By Sean Titone Photo: Cora Wagoner April 26, 2018 Along the banks of the Cooper River in North Charleston, South Carolina, Riverfront Park was the setting last weekend for another sold-out High Water Festival. Charleston-based Shovels & Rope, the longtime married musical duo of...
By Mitchell Franklin April 26, 2018 You can tell how much work went into creating Erick Lottary’s latest project. His EP, You Can Tell, which was released on April 20, shows how adept the rapper is at building great songs out of some colossal beats....
By Jose Mujica April 21,2018 Last night, Charlotteans packed The Fillmore in anticipation of one of the most legendary duos in hip hop history, Eric B and Rakim, in their latest stop of their Don’t Sweat The Technique Tour Not many acts, especially in a...
By Carolina Renfro April 20, 2018 Some bands go on tour to play for their fans, to pick up their instruments and make music (and money) for a few hours; others tour to play with their fans, to engage the crowd in their act and...
By Delaney Clifford April 19, 2018 Spring has arrived and while pollen continues to coat the city collectors are gearing up for the 11th annual Record Store Day. Started in 2007 by a group of record store owners in Baltimore, Record Store Day has grown...
By Mitchell Franklin April 17, 2018 Mipso has had quite the busy year. Fresh off of releasing and touring to support two albums in the past year (2017’s Coming Down the Mountain and this year’s Edges Run), the Chapel Hill quartet played to a packed...
By Lane Claffee April 15, 2018 Raleigh hip-hop veterans Kooley High have returned with Never Come Down, the full-length follow up to their 2015 release Heights. Consisting of Charlie Smarts (Alexander Thompson), Foolery (Thomas Kevin), Tab-One (Taylor Burgess), DJ Ill Digitz (James Meyer), and Sinopsis...
By Jacob Heyerly April 6, 2018 Rainbow Kitten Surprise managed an admirable rise to stardom over the past few years since forming in early 2013. The band hails from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Boone, North Carolina and was founded by lead singer Sam Melo...
By Delaney Clifford April 2, 2018 Soul has found its latest home in one of Charlotte’s brightest new artists, Cyanca. Born and raised in Smithfield, NC, Cyanca found her talents in her time with the church during her youth. Now, after honing those abilities in...
By Sean Titone Photo: Jillian Clark April 2, 2018 Sarah Shook needs this shit like she needs another hole in her head. So she says on the twangy, weary kiss-off “New Ways to Fail” from her excellent new album Years, out April 7 on famed, Chicago-based label...