Making a solid case for your top 10 of 2009 with the debut album Post-Nothing, Japandroids came to Local 506 last night with opener Real Estate. Check out videos of both bands below:
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Local 506 and Chapel Hill presented the Love Language and Lost in the Trees as part of their Locally Grown concert series. Here are the first two songs from the Love Language’s set, both from their self-titled album.
The date is set for May 14 and they will be promoting their new album, Now We Can See. For the full tour, check here.
The benefit of the bar show is often the intimacy. The downside is that it’s a bar–and a good portion of the people are there to drink and socialize, introducing a distracting chatter to the music.
At David Karsten Daniel’s sort-of homecoming show at a packed Local 506 Jan. 24, this was the case. Following openers Bright Young Things and the Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby, DKD and a percussionist took the stage. What is immediately striking every time I see him is his appearance, at once sickly and full of life. Thin and bald, his relationship with the guitar seems unnatural–only in the way he holds it–but necessary to his expression. He is one of those artists whose live performance adds new layers to the music, connecting the audience to it and getting in touch with the man.
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(Via Pitchfork) Human Highway, a side project of Islands frontman Nick Thorburn and former Islands member Jim Guthrie, just announced a spring tour and are planning a stop at Chapel Hill’s Local 506. They are set to play the venue Sunday, March 22 with Cotton Jones and the Magic.