The week in music: May 15-22, 2013
Goner; Ghostface Killah; Ola Podrida; Titus Andronicus; The Bee Ball; Pure X; Solas, Kenny Roby; Barleycorn & Rye; People's Temple; Demon Eye, Church of Zann; !!!; Stanley Jordan, Kevin Eubanks
Music Feature
Three months after being hit by a car, Paint Fumes' Elijah Von Cramon laughs on
"This is like the first time in my life that I've actually ever been like, 'Yeah, shit's cool. Life's not that bad.' Even though it's totally bad right now. I did get brain damage. Maybe that helps."
The anarchic face of Savage Weekend noise festival belies an acute curatorial mind
"What can happen at a festival so dense is that people cannot absorb any more, even if the most interesting person in the world starts playing. But Ryan Martin did the sequence so well that did not happen."
Music Essay
The Darkness and the woes of revivalist one-hit wonders
No matter how well Hot Cakes recaptures and reasserts the charisma that made people love them a decade before, The Darkness are now only a relic of a previous moment.
Our guide to this week's shows
The week in music: May 8-15, 2013
James Blake; Alice Gerrard; Krakenfest; Josh Ritter; Losering: The Songs of Ryan Adams; Captured! By Robots; Culture; Dessa; HOG; Juan Huevos, Hemlock Ernst; Band of Horses; Imagine Dragons
Record Review
Various artists' Waste of Time: A Tribute to Paint Fumes
Waste of Time isn't without its rough patches, but the highs are legendary, much like Von Cramon's recent tumble itself.
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Popular Events
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Kenny Chesney, Eli Young Band, Kacey Musgraves @ Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
- Thu., May 23, 7 p.m.
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NC Symphony Summerfest Opening NIght @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre
- Sat., May 25, 7:30 p.m.
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Thee Tom Hardy, Tab-One, Lazurus, Tuscon, Illpo @ Deep South the Bar
- Thu., June 6, 9 p.m.
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Stop the Violence Tour: The Real Laww, Lil Bob, Aden, Bellefonte, Dasan Ahanu, April Everyday @ Casbah
- Sat., May 25, 10 p.m.
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Hoax, NASA Space Universe, The Coltranes, Double Negative @ Kings Barcade
- Sun., May 26, 9:30 p.m.
This article and interview is great, looking forward to this event! But.... I took the photo featured here, which seems …
by Em P Lokkwood on The anarchic face of Savage Weekend noise festival belies an acute curatorial mind (Music Feature)
Thanks for the catch, Jeremy. The text has been corrected.
by Denise Prickett, INDY Editorial Web Director on The anarchic face of Savage Weekend noise festival belies an acute curatorial mind (Music Feature)