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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Concert Announcement Alive After Five celebrates 11 years... of cover bands
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:31 PM
Alive After Five will celebrate its 11th year this summer. It's a long tradition of bringing mediocre cover bands to Uptown stages on Thursday evenings where guys in business suits and girls in their finest summer dresses can hang out, get drunk and listen to what amounts to a glorified top-40 radio station.
Of course, people will complain about the above comment and say, "No one goes to listen to the music." To which I reply, "Then there's no reason not to give local, original bands the chance to play." Sadly, the only original band I noticed on the long list is Simplified.
Once again, I call on the organizers of Alive After Five to support the music scene and give Charlotte bands a chance to play at their weekly event. Offer local, original acts a 20- or 30-minute spot before or after one of the cover bands. Allow them to sell their merchandise on site. Perhaps you could give them a bit of money, too, but most of all, give them the opportunity. Don't wait until next year. You can still add them on to the shows listed below.
Oh, and it's now called AT&T Alive After Five. A sponsor means they can afford to get better quality bands out on the stage, right? You would think...
Concert Announcement Tenacious D coming to the Fillmore on June 26
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Tenacious D will perform at the Fillmore Charlotte on June 26. The band, comprised of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, is touring in support of its upcoming album, Rize of the Fenix, set for release on May 15, 2012. Tickets go on sale on Friday, March 30, at 10 a.m.
The band released a video for the first single from the album, "To Be the Best." It's a six-minute romp that tells the "story" of Tenacious D from the pathetic showing of the movie The Pick of Destiny to the reunion of the band.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Photos / Live Reviews / setlist Live review: The Black Keys, Bojangles Coliseum, 3/24/2012
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:52 AM
The Black Keys w/ The Arctic Monkeys
Bojangles Coliseum
March 24, 2012
The Black Keys like to keep it simple. "We are the Black Keys. Let's get it started," was all guitarist Dan Auerbach had to say before the band launched into a 90-minute set at Charlotte's sold-out Bojangles Coliseum on March 24, 2012.
Drummer Patrick Carney unleashed the familiar thump of "Howlin' for You" as Auerbach released its riff and the duo quickly found its rhythm. A majority of the set focused on the Keys' latest albums, 2010's Brothers and 2011's El Camino, though they did find moments to revisit their past.
After a handful of recent songs including the latest single, "Gold on the Ceiling," the band went back to 2004's Rubber Factory for "Girl is On My Mind" and later "Your Touch" from 2006's Magic Potion.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
News / Concert Announcement Savannah vamps again
Posted By Perry Tannenbaum on Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:07 PM
Specials include the Sweet Singing Harmony Harmoneers (March 22), Béla Fleck & the Original Flecktones (March 22), IIIrd Time Out (March 22-23), the Lost Bayou Ramblers (March 23), Del McCoury Band (March 23), the McIntosh County Shouters (March 24), Ruthie Foster/The Campbell Brothers (March 24-25), Nathan & the Zydeco ChaChas (March 30), The Jimmy Bosch Salsa Orchestra (March 31), Mike Marshall & Edgar Meyer (April 1), Chris Thile (April 3), Abigail Washburn, Tony Trischka & Bruce Molsky (April 5-6), Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion (April 5), Lucky Peterson Band/Joe Krown Trio (April 6-7), and Paco de Lucia (April 7).
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Rain doesn't dampen the party with Kesha and Macklemore
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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.
