By Jose Mujica November 28, 2018 Earlier this month Charlotte hip-hop artist Erick Lottary dropped his latest EP, Look Both Ways, a project that showcases a more melodic and R&B-driven style. This is a new frontier for the up-to-now traditionalist rapper as he dips his...
By Jose Mujica Cover photo: Drew Kocak November 15, 2018 If you’ve walked around Plaza or NoDa at all in the last year you’re likely to have seen more than one flyers with the words “PHAZE GAWD” plastered somewhere across them. The Charlotte rapper has become...
By Matt Cosper November 13, 2018 This year on Halloween a Charlotte institution got the ax. A few minutes after the week’s issue had gone to print, the entire staff of Creative Loafing lost their jobs. Publisher Charles Womack had decided to sell the paper...
By Mitchell Franklin October 31, 2018 It Looks Sad has been shrinking since their formation in 2012. Originally a quartet named It Looks Sad, That’s Why I Said It’s You, the band has gone through several lineup changes that have left them with a shortened...
By Shirley Griffith September 10, 2018 When most Charlotteans hear the last name Atkins, they think of the talented Jason Atkins who, among having his hand in multiple bands around town, plays the famed organ for the Charlotte Checkers. Now, Jason’s daughter Maya Beth hits...
By Mitchell Franklin August 20, 2018 The music industry can be a vile and ruthless machine. If you don’t have what it takes, it will chew you up and spit you out. Every year forward is a victory worthy of a celebration, especially for a...
By Delaney Clifford July 19, 2018 After 11 years of radio silence Hopesfall has returned with Arbiter; a collection of ten tracks packed to the brim with furious riffs, stunning melody, and a tank-busting power that few bands are capable of achieving. Before April of...
By Jose Mujica June 29, 2018 If you grew up in the Charlotte region in the early 2000s, you grew up knowing what “blankin’” meant. When your high school running back ran for 60 yards to score a touchdown, he blanked. If a classmate lost...
By Delaney Clifford June 29, 2018 Charlotte indie rockers Late Bloomer are back with their third full-length album, Waiting, combining the sonic influences of all three members Neil Mauney, Josh Robbins, and Scott Wishart into a whirlwind of alt-rock, punk, and good, old-fashioned emo. After the...
By Jacob Heyerly Photo: Dan Russel-Pinson June 4, 2018 The Mineral Girls are a Charlotte-based emo quartet whose lyrics and sounds have captivated the Charlotte music scene for five years. The band is made up of Vince D’ambrosio on the drums, Dylan Fleming on the...