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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Music Menu The Mantras with Dopapod play the Visulite Theatre (3/3/12)

Posted By on Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:18 AM

THE MANTRAS/DOPAPOD Greensboro quintet The Mantras’ P-Funk chops and cred are unimpeachable, having supported George Clinton’s crew. Weeding out their early Zappa fixation, The Mantras mine metal, middle eastern and jazz-rock in a mix that’s more ’70s fusion than ’90s jam band. Pumping popping bass, crisp percussion and crunchy guitar accents add up to the usual magpie’s cache of influences. What’s more surprising is the hint of minor key Factory Records-style angular funk that seeps into their compositions. Tour-and sonic soul-mates Dopapod work a similar vein, with a more pronounced tilt to classic rock. Add a touch of the oozing neo-psychedelia of Ozric Tentacles to their sound, and you’ve got the aural equivalent of a liquid light show. With unapologetic jazz rock fusionaires Kung Fu. $10. Visulite Theatre.


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Music Menu J. Cole at The Fillmore Charlotte tonight (3/3/12)

Posted By on Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:16 AM

J. COLE He may have started with a dollar and a dream when he dropped his first mixtape, but one Jay-Z signing and a Grammy nod later, J. Cole is riding high while keeping his underground cred. Critically, his commercial success has cast Cole between a Roc Nation and a hard place: The big label debut can’t match the grit of his masterful mixes, yet he’s still too uncomfortably heartfelt for mainstream hip hop. Carolina raised, but N.Y. educated, Cole can come off like a too-earnest grad student. But intertwined with ’90s jazz-rap beats, ’70s soul influences, Afro-pop samples and lots of grand piano, his forthright storytelling is far removed from boilerplate hip hop’s empty glitz and cartoon thuggery. Instead, J. Cole proves that compelling narrative is a powerful reality, and that we can make sense of the world by the tales we tell. $36-$48.50. The Fillmore Charlotte.

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Friday, March 2, 2012

News / Concert Announcement Reminder: Madonna tickets on sale Monday, March 5

Posted By on Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:50 PM

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If it was 25 years ago, you'd see hundreds of people camped out in tents this weekend outside of Time Warner Cable Arena, competing with the throngs in town for the CIAA. However, those in tents would be waiting for the box office to open on Monday morning, March 5, at 10 a.m. That's when tickets go on sale for Madonna's 2012 tour which will bring her first Charlotte appearance on Nov. 15.

Reports that ticket prices could be as high as $300 for some seats aren't exaggerated. Prices for the Charlotte show start at $57.65 and go up to $381.45.

People who buy tickets will get a physical or digital copy (their choice) of Madonna's new album, MDNA, due in stores on March 26.

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Music Menu Naked Gods play The Milestone tonight (3/2/12)

Posted By on Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:12 AM

NAKED GODS These Boone deities turned in one of last year’s best regional spins with the superb No Jams, an ironic title only if you really believed you’d find 20-minute noodle-fests here. Instead, the tightly crafted Pavement-meets-Beachwood Sparks tracks offer appealingly meandering grooves and stoned musings that capture western N.C.’s mountain vibe without once resorting to granola and banjo clichés. Live, the band dials up the energy to suffuse the proceedings with suitable fire and pizzazz. Dare we say a band on the verge of greater realms? We do dare. With Appalucia, Blossoms and Joint Damage. $7-$9. The Milestone.

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Music Menu Waka Flocka Flame at Bojangles' Coliseum (3/2/12)

Posted By on Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 7:45 AM

WAKA FLOCKA FLAME Southern party-rap talent Waka Flocka Flame makes the sort of music the word “crunk” was invented for. The mixtape warrior has attached his name to such club and radio rap luminaries as Gucci Mane and Nicki Minaj. Now, he’s shaking booties across America in advance of his upcoming sophomore release, Triple F Life. With Rick Ross and Meek Mill. $55.75-$85.75. Bojangles’ Coliseum.


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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Concert Announcement A.W.O.L. announces 2012 lineup

Posted By on Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:59 AM

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A.W.O.L. announced its 2012 lineup today. The second annual benefit concert, taking place on April 21, 2012, at Charlotte's Symphony Park, will feature Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Outasight, iPhonic, Sammy Bananas, Lucky Five, Cornelius Jackson, J. Aims & the Fever and the Monday Night Allstars.

All Walks of Life is a benefit show for Don't Break the Bond and Camp Care. The gates will open at 11 a.m. and music starts at noon. Tickets are on sale for the BYOB event — prices range from $35 to $80.

Last year, the inaugural event featured a few more local bands with Sugar Glyder, Matrimony, Lucky Five, Simplified and Paper Tongues, alongside headliners Mike Posner and Matt & Kim.

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Music Menu Truckfighters at Tremont Music Hall tonight (3/1/12)

Posted By on Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:07 AM

TRUCKFIGHTERS There’s something absolutely ridiculous about desert rock, so don’t hold it against Sweden’s Truckfighters that they come from a country with no deserts. Yet this ostensibly southwestern branch of drug rock, driven by fuzzed-beyond-recognition guitar tone and purposefully overblown stoner psychedelia, almost hinges on pure absurdity. How else, in today’s minefield of ironic metal and self-conscious experimentalism, can a hard-hitting rock band ply its trade? If you dig the Eagles of Death Metal but don’t dig the mustaches, this is the show for you. $10-$12. Tremont Music Hall.

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Music Menu North Mississippi Allstars at Neighborhood Theatre (3/1/12)

Posted By on Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:04 AM

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS Last year, Cody and Luther Dickinson turned in the best album of North Mississippi Allstars’ career, following the death of the brothers’ legendary father, Jim Dickinson — a staple of Southern music whose magic fingers touched everything from the Stones’ classic Muscle Shoals recordings to American punk greats the Replacements. The Dickinson brothers’ thick slabs of meaty blues-rock were more reflective on the Allstars’ Keys to the Kingdom, recalling the spirit of the band’s 2000 debut, Shake Hands with Shorty, but with the kind of wiser and more mature sensibility you get when you live through the death of a family hero. We suspect they’ll do their daddy right on this night. $20-$35. Neighborhood Theatre.

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Music Menu Violet Lights rock the Milestone (3/1/12)

Posted By on Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:01 AM

THE VIOLET LIGHTS This Los Angeles twosome is touring in support of its debut EP, Sex & Sound. Their self-produced, self-funded record has launched the band’s music career without the help of a major music label. Though hailing from the West Coast, The Violet Lights’ sound is more akin to british pop and garage rock fused in what should be an unholy harmony, yet somehow they make it work. Their sound is smooth and energetic while still being catchy, with a bass, guitar and drumkit bubbling beneath the surface of The Violet Lights killer harmonies. They might be a brand new band, but they play with the confidence and skill of veterans. $7-9. The Milestone.


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