are no exotic beaches in your future. Even Chapel Hill can feel tropical when there aren’t midterms clouding your outlook.
