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GRACE AND CANDOR: Shelby Smoak shares his life in prose and song

***EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS SHOW HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO HURRICANE DORIAN*** To call Shelby Smoak’s life story “compelling” would be inadequate. The memoirist and songwriter fronts an indie-rock outfit Bleeder, which will open for Team Player at Satellite on the 6. But in 1990, as an 18-year-old preparing to start his freshman year at UNCW, Smoak’s parents told him he had contracted HIV when he … Continue reading GRACE AND CANDOR: Shelby Smoak shares his life in prose and song

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EMBRACING THE WEIRD: Eyeball brings psychedelic neo-space rock to ILM

  “A band like ours doesn’t have too many choices of places to play because we are so weird,” says drummer Trey McLamb of his band Eyeball. Since he and Myriam Martian (guitar, art-noise) founded the Raleigh-based psychedelic project in 2015, they’ve mostly played near or west of the Triangle in venues catering to artsy, outside-of-the-box music. Wilmington’s Juggling Gypsy fits the mold and will … Continue reading EMBRACING THE WEIRD: Eyeball brings psychedelic neo-space rock to ILM

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20-YEAR HAZE: Umphrey’s McGee preps for sold-out show at GLA

  Now that hemp production is legal in North Carolina (as part of a state pilot program allowed under federal law) and CBD becoming a growing industry, NC seems prime to climb aboard the “Green Rush.” At least we’re reaching a point of normalizing conversations about CBD, hemp and marijuana. “I use CBD pretty regularly and it helped my mom quite a bit in her … Continue reading 20-YEAR HAZE: Umphrey’s McGee preps for sold-out show at GLA

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PURE GOLD: Max Frost is a one-man spectacle

  “I was always hoping to get a mentor,” singer-songwriter Max Frost says of Michael “Fitz” Fitzpatrick of Fitz and the Tantrums. “It’s sort of like ‘The Karate Kid’: learning from Mr. Miyagi, in this case, the older, wiser, more experienced artist. . . . He acted more as a compass for how I was putting it all together.” Frost tapped Fitz to help produce … Continue reading PURE GOLD: Max Frost is a one-man spectacle

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ROCKIN’ WITH THE DEVIL: Bible of the Devil steer away from modern metal

    It doesn’t get much more metal than naming a band Bible of the Devil (BOTD), but this Chicago-based outfit has more rock ‘n’ roll layers to their sound than just hardcore, pulsating punch. Made up of lead singer Nate Perry (guitar), Chris Grubbs (guitar, backing vocals), Darren Amaya (bass, backing vocals) and Greg Spalding (drums and loathing), they’re celebrating 20 years together with … Continue reading ROCKIN’ WITH THE DEVIL: Bible of the Devil steer away from modern metal

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ENGAGED EMOTIONS: Shana Tucker performs at 2019’s Lumina Festival of the Arts

North Carolina cellist and singer-songwriter Shana Tucker has been a musician since picking up a violin at 9 years old. She’s garnered a reputation as quite the storyteller in jazz and ChamberSoul. However, the drive to tell a story, to pen meaningful lyrics to music, came about when she saw Spike Lee’s 1990 joint “Mo’ Better Blues.” “There’s a song on that soundtrack called ‘Harlem … Continue reading ENGAGED EMOTIONS: Shana Tucker performs at 2019’s Lumina Festival of the Arts

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SAFETY AND SKILLS: Women’s class teaches about firearms and gun safety

“Buying a gun is like buying underwear: You’re not sending anyone else out to do it, so why are you going to take some guy down the street’s word on which gun to buy for yourself?” Mary Anne Peters rhetorically asks over the phone last week. Peters has taught conceal-carry courses since 2013 and was an instructor at BullZeye Shooting Sports before cofounding Pro Gun, … Continue reading SAFETY AND SKILLS: Women’s class teaches about firearms and gun safety

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Whatcha Gonna Do? Inner Circle celebrates 50 years of reggae at festival

“We don’t like life, we love life,” Inner Circle’s Ian Lewis says of his band’s 50-year run in reggae. “It’s simple, there ain’t no complexity to it.” Like the blues, Lewis says reggae music should be like a Picasso—painted in different hues of colors and influences. The Jamaican quintet has been around since the mid ‘70s—picking up Grammys, playing alongside reggae legends like Bob Marley … Continue reading Whatcha Gonna Do? Inner Circle celebrates 50 years of reggae at festival

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BENEATH THE SURFACE: Slomo Dingo releases ‘Fever Dream’ album at Reggie’s on Saturday

Slomo Dingo’s Jamey DuPlanquer talks punk-rock in ILM and his band’s full-length album “Fever Dream,” which they’ll release Saturday night at Reggie’s
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