The Bottom String

It goes without saying that two of my favorite things in the world are free food and free music. When the two come together for three spec...

10. Magpie Feast - Out of the Womb While Magpie Feast has long flown under the radar, albums like Out of the Womb  do their damndest to m...

In celebration of Gross Ghost’s newest release, Public Housing , they threw a party with a solid lineup on Friday, November 22. The show wa...

"Public Housing" was released on Oct. 29 on Odessa Records. Gross Ghost will be celebrating their album release this Friday, Nov...

Gross Ghost at Kings Barcade at Hopscotch 2013 Gross Ghost are having their record release party at Cat’s Cradle’s newly constructed ba...

Spiritualized @ City Plaza By the time Saturday rolled around exhausted is one of the words I had in my rolodex to tell people how I was...

A-Trak @ City Plaza 14 hours of live music will take something out of you--I can attest to that. But the prospect of another full day of...

Ah, Friday. Even though we're only a day away I'm still stressing out about who I'm going to see, what sets I'm going to c...

Big Boi will be headlining Hopscotch 2013 Performing Friday, September 6th at City Plaza Since its inception Hopscotch has been a festiv...

Show of the Week: Wavves @ Kings Barcade Sunday April 14 Friday April 12 Lonnie Walker w/ Oulipo @ Harris Field on NCSU Campus in Rale...

Finally, Hear Here has returned!  In case you're not familiar with our old series, Hear Here is a weekly feature that highlights all o...

WKNC's Double Barrel Benefit 9 will be held on February 3 and 4 at The Pour House in Raleigh, NC This afternoon DJ Kligz and Adam Ki...

You Should Know is a series that has been long awaited for me, after dropping the interviews from Bottom String Sessions it was a consciou...

Photo Credit: Agatha Donkar It's been busy times for The Bottom String lately with holidays and exams lumping themselves together, b...

Mike Dillon of Gross Ghost from our "You Should Know" session Last week held one of my favorite shows of the year with Bombad...

The Flaming Lips @ City Plaza Starting off Saturday was the strangest feeling, a combination of exhaustion and excitement for the day to...