While many of the alt-country godfathers have broken up, moved on to “bigger” things or taken breaks and since reunited, Dallas’ Old 97s have continued to plug along and put out quality tunes. I had always heard that they put on a good live show but you never know if bands that have been around […]
I must be getting old because when I heard that this show was doors at 6pm and show at 6:30, I got really excited. You mean I can go to the show and be home in time to watch an episode of Law and Order and also be in bed at a reasonable time and […]
I must be getting old because when I heard that this show was doors at 6pm and show at 6:30, I got really excited. You mean I can go to the show and be home in time to watch an episode of Law and Order and also be in bed at a reasonable time and […]
Tremont Music Hall seems to be the new (again) place to book shows. A decade ago, any show that was worth going to was at Tremont. Somewhere in there, they seemed to fade into the background but have recently begun their ascent back to venue superpower-dom. This past Saturday, bringing through heavy-hitters like 500 Miles […]
Charlotte’s very own, Pullman Strike was nice enough to sit down with me the night of their CD Release Show at Tremont Music Hall. Unfortunately, their sixth member, Evan Stepp wasn’t available at the time to join us. We had a lot of laughs as we discussed their transition from punk/hardcore to country-rock music, their […]
This past Sunday I attended my very first ska show. I did not know what kind of crowd to expect. Punk kids? Preppy kids? Eclectic kids? Well, I strolled into Tremont Music Hall to find a low attendance, people markedly punk and the majority under 21. Maybe under 18 as well because I noticed a […]
Mates of State is definitely one of those bands that I got into way later than I should have. They spent the early 2000s touring alongside bands that I followed closely (Superdrag, The Anniversary, and Jimmy Eat World to name a few), so why I was unaware of them until the release of their 2008 […]
I was really stoked about Lemonheads coming to town, even though I’ve heard from friends (whose opinions on music I trust) that it might not be the best. The band has been run by Evan Dando, the only original member of the Lemonheads, since about 1990, when Ben Deily (the other singer/guitarist) left. While they […]
I have to be honest; I haven’t been a Meat Puppets fan for that long. I have been aware of them for years but never really got around to listening to them too much. I do have to say that I am pretty obsessed with 80’s era SST Records that featured such bands as Black […]
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