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     By Lindsay Kosma March 27, 2018 The 2018 Art of Cool Festival is back for its fifth year in Durham, NC on September 28-29, and it’s bigger than ever with Durham Bulls Athletic Park serving as the main venue. Headliners will include Nas, Erykah Badu,...

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     By Delaney Clifford March 25, 2018 Gritty. Vicious. Disillusioned. These are the makings of South London post-punk band Shame, a group of young men devoted to being wholly themselves as they rise to critical acclaim in the ever-watchful eyes of music scenes around the world....

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     By Shirley Griffith  March 15, 2018 Classically trained on guitar since she was five and then taught by Mary Timony (Ex Hex, Helium), Snail Mail’s 18-year-old lead singer/guitarist Lindsey Jordan is a rising force in indie rock. She released her six-song EP, Habit, when she...

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    By CLTure News March 12, 2018 (updated) Multi-platinum recording artists, and all-world power couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé announced their U.S. dates for their 2018 OTR II (On The Run II) tour. Spanning 36 dates and starting off in June, the North American tour will kick...

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     By Delaney Clifford (Photo: @cauldroncakes) March 9, 2018 A brittle cold swept through Charlotte on Wednesday night as Fleet Foxes made their return to North Carolina for the first time in seven years. After more than three years on hiatus, the monumental folk band has...

  • Charlotte Music

     By Delaney Clifford March 8, 2018 Charlotte rapper and producer Yung Citizen is back at it again with his latest song “OutKast.” The song comes to us with a video produced by NeverEnd and features two fellow locals, MoonLander and Rob Flo. The song was...

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     By Patrick O’Boyle  February 12, 2018 Waiting in line outside of Ovens Auditorium, fumes hit me like a wall. It might be Independence Boulevard, but it could be all these Zeppelin fans in line with me to see Robert Plant, who smell like air freshener...

  • Charlotte Music

     By Lane Claffee December 20, 2017 Another year in music has passed, and while there were plenty of great albums released nationally in 2017, there were also plenty of quality works from right here in Charlotte that may have passed you by. From southern rap...

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     By Cameron Lee November 17, 2017 This isn’t really a typical concert review– it’s more of a dissertation on Jay-Z’s significance on hip hop culture– but we’ll definitely get to the show. Something strange happens when an artist turns superstar then permeates popular culture. When...

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     By Shirley Griffith November 17, 2017 Touring off their latest album, Heartworms, The Shins rolled through Charlotte on Thursday night to play to a sold out crowd at The Fillmore. Heartworms is their first album since 2012’s stand-out Port Of Morrow but it doesn’t seem...