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The Rant

Billy Liggett, Gordon Anderson, Jonathan Owens

The Rant is a news organization based in Sanford, North Carolina. It consists of a daily news site, monthly printed publication and weekly podcast. The Rant is your friend.

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01:02:58

Friends of the Rant | Indie Fest performers Jive Talk...

The Rant ·

2024/05/03

Gordon talks with Carolina Indie Fest performers Jive Talk (Nashville synth-driven alt rock) and Tuatha Dea (progressive rock from Asheville mixing Celtic and Appalachian sounds), completing the Friends of the Rant podcast's Spring 2024 artist interview series. Tune in to get familiar with these bands, and come out on May 10 and 11 to Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford.

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53:25

Friends of the Rant | Indie Fest bands Julia and Blue...

The Rant ·

2024/04/26

On the Friends of the Rant podcast, Gordon interviews Indie Fest performers Julia, an "intergalactic funk" band from Raleigh, and Chapel Hill's Blue Cactus, who play a strain of Americana that brings together country, psychedelia and 70s pop.Julia plays Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, and Blue Cactus plays at 6:15 p.m. on Friday, May 10.

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52:08

Friends of the Rant | Indie Fest performers Chris...

The Rant ·

2024/04/19

On this week’s Friends of the Rant podcast, Gordon interviews Asheville’s Chris McGinnis, whose music has been described as “Appalachian absurdity for the 21st Century,” as well as Paleface, whose career in the music industry goes back to the 1980s and who tours full time with his partner and drummer Mo. Both are slated to perform at Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford on May 10 and 11.

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01:09:49

Friends of The Rant | Indie Fest bands Culper Ring...

The Rant ·

2024/04/13

On the Friends of the Rant podcast, Gordon interviews Indie Fest performers the Culper Ring, a self proclaimed “dad punk” band from Dallas, Texas with a knack for big hooks and shimmering production, as well as Greensboro’s the Gooseberry Jam, who present a “Southern fried taste of soul set to a backdrop of raw rock and roll.” The Culper Ring plays Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford on Saturday, May 11 at 5:30 p.m., and the Gooseberry Jam headlines Friday night, May

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01:04:04

Friends of The Rant | Katie Basden and Newspaper Taxis

The Rant ·

2024/04/05

Carolina Indie Fest returns to Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford on May 10 and 11, and the Friends of the Rant podcast is back to interview the performers. This week, we talk with Nashville-based Durham native Katie Basden, who melds a diverse array of influences into a soulful take on southern Americana, and Raleigh’s Newspaper Taxis, a rock act who bring to mind a mix of British Invasion hooks, post punk energy, and power pop vibes.

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01:04:45

Friends of The Rant | Kara Grainger and Farewell Friend

The Rant ·

2023/09/26

The final entry in the fall 2023 Carolina Indie Fest/Friends of the Rant podcast series features Australia-born and Nashville-based blues rocker Kara Grainger and Farewell Friend, a Greensboro-based Farewell Friend, an indie–folk-rock band “known for their unique instrumentation and poetic songwriting.”Farewell Friend takes the Carolina Indie Fest stage behind Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30. Grainger follows Farewell Friend at 6:45 p.m.

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56:50

Friends of The Rant | Gooseberry Jam and Jeremiah...

The Rant ·

2023/09/22

The Friends of the Rant podcast is joined this week by two Carolina Indie Fest acts, Gooseberry Jam and Jeremiah McKinley, both hailing from the Triad area. Gooseberry Jam, who bring “a Southern fried taste of soul, set to a backdrop of raw rock and roll,” play at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29. Jeremiah McKinley, “a band of two brothers telling stories through a mix of folk and newer rock and roll” kick the festival off at 5 p.m. on Friday.

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51:50

Friends of The Rant | Heat Preacher and Shirlette Ammons

The Rant ·

2023/09/13

This week, Friends of the Rant is joined by Chapel Hill band Heat Preacher, who combine alternative rock, soul, and indie sounds to create their own brand of modern pop rock music, as well as Durham's Shirlette Ammons, a poet and storyteller who uses a wide variety of genres as tools for her work. Heat Preacher plays Carolina Indie Fest on Friday, Sept. 29 at 6:15, and Ammons takes the stage Saturday, Sept. 30 at 4:15 p.m."

