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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Photos / Live Reviews / setlist / News Live review: Them Crooked Vultures

Posted By on Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:32 PM

Them Crooked Vultures

The Fillmore Charlotte

Feb. 10, 2010

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The Deal: Latest supergroup lives up to its name during hour-and-45-minute set at sold out show at The Fillmore Charlotte.

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Photos / setlist / News Live setlist, photos: Furthur

Posted By on Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:16 PM

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Furthur f. Bob Weir and Phil Lesh

Bojangles Coliseum

Feb. 10, 2010

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Set 1

Here Comes Sunshine

Crazy Fingers

Me & My Uncle

Maggies Farm

Candy Man

Minglewood Blues

Foolish Heart

Cosmic Charlie

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Opinion / Mike McCray / News Umm...where's the music?

Posted By on Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:24 AM

There's nothing more jarring than silence. Now, imagine being in a public place where you're used to hearing some mundane soundtrack to whatever you're doing and it strangely be missing. You'd be surprised how noticeable it is.

I'm sure many-a-smooth jazz or easy listening artist, doing watered down covers of Motown hits, has kept their head over water because of retail shops and elevators wanting to play something to drown out the sound of nothing.

No one wants to overhear conversations about what colors look best on you, or the cash register opening and closing reminding you that you probably shouldn't be spending your money anyway. Give me the Michael Bolton! Give me anything but the sounds of... everyday life.

Some stores don't try at all with their soundtrack and others try way too hard to cool, but a lot of times it's unnecessary. Lord knows if "Party In The USA" wasn't blaring out into the mall, teen girls would still flock to Forever 21 to try and fool older guys into thinking they're legal.

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Music Menu / News Now Playing:Galactic (02/11/2010)

Posted By on Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:24 AM

Galactic Eternally touring funk posse features legend Cyril Neville on this outing. On the road working their newly released disc, ya-ka-may, the combo is hellbent of taking classic New Orleans funk, jazz and brass traditions further into this young century. The new disc features Nawleans legends the Rebirth Brass Band, Irma Thomas, Big Chief Bo Dollis and Allen Toussaint as well as young talent, including the burgeoning "bounce" artists, helping further evolve the musical history of the Crescent City. Visulite Theatre

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

News / On TV / Awards Got Talent?

Posted By on Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:27 PM

They're holding auditions for the next season of America's Got Talent... think the show is right for your talent? If you can't make it to an audition city, you can send in a video tape. Details are here.

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Opinion / Jeff Hahne / News Bonnaroo lineup sounds good to me

Posted By on Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:08 PM

It's interesting, ever since the lineup for the 2010 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival were released yesterday, there have been as many "awesome" comments as "fail" ones.

I figured I'd offer up some thoughts of my own on the lineup. Let's start with the biggest one, right at the top — Dave Matthews Band. There are cries of pain from some that heard DMB would be headlining... some want him to play Sunday night so they can go home early. Other people are worried he's going to bring the wrong crowd, i.e. frat boys, to the 'Roo. But, guess what? Dave's been there before. He was there in 2004 and he was there in 2005. So, sit down and relax...

The next complaint is usually about Kings of Leon. Guess what? They've been there before, too, and on the main stage. They played an afternoon set back in 2007 (they were also there in 2004). Since then, they released a couple more albums and won something called the Grammy. Yeah, settle down on this one, too.

There are cries that the festival is not like it used to be. You know who was there in 2002 and 2003 when the festival started? The Disco Biscuits, Les Claypool, John Butler Trio, The Flaming Lips, Medeski Martin & Wood, Michael Franti... Guess who's there this year — all of those bands. (It should be noted that JBT has the date on his tour schedule, but Bonnaroo has not listed him on the official artist list, yet.)

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Music Menu / News Furthur, Them Crooked Vultures tonight (02/10/2010)

Posted By on Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:11 AM

Furthur w/ Bob Weir, Phil Lesh It dawned on me recently that maybe The Grateful Dead experience (and/or that of any of their various offshoots) is akin to watching a sport like soccer or hockey. You can appreciate them in perfectly-portioned, as-product form on your television, but for maximum enjoyment (and understanding), you need to be there to experience everything firsthand: the sleight-of-hand, seat-of-the-pants improvisation; the interaction between players; and the interaction between the players and those who are there to watch them. Secondly, no, it's not The Dead. Or the Grateful Dead, for that matter. But you will see Bob Weir, who, along with Willie Nelson, is one of the two best running-shoe clad guitarists alive. And with Lesh manning his customary position – in the pocket, both musically and otherwise, right beside the drummer's bass drum – it's probably as close as you're going to get these days. In any event, I get the sense this isn't one of those shows folks are going to be on the fence about. Bojangles' Coliseum (Timothy C. Davis)

Them Crooked Vultures Let's keep this short and simple – Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age on guitar/vocals; Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters reliving his Nirvana days behind the drum kit; John Paul Jones thumping the bass. Power trio. Rock. Raw. No excuses. The Fillmore (Jeff Hahne)

