Mar 21-27, 2018
The premiere of Push!; Meck. Co. sheriff’s race; Krazy Fish; Phaze Gawd
K. Flay energizes, Yungblud wows sold-out Underground
Charlotte venue rocks, rolls and raps its way through Friday night performance.
Pacific Rim Uprising: Jaeger Bomb
PACIFIC RIM UPRISING ** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Steven S. DeKnight STARS John Boyega, Scott Eastwood Before it opened in July 2013, the hype surrounding director Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim was at an eardrum-shattering pitch — so deafening, in fact, that one would have been forgiven for assuming the picture would end up…
The Blotter: Grandma’s Favorite
Do It For Gram Have you ever visited your sweet grandmother for what you thought would be a day of relaxation and family stories only to be put to work doing chores around her house? One such grandma took things to another level when she threatened to put her grandchildren on a job fit for…
Justice League, The Shape of Water, Star Wars: The Last Jedi among new home entertainment titles
(View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray, DVD and Streaming. Ratings are on a four-star scale.) THE ‘BURBS (1989). The title of course refers to the suburbs – specifically, the neighborhood in which Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) lives with his wife (Carrie Fisher) and young son (Cory Danziger).…
Listen Up: VS Guitar Duo Shreds on ‘Local Vibes’
It was a long road for guitar virtuoso Vadim Kolpakov to go from the Russian city of Saratov to Boston to Charlotte, but we’re glad he took it. He brought his seven-string guitar and his nephew Sasha, the other half of one of his groups, the VS Guitar Duo, to play us some tunes in…
News of the Weird: All-Star Squatter
The Weirdo-American Community A co-ed dormitory at Hunter College in New York City has become the site of a dispute between the college and 32-year-old Lisa S. Palmer, who won’t vacate her dorm room despite having discontinued her classes in 2016. Palmer, who works for an architecture firm, has “racked up a staggering $94,000 in…
VIDEO: Erick Lottary Drops New Visuals for “Ball Is Life”
Charlotte rapper Erick Lottary dropped the first visuals from his upcoming You Can Tell EP today, a video that mixes basketball and the suite life with anime. In “Ball Is Life,” Lottary can be seen rapping on the basketball court at Latta Park in Dilworth, then balling out in a different way in the Punch…
A Charlotte Rapper Contemplates ‘Dark Dreams’
[Image-1] In third grade, Anthony Potts landed a role in a music production at Collinswood Language Academy in Charlotte that would chart the course of his life. At 8 years old, he was tapped to rap the Freedom Williams part on the ubiquitous C+C Music Factory hip-house hit “Gonna Make You Sweat.” Anybody who’s paid…
Black Linen, Probably Will feel the electronics on new EPs
Two new releases from a pair of Charlotte artists dropped during this week’s print cycle and landed smack in my inbox. Tireless rapper Black Linen releases Black Linen 3.0 at Petra’s on Friday, March 23, and will hold a listening party the following night at DuppNSwat. [Image-1] The EP continues Black Linen’s socially conscious themes…
Funky Seafood Joint Keeps It Moving Through Thick and Thin
[Image-4] As a young Italian boy growing up in New York City, Giorgio Prisco had six plates cracked over his head. His mother thought that was the most suitable punishment for a child who refused to do the dishes. After that, Prisco was afraid to ever leave the kitchen. So, he started cooking. And he…
Mecklenburg Sheriff Candidates Speak Candidly on Three Hot-Button Issues
[Image-3] The race to become the county’s top law enforcement officer is heating up, as incumbent Mecklenburg County Sheriff Irwin Carmichael has been taking flak for his office’s more controversial policies, namely its participation in the 287(g) program. On Tuesday, March 13, Carmichael held a press conference defending his office’s use of the program, which…
Ex-VooDou Dolls Talk About Their Latest Act
[Image-2] When Corin and Chad Wilder are not performing as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist, respectively, in the Charlotte darkwave band 30 Year Sick, the two are just a charming couple from Albemarle. They own a farm (“We grow grass,” Chad says) and have six cats and a dog. They love Disney — so much…
Caswell Station Can Revitalize a Shuttered Nightlife Scene
Believe it or not, I survived St. Paddy’s Day. Why? Because I wasn’t in the Queen City. No, I had no feelings of #FOMO, I was actually excited about the fact that a wedding and a trip to Asheville would whisk me away from the madness that are the bar crawls in Uptown Charlotte. However,…
‘CL’ Art Director Dana Vindigni Debuts Local Comic Series
[Image-1] The four party animals on the cover of this week’s issue of Creative Loafing could be your neighbors. They wear vintage tees and denim from Buffalo Exchange and boots from Boris and Natasha. They hang out on the patio at Common Market, sipping PBRs or booch, then amble over to Snug Harbor or Petra’s…
Introducing… ‘Push!’
With endless sarcasm and nonstop drama, fictional friends Reynard, Felisha and Bobby are three twentysomethings navigating life in Charlotte. But nothing’s easy in Push!, and a mystery soon serves up some pretty weird events for the trio. Prepare for love, death and everything in between. Episode 1 sets the scene for the mysteries to come:…
