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Finomw/ Moontype & RIBS
at Kings
Raleigh, NC
doors 7pm // show 8pm
$15 adv // $15 day of show
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FINOM
Not God is the new album from Chicago’s beloved two-headed monster, Finom (fka Ohmme). You can ask them to go into more detail about the boring reasons why they changed their name, but for now, the answer is going to be polite refusal. No.
Co-fronted by Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart, Finom’s influences run vast and varied, and they put a premium on change. Produced by Jeff Tweedy in the Wilco Loft, Not God is a marvel of growth, a progression from the roots of this collaborative band whose history can be traced back to its improvised conception. This is owed in no small part to their hometown of Chicago, the life raft to so many persisters in musical adventurosity. That energy combined with Finom’s dramatic vocal and musical gifts puts them in the peripheries of the legacies cemented by The Roches, Roxy Music, the B52s, Kate Bush, Cate Le Bon, and Wilco.
Cunningham and Stewart are brilliant harmonizers, but harmony doesn’t equate to a utopia. In Finom’s maws harmony can also be a fight, holding the line until the volcano erupts. This realistic depiction of a creative relationship jolts throughout the songs of Not God, and brings the whole damn thing to life. Finom are more than one person with more than one dream. But still, they grow together, harnessed by their shared love of pop songwriting, control, chaos, and being generally freaky-deaky. Freaky in that way that is only really fun when you’re doing it with a friend. As the globe spins and advancements advance, it can feel essential to return to relationships that make us feel whole, that generate energy of strength and relief. Which puts double the weight on the reality that Sima and Macie continue to pledge allegiance to each other, at the base of the volcano, in the front seat of the car as it pulls off the highway.
・Listen: open.spotify.com/artist/1lGRK7KK1IuflIyNSE9R3M
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MOONTYPE
・Listen: open.spotify.com/artist/1A0MGKQWFrqBVWMuI9984t
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RIBS
The recipe for a RIBS song is simple: start with a rhythm section that couldn’t count its way out of a wet paper bag, then slather on some futuristic George Jetson joint from a guitar player who seems to have forgotten he’s playing guitar, then finish it with heavy hectoring from a minister of information who woke up on the wrong side of the bus station.
You may recognize them from such bands as 300 Dog Night, Audubon Park, Autospkr, Birds Of Avalon, Blues Creature, Calc, Canned Snakes, Dim Delights, Drag Sounds, Dreamless, Enemy Waves, Headkicker, Heads On Sticks, Mutual Hate Society, The Nein, Olympus Mons, Reese McHenry, S.E. Ward, Strange, TZYVYX, Verity Den, and The White Octave
・Listen: ribsband.bandcamp.com
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kings, 14 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601-1320, United States,Raleigh, North Carolina
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