Music Features
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Diverse Sounds Make Oh! You Pretty Things Sparkle
“You can choose your friends, but you sho can’t choose your family,” Jem tells prim Aunt Alexandra in the pages…
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The Eyes Have It in janee raxanna’s Progressive R&B
Pulsing squelchy beats radiate like a warning beacon as Janee Caulton seems to struggle to exhale, her feathered jazzy vocal…
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Cosmic Collective Blasts off for New Frontiers
Tyler Enslow’s pliable bass crab-walks through a dense thicket of stuttering percussion, gritty wheels of static, UFO sound effects and…
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Hope Nicholls and It’s Snakes Prepare New Album, Look to the Future
There’s a moment on an as-yet-unreleased It’s Snakes track called “Cup Full of Coins” in which drummer, vocalist and songwriter…
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Groovy Melodic Power Duo Flame Tides Dances Into the Fire
A wave of sound grabs you, an almighty bottom-heavy guitar riff, carried along and anchored by nimble, emphatic drums. That…
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Donnie Doolittle’s Lush, Dark Pop Delves Into a Shared Dreamscape
“A man got to do what a man got to do,” says ex-preacher Jim Casey in John Steinbeck’s magisterial 1939…
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A ‘Candid’ Chat with Ivy Sole Before a CLT Homecoming
I should’ve known a FaceTime call with Ivy Sole wouldn’t just be any regular interview. In fact, the Charlotte native…
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Falling Through April Forges Connection on the Road
In Falling Through April’s 2021 single “Paralyzed,” Mikaela Salazar’s impassioned vocals depict a tipping point, the moment you realize that…
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Charlotte Producer Jason Jet Takes Artists Under His Wing
Back in 2010, soulful R&B artist Jason Jet released his debut album, Love Boulevard. The collection’s title tune tethered Afrofuturism’s…
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Reunion Concert Celebrates Musical Legacy of Doubting Thomas
Gina Stewart fondly remembers a gig that her groundbreaking Queen City band, Doubting Thomas, played in the mid-1990s at Hartigan’s,…
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The Spoke Easy Hosts Carolina Abortion Fund Benefit Concert
Rusty Colton and Lindsey Miller weren’t alone in their first reactions: outrage. Then came a sense of urgency. In June,…
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Dreamboat’s Rampaging Riff-Laden Rock ‘N’ Roll Embraces Love
Dreamboat’s debut single “Cover to Cover” is a bracing endorphin rush. The sharp, choppy and melodic tune, released in June,…
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Brio. Releases Debut Album at a Time When It’s Needed Most
Sitting in an empty reception room on the fifth floor of the Mint Museum in Uptown Charlotte, Ismael Abdallah, also…
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Sometime in February Guitarist Tristan Auman Finds His Voice
Guitarist and composer Tristan Auman has bounced around the Carolinas throughout his 23 years. He grew up in Saluda, North…
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Mercury Dimes Returns From Hiatus More Valuable Than Ever
Dynamic yet unclassifiable woman-fronted trio Mercury Dimes has gone from an invigorating, somewhat enigmatic blast of energy to a powerful…
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Faye’s Debut Album Treats Its Speed Bumps as Jumps
When Queen City Nerve last touched base with Faye for our 2019 Music Issue, the indie-rock trio was busy in…
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