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Live music covered by WXYC DJs
Sweet Pea Music Festival in Bozeman, MT
August 4-6, 2022 By Hunter Spitzer Lindley Park is verdant; rolling down from the old town cemetery and ending in a hollow, it is bordered by the public library and bathed in shade. It’s the site of the…
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July 15-17, 2022 By KP As a first-time music festival-goer, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from Pitchfork. Huge crowds and hot weather were on my mind, but I was pleasantly surprised by my experience at Pitchfork.…
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Chapel Hill Tracks
September 8, 2022 By Danny Oshaughnessy The Chapel Hill Community of Arts and Culture and the Chapel Hill Public Library have teamed up to promote local music with their new project “Chapel Hill Tracks”, a streaming service and…
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Snail Mail at Haw River Ballroom
August 20, 2022 By Ari Schwartz Openers Hotline TNT I had not heard of Hotline TNT prior to this show, and I can’t say that their performance left much to be desired. Considering the type of lo-fi, indie…
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Boy Harsher at Cat’s Cradle
May 2, 2022 By Emilio Taiveaho Peláez April in North Carolina is cruel. The coming heat brings weight and density to the atmosphere as buds burst forth from vibrating red clay in frenzied growth. The same plants given…
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Les Filles De Illighadad at Motorco
By Sammy Quiroz-Gutierrez Dazzling blue, the women of Les Filles De Illighadad took the stage at Durham’s Motorco Music Hall in glorious indigo ‘aleshu’ vestments. Adorned with interspersed golden tassels and elaborate silver beading, the women’s magnetic radiance…
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Theo Katzman with Rett Madison: Modern Johnny Sings Tour
By Molly Auten Theo Katzman brought his alter ego, Modern Johnny, to the sold-out Terminal West show in Atlanta. Well-known for his rotating role as singer, drummer, and guitarist of the internet funk sensation Vulfpeck, Katzman also has…
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Beach Fossils at Cat’s Cradle
By Samuel Finlay Lead singer and guitarist of Beach Fossils, Dustin Payseur, returned to his roots when he played at Cat’s Cradle on January 31. “There wasn’t a lot of good music coming through Charlotte while I was…
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Too Many Zooz at Cat’s Cradle | Review by Hunter Spitzer
By Hunter Spitzer I really don’t know where to begin with this band. These three come to the Cradle every year and play their brand of “brass house”. If you’ll allow me to quote the Robots movie “—it’s…
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IDLES at Terminal 5 | Review by Hunter Spitzer
By Hunter Spitzer The crowd was a churning sea of sweaty flesh. The body of humans flowed not by rhythm or reason but by diffusion. It flowed quickly into open space, expanding outward in great swells from points…
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Whitney at Cat’s Cradle | Review by Hunter Spitzer
By Hunter Spitzer Easily one of the more polished acts to visit Cat’s Cradle, Whitney’s soothing set kept the mood relaxed and content on September 21. The stage was beautifully arranged –drums in center stage with a keyboard…
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Courtney Barnett brings her tragicomic guitar storm to Raleigh | Review by Harris Wheless
By Harris Wheless (he/him) RALEIGH, NC —No one can devastate an audience quite like Courtney Barnett. She can rip your heart out, make your ears bleed and sew you back up before you realize anything happened. She played…
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