Tangents Stories

Album Review: “The Skeptic” by Tilian

You can tell a lot about a person based on her favorite Dance Gavin Dance vocalist. I always thought I would end up with a Kurt girl: humble, soulful, and in possession of a good fortune of effect pedals. Along with Hufflepuffs, CrossFitters, and anarcho-capitalists, Jonny girls were out of the question, especially since MacBook jokes are half of my sense of humor. But fate brought a Tilian girl into my life. We fought about mundane things as other couples did, but mostly we fought about music.

Concert Review: Yesterday’s Tomorrow at The RimKat

Did I witness this? Did I really see and hear a show where every Winston-Salem band I ever wanted to see reunite, did so in a 3-hour span? Every band that Mitch Easter played with during those halcyon days. The Impertubable Teutonic Griffin, Rittenhouse Square and Sacred Irony playing their first shows in 48 years. Chris Stamey, who’s recent book brought about this show, reunited Sneakers with Mitch Easter. Little Diesel, which featured Peter Holsapple, Will Rigby and Bob Northcott, nearly stole

Remembering Stewart Lupton and Jonathan Fire*Eater

When I started photographing musicians in 1996, one of the first up-and-coming acts that I photographed was Jonathan Fire*Eater. They were garage rock, woozy and cool before many tried to do the same a few years later. I photographed them twice at Tremont Music Hall in 1996 and 1997. Yes, I still have those photos. Scott Weaver interviewed singer Stewart Lupton for this magazine before it imploded for the first time. (Yes, Scott, I still have that interview. I somehow ended up with it.) Like