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27:55

Friends of The Rant | Oort Patrol

The Rant ·

2023/09/08

What happens when a Friend of The Rant is an actual member of The Rant? Possibly nothing. Possibly an implosion of the space-time continuum. The Rant’s Gordon Anderson sits on the other side of the mic as he talks to Patty Kempton about his band Oort Patrol, their music and their upcoming appearance at Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing on Sept. 30.

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24:21

Friends of The Rant | Skyler Gudasz | Indie Fest ‘23

The Rant ·

2023/09/01

Durham based singer/songwriter Skylar Gudasz has been called "the Joni Mitchell the south never had." She's headlining day two of Carolina Indie Fest on Sept. 30, and joined the Friends of the Rant podcast recently to talk about her work.

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53:56

Friends of The Rant | Indie Fest 2023 - Reese...

The Rant ·

2023/08/22

Ahead of the annual Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing (Sept. 29-30), The Rant’s Gordon Anderson interviews artists Reese McHenry, a garage rocker with a monster of a voice from the Triangle, and Lee County's own Cliff and Garret Wheeler of the Cliff Wheeler band.

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58:34

Friends of The Rant | Indie Fest bands Hustle Souls,...

The Rant ·

2023/05/12

Three bands from the upcoming Carolina Indie Fest — Hustle Souls, Regence and Rhinestone Pickup Truck — take the time to talk to us and become official "Friends of The Rant."

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48:31

Friends of The Rant | Paleface and the Pseudo Cowboys

The Rant ·

2023/05/03

The Friends of the Rant podcast welcomes Paleface and Mo for their third appearance, as well as Adam Pitts of Raleigh's the Pseudo Cowboys. Both acts will perform the first night of Carolina Indie Fest on May 12 at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford.

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37:59

Friends of The Rant | Indie Fest performers ”Mom Rock”

The Rant ·

2023/04/24

The members of Mom Rock, a 2022 Rolling Stone "Hot Band" named "one of America's best young bands" join our revived Friends of The Rant podcast leading up to their performance at Carolina Indie Fest, set for May 12-13 at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford.

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53:27

Friends of The Rant | Indie Fest bands Crystal Bright...

The Rant ·

2022/09/19

Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands will headline day two of this weekend's Carolina Indie Fest with a variety of European and American world music influences, instruments including accordion, piano, and musical saw, and soaring operatic vocals. Oort Patrol is fronted by Rant co-founder and known criminal trash Gordon Anderson.

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49:21

Friends of The Rant | Indie Fest performers Mike...

The Rant ·

2022/09/12

This week we chat with Carolina Indie Fest performers Mike Dillon, a New Orleans-based electric vibraphonist/percussionist who leads Mike Dillon’s Punkadelick, and David Myers, frontman for China Grove, N.C.'s Big Break.

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59:58

Friends of The Rant: Indie Fest performers Paleface...

The Rant ·

2022/09/05

It's two bands in one podcast as we talk to Carolina Indie Fest performers Whoop! and Paleface, the latter returning both to Sanford and to the podcast after appearing in Year 1. Indie Fest is Sept. 23-24 in downtown Sanford.

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42:11

Friends of The Rant: Cliff Wheeler talks Indie Fest;...

The Rant ·

2022/08/26

Musician Cliff Wheeler returns to talk about the return of Carolina Indie Fest and his involvement in bringing it back, and hosts Billy and Gordon talk about their return to the North Carolina Press Association awards banquet.

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26:09

Friends of The Rant | Durham family rock trio Secret...

The Rant ·

2022/08/18

Another upcoming Carolina Indie Fest band, Secret Monkey Weekend, shares their unique story before their upcoming performance in September.

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41:32

Friends of The Rant: Folk musician and Indie Fest...

The Rant ·

2022/08/13

Singer songwriter David Childers has been "chronicling mankind’s and his own bouts with devilishness" — mixing rock, country, rockabilly, jazz and more — since his debut in 1998. The former attorney from Mount Holly has played with some of the state's best (recently, the Avett Brothers) and will be one of the 10 featured performers at Carolina Indie Fest, Sept. 23-24, in downtown Sanford. Childers talks about his music and his career in this week's podcast.

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