Photos and Writing by Kyle Ostrander Oklahoma City based noise-rock band Chat Pile played their first shows in the northeast earlier this month. The band was on the road in support of their debut album, God’s Country, which received a Best New Music rating from Pitchfork earlier this year. Their string of shows culminated in... Continue Reading →
Photos and Writing by Allie Andrews Thursday October 20th Steve Lacy brought his 'Give you the World' tour to The Fillmore in Charlotte,NC. He toured with Foushee who is known for her popular song Deep End. Steve Lacy had a packed audience of younger Tik Tok fans. His music tends to be more on the... Continue Reading →
Photos and Writing by Allie Andrews Tuesday October 18, Joji brought his 'Smithereens' tour to The Fillmore in Charlotte, NC. Joji performed to a packed house on with openers Savage Room and Dhruv hyping up the crowd. Joji's music takes on Hip Hop, EDM, Trap, and R & B influences. His show included some awesome stage visuals... Continue Reading →
Photos and Writing by Lee Flythe Twin Temple and The Bridge City Sinners was one HELL of a show! These raucously unholy bands are a perfect pairing and a sinful delight. To start the evening, The Bridge City Sinners, with their self-described "Appalachian Death Folk" really got things moving. The band is fully acoustic and... Continue Reading →
Photos and Writing by Lee Flythe The Lucy Dacus show at Neighborhood Theatre could have been a disaster. Half an hour before the show was set to start, the band's bus driver decided to go AWOL and took off with the bus and all the band's belongings. This obviously threw the entire touring apparatus into disarray. ... Continue Reading →
Photos and Writing by Jim Collins It was the best of times, it was the best of nights! Unlike the Charles Dickens novel, there were no contradictions Saturday night at the album release party for X Bound and Zach Moss. That’s right, 2 albums released by a couple of Charlotte’s very own talented musicians on the same day.... Continue Reading →
Photos and Writing by August Wyrick Southern California bands Lit and Hoobastank kicked off the second stop of their co-headlining "Tried-N-True" tour at Ziggy's in High Point, NC. They were accompanied by Alien Ant Farm and Kristopher Roe of The Ataris. Lit continues to be known as one of the most prominent bands to come out... Continue Reading →
Photos and Writing by Chloe Sarmiento After releasing their fourth studio album, California-native band Bad Suns set on their 2022 ‘Apocalypse Whenever’ Tour and it was a much needed tour, as the city of Seattle hasn’t seen them in over 3 years. Fans packed The Showbox in Downtown Seattle, like a can of sardines, ready... Continue Reading →
Photos and Writing by Kenny Brown Sludge/Metal/Punk Rock legends Melvins is currently on tour in support of their pair of 2021 releases: 'Working With God' (a "typical" Melvins style album), and 'Five Legged Dog' (a 36 song acoustic collection taking the band's most popular songs and stripping them down). Melvins stopped by Visulite Theatre in... Continue Reading →
Photos and Writing by Sam Darwin Early last month, under the watchful eye of the Milestone’s resident Crazy Frog plush, a show jam packed with some of Charlotte’s music gems turned the already sweaty night into a fever. The Donner Deads opened the show with their jammy and ethereal take on psych rock. The group,... Continue Reading →
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