The Bottom String

To Be Heard is a new booking agency helmed by local musicians Justin Ellis & Mark Connor This weekend some of the most exciting act...

In 2017 I'd wager to state that North Carolina's hip-hop scene is stronger than it's been in the past decade. It seems like st...

Earlier this year Ghostt Bllonde made the announcement that we'd all been waiting for, signing to a local label. When a band experien...

St. Vincent at City Plaza I feel like every Hopscotch has just gotten better and better. Each year the lineup finds a new way to break ...

Usually by Day Three all pre-planned schedules are off for me. It's to wherever seems the most reasonable, comfortable, less-packe...

Magpie Feast released "Hidden Mothers EP" on July 13, 2014. Listen to it on their Bandcamp . Nowadays if an artist is set to r...

The ladies of New Reveille are equal parts talented, and humble.  Speaking of each other’s talents, and of the commitment of the band,...

Blue Sky Black Death will be performing at The Pour House in Raleigh, N.C. on Thursday, Mar. 27 with Marley Carroll and RBTS Win. As th...

Odesza performs at Lincoln Theatre The scene at the Lincoln Theatre last Wednesday was certainly a sight to behold. While many may thras...

Emancipator Ensemble will perform at The Lincoln Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 19 w/ Odesza and Real Magic If you've been paying attent...

Perfect Pussy at Kings Barcade I am constantly surprised by the Raleigh hardcore scene which may indicate that I am not as familiar with...

Perfect Pussy will perform at Kings Barcade in Raleigh on Thurday, January 7 with Whatever Brains & Davidians Well the holidays are...

I have seen amazing things in the Triangle. I've seen Beach House open for Vampire Weekend, Akron/Family bring their sense of weird to t...

“I’m over the bah bah bahs,” Iggy Cosky says. And the gritty garage of October’s You’re On The Wrong Drugs demos has his band, The Lolli...

Laura Reed performs at The Pour House in Raleigh, NC on Friday, August 23 Laura Reed's music is like a conglomeration of many differ...

Hopscotch Music Festival is exactly one week away and the region is buzzing with excitement for the festival's second year, topped wit...

Hopscotch is just over a week away and quite frankly I'm finding it hard to contain my excitement for the whole thing.  The festival...

Through the pounding heat and pounding rain, Deja Fest pulled through and provided for an awesome free event in downtown Raleigh that got me...

Hopscotch Music Festival is held from September 8-10 in downtown Raleigh, headlined by The Flaming Lips and Guided By Voices It's b...

deja Fest, held on July 22 and 23 is a free music festival held in downtown Raleigh in cooperation with Hopscotch deja Mi announced the...