Posts Tagged ‘Gimme Five!’
Gimme Five! Phonte & Big Pooh of Little Brother
On “Not Enough,” a track off Little Brother’s 2005 major label debut The Minstrel Show, Phonte Coleman makes a decisive declaration about his and Thomas “Big Pooh” Jones’ work ethic: “We spent the last year writing rhymes doing shows and chopping records / And traveled all around the world to spread the message / ‘Cause ain’t no rest for the weary when it comes to my team / We only sleep on December the 32nd.” Full Story »
Gimme Five! Ben of Ben Davis and the Jett$
‘Round about ten years ago, on the eve of welcoming a son into the world, Ben Davis happily decided to get down to the serious business of being an adult. Full Story »
Gimme Five! Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette of The Sky Drops
“Hang on / We’re not on this earth too long,” Rob Mentejo and Monika Bullette of The Sky Drops sing on a track off their debut record Bourgeois Beat. It’s a carpe diem sentiment packed in a free-floating melody. Full Story »
Gimme Five! Pinche Gringo
Once a drummer that rattled a kit like nobody’s business, Josh Johnson used to be a mainstay in the Greensboro scene. But try as he may to make things work with his bands there (The Spins, The Griefs), things fell apart. Full Story »
Gimme Five! Matt Damron of Bright Young Things
They may sing of “Truth in Short Doses,” but when it comes to the music they rattle out on stage, The Bright Young Things throw in a few shots of fun too. With guitars, drums, bass and keys, this five-piece based out of Raleigh shake out their own spin on rootsy indie rock. Full Story »
Gimme Five! Eric Hirsch of Orquesta GarDel
In 2006, when David Garcia, a professor of Afro-Cuban music at UNC Chapel Hill, and Nelson Delgado, a singer and seasoned veteran of the Triangle latin music scene, decided to start a salsa group, they couldn’t have known the powerful music explosion that would become Orquesta GarDel. Full Story »
Gimme Five! Seth Martin of the Sinful Savage Tigers
Truth be told, the Sinful Savage Tigers began on a lark. Seth Martin thought he’d play a one-off gig at a folk festival in Alabama with his friend Rob Guthrie and that would be it. That one gig, it turned out, was just the beginning. Full Story »
Gimme Five! Skylar of Skylar Gudasz and the Ugly Girls
It’s a roll of the dice to called your band mates “Ugly Girls” and swear your motto is to make music with “as few people with as many instruments as possible,” but Skylar Gudasz is unfazed. And perhaps that’s because those ugly girls (Paul Fisher, William Taylor, and Elysse Thebner) are packing an awful lot of instruments. Full Story »
Gimme Five! Mark Weems and Julee Glaub of Little Windows
Mark Weems and Julee Glaub pair their instrumental knack and vocal harmony with the traditions that own their hearts to create the sound of Little Windows. Full Story »
Gimme Five! John Harrison of North Elementary
After spending most of the early nineties recording ambling melodies and random sounds on a boom box in his bedroom, John Harrison got his hands on a 4-track. Full Story »
Gimme Five! Zach Terry of The Whiskey Smugglers
As much a wonderful product of the local scene as their own musical proclivities, The Whiskey Smugglers are a ragtag group of players bent on bringing their own brand country stomp to the Triangle. Full Story »
