Mount Moriah: Miracle Temple

By Alex Skidmore at 10:18 AM on February 26, 2013

Miracle Temple is a textbook example of a great sophomore effort: Mount Moriah dishes out a bigger and more powerful helping of alt-country rock that may be bit of a surprise based on their previous release.  read more

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HGTV/Paste SXSW Preview - Mount Moriah

By Dacey Orr at 5:00 PM on February 10, 2013

HGTV has teamed up with Paste for our ninth annual party in Austin, Texas, at SXSW, March 13-16. With 11 bands per day, the lineup includes both some of the festival’s most exciting veteran performers including Billy Bragg, Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale, Josh Ritter and The Zombies, as well as newcomers like Foxygen, The Lone Bellow and GUARDS. The official four-day party will be held at one of 6th Street’s biggest music venues, The Stage on Sixth (508 E. 6th Street), from noon to 6 p.m. In the days leading up to the event, we’ll post previews on the...  read more

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Mount Moriah Announce Second LP, Miracle Temple

By Ryan Bort at 2:00 PM on November 28, 2012

In September, we broke the news that North Carolina folk rockers Mount Moriah had signed to Merge Records. The label announced that they would release the band’s debut full-length in October, and then promised another full-length LP, their Merge debut, sometime early in 2013....  read more

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Exclusive: North Carolina's Mount Moriah Signs to Merge Records

By Ryan Bort at 11:00 AM on September 18, 2012

North Carolina folk rockers Mount Moriah have signed to Merge Records. The label will be releasing the band’s self-titled debut on LP on Oct. 2, as well as their sophomore full-length album early in 2013....  read more

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The Half Light: The Rarity of True Stage Charisma

By Shane Ryan at 5:15 PM on May 30, 2012

A truly dynamic performer is a rare thing, even among great musicians. It doesn’t necessarily depend on comfort—you get the feeling that Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell would be disastrous at public speaking, for example—but it does entail a unique ability to transform.  read more

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12 North Carolina Bands You Should Listen To Now

By Bryan C. Reed at 9:59 AM on May 2, 2012

I’ve lived in North Carolina for a bit more than a decade now, and I’m still surprised by the state’s musical heritage, from blues and bluegrass to power-pop and indie-rock, raging punk to laid-back hip-hop.  read more

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Getting to Know... Mount Moriah

By Ashley Melzer at 8:00 AM on March 17, 2011

"The South is such a complex place. Southern music is complex."  read more

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