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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
On TV / Awards / Videos / News Lin Yu Chun's "I Will Always Love You" - the next Susan Boyle?
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:59 AM
This guy will be the next "Susan Boyle" to win over the hearts of reality singing competition fans... He sings Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You."
Good voice, bad haircut.
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On Tour / Jason Younger / News This Providence — new rock band, old rock sound
Posted By Jason Younger on Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:13 AM
When you think of a guy who works for a printing company, the last image you’d get would be of Andy Horst, drummer for the band This Providence. Why you ask? Because most people who work at printing companies don’t rock like this guy and his Seattle-based band.
When This Providence hits the Casbah at Tremont Music Hall this Friday night (April 9), they’ll bring a sound reminiscent to that of the Cure, the Killers, a little Third Eye Blind and some Jimmy Eat World - which makes for one hell of a good rock n’ roll show. This is also the band’s first time headlining a tour (appropriately named The ‘Bout Damn Time Tour), and Andy Horst thinks this is their best effort yet. “With headlining we get the chance to really put on a show for OUR fans. The people who have supported and come to see us.” And with their new album Who Are You Now?, they’ve earned the right to showcase their talents.
“This album was really about figuring out who we were as a band and individually” says Horst, describing the new effort, “with band member changes, trying to understand the business, and just ourselves, we really were going through an identity crisis.” This explains why the band took most of the last year away from the road, working to really master the Who Are You Now? album. “This record, we really let it flow and be as natural as possible. Just write music and see how it turns out.”
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Mike McCray / Local Leak / News Local Leak: Eyes of the Elders' "American Man"
Posted By Mike McCray on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Fresh from being mastered, Eyes of the Elders, sent us their new track, "American Man."
Creative Loafing was given exclusive access to this track from the band that somehow seems to get bigger and bigger, yet better and better. They are one of the few acts out there that can, literally, cover all bases and this new song has something very badass about it. But don't let the patriotic title fool you, the lyrics question the warped American Dream more than pushing a Marlboro Man image.
Eyes of the Elders - American Man <-- Click to listen.
Sure, it sounded like a hip-hop version of Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive" at first but it doesn't take long to realize this one wasn't no cowboy shit. Longtime EOE listeners will notice the rhymes have slowed down and, on this track especially, feel more deliberate.
On TV / Awards / News Wavy Space on Jerry Springer Show
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Local Charlotte band Wavy Space was on the Jerry Springer Show yesterday to perform their song about the television show and late-night TV.
You can see the video on Facebook and on the Jerry Springer Web site.
News / Concert Announcement Is Lady Gaga worth the $?
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Lady Gaga tickets for her Sept. 18 performance at Time Warner Cable Arena go on sale on Friday, April 9, at 10 a.m.
If the prices for her tickets in Detroit are any indication, it's not going to be a cheap date.
Tickets for her concert there are $178, $88 and $52.50 reserved, and $88 for general admission floor. I'm guessing they'll be the same here in Charlotte. After all, someone has to pay for all those crazy costumes.
News The Roots cover Dilla
Posted By Mike McCray on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:07 AM
As someone who has riden around Charlotte bumping homemade J Dilla beat CDs, you can only imagine my delight to see the legendary Roots crew do a free mixtape covering their favorite joints from the late-hip hop icon.
It was dope to see that this 14-track instrumental compilation had some of my favorite Dilla joints on it. "Antiquity" with The Miquel Atwood-Ferguson Dillchestra is pure heat and "Make Em NV" is cool, but fans can also enjoy cuts from Donuts as well. Enough talking about it. The link and tracklisting are below, download it NOW!
Tracklist:
01. Donuts Outro
02. Hot Shit (I’m Back!)
03. World Full Of Sadness
04. Upper Egypt
05. Stereolab
06. The Stars
07. Antiquity (feat. The Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Dillchestra)
08. She Said
09. Hall & Oates
10. Eve
11. Look Into Her Eyes
12. Make Em NV
13. Oh! O!
14. Wicked Ways
New Releases / News This week's new releases (4/6/2010)
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Here's a quick rundown of this week's new releases:
Melissa Auf Der Maur Out of Our Minds
David Byrne & Fat Boy Slim Here Lies Love
John Butler Trio April Uprising
Dr. Dog Shame Shame
Jakob Dylan Women and Country
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings I Learned The Hard Way
Madonna The Sticky & Sweet Tour
Slash Slash
Joss Stone Colour Me Free
Peter Wolf Midnight Souvenirs
News / Concert Announcement Lollapalooza lineup announced
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:47 AM
The games are over and the lineup has been announced.
Headliners are as expected — Soundgarden, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Phoenix and The Strokes.
Others are: Social Distortion, MGMT, Jimmy Cliff, Hot Chip, The Black Keys, The National, Spoon, Devo, Cypress Hill, Cut Copy, The New Pornographers, Erykah Badu, Slightly Stoopid, Grizzly Bear, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, Wolfmother, Yeasayer, X Japan, Mutemath, Metric, Dirty Projectors, AFI, Mavis Staples, Matt & Kim, The xx, Drive-By Truckers, Blues Traveler
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Temper Trap, Jamie Lidell, Frightened Rabbit, Fuck Buttons, Deer Tick, Blitzen Trapper, Stars, Raphael Saadiq, The Cribs, Minus the Bear, Switchfoot, The Walkmen, Mumford & Sons, Wild Beasts, Rogue Wave, Los Amigos Invisibles, The Big Pink, The Dodos, Hockey, Cymbals Eat Guitars, B.o.B, Dawes, Warpaint, The Antlers, The Soft Pack, Rebelution, Balkan Beat Box
Wavves, American Bang, The Ike Reilly Assassination, Company of Thieves, Nneka, Harlem, The Constellations, Miniature Tigers, Mimicking Birds, The Kissaway Trail, HEALTH, Javelin, The Morning Benders, Foxy Shazam, Violent Soho, Royal Bangs, Neon Trees, Freelance Whales, Semi Precious Weapons, Dan Black, The Band of Heathens, Dragonette, My Dear Disco, Shawn Fisher, Neon Hitch, Skybox, The Ettes, Jukebox the Ghost, These United States, MyNameIsJohnMichael
Perry’s DJ stage lineup: 2ManyDJs, Empire of the Sun, Digitalism, Perry Farrell, Tiga, Felix da Housecat, Rusko, Erol Alkan, Kaskade, Flosstradamus, Wolfgang Gartner, Joachim Garraud, Mexican Institute of Sound, Caspa, Peanut Butter Wolf, Dirty South, NERVO, Cut Copy (DJ Set), Beats Antique, Steve Porter, Didi Gutman of Brazilian Girls, Ancient Astronauts, Ana Sia, Team Bayside High, Dani Deahl, FreeSol, DJ Mel, BBU Vonnegutt, Only Children, Lance Herbstrong
Lollapalooza takes place Aug. 6-8 in Chicago.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Concert Announcement / Giveaway / News Win tickets to see Jamie McLean Band
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:51 PM
Guitarist/singer Jamie McLean and the Jamie McLean Band are getting set to release their latest album, Completely. Until April 13, you can download the album at McLean's Web site and pay what you want for the album — nothing or as much as you'd like.
Check out "Cupid's Greatest Thief" from the album. Cupid's Greatest Thief
While you're listening, let us know your favorite track on this or any of McLean's previous albums and we'll draw a random entry on April 14 from a hat to win two tickets to see his concert at the Double Door Inn on April 17. Leave your comment below and make sure
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