We have a shortened program this Friday evening, Jan. 27, on The Local Beat as N.C. State Women's Basketball is taking on ACC challenger Florida State at 6:30 p.m. At 5 p.m, though, we are welcoming a new band to the show, the Evil Tenors . While you might not have heard of the group before, it is likely you know some of the band members: Nathan White ( Nathan Oliver ), John Harrison ( North Elementary ), Mas Sato ( The Sames ), Stuart Cullinan ( Tennis and the Mennonites ), and [...]
Back in 2008, when we first began to officially provide artists and bands a formal way to submit their music to us for review, we would get a few dozen submissions a month. However, in the past two years, as the traffic to IRC has steadily grown (most especially in the past year), the number [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe

This album from Chapel Hill, NC band Nathan Oliver came out earlier this year and it is quite a good album. The band is fronted and primarily consists of Nathan White, a local musician. His touring band also has members of The Rosebuds, Schooner and several others and was recorded in Chapel Hill at Pox World Studios. The album is incredibly well developed, combining a lot of different disparate elements together to achieve a very interesting and unique sound. It is intimate at times and hectic and chaotic at times as well. He shows a [...]

Nathan Oliver is the larger cumulative project of North Carolina's Nathan White, whose new album released this year, Cloud Animals , has been a pleasant surprise . White agreed to answer a few questions about his album and the scene in the Triangle area. Nathan Oliver: "Icicles For Fingers" Nathan Oliver: "French Press" Nathan Oliver: "State LInes, Pt. 3" [...]
OK, let's get this show on the road. To start off with with we've got Nathan Oliver and on this track he's taken a sound reminiscent of The Coral or The Last Shadow Puppets and added an American tinge. It works well, not only that but he's giving away two more songs from his album. Just head over to his site . MP3: Icicles For Fingers - Nathan Oliver
I humbly present you with three more artists to check out this weekend:The GratesFor those who like: Yeah Yeah YeahsThis Aussie group draws upon an eclectic set of styles for their unique sound.The Grates' MyspaceNathan OliverFor those who like: Matthew Sweet, SuperchunkThe North Carolina band relies on clever and catchy tunes to suck you in.Nathan Oliver's MyspaceMillion Dollar MouthFor those
North Carolina indie band Nathan Oliver have been pushing hard behind their solid sophomore album Cloud Animals. I recently had the opportunity to speak with lead singer/songwriter Nathan White about the album and music in general. Here's our conversation:T.O. Snob: Your new album Cloud Animals came out earlier this year. For people who aren't familiar with you how would you describe the album

Offset Festival Absolutely no excuses for a quiet forthcoming weekend. Granted, August Bank Holiday is probably still etched in the hazy realms of your mind, but trust me, September`s shaping up very nicely for those investing in cultural gatherings. Offset Festival`s scenic forest surroundings with the fantastic advantage of being a stones throw from the capital. Multi stages over two days promise to produce a weekend equally relevant to new artists as the more established line-up. Early September British weather, fingers crossed! [...]

Cloud Animals Cover I participate in discussions at Arstechnica, which fields discussions about many technical things as well as legal issues surrounding music. Over-and-over again, I hear folks there spout about how there is little to no creativity on the radio these days and that's the reason why they pirate music: it's not worth paying for. Meanwhile, I nod to the radio part of it. Quite frankly, radio stinks. Even the musicians I like on the oldies stations get the same playlist overplayed and make me sick of the classic iconic oldies. But, those folks haven't [...]

Nathan Oliver Cloud Animals Pox World Empire , 2009 Nathan Oliver: "French Press" Cloud Animals is a mix of folk, modern rock, and synth goodness to make a diverse palette of selections. There are some uneven parts here, many of the songs don't really resemble the one that came before it. But they make a whole. A great whole. The opener carnivalesque "Icicles for Fingers" has [...]

