The Brewery to close

Music venue The Brewery, located on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, will hold its final show Friday, July 29. The show will feature Embracing Goodbye, Sent By Ravens and The Demonstration at 6 P.M.

Opened in 1983, The Brewery has hosted many big-name acts in its time, including Corrosion of Conformity, Black Flag and Jane's Addiction.  AOL CityGuide dubbed The Brewery "City's Best" in 2007 and 2008.

The venue announced via Twitter late Saturday night that the building was bought will be torn down.



Fans responded on Twitter by sharing stories and showing support for the venue:

"They took a chance on my band & treated us with respect. Thanks for all you did for the scene."

"Metal shows just won't be the same without The Brewery."

"RIP The Brewery. one of the best music venues in NC. So many memories so many stage dives. You will be missed."

"Had one last stage dive at The Brewery tonight. Greatest bloody nose of my life."

"So sad the The Brewery is closing... Met my wife there and had some of the best memories."

"thanks for giving hip hop a chance over the years when many other clubs in the area were afraid to...seriously."

SoundOff22 Wild Beasts/ The Rosebuds

This week on SoundOff we take a look at twitter's impact on musicians, Trent Reznor and Karen O's upcoming soundtrack work, and we review new albums by Wild Beasts and The Rosebuds.

http://interviews.wknc.org/soundoff22.mp3

EOT02 Hillsborough Street 8/31/09

If you missed Monday's episode of Eye on the Triangle, no need to fret!

Here's a brief rundown of the segments for the week with a link for the podcast at the end (although you should definitely tune in live from here on out to listen to some exclusives like music clips throughout the show).

VIP:
This week, Adam Compton interviewed Nina Szlosberg from the Hillsborough Street Partnership about the renovations project. For more information on the renovations, you can follow ninaszlosberg on Twitter or visit the Web site at http://hillsboroughstreet.wordpress.com.

Saja Hindi also interviewed Kevin Jennings, owner of Urban Food Group and of Frazier's and Porter City Tavern on Hillsborough Street, about how the construction has been impacting the businesses during this already tough economic time.

HEAR THIS:

Rachel Sloan interviewed an employee from Schoolkids Records, Eric Tschudi, about how the business is faring with the decline in record sales, even after its move on Hillsborough Street. Kelly Reid also previews Monday night's Old Bricks show at Slim's.

COMMUNITY CANVAS:

Mike Alston interviewed visual artist Ryan Cummings about his work, especially on the Hear Here compilation CD cover. You can check out more of his work at http://www.ryancummingsdecorative.com/.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK:

This week, we featured Logan Sayles, senior in graphic design and co-president of the Design Council. Sayles talked about the life of a design student, the projects he's worked on and the notorious design school Halloween Bash. Also, check back here for photos Wednesday.

SOUNDBYTES:

Caitlin Cauley interviewed students around campus and brought you audio clips of their answers to this week's question: Do you use Twitter, and what do you think of it? The answers may be surprising to some.

And, as always, send in your comments, suggestions, gripes and complaints to publicaffairs@wknc.org. We may even read your response live if you so desire.

Don't forget to tune in again next Monday to WKNC 88.1 for Eye on the Triangle from 7 - 8 p.m. EST or listen online at wknc.org.

http://interviews.wknc.org/eot/EOT02_083109.mp3