All photos by Agatha Donkar Land Words and photos by Agatha Donkar Lund Better Oblivion Community Center – the joint project of Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers – released its debut self-titled record to a lot of fanfare back in January, and for me, that fanfare has held up. The combined songwriting of Oberst and Bridgers, … Read more
Here’s this week’s Speakers in Code endorsed live shows in St. Louis and The Triangle, from now until October! Saint Louis 6/21 – The Moondoggies + Blitzen Trapper @ Off Broadway [buy tickets] 6/23 – Brahms + Tokyo Police Club + Passion Pit @ The Pageant [buy tickets] 6/26 – Sleep Kitty + The Blind … Read more
Here’s this week’s Speakers in Code endorsed live shows in St. Louis and The Triangle, from now until October! Saint Louis 7/4 – Joe Pug + Rayland Baxter @ Off Broadway [buy tickets] 7/6 – Maps and Atlases + The Cults + The Globes @ The Firebird [buy tickets] 7/8 – Sarah Borges & The … Read more
I, for one, happen to like the recent saturation of synth in the once downtrodden genre of bedroom pop. I mean, it’s still pretty awesome music to play when I’m finally laying down for the night, but it somehow makes things seem all dark and mysterious now. That is – until my dog Angus hops … Read more
Here’s this week’s Speakers in Code endorsed live shows in St. Louis and The Triangle!Saint Louis6/12 – Twangfest: Ha Ha Tonka + Jason and the Scorchers @ Blueberry Hill [buy tickets]6/14 – Dawes + Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros @ The Pageant [buy tickets]6/15 – Mumford & Sons @ Off Broadway [sold out]6/15 – … Read more
Vocals, many times, are like those unsightly blemishes that seem to pop out at the most inopportune moments. Many times, they’re either hidden below the musical equivalent of Revlon concealer, or altered so dramatically said owner of those vocals couldn’t replicate the tracked studio majic (see what I did there) if he/she gave it their all in … Read more
Jon Spencer – Photo | Aggie Donkar The Blues Explosion rumbled into to North Carolina last night…leaving a wake of sweat, ringing eardrums, and frayed vocal chords behind them. And for any naysayer who may have been poised in the crowd, waiting to tattle that the blues is somehow NOT number one, well, they disseminated positively disgruntled, … Read more
My first encounter with Thomas Hardy Morris was an odd one: It was 2010 and I was with a few friends at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC for a Dead Confederate show. To our surprise the place was completely empty, and remained that way for most of the night. Before the magnificent Mt. St. Helens … Read more
All photos by Aggie Donkar At the beginning of March, we gave you the skinny on Alabama Shakes along with the mandatory assignment to keep your beautiful peepers (and ears) on the band. Did you do your homework? Yeah? You get a gold star. No? Don’t worry, there’s time to rectify the clichéd dog-ate-my-homework excuse. … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar Delta Spirit is on the kind of roll that’s going to last for a bit. Their recently released self-titled album is a favorite of ours here at Speakers in Code, so much that we had to talk to the guys about it a few weeks ago. But, conversation wasn’t … Read more
All photos by Aggie Donkar/Brand New Kind of Photography Indie rock royalty, and the “elder statesmen of Triangle rock,” did what they do best Saturday night at the Cat’s Cradle: rocking peoples faces off. And we had a lady on the scene to document the way it all went down. Check out some of the … Read more