Music
Music
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Odesza’s 90-minute live show spectacle is mesmerizing
By Jared Allen May 12, 2018 You can usually get an idea of how epic a show will by the way the band’s introduction toys with your emotions. That’s just the case with Odesza. An array of vibrant white strobes scan and pierce the audience...
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You can never underestimate the humanity, conviction, or unpredictability of David Byrne
By Patrick O’ Boyle May 11, 2018 Three shimmering walls frame the stage at Ovens Auditorium. Up close, you would see these are thousands of ordinary metal chains strung from the rafters. As the show begins, they are backlit, forming a band of white light...
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Buzz Osborne is definitely embracing the rub
By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani May 8, 2018 Buzz Osborne is grateful. And he wants you to know as much. He’s not angry, mad, sad, perturbed, disillusioned, or over it. After over three-plus decades of fronting his stalwart band Melvins, the fact that Osborne still has an enthusiastic...
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Charlotte’s Late Bloomer announce new album and release single “Heaven”
By CLTure News May 8, 2018 Charlotte, North Carolina indie rock band Late Bloomer consisting of Neil Mauney, Josh Robbins, and Scott Wishart announced a date for their long-awaited album (Waiting 6/29 via 6131 Records) and released a new single “Heaven” via StereoGum today. Almost four...
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Our favorite memories from High Water Festival 2018
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...
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Erick Lottary comes correct with new EP ‘You Can Tell’
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....
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The Decemberists and Tennis made for a storied night in Charlotte
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...
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Here’s what you can expect from Record Store Day at Lunchbox Records
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...
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Chapel Hill’s Mipso is growing into their own sound with ‘Edges Run’
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...
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North Carolina’s Kooley High make a valiant return with their new album ‘Never Come Down’
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...
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