Saw them back in 07. Jimmy chamberlin was still around then, at least

3/31/2015 4:23:18 PM

i saw them @ Lollapalooza in 94(?)

3/31/2015 4:38:40 PM

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/no-narsisstics-music-festivals-ban-fans-selfie-115059948947.html

So apparently music festivals are banning selfie poles, and seemingly only to stop people from taking selfies and not some other "safety" reason or something like that.

I find them as ridiculous as the next person (I think), but is this really necessary? Seems like it goes against the very idea of a music festival to ban something people enjoy doing that doesn't really bother anyone. I could probably think of at least 5 things I wish a music festival would ban before these.

The only other argument I can think of is that the poles get in the way of people's view, but there are 10 times as many people walking around with "location poles" with giant posters and shit on top that are 15 times the size of an iphone

3/31/2015 4:45:21 PM

kids and their selfies today, i'm okay with it

somewhat old news, but primus and dinosaur jr. playing in the street at Lincoln Theatre. I've seen Dinosaur Jr./J Mascis/the Fog multiple times, and I'm looking forward to that, but I'm really looking forward to Primus.

btw, a while back somebody mentioned some recent collaborative project that included J Mascis. Was it Heavy Blanket?

4/2/2015 3:02:27 PM

yeah, the heavy blanket/earthless record

4/3/2015 1:56:51 PM

I think the big thing about Selfie Poles is they aren't just sticking straight up. you are sticking that thing out 6-10' in front of you over 2-3 rows worth of people to get the right angle. now multiply that times several hundred and i could see an annoyance begin to build.

the location poles have never bothered me, but i always seem to be a lot closer to the stage than any of them.

4/3/2015 2:25:38 PM

I can see that argument I guess, but to nitpick it here are two issues with it:

1) I really don't see that many of these things at music festivals. Certainly not enough to bother me
2) Coachella seems to be banning them while specifically referencing narcissism as something else they're banning. I assume that's at least half a joke, but still half truth, and that just seems like an unnecessary jab to people who like to take pictures of themselves in front of things they like (again, I am not in the custom of taking selfies ever really, but I don't feel a need to stop the people that are)

4/4/2015 10:45:09 PM

Anyone have any extra tickets to Peter Hook & The Light?

4/6/2015 3:07:48 PM

dammit, just realized big business is playing tonight... at Neptune's?

4/6/2015 3:38:12 PM

Chatham County Line is playing Lincoln Theater 6-19

[Edited on April 7, 2015 at 10:47 AM. Reason : and the WUNC back porch free concert series again]

4/7/2015 10:36:18 AM

Faith No More & Refused at Red Hat Amphitheater!

4/7/2015 2:49:35 PM

^^^Walls?

4/7/2015 2:58:46 PM

Quote :

"Chatham County Line is playing Lincoln Theater 6-19"

i really wish this was 6-20. Would have been perfect timing since that's the day I leave Hilton Head. I suppose I could make it work..

4/7/2015 3:17:54 PM

those Diarrhea Planet dudes know how to put on one hell of a show

was also really, really impressed with Left & Right. I'd never heard them before the show and they hit a few nostalgia buttons

4/13/2015 2:32:19 PM

The Rebirth Brass Band was pretty awesome at the Hillsborough St. festival this weekend.

4/13/2015 4:45:37 PM

^^Indeed they do. Their set felt a bit short, though. If they had played 3-4 more songs that would have easily been the best show of theirs I've seen.

Lee Bains played to about 30 people at Slims last night. I don't think I've ever seen him finish a show with all 6 strings he started with.

4/13/2015 7:20:52 PM

I really, really don't like Diarrhea Planet. It's just too goofy for me.

4/13/2015 7:42:30 PM

a few boats away from Andrew WK

4/13/2015 7:44:45 PM

The energy is the same, but the music is different enough in a way I really dislike. Four dudes shredding nonstop is my idea of a nightmare.

4/13/2015 7:55:48 PM

that's fair

I legit had never even bothered to give them a listen before Saturday night, but decided to go since I was offered a free ticket

4/13/2015 7:58:58 PM

What's everybody's concert calendar looking like over the next few months?

Brand New
Toro Y Moi
Dashboard Confessional
Alabama Shakes
Gary Clark Jr
Chatham County Line
My Morning Jacket
Social Distortion
Dawes

[Edited on May 5, 2015 at 10:58 AM. Reason : Maybe the Punch Brothers...]

[Edited on May 5, 2015 at 11:11 AM. Reason : and Mipso]

5/5/2015 10:53:27 AM

my next two months include:

panda bear
purity ring/braids
the war on drugs

5/5/2015 8:13:25 PM

May started off with Sturgill Simpson and OCMS

I've got all the acts at Hangout Festival next weekend then
Robert Randolph
Parker Millsap
Shovels & Rope
North Mississippi All-Stars
Chatham County Line
all the acts at Forecastle Festival in Louisville
Dawes

over the next couple months

5/6/2015 8:17:01 AM

Saw Toro y Moi tonight. Wasn't expecting a full band [based on listing to Anything in Return lots]...very cool.

^ Did you get general admission for Dawes?

5/13/2015 1:02:39 AM

^^ Just caught Parker Millsap a few weeks ago for the 3rd time. Fun show and really nice guy if you can catch him after the show.

