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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Music Menu Today's Music Menu (7/10/08)

Posted By on Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 6:00 AM

Hed PE They've changed names (or at least the spelling of their name) numerous times, and you can't really blame them. Along with like-minded hedz like Kottonmouth Kings, they're among the last bands standing from the late '90s/early '00s rap metal "renaissance," holding it down for those who want their cake and to eat it (with a healthy dose of gang smoke, bad rap beats, and Sublime-y ridiculous, SoCal-centric keepin' it real lyricism) too. To be fair, they're amongst the cream of their particular genre's crop, but that's reaping an increasing fallow field. With Dirtball and Potluck. Amos' Southend (Timothy C. Davis)

Imaad Wasif and Two Part Beast Wasif's band résumé includes, Alaska!, The New Folk Implosion and touring stints with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Tonight the L.A.-based mood rocker, vocalist and guitarist leads this sparse trio into subtle and flowing rock music. The gents are crisscrossing the country touring in support of the recent release Strange Hexes. The Two Part Beast is Bobb Bruno (bass) and Adam Garcia (drums). With Coma League. Milestone (Samir Shukla)

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

QC After Dark Candyland and K.I.S.S

Posted By on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:47 AM

What are you doing Friday? Might I interest you in a romp through Candyland and a first kiss? As in Consuella’s Candyland and the unofficial Grand Opening of K.I.S.S Lounge...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

QC After Dark Meet the Casons...

Posted By on Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:56 AM

For the 4th of July weekend the entire Cason clan congregated where our roots are planted - Harrisonburg, Va.... Not ringing a bell?

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Where James Madison University is… still not coming to you? Shenandoah Valley... Still nothing? Ok, it’s a small town about 2.5 hours south of D.C. Population: 40,468 (and that includes JMU students, and I think the Census may have even included cattle).

That means you could put my entire hometown in Bank of America stadium and still not fill it up. I think more people than that even go to Panthers games.

We’re talking about a town that compensates for billboards by putting a sign on the side of a tractor trailer parked alongside the main road (Main Street of course). The skyscraper is a poultry plant, and as a result the town has a lingering aroma of chicken feed.

But on my visit home, I discovered the small town of Harrisonburg is now a growing metropolis... There’s even a Target and an alt-weekly newspaper now! And some cool new bars that are nightlife reporting worthy... Including a hookah bar!

That, and it’s really not all that different from Charlotte.

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Monday, July 7, 2008

News There's a CD brewing...

Posted By on Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:01 PM

We're currently accepting submissions for the second edition of their CD series entitled, Creative Loafing presents Jeff Hahne’s Homebrew.

The 12-track CD, the Summer Stash 2008 edition, will be a collection of independently released music from the Charlotte area. Featuring a bit of every genre that’s heard around the Queen City, the artists featured will have released music in the first half of 2008.

Submissions should be sent to music editor Jeff Hahne via email or the U.S. postal service in the form of an mp3 or CD for consideration, by the end of July.

The next edition of the CD will once again be mastered by Rob Tavaglione for Catalyst Recording in Charlotte, N.C. It will be distributed at local music stores, at local concerts and at a CD release party that will be planned for August. More details on that, coming soon!

For more information, contact music editor Jeff Hahne at (704) 944-3608 or jeff.hahne@creativeloafing.com

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News Congrats to the Avetts!

Posted By on Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:56 PM

Just got word, confirmed on their Web site, that The Avett Brothers have signed to American/Columbia Records and are currently working with Rick Rubin on their next album...

Congrats to the guys - well deserved!

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Photos / Live Reviews Live Review: Crue Fest

Posted By on Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 11:13 AM

Crue Fest w/ Motley Crue, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx A.M., Trapt

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

July 5, 2008

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The Deal: Motley Crue rounds up a bunch of their friends and hits the road for inaugural Crue Fest.

