John Vanderslice and Crooked Fingers charm Kings Barcade

Photos by Justin Weber

John Vanderslice and Crooked Fingers kicked off a 3 week tour together with a fun and friendly show to a small crowd at Kings Barcade in Raleigh Tuesday night.

Vanderslice opened the show by praising the quality of the backstage food and then proved his point by bringing out a giant bowl of kale to share with the audience. He played solo most of the night, but the

Crooked Fingers & John Vanderslice announce fall tour

Two incredible singer-songwriters, Erich Bachmann (Crooked Fingers) and John Vanderslice, will team up for a fall tour that will kick off in the Triangle.



The bands will play Kings Barcade in Raleigh on Tuesday, October 30. Tickets will go on sale at noon on Friday, August 10 via Etix for $15.



Check out a video of Crooked Fingers performing "Your Apocalypse" from their latest album Breaks

Crooked Fingers, Annuals, Tres Chicas & more playing free Raleigh concert series

A new free concert series is coming to downtown Raleigh every other Thursday this summer. The series is called OC7 and will feature three bands performing in City Plaza starting on May 31 with Tres Chicas, Antique Firearms and Saints Apollo.

Headliners for the rest of the shows are Katharine Whalen and Her Fascinators, I Was Totally Destroying It, Annuals, Hobex and Big Daddy Love. Check out the

Lambchop plays mellow set for packed Motorco crowd

All photos by Kevin Norris

Enduring Nashville indie band Lambchop rolled into Motor Music Hall in Durham on Saturday night in support of their eleventh studio album Mr. M, released in February (check out the album review HERE).

The show was more subdued than their recent Triangle gigs. The five-piece band kicked things off with a laid back version of "Give It" before launching into a set of

Win tickets to Lambchop and Crooked Fingers at Motorco

Merge Records labelmates Lambchop and Crooked Fingers are teaming up for a show at Motorco Music Hall in Durham on Saturday, April 14, with Lambchop touring in support of their latest, Mr. M, and Crooked Fingers wrapping up a set of dates supporting their 2011 release, Breaks in the Armor.

For the chance to win a pair of tickets to Saturday's show, email trianglemusiccontests at gmail dot com