That's awesome J Roddy has such a high billing at Hangout Fest. With another solid album I think they're gonna be huge. Make sure to check them and Frank Turner out

I've got Faith No More tonight, then Jamie N Commons, Benjamin Booker, Governor's Ball, J Roddy Walson, Spoon, Gary Clarke Jr, John Fogerty, and Mason Jennings all this month and next. Not sure about Fogerty though...he's playing Radio City and I really love the guy, but tix are $Texas

[Edited on May 13, 2015 at 8:53 AM. Reason : asdf]

5/13/2015 8:50:36 AM

^^not sure, i just told my friend to pick mine up when he went to order.

^ i like J Roddy...and I think he's playing Red Hat later this summer so i'll probably come up for that. Not sure if i'll make their HOF set or not. Four grown men may choose to see Paramore

5/13/2015 8:59:12 AM

beach house @ haw river ballroom thursday 10/8. so fucking there.

5/26/2015 7:18:48 PM

^

5/26/2015 7:43:06 PM

i saw purity ring tonight. braids opened and they were awesome. totally validated how much i hyped them after hopscotch 11.

5/29/2015 12:45:24 AM

that purity ring show was crazy good imo

5/30/2015 11:46:04 AM

Damn third eye blind and dashboard June 9 redhat amp. There's a groupon for $24. Can't go due to prior plans, but FYI

5/30/2015 12:56:29 PM

^ were those lawn tix?

6/6/2015 12:07:22 AM

Geto Boys at Snug Harbor in Charlotte on Monday

6/6/2015 1:00:37 AM

6/22/2015 12:17:56 PM

Big Shindig lineup has been announced. Not really worth the effort to report.

6/22/2015 11:27:41 PM

^^i saw them a few weeks ago in charlotte. fun show.

6/23/2015 12:00:25 AM

anyone know a presale code for purity ring?
http://concerts.livenation.com/event/0E004ED0B64E4615

6/23/2015 10:49:26 AM

It's the first 6 digits of any Citi card.

6/23/2015 10:56:45 AM

i realized you can get tickets if you just go direct through the purity ring website

6/23/2015 1:49:50 PM

Quote :

"Saturday October 17th & Sunday October 18th, Walnut Creek Amphitheatre – Raleigh, NC North Carolina’s own Eric Church, headlines two days of an extraordinary line-up of artists including Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow, The Roots, Willie Nelson, Warren Haynes, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Grace Potter, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Chris Stapleton, Railroad Earth, Leftover Salmon, and Greensky Bluegrass. Additional performers and special events will be announced in the coming weeks. The festival will take place on Saturday, October 17 & Sunday, October 18 at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, NC. “Raleigh has an energy that celebrates the best in music, food and arts, making it the perfect place to launch the American Roots Music & Arts Festival. This incredible line-up headlined by North Carolina’s own Eric Church along with The Taste of Raleigh Food & Brews Celebration will give music fans and the Raleigh community an unforgettable experience,”says Keith Wortman, CEO of Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. “The American Roots Music & Arts Festival will be THE event of the season,” says Wilson Howard, President Live Nation Southeast. “We could not be more excited to present such an incredible line-up of artists headlined by North Carolina’s own Eric Church. Live Nation and Blackbird are thrilled to bring a two-day festival of this magnitude to the Triangle area community. Don’t miss out!”"

http://blackbirdmusicgroup.com/american-roots-music-arts-festival/

8/4/2015 2:28:42 PM

going to see merle haggard tonight.

8/4/2015 4:24:10 PM

I had to miss Mike Patton and Faith No More last weekend

Dinosaur Jr. and Primus show a few weeks ago was awesome.

8/4/2015 4:38:08 PM

fall calendar looks like this. All in Charlotte unless otherwise

8-12: Good Old War
9-12: Chatham County Line
9-25: Dawes (Raleigh NC Art Museum)
10-2: IBMA in Ralegh
10-3: IBMA in Raleigh
10-30: Turnpike Troubadours
11-12: The Revivalists
11-21: Mipso
12-4: Steep Canyon Rangers

8/4/2015 4:38:30 PM

Synapse is on point today! Can't wait!!!

http://m.billboard.com/entry/view/id/135397

8/5/2015 1:26:52 AM

^^ I didn't know Turnpike Troubadours were headed east until I read your post. Just bought tickets to their Raleigh show on the 10/30! Thank you dude, thank you tww!

8/8/2015 11:42:58 AM

TWW MEETUP AT THE TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS SHOW.

jk, I don't want to meet you people.

That Raleigh show will be my 7th time seeing them.

8/8/2015 11:04:19 PM

I think they just announced last week or the week before... Ive got tickets for the ny show... Have been waiting impatiently to see them again since checking them out at ACL last year... New album coming soon too

8/8/2015 11:19:40 PM

They announced it a couple weeks ago. Tickets went on sale last friday.

8/9/2015 3:45:33 PM

Hopefully Evan is a little more sober than the AA album release show they played earlier this year.

DeeMarie i hope you bought tickets to the 10/29 show. That's the one at Lincoln.

8/10/2015 7:58:18 AM

has anyone caught a show at the Cone Denim Center in GSO?

8/10/2015 9:46:17 AM