Photos and Review by Heather Burditt When I heard about this lineup I couldn’t figure out the connection between these two bands. Sheer Mag and Coheed & Cambria are stylistically different. Somewhere halfway through Coheed’s set, it hit me. It’s Iron Maiden. Iron Maiden is the connection. Sheer Mag takes it back to the early... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by Jason Robey CHARLOTTE, NC -- A pair of popular Asheville rock bands made a tour stop in Charlotte on Wednesday night at Neighborhood Theatre for an intimate show, where it felt like half the crowd knew each other, as the bar began to fill up with eager music fans. The Sirens... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by Jason Robey Neighborhood Theatre was the setting for Ben’s Birthday Bash, a show featuring three Charlotte-area bands celebrating Wormholes vocalist/guitarist Ben Verner’s birthday. As local music fans filtered into the venue, newcomers to the scene, Pleasure House kicked into their energetic indie rock set. The band featured songs from their upcoming... Continue Reading →
Richmond-based Pop-punk band Almost Gone Snaps Necks Opening for Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Red Jumpsuit Apparatus kicked off their 15th Anniversary tour for their debut album “Don’t You Fake It” in the fall of 2021, and Richmond based pop-punk quartet Almost Gone jumped at the opportunity to open for them as they toured through their hometown... Continue Reading →
Photos and Writing by Kenny Brown Tommy's Pub was loud, packed, and full of energy last Saturday as Columbia, South Carolina's Soda City Riot stopped by for a show with Charlotte legends No Anger Control and Occult Fracture. Occult Fracture, formed in 2020 by guitarist Mike Rot (Trash Room, Dead Regions, one3four), bassist Angel Rot... Continue Reading →
Charlotte hard rock/heavy metal band Death of August released their debut album Fear of the Unknown Friday, December 10. “The album title sums up much of what we deal with in life and particularly what we have been increasingly dealing with in our lives in recent times. Fear of the Unknown explores pushing through our... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by Melanie Mae Bryan Winston-Salem, North Carolina pop-punk outfit No Scope’s second live show was almost a complete disaster. The 5-piece was set to play a local show at Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC but their drummer, Preston, was unable to get the day off of work. They arranged a fill-in... Continue Reading →
Photos by Adam Rodrigues Bad Religion and Alkaline Trio have been touring North America together for the past couple months. They stopped by The Fillmore Charlotte Oct 26, photographer Adam Rodrigues was there to capture some of the action! Bad Religion Alkaline Trio
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Photos and Review by Jason Robey The blues-based indie rock group, fronted by the sister duo of Megan and Rebecca Lovell, played an awe-inspiring show at the Neighborhood Theatre. Following the extended break from the road due to the pandemic, the band was in top playing form and high spirits as they played through a... Continue Reading →
