Jefferson Theater: Open again, and it sounds so good

If there were harsh words to be spoken about the renovated Jefferson Theater, Coran Capshaw’s would-be crown jewel among Downtown Mall music venues, then last Friday’s capacity crowd largely managed to mute them. Among the opening night crowd—three bands, employees of Capshaw’s Starr Hill Presents, an overstocked bar staff and enough Western Albemarle High School […]

The gravity of Astronomers' new EP, Think Fast!

Kyle Woolard—the fuzz-folk, almost-Mark Kozelek songwriter behind Uncle Jemima—e-mailed me in October to let me know that he’d joined up with local trio Astronomers. Not long after, the band booked an EP release gig at Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, and local musician/producer Lance Brenner sent me a note to let me know that the band’s […]