Hamell on Trial Looking and acting something like the geeked-up twin brother of Anton LaVey, Hamell is a high-strung sort of guy, partial to a style of thrash-folk that most certainly won't be played at your local Starbucks anytime soon (see songs like "Ann Coulter's Snatch," which, it pains me to say – and I'm a card-carrying pinko – might be one of the single stupidest songs ever laid to paper). Dude sweats like a boar and puts on a hell of an energetic show, to be sure, but in a sort of watching-geriatrics-aerobicizing-in-Boca kind of way – much exertion, little grace. Which is a shame, really – he shows a bent toward lyrical substance and has passion to burn. Unfortunately, Hamell's seemingly content to keep lighting the musical equivalent of sparklers. The Evening Muse (Davis)

Midtown Dickens Last year's Lanterns won near-universal acclaim from the Triangle cognoscenti, and positioned the Durham quintet at the forefront of the next roots wave from that region. Recorded with local Scott Solter, the songs of Kym Register and Catherine Edgerton are paeans to the things we think we need but don't, and come in a warm, melancholic blend of punk-folk that recalls the gals in Freakwater – only with a less rigid style palette and (on the downside) slightly less narrative sophistication (so far). The future looks very bright, though, and they are worthy of the torch I apparently just handed them. Opening for Lost In the Trees, and with Dylan Gilbert. Snug Harbor (John Schacht)

Hypno5E Oddly named French metal band's taste for experimentation – ambient soundscapes, film noir soundtrack flourishes, industrial backdrops – is infused so intricately among the thrashing guitars that it's rather improper to call them a metal outfit. Building epic, multi-part compositions, the quartet seems bent on exploding old myths that the French simply can't rock. Hypno5E are intriguing, expansive and, well, know how to rock. With Starring Janet Leigh and Fallen Martyr. Milestone (Samir Shukla)

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

New Releases / News This week's new releases (2/9/2010)

Posted By on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:16 PM

Here's a quick listing of some of the new albums coming out today:

ALO Man of the World

Neil Diamond Hot August Night

Fear Factory Mechanize

Galactic Ya-Ka-May

The Pretenders Live in London

Sade Soldier of Love

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News / Concert Announcement Bonnaroo bands announced today

Posted By on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:11 PM

The initial Bonnaroo lineup has been announced.(Tickets are now on sale!)

Headliners include Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon and Dave Matthews Band.

Here's the lineup so far:

Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Tenacious D, Weezer, The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform “Dark Side of the Moon”, The Dead Weather, Damian Marley & Nas, Phoenix, Norah Jones, Michael Franti & Spearhead, John Fogerty, Regina Spektor, Jimmy Cliff, LCD Soundsystem, The Avett Brothers, Thievery Corporation, Rise Against, Tori Amos, The National, Zac Brown Band, Les Claypool, John Prine, The Black Keys, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, Jeff Beck, Dropkick Murphys, She & Him, Against Me!, The Disco Biscuits, Daryl Hall & Chromeo, Jamey Johnson, Clutch, Bassnectar, Kid Cudi, Baaba Maal, Kris Kristofferson, Medeski Martin & Wood, The xx, GWAR, Dan Deacon Ensemble, Tinariwen, Wale, Deadmau5, The Melvins, Gaslight Anthem, Miike Snow, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dr. Dog, They Might Be Giants, Punch Brothers, Isis, Blitzen Trapper, Blues Traveler, Miranda Lambert, Calexico, OK Go, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Martin Sexton, Lotus, Baroness, Dave Rawlings Machine, Mayer Hawthorne and the County, Japandroids, Jay Electronica, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Ingrid Michaelson, The Dodos, Manchester Orchestra, The Temper Trap, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Tokyo Police Club, The Entrance Band, Local Natives, Brandi Carlile, Mumford & Sons, Rebelution, Diane Birch, Monte Montgomery, Julia Nunes, The Postelles, Lucero, Here We Go Magic, Hot Rize, Neon Indian, B.O.B, Needtobreathe

GWAR is an interesting choice - good luck to any hippies on acid during that one...

Rumors that didn't come true (yet) include Paul Simon, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, Roger Waters, Spoon, Pavement, Faith No More, Soundgarden, Neil Young, Furthur, John Frusciante...

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Concert Announcement / News Rock on the Range lineup announced

Posted By on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:09 PM

The lineup for this year's Rock on the Range festival has been announced. Held on May 22 and 23 in Columbus, Ohio, the lineup is:

Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Limp Bizkit, Three Days Grace, Slash, Seether, Rise Against, Deftones, Papa Roach, Theory Of A Deadman, Mastodon, Killswitch Engage, Coheed & Cambria, Bullet for My Valentine, Puddle Of Mudd, Five Finger Death Punch, Apocalyptica, Drowning Pool, Halestorm, Sevendust, Skillet, Mushroomhead, Helmet, Airbourne, Anberlin, Cold, Nonpoint, 2Cents, Adelitas Way, Shaman's Harvest, Year Long Disaster, Like A Storm, Taddy Porter, Janus, Columbus’ own Noise Auction and more.

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