As spring blooms into summer, the Winston-Salem darkwavers in Spirit System will embark on a mini-tour across North Carolina, spreading their “little black raincloud” to soothe souls and contrast pre-summer vibes. The tide is high for goth ...
When you hear the name of Greensboro-based band Viva La Muerte, winners of YES! Weekly’s readers’ poll for the Triad’s Best Original Band, you might find yourself wondering what they’re all about. First of all, they’re not ...
Van Goose makes hyperactive, slightly skewed party music. The grooves are a bit twitchy, and the singing veers toward the crazed. The Brooklyn-based quintet is the creative project of Shlomi Lavie, a drummer/multi-instrumentalist songwriter-singer. You may find yourself thinking ...
On Valentine’s Day, music filled the air in YES! Weekly’s advertising department as Gooseberry Jam played a set of original music they describe as Americana rock’n’roll. Gooseberry Jam is made up of Darrell Craig (lead vocals, guitar), Randy Wagoner (bass), Sean ...
New Year’s Eve celebrations are as much about marking the end of something as they are about kicking off the new year with a fizzy bang. Putting a period at the end of the sentence that was ...
By: Bronwen Bradshaw On Sept. 1, The Dune Sea performed at CRU Wine & Beers, on Fleming Road in Greensboro. It was a killer performance by the up-and-coming band, who are all local students of Weaver ...
Some people know they want to be in a band before they know how to play an instrument or have any sense of what kind of music they even want to make. Lavender Milk was a little ...
*Editor’s note: The feature photo’s credit did not appear in the print version of this article. This photo is credited to Allen Martin of MartiniVision Creative Services and was given to YES! Weekly courtesy of the band Saucer. By: Katei Cranford ...
The Grass Is Dead is a Grateful Dead tribute band, but rather than trying to emulate the legendary San Francisco band, the Grass Is Dead does bluegrass renditions of Dead tunes. In their own way, the country-flavored banjo-fueled Florida band ...
