Mobile
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
New Releases / News This week's new releases (12/7/2010)
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Here's a quick rundown of what's new in stores this week:
Natasha Bedingfield Strip Me
Daft Punk Tron: Legacy
Deadmau5 4x4=12
Duffy Endlessly
Feist Look at What the Light Did Now
Flyleaf Remember to Live
Hinder All American Nightmare
Plain White T's Wonder of the Younger
Redman Reggie
T.I. No Mercy
News Local Leak: Rapsody's Return of the B-Girl
Posted By Mike McCray on Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:36 PM
Today's Local Leak is a new mixtape from a North Carolina artist on 9th Wonder's It's A Wonderful World Music Group, this time it's Rapsody's turn at causing an internet ruckus with the release of her mixtape, Return of the B-Girl.
The Raleigh-Durham area emcee is hardly a newcomer. She's been on the scene since around 2005 cutting her teeth either solo or as part of the rap group, Kooley High, more recently. Way more than just local, the artist is primed to make a splash to an International audience once word gets around about this one and the beatsmith behind it.
Download Rapsody's Return of the B-Girl here.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Videos / News Celebrities sing "Let It Be"
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:45 PM
So, a whole bunch of celebrities got together to sing/lip synch "Let It Be" for a Norwegian television show called Gylne Tider. The problem is that some of the celebrities are coming out and saying they thought it was done for charity, and not to promote a TV show.
Either way, it's quite an eclectic group they gathered - Milli Vanilli, Katarina Witt, Tonya Harding, Jason Alexander, Malcolm Jamal-Warner and a bunch of others. Your thoughts?
\
Live Reviews / News Live review: Bonnie Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang
Posted By John Schacht on Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:25 AM
Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo Gang w/ The Babblers
Neighborhood Theatre
Dec. 3, 2010
THE DEAL: Will Oldham’s latest incarnations play Charlotte.
THE GOOD: For nearly two decades, Will Oldham’s various personae have propagated like the horny fornicators in his salty songs. But the constants in Oldham’s unique musical vision remain: the warbling — yet increasingly assured — voice splintered by emotion and digging for light in darkness; earthy (in the Henry Miller sense) lyrics and Delphic pronouncements that make the profane sound sacred; and songs that stand tall next to the best classic country and folk rock. BPB’s two latest incarnations — Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo Gang, and the freshly baked mystery group, The Babblers — turned in two intriguing sets Friday night for a full-floor-plus Neighborhood Theatre audience, though the headlining Cairo Gang proved to be the more reliably enjoyable.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
New Releases / Local Leak / News Local Leak: Kooley High's "POGO"
Posted By Mike McCray on Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:32 PM
The latest Local Leak comes from a little outside of our jurisdiction but Raleigh hip-hop crew, Kooley High, deserves love.
After releasing their album, Eastern Standard Time, earlier this year, we hadn't heard much for them but today they dropped this freestyle, "POGO," as part of the DJBooth.net freestyle series and yeah, it's dope.
Produced by Zee Imports, you can download track, legally, for free here.
Enjoy.
Photos / Live Reviews / News Live review: Tab Benoit and Friends
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Tab Benoit and Friends f. Anders Osborne and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
Visulite Theatre
Dec. 2, 2010
The Deal: Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux bring a taste of the bayou into Charlotte.
Concert Announcement / Videos / News E-S Guthrie at the Muse Saturday
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:39 AM
I haven't gotten a chance to catch E-S Guthrie on stage recently — not since the hair was cut and the beard was trimmed, actually. However, if this video is any indicator, he's definitely got a good thing going on and found an identity with his music.
\
Guthrie, a former member of The New Familiars, has done the solo thing for quite some time now. He tried out his work as a trio, but it now looks like he's found a niche of his own. The approach with two microphones is one I haven't seen much of and gives his vocals an intriguing depth for choruses.
He's performing on Saturday night at the Evening Muse along with Bess Rogers and Lelia Broussard. Should be a helluva show.
-
Rain doesn't dampen the party with Kesha and Macklemore
Both sets cut short as storms roll through Charlotte, N.C.
-
Live review: Fiona Apple, The Fillmore (9/26/2012) 16
Fans ate it up, but it was a trainwreck of tragic and frustrating proportions.
-
Frank Ocean tops Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll
Annual critics list creates requisite buzz
