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Friday, June 15, 2012
Photos / Live Reviews / setlist Live review: Against Me, Amos' Southend, 6/14/2012
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Against Me!
Amos' Southend
June 14, 2012
Toward the end of Against Me!'s June 14, 2012, concert at Amos' Southend, singer Laura Jane Grace addressed the crowd. With two hands on the microphone and sweaty locks of hair clinging to her black eyeliner, she said, "Thank you so much for coming out and showing your support. It means a lot to us and it means a lot to me..."
The band launched into fan favorite "Pints of Guiness" as a massive mosh pit broke out with crowd surfers floating above the swirling mass of people. Against Me! has played that song hundreds of times over the years, but, like most of the band's music, it has a renewed energy thanks to a reinvigorated stage presence. Aside from the heavy-handed hammering of drummer Jay Weinberg, who joined the band in December, Grace displays enthusiasm not seen before in the Florida punk band.
Since the singer formerly known as Tom Gabel made the announcement that she was transgender and would be known as Laura Jane Grace, there's been a lot of talk of her bravery, strength and unknown future. Little has been said about her excitement and comfort level that were so easy to see on this night.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Live Reviews Live review: Of Montreal, Neighborhood Theatre, 6/12/2012
Posted By Caroline Pate on Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:05 PM
On Tuesday night at Neighborhood Theatre, the crowd chanted for an encore. So, naturally, two men wearing pig masks, bodysuits and Shakespearean shirts started a drum battle onstage. After a referee halted the contest, the eight-member band, led by a man with a half-shaven head, bright blue eye shadow and sporting scandalously short cutoff shorts, emerged.
Only at an Of Montreal show.
It was Of Montreal's first Charlotte performance and the first stop of a North American tour for the band's recently released 11th album, Paralytic Stalks. The Athens, Ga., act releases about an album a year of its warped psychedelic pop, and the live shows reflect the group's work aesthetic - Of Montreal works hard onstage and at breakneck speed.
The set was nearly sensory overload. A projection screen depicted colorful pictures of everything from flowers to eyeballs to sloths. The band's famous live performance art made an appearance as well, with acted out vignettes depicting humanity's darker side - a shooting standoff, a wrestling match, assault on a woman, a caveman killing a man in a pig mask - as well as more esoteric scenes, including men in black body suits throwing balloons into the crowd, a giant, dancing knight and two men in checkered bodysuits lifting up a woman in a white bodysuit with petal-shaped, papier-mâché hands.
All of this madness was led by frontman Kevin Barnes - or rather, his alter ego Georgie Fruit - who strutted about the stage, often in women's clothing and in various states of undress. Barnes is an enthralling performer, light on the banter and heavy on the sexual, androgynous performance.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Videos Avett Brothers at Bonnaroo 2012
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:42 AM
In case you weren't at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., last weekend, or missed the Avett Brothers performance, you can catch a handful of videos online via Youtube.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
Videos Checking in with Brody & Choch
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:10 PM
The Charlotte Video Project, which is working to make 100 short films about the city and its people before the Democratic National Convention in September, released a five-minute video about Charlotte hip-hop duo Brody & Choch.
The video highlights the group's old-school look and sound as it shows them on stage, in the studio and at the barber shop.
Brody & Choch will host and perform at the Fillmore House Party on June 16 featuring Lucky Five, Sean Divine and Chasing Pedestrians.
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