By CLTure News February 25, 2020 After a 11-year hiatus Charlotte post-hardcore band Hopesfall returned with their latest album, Arbiter, back in July of 2018. The 10-track album was packed with fierce riffs and dazzling melodies blending the sounds of their past with a refreshed spirit. With...
By Jose Mujica February 16, 2020 Growing up in the streets of North Charlotte, rapper 704chop didn’t have much help carving his own path to success. Chop grew up in an era of Charlotte that most are seemingly eager to erase. “I grew up in...
By CLTure February 6, 2020 The Bank of America Stadium official twitter account posted a video yesterday of Panthers mascot Sir Purr patiently moseying around the stadium to the soundtrack of The Rolling Stones song “Waiting on a Friend.” The tweet seemed to confirm the...
By CLTure News February 4, 2020 Charlotte’s Luther Nicholson aka Lute, has released the first single from his new album coming in 2020. The track, “GED (Gettin Every Dollar)” was teased with a savvy promo campaign asking fans to apply for a special Dreamville “GED”...
By CLTure News February 3, 2020 Photo: @dmillof (Twitter) Earlier today, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Rolling Stones posted a cryptic video on social media with the caption, “Feeling restless.” The post seems to be teasing a 2020 tour, and throughout the country...
By Mitchell Franklin February 3, 2020 The sophomore slump is a pattern that seems unavoidable for many rock bands. After taking time to assemble a band, write songs, and record those songs for a debut album, there is a certain amount of pressure to get...
By CLTure February 20, 2025 Photo: Jason Ferguson Since 1969, The Milestone has been a rite of passage for Charlotte live music purists, hosting a range of storied indie rock and punk bands in the ’80s and ’90s like R.E.M., Fugazi, Black Flag, Dinosaur Jr.,...
By Shirley Griffith Photo: Joe Barbera January 16, 2020 Living in the south affords many opportunities to become neighbors with talented Americana and folk musicians. So many opportunities, in fact, that the genre can seem oversaturated. But, newly minted Charlotteans Courtney Lynn & Quinn lift...
By Mitchell Franklin January 16, 2020 Modern Moxie had a big 2019, and they’re continuing that trajectory by coming out swinging into the new year. After releasing their debut (and one of the Queen City’s best albums of 2019), Claw Your Way Out, the indie...
By Shirley Griffith January 10, 2020 In 2008, artist Dylan Gilbert was deemed “the hardest-working musician in North Carolina” by the Salisbury Post and, over a decade later, it’s hard to argue with that sentiment. Since his teens, Gilbert has become a founding member of...