For the past 17 years Kym Register has owned The Pinhook, one of Durham's most esteemed clubs. WUNC music reporter @brianburns.bsky.social recently sat down with Register to talk about the history of the club and what came before it. www.wunc.org/wunc-music/2...

pitchfork sunday review gives a much deserved 9.1 to op ivy's energy and that's awesome but you have to read this to the end pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Ken Dryden, a five-time Vezina Trophy winner for the Montreal Canadiens and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, has passed away after a courageous battle with cancer at 78 years old.

“Nation Time was recorded in concert in 1970 at the height of the American rights movement and was inspired [by] and a tribute to Amiri Baraka. Today I think of it more from a human rights perspective, encompassing more than race.” Nation Time - The Strange World Of #JoeMcPhee buff.ly/dzdMvjo

Cash-Strapped Subway Threatens To Reveal Identities Of Customers Who Eat Subway If They Don’t Pay

The Breeders

Man that took AWHILE

So happy to see this resurrection of one of my fave weirdo bands from youthful SF days, Thinking Felvers Union Local 282. Thanks @jenpkelly.bsky.social dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7919694...

Vanilla Ozz

As many of you have heard, our friend Dan McGee from Spider Bags suffered an aneurysm in April and has undergone multiple brain surgeries since. On 8/23, proceeds from this event will go directly to Dan’s family to help with the costs of recovery. Tix on sale now at thepinkhook.com (link in bio)

great new piece by @clangorofdale.bsky.social about dan mcgee, america's best live rock and roll band, to wit, spider bags, and the benefit coming up at the pinhook in durham on 23 august for dan's ongoing aneurysm recovery open.substack.com/pub/clangori...

There are too many spiders in Los Angeles. Every time I see a spider in my house it’s a completely different type of spider than I have ever seen before. What are we doing guys? There should be no more than 12 types of spiders MAX

Damn. Hope it’s nothing too serious & they get well.

What’s next, throwing a frisbee into the wind at beach so it comes back to you? I would excel at both, btw.

I have some shows coming up starting Friday with Trevor Dunn and Danny Piechocki, aka AHLEUCHATISTAS. A southeastern US swing and a set at Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon, Portugal.

I finally got around to uploading some of my Instax and Polaroid photography. Yes, there are prints for sale! www.pjsykes.com/instantphoto...

I assume this article is good, I don’t know because I’m paywalled & I cannot subscribe to every publication known to man. But… where have all the music listings gone? People often ask me how I know about shows & my only real answer is: follow every band, musician, & venue you like on Instagram.

hell yeah

All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.

¡Que Viva! Presents: Our Friend Dan A Benefit for Dan McGee Sat 8/23 at The Pinhook in Durham, NC $20 @titus-andronicus.bsky.social (solo) Personality Cult Verity Den Steve Oliva Plays Spider Bags Plus DJs Craig Layabout and Bug Spray (Mac from @superchunk.bsky.social) Tickets: queviva.party/dan

Durham’s One City Center building struck by lightning at 2:33 pm (via a friend) #ncwx

Go see a small show. Say hello to the artist. Buy something from them that you can take home and enjoy forever. Everyone wins!

What's your sign?

Man I hate the Florida Panthers

Holy shit this is a radio spot for the record shop I worked at in Blacksburg 100 years ago

Great write up on Chaz & Bull City Records! (And I’m not saying that just because I’m quoted in the article.)

Hey! Our NEW ALBUM Songs In The Key of Yikes is coming out 8/22 and you can order it now from @mergerecords.bsky.social! Out *NOW* is our new single "Is It Making You Feel Something" -- the vinyl 7" is in house now and ready to ship! Incredible cover paintings by Scott Reeder! See you this Fall!

if i get the resources or support to release music on vinyl, i promise: you will be able to easily tell, by looking at the label, which side of the record it is. you won't see "other side" on the b-side that lists the a-side tracks. you will never ever need to squint to look at a "runout groove."

Canes ECF curse over?

THE CANES WON QN ACTUAL EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS GAME!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Our interview with Rialto owner and huge Caniac Hayes Permar!! As he so astutely said today “We know how to fan(atic)! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/4wU3...

Can somebody please tell me who Nikolai Svechnikov is? He supposedly plays for the Canes. If you are wondering, this crawler is on the NHL Network and it has been up since last night. #RaiseUp

Full Tom Wilson Experience tonight. He must really have wanted to see Pee Wee’s Big Adventure at the Rialto. Sad.

Not the point but I hope he has just the highest voice

George Karl’s don’t-give-a-damn approach made him no stranger to controversy throughout his career. So it was no surprise when Karl surfaced on social media with the same pugnacious, in-your-face style. But he doesn't run his own Twitter/X account: http://dlvr.it/TKh8Ll

I hate when that happens…

please read, share, and donate! spider bags is one of america's best live rock and roll bands. they anchor one of the best annual hopscotch festival day parties and they are one of the best, most consistent, and vital triangle bands of the last 20 years. gofund.me/cd3b9646

I can’t believe how bad this shit is.

The next generation will absolutely not believe how good pre-AI Google was.

New shirts! We’ll have them at shows or you can get them from our bandcamp page.

Wouldn’t be the worst thing… if you’re trying to go to sleep.

that time I had AI transcribe the lyrics to War Pigs

Great job everyone! We got to 1k. Took a little longer than 2 minutes so you get 3 repeats. Listen at wxyc.org or on our app.

If we can get 1000 followers in the next 2 minutes I’ll play In The Air Tonight on repeat for 30 minutes.

an historic moment in SNL history and SNL socials are already out there posting the bleeped version and we can’t have that so here is the unbleeped one god bless king Ego

This trend of record labels no longer including downloads in their LPs is troubling.