Each Friday, we review 10 recently released CDs in 10 words each:
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs No Help Coming Band brings fresh flavor to something completely retro in style.
Ron Pope Whatever It Takes Wouldnt be surprised if his ballads appeared on Greys Anatomy.
Dirty Vegas Electric Love Double-disc album offers instrumentals along with the full versions.
Owen Temple Mountain Home Texas singer brings a bit more country style into Americana.
Winterus In Carbon Mysticism Extreme metal band from Michigan loves to scream its lyrics.
Steve Earle Ill Never Get Out of this World Alive Album goes hand-in-hand with novel of same name.
Whiskey Myers Firewater Texas quintet brings forth a new brand of country rock.
Civil War Naval Songs I like 150-year-old songs to sound more aged.
Emmylou Harris Hard Bargain Icon releases album of new material along with two covers.
Texas in July One Reality Fresh-out-of-high-school band goes cookie monster style.
The documentary directed by Michael Rappaport about A Tribe Called Quest is finally seeing the light of day and is scheduled to be shown at Charlotte's Manor Theatre on Aug. 12.
We've got a few pairs of tickets to give away to Friday night's Boombox concert at the Neighborhood Theatre. Interested? Just post a comment below on why you want to go to the show we'll pick a few random winners Wednesday at noon!
It's that easy!
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Captured by Robots!
The Milestone
April 23, 2011
(Photos by Dana Haidar)
The Deal: I first discovered Captured by Robots! a couple of years back and was absolutely astounded by the entire spectacle. A combination of my two loves: robots and music, along with satirical commentary between human and machine. Holy crap, I fell in love. JBOT had been a musician for years, previously in the band Skankin' Pickle. After getting fed up with having to rely on non-dedicated, drug-using humans in 1996, he got the idea to build himself robot musicians that he could program to play his music. Thus, he started from scratch, not knowing a thing about how to make a robot, and miraculously created his band.
He claims the solitude on tour isn't so bad. However, sleep is certainly taken for granted in a robot band. But you don't have to worry about getting dreaded loft boners when you are surrounded by robots. The only real downfall is the lack of extra hands for breakdown, as well as driving, not to mention appreciation from his band members (robots have no souls). When I talked to him after the show it took him what seemed like hours to breakdown the bots and he had food poisoning to boot but had to tough it out regardless. Talk about dedication.
Here's a quick rundown of what's new in stores this week:
An Horse Walls
Tab Benoit Medicine
Bootsy Collins Tha Funk Capitol Of The World
Steve Earle I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Explosions in the Sky Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Emmylou Harris Hard Bargain
Paleface has released a video for his song "Understand the Man." It was recorded live at the Hotel Oregon in McMinnville, Ore., over the weekend.
Check it out:
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