So this was it. The culmination of a 40th anniversary (for The Specials) and forty years of me wanting to see the band. This is one of the longest trips Adrienne and I have taken to see a band, and …Read more
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Jun 12 2019
Don Dixon and Secret Monkey Weekend at Imbibe, Chapel Hill NC
This was not a typical show for Don Dixon, the North Carolina rock legend, voice of Arrogance, and fine solo artist. Seated on stools coffeehouse style, were Don, guitar in hand, alongside novelist John Bare, who read from his book …Read more
Jun 4 2019
The Figgs live at The Cave, Chapel Hill NC and Heyday Guitars, Winston-Salem NC
(The Figgs at The Cave)
I was going to start this particular review by discussing how the Figgs should be playing much bigger venues, should be getting bigger crowds, etc. etc. But after seeing this astoundingly good band two nights …Read more
May 28 2019
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets - Love Starvation EP
I recently read an article that said Nick Lowe was in the ‘third act’ of his career. This EP, three original songs and a somewhat obscure cover, along with last year’s 4-track Tokyo Bay EP (www.tinyurl.com/tokyolowe), …Read more
May 17 2019
Moogfest Moments 2019 Part 2 or Clem Burke is not a Metronome
Part of the Moogfest manifesto is the celebration of inventiveness and ingenuity in electronic instruments. Thursday’s programming in the big hall of CTD celebrated a blending the earliest mechanized playback--the piano roll--and later innovation--the Moog-Buchla PianoBar in what Money Mark …Read more
May 13 2019
Tyler Ramsey Live at the Bohemian Cafe, Greenville SC
(Track used with express permission of Tyler Ramsey)
Asheville’s Tyler Ramsey is a local treasure. This was his third visit to The Bohemian, and not only is he an amazing, evocative guitarist and singer/songwriter, but he is also one of …Read more
May 2 2019
Babylon: The Movie
It's great to see a movie that fills in lots of holes in your musical knowledge. Babylon is a very British film from 1980 that was co-written by Martin Stellman, who wrote Quadrophenia, and directed by Italian-born Franco Rosso. …Read more
Apr 30 2019
Moments from Moogfest 2019: Part One
So this was my 4th year at the (now) Durham-based festival that bills itself as celebrating “Future Sound/Future Thought.” Each year the festival seems to suffer some whispered rumors about major management, planning, and booking upheavals, and reported glitches, whispers…
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Apr 29 2019
Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets at The Orange Peel, Asheville NC
I Love The Sound Of Wrestling Masks It had been less than a year since I saw Nick and the Straitjackets at the much smaller Grey Eagle in Asheville. It was a great show and I was 20 feet away …Read more
Apr 26 2019
Peter Holsapple Combo Live at The Station, Carrboro NC
This was the fourth week of the Peter Holsapple Combo ‘residency’ at The Station; meaning that they were playing every Tuesday night in April, and featuring a special guest every week. I’ve seen the Combo about four times in the …Read more
Apr 3 2019
Secret Monkey Weekend At Magnolia Music Cafe,Wake Forest NC
Imagine a band, a family band, where the singer and guitarist is the dad, and the bassist/backup singer is his 16 year old daughter, and the drummer/ other lead singer is his 11 and a half year old daughter. This …Read more
Mar 28 2019
Whitey Morgan and The 78’s at The Blind Tiger, Greensboro NC
It’s always good to step into someone else’s scene. Whitey Morgan is an artist I wasn’t aware of until a few months ago. He is a real-deal honky-tonk king, carefully following in the footsteps of Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard, …Read more
Mar 23 2019
Adrian Belew Live at The Lincoln Theater, Raleigh NC
Adrian Belew Live at the Lincoln Theater, Raleigh NC 3/15/19
This is the third time I’ve seen Adrian Belew and his band in the past two years or so, and I think I’ve finally realized why I love him so …Read more
Mar 19 2019
Teenage Fanclub Live at Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, NC
Merge Records kicked off their 30th Anniversary celebration season with a special gift for the faithful: a rare visit from Scotland’s power pop paragons, Teenage Fanclub. The beautiful riverside setting had to struggle to keep up with the loveliness the …Read more
Mar 6 2019
The Specials: Encore
Following what happened to The Specials after their 2nd LP, More Specials, the beginning of The Fun Boy Three, and the start-up of The Special AKA, since 1981, is exhausting. Check the Wiki page if you are interested, but …Read more
Mar 2 2019
Excons: Sea Shanties
Who are the Excons? If you live in the North Main area of Greenville, they are our friendly local neighborhood band. This is their second LP and it is a great disc. They went to Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville …Read more
Feb 23 2019
Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock
It’s truly difficult for me to review a Bob Mould record. It’s like reviewing your guitar teacher’s music. I don’t know Bob and he never gave me a lesson, but I taught myself how to play guitar listening to Husker …Read more
Feb 21 2019
What Do You Want?
In reanimating Zub Records, we have re-entered a very different music world than when we wound down in the prior millennium. We are more connected than ever through tools like Facebook and Twitter and this site, but at the same …Read more
Feb 14 2019
Joe Jackson: Fool and Live in Richmond, VA
There are only a handful of bands I really want to see that I'll never see live. XTC, The Jam and The Stranglers come to mind. Joe Jackson has also been on that list. For whatever reasons, I never was …Read more
Feb 5 2019
Buzzcocks LP Reissues: The Good Stuff
http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/news/24-10-18/buzzcocks-announce-details-of-40th-anniversary-editions-of-another-music-in-a-different-kitchen-and-love-bites/ BUZZCOCKS: THE GOOD STUFF Just received in the mail from Domino Records the new reissues of Buzzcocks first two LP’s, Another Music In A Different Kitchen and Love Bites. These were …Read more
Jan 26 2019
Revisiting Yellow Submarine by The Beatles
This blog is about The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine movie soundtrack, released in 1969. It is informed by a Daily Beast article by the excellent writer Colin Fleming. Check it out https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-the-beatles-let-their-freak-flag-fly What I get from …Read more
Jan 23 2019
They Shall Not Grow Old : THE Documentary of The Great War
The print Zub Alert served a community ‘zine for us, Adrienne and Steve, to share our enthusiasms for our pop culture discoveries in the old media world. We will continue in that spirit to share our thoughts and experiences for …Read more
Jan 19 2019
Stellar Playlists! And the winner is...
Stellar Playlists! And the winner is...
Thanks to all of you who entered the Space Song Playlist Contest and took up the challenge of selecting 5 songs with a space theme of your own device.
One thing…
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Jan 17 2019
Songs That Shaped Punk Rock
https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/01/the-50-albums-that-shaped-punk-rock/
So, I recently read a great article on the Consequence Of Sound Website about “The 50 Albums That Shaped Punk Rock.” The article actually listed many punk bands as influencing …Read more