Nathan Oliver: "Icicles For Fingers" Nathan Oliver: "State Lines Pt. 3" I've been sitting on Nathan Oliver's new release Cloud Animals for almost two months now. I've thought about it, I've wanted to listen to it, and I just really haven't. Sometimes these things take some time to percolate. But the Raleigh-based band draws on some of the most positive influences from the Triangle, including members of North Elementary and The Rosebuds. A/nd plus it's out on local label Pox World Empire . [...]

And this one goes out to Ryan Benjamin ... this guy keeps sending me good stuff for the blog, and I always missed to post anything of it. It's definitely not with ill intent; but I kept all his mails, and now I'll do a roundup of all the artists he has introduced me to during the last few weeks. Hope this will do just a slight bit of justice to his good job! First up is US singer/songwriter Charlie [...]
~image stolen from here . It has been a while since I did a blog round up, so it is more than needed. There are soo many great blogs out there, so much great music, that I cannot keep up with it, so thank goodness for my blogroll peeps! Lets see what they have been discussing lately. ~~ Captain Obvious issued forth another "Covers" mixtape (always a great selection) - Find volume XIX HERE . Another [...]

Cloud Animals is the name of Nathan Oliver's excellent new album. I have three songs from it for download as mp3 to really give you a sample of it. The album is full of really great pop tunes, but they're not your normal by-the-numbers pop, these are special. Enjoy. 01. Icicles For Fingers 02. Under Lock & Key 03. French Press 04. State Lines Pt. 3 05. Playground Lies 06. A Dark History 07. Alone In A Fog 08. How Small We Have Become 09. Red Panda 10. Leaf Spine 11. Cloud Animals Download: [...]

Nathan Oliver "Cloud Animals", free MP3s Chapel Hill, NC indie artist Nathan Oliver recently released his second album " Cloud Animals ", co-produced by Zeno Gill and himself. His live band has been made up of members of other local bands like Schooner , Rosebuds , North Elementary , and Ticonderoga , check it out on myspace and download the MP3s below. Icicles for fingers French Press [...]

Another rainy(ish) day (sun's out!), another round of free music from EAR FARM! Remember though, this isn't any average day... tonight is EAR FARM's Northside Festival Showcase with Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, tUnE-YaRdS, The Secret Life of Sofia, pow wow!, and Coyote Eyes. If you're in the NY area, be there . As for the free music, we've got it for you: below is an assortment of MP3s that have come our way in the past week. Some are EAR FARM favorites, some might be more your bag than ours, all are free [...]

da muss ich schon ganz tief in die mottenkiste greifen! aber fördere einen wirklich unterhaltsamen artikel zutage, hier . denn wir hatten bereits über nathan oliver berichtet. nach seinem selbstbetitelten debut in 2007 ist nun der zweitling an der reihe. "cloud animals" heißt das gute stück und ist wie der vorläufer auf pox world empire erschienen. mit mitgliedern lokaler bands wie schooner, rosebuds, north elementary und ticonderoga (chapel hill) gelang nathan erneut ein wunderbar zwischen folk, americana und pop changierendes album, das sich vor allem aus grandiosen melodien und [...]
North Carolina band Nathan Oliver have recently released their second album Cloud Animals. They look like fun loving guys don't they?Well you can sample their fare with these tracks:"Icicles for Fingers"- MP3"French Press"- MP3"State Lines Pt 3"- MP3Nathan Oliver's Myspace
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Dry Spells : "Lost Daughter" [mp3] from Too Soon For Flowers (out August 11th) The Dry Spells : "Batwood" [mp3] from Too Soon For Flowers (out August 11th) other Dry Spells posts at Largehearted Boy Lord Cut-Glass : "Even Jesus Couldn't Love You" [mp3] from Lord Cut-Glass [...]

I spent a good amount of time this evening deleting my way through my inbox with little luck before I fell upon a few interesting tracks from Chapel Hill, NC band Nathan Oliver . Fronted by musician Nathan White and made up of members of local Chapel Hill bands such as Schooner, Rosebuds, North Elementary, and Ticonderoga, this band really has me digging their track "Icicles for Fingers." White and band's second album, Cloud Animals , was released earlier this year in March, and now White and crew are receiving some noteworthy praise in the Triangle [...]