Indy Week
Indy Week, formerly known as the Independent Weekly and originally the North Carolina Independent, is a tabloid-format alternative weekly newspaper published in Durham, North Carolina, United States, and distributed throughout the Research Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary) and counties (Wake County, Durham County, Orange County, and Chatham County). Its first issue was published in April 1983. Indy Week is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and has a progressive, liberal political perspective. The Columbia Journalism Review has cited the newspaper for its "spine of steel."[citation needed] The print edition is published on Wednesdays.
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Writer Ryan Cocca, a longtime contributor to the INDY, re-launched the online magazine/newsletter project Super Empty earlier this year. What began years ago as a scrappy personal music blog has evolved into something more ambitious: A sleek, smart place to platform writing on North Carolina rap and in doing so, enrich, energize, and help sustain one of the most vibrant and underrated hip-hop scenes in the country. Every Friday, with some exceptions (like today), the INDY co-publishes a Super Empty “Song of the Week”—you can explore the archive here. As...