The small intimate venue of the Local 506 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina found itself packed wall to wall on a Monday night when the band Riley!'s first ever headlining tour made a stop there. Having formed in 2018, Riley! has quickly grown in the past few years as a cult favorite in the current... Continue Reading →
Writing and Photos by: Courtney Breen Death Cab for Cutie brought their ‘I Built You A Tower’ World Tour to Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek in Raleigh, NC on July 22 with support from Japanese Breakfast. With the release of I Built You a Tower, Death Cab for Cutie's eleventh studio album,... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by Ian Wall After the long-anticipated release of American Football's "LP4", they announced a tour with various artists, including indie rock band Ian Sweet from Los Angeles, California. Arriving at Asheville, NC's local venue The Orange Peel, a line of eager fans, new and old, were waiting in line to experience this... Continue Reading →
Umphrey's McGee brought heavy jams and face-melting peaks to Charlotte's TD Amp Ballantyne. Read our review of their explosive set on the moe.mentUM tour.
Photos and writing by Dillon Reesor Joji brought his highly anticipated Solaris Tour to Charlotte's Spectrum Center on June 29, delivering the polished production and emotionally charged performance fans have come to expect. Supported by Corbin and Nate Sib, the night steadily built toward a headlining set that justified the anticipation. The evening's openers struggled... Continue Reading →
Photography & Review by Thom Hooper The idobi Radio Summer School Tour ’26, if you’re not familiar, is a traveling alternative, pop-punk, and rock festival returning for its third consecutive year. Its founders have described it as being “about music discovery and community. A traveling festival with rotating bills, where you show up early, stay... Continue Reading →
Photography & Review by Thom Hooper Fifteen years is a long time to wait for a Kittie show in North Carolina. The last time the band came through the state was 2011, with back-to-back dates in Fayetteville and Jacksonville, respectively, during the In The Black era. Since then, the story around Kittie has shifted. What... Continue Reading →
Huge shoutout to Jordan Taylor (@tayloredphotography) and Zenith Music for the photos used in this article.Written by Elizabeth Miranda All the way from Sacramento, California, Dance Gavin Dance has made a massive impact on the modern rock scene with their mind blowing blend of post-hardcore, math rock, and progressive rock. Formed in 2005, the band... Continue Reading →
The String Cheese Incident brought their Just Keep Spinning Tour to Charlotte's TD Amp Ballantyne, delivering a spectacular night of deep grooves, intuitive jamming, and community connection.
Charlotte got a night of pure magic: genre-bending jams, jaw-dropping musicianship, and the kind of weird, wonderful energy that only a legend like Les Claypool can orchestrate. Whether navigating the prog-heavy waters of the Frog Brigade, the psychedelic swirl of the Delirium, or the funk-metal frenzy of Primus, the "Claypool Gold" tour proved to be an absolute masterclass in stage presence and chemistry.
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