Best Indie & Rock in Durham
Best Indie & Rock in Durham
Best Indie & Rock in Durham
Best Indie & Rock in Durham
Best Indie & Rock in Durham
The Strumbellas
January 22, 2025
Cat's Cradle
The Canadian indie folk pop heroes hit the road once again!
Best Indie & Rock in Durham
Best Indie & Rock in Durham
Umphrey's McGee
January 17, 2025
Haw River Ballroom
Jam kings Umphrey's McGee hit the tour trail!
Best Indie & Rock in Durham
Hot Tuna
Hot Tuna (also the name of an Ozzie surf brand randomly) is made up of co-founders and continuing core members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, a duo with a unique combination of blues, jazz, bluegrass & folk influences. They've been making music together for fifty years, playing together as teenagers and later in the iconic '60s band The Jefferson Airplane, where Kaukonen played lead guitar and Casady was on bass.
The Strumbellas
Canadian indie pop rockers The Strumbellas formed in Toronto in 2008, centring their toe-tapping blend of folk, alt-country, pop and indie rock around the distinctive rebel howl of bearded frontman Simon Ward and his satisfying songwriting. After eight years and 500 live shows building their reputation as a cult hit, the sextet broke into the mainstream with their uplifting, chant-able summer anthem Spirits, which has amassed 150 million Spotify streams and almost 60 million Youtube views.
Umphrey's McGee
Blurring the lines between alternative rock, jazz, funk, metal, bluegrass and other genres still, Umphrey's McGee exploded out of the contemporary Jam Scene in the late Nineties with an inimitable fusion of improvisation and progressive rock that was influenced by the likes of King Crimson, Yes, Pink Floyd and Frank Zappa.
Matt Nathanson
American singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson is hitting the road in 2025 with his 'King of (un)simple Tour', featuring Grammy-nominated artist KT Tunstall as support! Fans can expect to hear favorite singles like "Come On Get Higher," "Car Crash," "All We Are," and "Falling Apart." With over 30 years in the industry, this is one performer you don't want to miss!
Leonid and Friends
Hitting the road in North America this year is Leonid and Friends, the YouTube sensation tribute band to Chicago, Earth Wind & Fire and others, from Eastern Europe! Despite never having seen Chicago live (they never toured to band leader Leonid Vorobyev's home country of Russia), the group became a global hit for their stunning recreation of the music of the legendary American soft-rockers.
MJ Lenderman
Fresh off the back of his newest record "Manning Fireworks", MJ Lenderman hits the road across North America starting this fall! The current darling of the music press, with Pitchfork labeling his new effort as Best New Music, Lenderman's latest has already been tipped by Stereogum to be for fall what Brat by Charlie XCX was for summer.