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News / Bonnaroo Bonnaroo 2012 lineup additions
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 4:37 PM
A few additions have been added to the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival lineup:
Danzig Legacy — featuring music by Danzig, Samhain and Danzig/Doyle performing The Misfits
Puscifer
Santigold
The Temper Trap
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The Cave Singers
These bands join the already announced lineup including Radiohead, Phish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers and more.
Photos / Live Reviews / setlist Live review: Jane's Addiction, House of Blues, 3/10/2012
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Jane's Addiction w/ Black Box Revelation
House of Blues, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
March 10, 2012
Jane's Addiction is in the middle of its Theatre of the Escapists Tour, a cross-country journey taking the '90s alt-rock kings to various venues which average 2,000 people per night. While a May 23 concert at Charlotte's Ovens Auditorium was recently announced (with opening act The Duke Spirit), I decided to make the four-hour trek to the shore last weekend to see the band at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach as an early preview.
The opportunity to see a big-name band in a small concert venue doesn't happen often. As an artist grows in popularity, the ability to see them in a smaller club wanes away, unless they play a last-minute tour warm-up (see Van Halen's recent N.Y.C. gig) or head out on one of those rare club tours.
Having seen Jane's Addiction a handful of times over the years - Lollapalooza and at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1991, during the Relapse Tour in Atlanta in 1997 and at the Voodoo Festival in New Orleans in 2009 - I was curious to see them in a more intimate setting.
As the sounds of introductory Pink Floyd music faded away, Jane's Addiction - singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Chris Chaney - took the stage. With one hand in the air, Farrell began singing as the band launched into "Underground," the energetic first song on the band's 2011 album, The Great Escape Artist. Starting with a new song was a sign this outing is much different than previous performances.
News Music scene original, Mark Stowe, dies at age 48
Posted By Kathleen Johnson on Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Mark Stowe was one of those special music fanatic/customers in Charlotte — brimming with enthusiasm, knowledge and a sizzling true love of music. The kind of dude that'd give you a contact music-high if he was standing too close, then have you following him around the store spending half of your paycheck on all the cool/mind-blowing/amazing things he was recommending. Or he was someone that would totally annoy you. Often, it was both and within the same 20-minute visit to a record store.
The 48-year-old Charlotte-music-scene original passed away on Saturday, March 10, after a long cancer-related illness. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Forest Lawn West Chapel. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.
Stowe was my favorite of all the "über-fans" I crossed paths with during my stint at the Record Exchange in Cotswold Mall between 1991 and 1992. A tall, skinny whirlwind of heat and flash, musical opinions, knowledge and proselytizing, he would explode into the place more than anything else, as if someone slowly driving by threw a couple of M-80s through the store’s front door. He was a handful, in other words.
"An era has passed," longtime friend and Charlotte musician Mark Lynch posted on Facebook. "R.I.P. Mark 'The Punk' Stowe. You were a true spirit, a genuine article and you will be missed."
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Videos Flagship releases "Backseat" video
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:15 PM
From the merging of two local artists in Drake Margolnick and Campbell the Band comes Flagship, Charlotte's latest indie rock quintet. The buzz-worthy band has finished its debut EP, which includes the song "Backseat." I've caught brief glimpses of the band live and online and what I've heard so far has intrigued me.
Here's the video:
News Jem Crossland injured in motorcycle accident
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Local rockabilly singer/songwriter Jem Crossland was injured in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday, requiring surgery on his right leg and left wrist.
Crossland is a member of Jem Crossland and the Hypertonics as well as with JT and the Dragpipes. A benefit show for the uninsured musician is already in the works to help him pay his growing medical bills. Details coming soon...
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Rain doesn't dampen the party with Kesha and Macklemore
Both sets cut short as storms roll through Charlotte, N.C.
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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.
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Frank Ocean tops Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll
Annual critics list creates requisite buzz
