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Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
News Fall Out Boy at Strike City
Posted By Contributing Intern on Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:53 PM
By Sarah Coombes
This Friday, as in April 24, Strike City in the Epicentre is bringing in some special guests — Fall Out Boy. The group will be there to bowl, meet and greet fans and play Guitar Hero. Anyone who has played the game knows how sensitive the controls are... wonder how the bands do at their own songs! Rock‘N Bowl starts at 3:30 p.m. and might I suggest getting there early. Who knows, maybe 50 Cent and Ashlee Simpson will be there too ... more random things have happened.
News / New Releases Book release party this weekend
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:36 AM
On April 25, at the Alley Cat, a release party/benefit will be held from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. featuring a handful of bands as well as the author of the new book, Kill the Music.
Written by Michael G. Plumides Jr., the book explores the infamous 4808 Club that used to exist in Uptown Charlotte:
Kill the Music is the true story of a girl crazy college radio idealist and his relationships between family, friends, enemies, and the politics of the music scene. Set in the "Bible Belt" during the late 1980's and early 1990's, this poignant account explores his experiences as a college radio deejay at WUSC-FM, and the owner of the ill-fated and controversial 4808 Club in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Through entertaining conversations with legendary rock stars, tales of sexual liaisons, and the ins and outs of concert promotion, Kill the Music is a no-holds-barred comedic, skewed, enlightening and sometimes sad look into a past not so long ago, and how oddly our society is connected.
In addition to a book signing, there will be live performances by Leisure McCorkle, Something about Vampires and Sluts, The Independents and Pattrick McKenna.
Portions of the $10 entry fee will go to Americans for the Arts.
Music Menu / News Music Menu (4/23/09)
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra Channeling jazz drummers via steel pan drums, Scales fuses multi genres – jazz fusion, funk, blues, reggae, and even traditional rhythms of India – into his tropical mélange. Call it island jazz if you will but with drummer Scales' inventive rhythmic patterns, the lowly steel pan drums enter a whole new realm of possibilities. With Andrew Hoover. Double Door Inn (Samir Shukla)
INCOGNITO MOSQUITO Hailing from the one-and-only Queen City, this foursome has been changing the local music scene since 2003 after the group played its first unrehearsed show. Ansley Wynn, William Stone, Ryan Persaud and Chad Thompson had never played together, but shocked crowds, and themselves, with their instant chemistry. Since then, the band has been known to "bring the party" everywhere they go, so lace up your shoes and get ready for a night of playful, original tunes. Neighborhood Theatre (Jill Jacobs)
Check out Incognito Mosquito for yourself:
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Concert Announcement / News Concert announcement
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Just saw online that Charlotte native Anthony Hamilton will be performing at Ovens Auditorium on June 28 along with Chrisette Michele and Musiq Soulchild.
No word on tickets as the show isn't up on the Ovens site yet.
Opinion / News Earth Day music
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:49 AM
I've been searching the Web high and low for songs that would be fitting for Earth Day. Here's what I've come up with so far — feel free to add your suggestions in the comments:
"Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell
"Roll On, Columbia!" - Woody Guthrie
"Garbage" - Bill Steale & Pete Seeger
"Ode to Big Blue" - Gordon Lightfoot
"Where do the Children Play?" - Cat Stevens
"Ask Any Farmer" - John McCutcheon
"This Land is Your Land" - Woody Guthrie
"What Do You Love More Than Love?" - Dar Williams
"Animal" - Ani DiFranco
"Something In the Rain" - Tish Hinojosa
"Wonderful World" - Louis Armstsrong
"Metal Drums" - Patty Larkin
"Mercy Mercy Me" - Marvin Gaye
"Paradise" - John Prine
"Shapes Of Things" - The Yardbirds
"Nature's Way" - Spirit
"Don't Go Near The Water" - The Beach Boys
"If A Tree Falls" - Bruce Cockburn
"Don't Go Near The Water" - Johnny Cash
"Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)" - Neil Young
"Pollution" - Tom Lehrer
"I Can't Breathe" - Don Preston
"Earth Song" - Michael Jackson
"American Child" - John Denver
"Take It Back" - Pink Floyd
"Collapse" - Rise Against
"Earth Songs" - John Denver
"One Sweet World" - Dave Matthews Band
"Don't Ask Me" - P.I.L.
"Lonely Planet" - The The
"Out in the Country" - Three Dog Night
"It's Too Late" - Bob Mould
"What Are We Gonna Do?" - Dramarama
"Nothing But Flowers" - Talking Heads
Live Reviews / News Live setlist: Jimmy Buffett
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Here's the setlist from the April 21, 2009, Jimmy Buffett concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre:
Photos coming soon!
SET 1
Lage Nom Ai
Coconut Telegraph
SummerZcool
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
Manana
Conky Tonkin'
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
Volcano
Cheeseburger In Paradise
Come Monday
Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
Brown Eyed Girl
One Particular Harbour
A Lot to Drink About
SET 2
My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink And I Don’t Love Jesus
I Heard I Was In Town
Last Mango In Paris
I Feel Like Goin’ Surfing in a Hurricane
Southern Cross
Coast Of Carolina
Rhumba Man
A Pirate Looks At Forty
Gypsies In The Palace
Fins
Margaritaville
Encore
We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About
Band Intros
Yellow Submarine
Second Encore
He Went To Paris (solo)
On TV / Awards / News "Let Me Twitter Dat"
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Yep, we're a part of the Twitter bandwagon like most people these days, but comedian Andy Milonakis sums up the phenomenon quite nicely with his new song and video:
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Tweet of the Day / News Tweet of the Day
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Today's Tweet of the Day via Twitter comes from Sara Bareilles on the perils of drinking:
i got tipsy and ordered 100 knives off the Knife show and sent them to my friend. whoops. Note to self: don't do that anymore.
New Releases / News This week's new releases (4/21/2009)
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Here's a quick rundown of some of the new releases hitting record store shelves today:
Depeche Mode Sounds of the Universe
Jane's Addiction Cabinet of Curiosities
Lacuna Coil Shallow Life
Meg and Dia Here, Here and Here
Asher Roth Asleep in the Bread Aisle
Booker T. Potato Hole
Tinted Windows Tinted Windows
Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society Skullage
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Frank Ocean tops Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll
Annual critics list creates requisite buzz
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Rain doesn't dampen the party with Kesha and Macklemore
Both sets cut short as storms roll through Charlotte, N.C.
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Live review: Fiona Apple, The Fillmore (9/26/2012) 16
Fans ate it up, but it was a trainwreck of tragic and frustrating proportions.
