•  By Sean Titone Photo: Daniel Coston September 20, 2016 “Did you come here tonight for some shitty, bad vibrations?” Brian Wilson, age 74, asked the sold out crowd Monday night at the Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. “No!” we screamed in unison, playing...

  • Season 4 premiere of A Chef’s Life supports Lomax Incubator Farm  By Cameron Lee Last night in a charming little theater in Kannapolis, North Carolina, Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers surprised attendees at the season 4 premiere of A Chef’s Life with a new song...

  • By Alison Tracy  August 30, 2016 Kicking butt since 1983, The Melvins; currently consisting of Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover, and Steven Shane Mcdonald have quietly shaped rock collaborating with heavy hitters such as Jello Biafra, Nirvana, Mike Patton, Adam Jones, and Big Business. Buzz Osborne...

  •  By Sean Titone August 29, 2016 (updated) Opened in 1973, The Double Door Inn, one of the country’s oldest and arguably finest music venues is scheduled to permanently close the doors on January 2, 2017. That means there will be one less home in Charlotte...

  • By Nick Bequette  June 26, 2016 The Cure, close to wrapping up a North American tour celebrating 40 years of music, had a stop at Charlotte’s PNC Music Pavilion on Thursday night. My first impressions of the show: How on Earth does this band still...

  • By Alex Cason June 5, 2016 There is definitely a speakeasy feel to The Evening Muse upon entering the doors for the first time. It’s like being invited to an intimate studio that one of your favorite acts has rented out for the evening, and...

  • By Shirley Griffith April 24, 2016 Charlotte is full of untold secrets, and by no means am I talking about the best brewery to do yoga in on a Tuesday. I’m talking about the secrets of the exciting culture bubbling up just below the frustrated...

  • By Sean Titone March 17, 2016 Outside of certain circles, Dave Cobb may not be a household name. But what if I told you this Georgia native, now-Nashville resident has produced some of the most critically-acclaimed albums of the last five years by artists like Chris...

  • By Brent Hill February 24, 2016 John McCauley sounds tired. Not hungover, strung-out tired, though. He sounds new-parent tired. The kind of exhaustion that seeps into your bones and settles into the marrow. The kind of tired that only a first-time parent can understand. He...

  • By CLTure December 30, 2015 It’s been a pretty wild year at CLTure. We covered a plethora of concerts, festivals, food events, worked with the Bonnaroo digital media team, and produced several of our own events, including our inaugural CLTure Music Fest. We look back...