The Suspect: Mount Kimbie After releasing two well-received EPs in 2009, this duo from London came out with a full-length album Crooks & Loverson the Hot Flush label last summer. The band comes at its ambient trip-hop from a dubstep perspective and is possibly even the first band in the “post-dubstep” genre. Pitchfork says Mount … Read more
Have you ever been to a trippy canned-food drive? If not, here’s an example from an event organized by Widespread Panic’s own John Bell and The Sautee Community Association. Four months ago, a massive black-and-white labyrinth created from hanging colored spotlights shined on the floor of a gymnasium in Sautee, Ga. People entered the light-maze … Read more
Longtime party activist Henry Mitchell narrowly edged out Chris Eck to succeed Chad Nesbitt as Buncombe County GOP chair. The president of the Oakley Neighborhood Association, Mitchell’s been a substitute teacher at A.C. Reynolds High School for the last 10 years. He previously worked as a horticulturist, salesman and as resource development director for Quality … Read more
Travis Medford's art It's been awhile since graphic designer Travis Medford worked at Xpress (he's now a designer at Lark Crafts), but his posters still decorate the walls around our offices. They'll also hang on the walls of Push Skate Shop & Gallery: Medford's art exhibit, The Third Other, is a collection of new works … Read more
Weeks after Megafaun's inception, brothers Phil and Brad Cook — along with longtime friend and bandmate Joe Westerlund — booked a six-date tour with nothing more than "three loose ideas" for songs. Then they hit the road, improvising the rest night by night. "I don't think any of those shows were good shows," Brad admits. … Read more
The Sierra Club presents a forum on nuclear power and renewable alternatives on Wednesday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place. Dot Sulock of UNCA, and Mary Olson, Southeast Regional Coordinator for the Nuclear Information and Resource Services, will be the featured speakers. Info: teachingnonproliferation.org. The community … Read more
The year is 1951. Dusk has fallen. Strains of music and conversation echo across the campus of Black Mountain College. Students and faculty dine on vegetables harvested from on-campus gardens. In a nearby building, a dancer covered in iridescent powder moves in time to an ambient soundtrack produced on site. The year is 2010, and … Read more
