We are doomed to become one or both of our parents. It’s true — and if you’re over 30 years of age, this becomes ever-more-present each and every passing day. But by “become” I don’t mean carbon copies, I just mean as we progress in life, we see little blips of our folks start popping … Read more
Ivan Howard, the longtime leader of The Rosebuds, is now officially Howard Ivans. But honestly, he could call himself Iward Hovens for all we care, just as long as he keeps making music that sounds like “Red Face Boy.” It’s insanely catchy — check it below.
James Wallace’s story teeters on the edge of modern-day-mythos. The son of a cargo ship captain, he stowed away on a china-bound vessel carrying, among other things, crates of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey and used electronics on their way to be refurbished. In his napsack, he brought enough food for the month-long journey, a guitar, … Read more
Summer is coming. Matthew E. White will make it his. Just surrender now. But if your hand and ears must be forced, they will not be led by extreme means. Instead, you will slowly succumb to beats that sneak along and a voice that quietly kills, seemingly possessed by the ghosts of history’s most powerful … Read more
After covering the two previous Hopscotch Music Festivals, and mapping out the blog’s schedule for attending this year’s festival, I can safely say that the biggest reoccurring theme, outside hangovers and sleep deprivation, seems to be CME, or continuing musical education for the non-acronym inclined. See, what you guys may not realize is the festival … Read more
The first night of the Hopscotch Music Festival can be tough. If you don’t take the entire day off – you spend the daylight hours working your normal 9 to 5, then do your best to turn into the 21 year-old you, and stay up and alert until after 2:00 am. In the past, those … Read more
Gross Ghost : Photo by Aggie Donkar Day One: Thursday Brief Setup: Raleigh’s Hopscotch Music Festival is curated by Pitchfork contributor, and hometown artsy-newspaper editor Grayson Currin. It’s the only festival of it’s kind – featuring tons of the best local acts, wedged between a plethora of up-and-coming bands that will soon be indie-household names. The … Read more