Oryx and Crake, a nine-person band anchored by husband-and-wife songwriting team, Ryan Peoples and Rebekah Goode-Peoples, is named after Margaret Atwood’s novel. Their lyrics, of real life and “overactive imaginations” honors their literary namesake and weaves together musical elements of past, present, and yes, the future. The Atlanta, Georgia ensemble, steadily gaining exposure and acclaim … Read more
The inaugural Hopscotch Music Festival is almost here, party people of the Triangle, and while laying out the official Speakers in Code endorsed track, this guy just got officially giddy for the festivities to begin. I even geeked-out enough to give you a back-up plan just in case the show of your choice is all … Read more
For some reason, the only thing witty in my head right now is “nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in….the twelfth year of two thousaaaand.” Does it have the same ring as the original? No, but you know what? It’s true goddammit. Our home-state boys and girls have really raised the proverbial bar, by releasing … Read more
These United States | Photo by Shervin Lainez The Radio Cure provides you a smattering of great tracks (all at once!) to cure you of your radio blues. If you don’t know, now you know. The second volume of 2012 features nine tracks, all available for free download, that you can easily slap on a … Read more