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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Videos / WTF Wednesday WTF Wednesday (7/30/2014): DMX goes for a ride
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 10:13 AM
Even the rough and tough DMX gets scared sometimes. The rapper was videoed on the Sling Shot at Orlando's Magical Midway recently. The ride catapults the participants more than 390 feet in the air while strapped into a chair attached to bungee cords.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Videos / WTF Wednesday WTF Wednesday (7/23/2014): Flaming Lips + Miley Cyrus = ?
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:24 AM
The Flaming Lips and Miley Cyrus recently teamed up for a NSFW video that can only be called weird ... or a really intense acid trip.
"Blonde SuperFreak Steals the Magic Brain" was originally intended to be a video for a song that referenced LSD — big surprise. In the video, Moby enlists a woman to steal John F. Kennedy's brain, which Cyrus has, because the brain holds the formula for LSD.
Um, yeah. Maybe you should just watch and make up your own story.
Cyrus will perform at Time Warner Cable Arena on Aug. 6, 2014.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Videos / Opinion Ranking Weird Al's eight 'Mandatory Fun' videos
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:28 PM
On July 15, 2014, Weird Al Yankovic released his 14th studio album, and his first in three years. Along with the album's release, the King of Parodies unleashed eight videos. Featuring covers of Iggy Azalea, Robin Thicke and Southern Culture on the Skids among them, some of the videos are better than others.
So, in case you missed any of them, here are the eight videos — from worst to best:
8. "Sports Song" is a valiant effort at making fun of sports teams and over-enthusiastic sports fans, but it's hard to make a marching band song that's catchy.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Videos Late Bloomer releases "Dr. Abernathy" video
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:52 PM
Charlotte indie-rock trio Late Bloomer has released a video for the song "Dr. Abernathy" from its sophomore album, Things Change. Late Bloomer is guitarist Neil Mauney, drummer Scott Wishart and bassist Josh Robbins.
Videos / WTF Wednesday WTF Wednesday (7/16/2014): Paris Hilton's new video
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:39 AM
* Paris Hilton released a video for her song "Come Alive." The auto-tuned club song has plenty of thumping beats and simplistic lyrics. It's as bad as you'd expect it to be:
* Andre Johnson, who raps under the name Christ Bearer, has finally given an interview to explain why he cut his own penis off. "Yes, I was using drugs that night, but I was in complete control," Johnson told E!. "I cut it off because that was the root of all my problems. My solution to the problem was the realization that sex is for mortals, and I am a god...Those kinds of activities got me into trouble, and I came here to be a god."
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
New Releases / Videos Former Earl Greyhound bassist Kamara Thomas takes a solo turn
Posted By Mark Kemp on Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:35 AM
In the department of spacey alt-country or cosmic American music - or whatever it is we're calling folk-tinged country-rock these days - Kamara Thomas, the former bass player for indie power trio Earl Greyhound, has dropped a video from her upcoming solo album, Earth Hero, that's a real stunner.
The song, "You Wreck Me," has all the languid, atmospheric, space-Americana wooziness you'd expect from acoustic Neil Young, Lucinda Williams or Wrecking Ball-era Emmylou Harris, but Thomas is a terrific singer/songwriter in her own right. While this particular track is more traditionally country than some of the other material on Earth Hero, the entire 7-song album is similarly spare and expansive, intimate and cinematic - and hauntingly nostalgic.
I'll be offering up a full review soon. For now, enjoy "You Wreck Me."
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Videos Supastition releases "Yada Yada" video
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Charlotte rapper Supastition has released the first single from his upcoming album, The Blackboard EP, which will be released on Jan. 15, 2013. The video for "Yada Yada" was filmed near the N.C. Music Factory:
The upcoming free, eight-song EP is a "thank you" to listeners who continued to support him after his sudden departure from the music business in 2010. Creative Loafing wrote about the return of Supastition earlier this year.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Videos Avett Brothers, Randy Travis team up for CMT Crossroads
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:50 PM
The Avett Brothers were featured on CMT's Crossroads over the weekend, appearing with fellow North Carolina native Randy Travis. Aside from performances of songs including "Murder in the City," "January Wedding," "I and Love and You" and "Forever and Ever Amen," the musicians sat around a table to discuss North Carolina, music and marriage. There's also a bit of behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage as the musicians put their own spin and collaborated on each others' songs.
You can watch the entire show below (prepare yourself for plenty of commercials):
Friday, November 9, 2012
Videos Artists speak out on Charlotte's black music scene
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:51 PM
In our Creative Loafing cover story this week, we ask "Where is the black music in Charlotte?" CL intern Zach Nesmith hit the town to see what was going on and gather more opinions on the Queen City scene. Here are the results:
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Videos Matrimony song lands in Chevy commerical
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 9:11 PM
Have you noticed a familiar tune during the new television commercial for the 2013 Chevy Malibu? "Obey Your Guns" by Charlotte folk-rock outfit Matrimony is the background music for the new advertisement. Check it out:
Or watch the band's video for "Obey Your Guns":
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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
