Triangle music blogs keep me plugged into the local music scene
15 Jun
In the past month, I’ve seen two of my favorite bands on stage in the Triangle: The National at Lincoln Theatre and The Decemberists at Progress Energy Center. I bragged about the awesomeness of the shows on my facebook page and one of my friends asked me how I find out about all these cool concerts. I told him, he needs to read Triangle music blogs.
I don’t want you to miss out on cool shows or find out about them too late to buy tickets. So here are some of my favorite Triangle music blogs:
* Triangle Music: Bloggers Kevin and Valerie are pretty quick to post concert announcements, they attend most of the major (and cooler) shows and provide commentary, photos and videos afterward.
* Mann’s World: No show is too small for Blogger Karen Mann, who does a great job keeping readers up-to-date on local music, complete with reviews and videos. She also links to relevant local music news. If you want to learn more about the Trianlge music scene, this is an excellent place to start.
* Music.MyNC.com: My co-worker Jake Seaton found a way to take advantage of working at a TV station. He invites local bands and touring acts into NBC17 Studio B and records a live session with them, posting it in full on the music blog he created. He’s also pretty quick to post concert announcements and local music news. Jake is responsible for this beautiful slideshow from The National concert.
* Scan (the Independent Weekly’s music blog): I don’t always agree with their reviews, but some of the best written music commentary in the Triangle can be found here.
* WKNC 88.1 blog: The blog for N.C. State’s student-run radio station is relatively new, but continues to be loaded with a pretty diverse mix of music news, promotions and randomness.
Unfortunately, I don’t have tickets to any upcoming concerts, so it’s time to check the local listings and pick out what I can afford. Let me know if I left out any music blogs that you love.
I like Ross Grady’s Triangle Rock. http://www.trianglerock.com/
You can’t leave out David Menconi, who is a walking encyclopedia of musical insight and knowledge.
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@Steve B, I like the presentation on Ross’ blog.
@Valerie You’re so right! He breaks a lot of music news and usually his updates are short, sweet and to the point.
Hey, thanks, Ginny!
In addition to David and Ross, New Raleigh’s been getting in on the music action between Tim, Jed and Vince (www.newraleigh.com). WXDU has a blog, too. And Chaz Martenstein at Bull City Records has a blog, which has lately been about new stock (gotta survive) but occasionally has great videos and show previews or reviews (http://wnng.wordpress.com).
Thanks again!
grayson currin
indy/scan music editor
thank you for this! link for music.mync.com didn’t work in my browser, should just be: http://music.mync.com/
great post, thanks again
Thanks, Steve & Grayson. I’ve never been clear on whether I really consider my site a “blog” per se, since it’s pretty much just an endless list of upcoming shows. Plus intermittent snotty commentary.
In the spirit of spreading the love, I’m a fan of Secret Carrboro Ninja Patrol: http://secretcarrboroninjapatrol.blogspot.com/
@Clay The link is fixed. Thanks for pointing it out!
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