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Requiem Founder DJ Velvetine Steps Away From the Booth With Final Event
Any unsuspecting patron who stumbled into Tommy’s Pub on the evening of June 13 likely noted the gothic vibes rather quickly, but they may still not have fully grasped the significance of the event, which served as a farewell to a queen of Charlotte’s dark scene. Dictionary.com defines requiem as…
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DJ Spider Marks 10 Years of Digital Noir at The Milestone
At around 5 or 6 p.m. on one assigned Saturday each month, Suzann Knudsen rolls up to The Milestone Club, the west side’s most iconic music venue, and begins unloading a trunk full of trinkets and toys. From the vehicle comes Knudsen’s personal controller, mixer and laptop — normal enough…
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Lil Skritt Goes Country on New EP Release
Having performed music in the Charlotte scene for over 10 years now, Lil Skritt has been consistent in his penchant for humor and having a good time. It’s a personality trait that he’s carried with him whatever he does, be it acting in movies or traipsing through a range of…
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Orosoko Sound Bar Provides a New Concept in South End
Located along Bland Street amidst the many food and drink destinations that make South End so popular sits a new arrival that hopes to set itself apart from its nightlife neighbors by word of mouth … or perhaps word of ear. Orosoko bills itself as a “sound bar,” and if…
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Charlotte Musicians Launch DIY Drives to Aid in Helene Recovery
Everyone in the mountainous regions of western North Carolina remembers where they were when Hurricane Helene swept through, decimating entire towns, submerging areas like Asheville’s River Arts District underwater, and leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power or running water. As of Oct. 14, two weeks after the fateful…
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Jesse Hinkelman Releases Final Project as The Last Jah
Moving on can mean many things. While the act may often be difficult, there are any number of reasons that moving on, whatever from, can be the best thing for a person. In music, band break-ups and shake-ups happen on a regular basis. Some artists will move on with new…
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Jason Hausman Composes Complementary Soundscapes to the Arts
The Charlotte International Arts Festival (CIAF) has become an annual celebration within the Queen City that dedicates multiple weeks to imaginative visual arts, interactive displays, and captivating musical showcases, inspiring folks of all ages and providing real depth for folks with a desire to explore the festival’s many angles. Since…
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Lynsea Explores Personal Health Journey with New Single, ‘hormones’
One of the great challenges (and wonders) of daily life is the ability for one to find things to be captivated by no matter where one looks. Inspiration can come in all forms, often emerging from the least expected sources — some shocking breakthrough on a lazy afternoon, a throwaway…
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Charlotte Native Anna Elise LaFrance Shines Overseas
As the saying goes, “There is no place like home.” After all, home is the place where we feel the most comfortable, the area where we know every corner, and, in the quieter moments, we look to when needed. Sometimes in order to truly grow, however, it is necessary to…
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Revisiting Christy Snow’s Epochal 2016 album, ‘Free To Be’
Living free to be who you are and feel out the world in any way chosen is an incredible freedom to have, as well as a notion to capture. It is also the message that is infused into some of Christy Snow’s music. Snow has long been a staple in…
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Clarity Allures Audiences with Psychedelic Soul and Gothic Blues
There is an allure to the sound that local psychedelic soul and gothic blues artist Clarity gives to her music that is hard to pinpoint, and after listening to her on and offstage, it’s that unidentifiable appeal that serves as my personal buy-in. Combined elements of neo-soul and psychedelia make…
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6 Cardinal’s ‘Go Ask Owsley’ Tells a Story Through Horrorcore Hip-Hop
Albums that are made to be listened to from front to back are feeling fewer and farther between in the streaming era. There’s an art to that type of setup that allows a curated collection to feel like a movie in which each track takes us to a different scene.…
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Jah Freedom Extols That Which Came Before on ‘Kahlo’
Art is subjective. To each piece that we encounter, an interpretation unique only to us is formed, thereby forming a sort of bond with it. We may not always remember each piece by name or by creator, but most likely we will retain how we felt about it if that…
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The Rolling Stones Return to Charlotte, Remain Timeless
It can be a daunting task to keep up with the constant stream of names that come and go from the music scene. Each decade holds certain styles that make recalling the world at those points easier and nostalgia more accessible. So, what then can listeners and historians say about…
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Terrence Richard Fully Opens Up as Alan Charmer
In the era we live in, where life runs at a breakneck pace and clout can make one complacent, starting something fresh can be tough, especially when one has built a strong base through a proven formula. In the last year, however, many have been presented with the opportunity to…
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Yung YuNo’s Growth Is Propelled By Ambition Through Struggle
As we entered 2020, there was the typical anticipation for what each of us might do differently the moment the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31. Looking back now a year and a half later, no matter how we all spent those long moments in our homes, time itself doesn’t…
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