Music
Music
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A conversation with Buzz Osborne of the Melvins
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...
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The Double Door Inn is closing and it’s the end of an era
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...
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After all these years, The Cure still sound amazing
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...
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The Evening Muse: Celebrating fifteen years of the perfect neighborhood sound
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...
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New Music Premiere: Patabamba’s ‘Todo Soporto’
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...
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Everybody’s Got a Story to Tell: Dave Cobb and his Southern Family
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...
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John McCauley of Deer Tick Has Nothing to Be Ashamed Of
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...
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CLTure 50 Best Images of 2015
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...
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Watch Episode 2 of J. Cole’s “Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming” documentary
CLTure December 23, 2015 Last week, North Carolina rapper J. Cole surprised the world by releasing the first episode of his five-part documentary which will culminate with the final episode on January 9 as an HBO special feature. In the first episode “F#$K Money, Spread...
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Goodbye Tremont, our conversation with Penny Craver and John Hayes
By Daniel Coston December 18, 2015 When Tremont Music Hall opened its doors on March 17 of 1995, the Charlotte music scene was much different than it is now. For many of the nation’s touring acts, venues in Charlotte were either too big or too...
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