RTP-area local music and culture

["Matt T." <matt.thayer AT gmail.com>]

Jon Pareles name-checks almost every band that played, but he did send
out a little love to The Annuals....


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/18/arts/music/18bonn.html?pagewanted=2

A Festival With More Than Just Jam-Bands

"But all the jam bands at Bonnaroo could be easily be bypassed for
other bands that deserved, and got, an equally euphoric response. They
included the Black Angels, playing 1960s-rooted, ritualistic drone
rock; Lily Allen, delivering funny, sassy, pop-ska kiss-offs; the
methodical, eclectic instrumental band Tortoise; Annuals, who play
shimmering, unfurling indie-rock anthems...."

every band who plays a shopping mall and a major festival in the same
year.....should be supported not dissed by their local music
press.....

raleigh rock dinosaurs rule the triangle ! : )