Local Spotlight: Alexa Jenson Always on the search for new music in Charlotte, I wandered into the Evening Muse for Open Mic Night. I noticed there were many different artists waiting their turn to perform. At Open Mic Night, anyone who wants to perform, shows up, signs up, waits for their name to be called, […]
Joe Bonamassa golden strums fills Blumenthal Photographer: Richard Thigpen With a career that spans 16 full albums and near three decades, the blues guitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa ventured into Charlotte last night to entertain. To those unfamiliar with his career let’s do some catch-up: he has such a collection of gear, vintage guitars, and memorabilia […]
The Steep Canyon Rangers Pickin’ at the Knight’s Theater //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Western North Carolina is home to one of the best Bluegrass Bands around. The Grammy Award winning, Steep Canyon Rangers live in the beautiful mountain town of Brevard,NC. Woody Platt, Graham Sharp, and Charles Humphrey III formed the group in 2000 while they were students […]
Monday nights are nothing to the punk scene Photographer: Bobby Whitmire The oldest punk rock club on the East coast did it again. They managed to pack the world famous Milestone on a Monday night with people of all ages that didn’t give a damn about work the next morning. Pulling that off is no easy […]
If you weren’t at the Milestone six years ago to see Jucifer, then you may still be wondering how that big of a sound fits into such a small venue held together with band stickers. See for yourself in the photos below. Jucifer is cursed to keep touring, year round, but let’s just say this […]
Music to sink your teeth into: After all of the holidays, the thrill of a snow day, and the shock of 60+ degree weather, it’s easy to feel a bit like warmed-over death. You’re not alone, we ALL feel dead inside! Especially the fans and members of Wednesday 13 as they all rocked out […]
Prowess parties at Amos’ for EP release show Words by Sheila Walsh Photos by Kevin McGee Charlotte’s own Prowess have been creating hype for weeks about their debut album, Headfirst, and last night’s release show at Amos’ Southend lived up to it. The official release date of Headfirst is January 17th, although ticket holders were […]
Pop Evil breaks in the Underground in 2017 Photos by: Richard Thigpen Photography 2017 started off with a genre-twisted bang as Pop Evil took over the Fillmore’s most recent addition to the AvidXchange Music Factory, the Underground. Hopefully, a new year means new music and new (read: diminished) expectations of what a rock and roll […]
Top 25 things we’ve covered this year By Molly Shores & Dianna Augustine //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.jsAs the year came to a close we reflected on some of our coverage of 2016. Each year we are given the privilege of finding and interacting with some of the best and brightest in the industry. Be it our childhood idols […]
“I worship chaos… and metal” Children of Bodom have been relentlessly assaulting the metal world for just shy of two decades now, and judging from their recent stop at the Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte’s historic NoDa neighborhood, the assault is still going strong. With the release of their ninth full-length studio album, I Worship Chaos, the […]
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