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Music Menu Today's Menu (7/6/2008)

Posted By on Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:00 AM

Black Congo NC The locals have been steadily upping their benga-flavored game, recently welcoming reeds-man Brent Bagwell (Tenspeed, Project Bluebird) into the fold and adding a touch of Ethiopiques' soul to a sound that already included two guitars, synth bleats and blurps, looped vocal hollers and animal noises, and in their cut "So Long Seagull," one of the most massive, cathartic crescendos this side of Califone. Part of the as-billed Pleasurable Fest with Ear Pwr, Abe Vigoda, Kachina and Nat Baldwin (Dirty Projectors). Milestone (John Schacht)

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Saturday, July 5, 2008

Music Menu Today's Menu (7/5/2008)

Posted By on Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 6:00 AM

Lou Ford/Buschovski The Ford boys' music evidences a finely wrought, pared-down style of songwriting that's almost Carveresque (or at least Lish-like) in its spareness. Busch's swirling lyrical worlds are positively Pynchonian, vaguely conspiratorial and often overwhelming in their shit-stirrin' scope. Lou Ford's put out three records and an E.P. in the past dozen years. Busch has put out, well, none, officially, but I once got three different complete demo records from him in as many months. Point being, of course, that no matter how you arrive at your voice, you have to find your own road. (Just make sure it leads to Snug tonight.) Snug Harbor (Timothy C. Davis)

Bo Bice The former Idol runner-up is one of a handful to still be holding on to a record contract. Not a bad feat, considering who was recently dropped – winners Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard and runner-up Blake Lewis. Doesn't mean that Bice is that much better, but only that he's survived so far. He paved the way for Daughtry and whoever recently won ... can't remember his name. Oh, David Cook. Ha! Yeah, everyone else will likely forget soon, too. Bice is touring in support of his sophomore release, See the Light. Sorry, but he might be at 14:59 and counting ... Neighborhood Theatre (Jeff Hahne)

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Friday, July 4, 2008

Music Menu Today's Menu (7/4/2008)

Posted By on Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 6:00 AM

Slick Rick London-born Rick The Ruler, recently pardoned by New York governor David Paterson for the attempted murder of his cousin way back in 1990 (he served five years total) and hassled by Homeland Security goons ever since (just because a guy says he's "the bomb" doesn't mean he's carrying one, fellers), is finally back doing what he does best – spinning half-speed, half-spoken rhymes owing equally to flair and flow. A huge influence on the Kanyes of the world, both in dress and delivery, Rick's unfortunately been fighting our country's labyrinthine immigration laws more often over the last decade than seen in what he'll tell you is his true home, the studio. Catch him while you can. Amos' Southend (Timothy C. Davis)

The Trouble Walkers The local side celebrates the release of their debut, Free Cowboy Hat, a raunchy slab of Gun Club hedonism, Blasters' riffs and Must've Been High-Supersuckers' twang that shows little respect for anything but the glorious excesses of rock 'n' roll. One national reviewer has praised it as "the least politically correct record of '08," and thank fucking God for that. What better way to toast our nation's birthday and the First Amendment than with some good ol' fashioned, back-to-basics American music? With Chocha Loca and 2013 Wolves. Snug Harbor (John Schacht)

Cute Is What We Aim For Born in the frozen tundra of Buffalo, N.Y., this power-pop quartet with a sentence for a name makes quirky pop that's warm and toasty around the edges, with a fluffy middle. The young band has been around about three years and has already made inroads into the much-crowded field of power pop bands. They are out touring the new release, Rotation. Also on the bill: Ace Enders, Danger Radio and Powerspace. Tremont Music Hall (Samir Shukla)

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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Photos / Live Reviews / QC After Dark At the Side Show

Posted By on Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 11:26 AM

I have finally come to terms with the fact that I...am a freak of nature. I am actually kind of surprised that I haven’t been recruited for some traveling freak show.

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Although I did get invited to get a backstage, sneak peak of the play Side Show, a musical depiction of the lives of the Hilton Sisters. No, not the Hilton sisters you’d see on the cover of US Weekly, the ones you’d see on the cover of Creative Loafing… Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton.

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