Meet Smyth, a Richmond-based artist and founder of Kidz At Play, who we wrote about earlier this week. His latest solo album, Paperface!, serves as his emotional canvas. Drawing from suburban experiences and cinematic influences, Smyth crafts a vibrant, psychedelic...
Saint Solitude is the project of Asheville, NC musician and Maine native Dup Crosson, and is playing this friday at Gallery 5. Depending on the day, or the song, Crosson alternates between the roles of singer, loop artist, multi-instrumentalist, and perhaps most importantly, songwriter. He combines his favorite elements of Britpop, shoegaze,...
We love southern everything, hiphop included. We had an article recently about Atlanta's hiphop scene, and now perhaps Charlotte, NC is on the rise? From Stranger Day's website: This Charlotte, NC native is a Whiskey swiggin party starter known for sipping on the brown & getting down. Permanent Vacation is the crew… you’re guaranteed to catch him...
When I recently noticed a review for a new Amebix album, the band’s first in twenty-three years, I was immediately hit with an almost completely balanced combination of both trepidation and excitement. While Amebix is one of my favorite bands of all time, bands who reunite after several decades typically lose some of the spark which made early...
A couple of simple rules for seeing Old Crow Medicine Show: Whiskey is your friend. See them outdoors, if you can. Remember to hoot and holler. And for the love of god, sing along, as loud as you can. Friday night at Maymont! A couple of simple rules for seeing Old Crow Medicine Show: Whiskey is your friend. See them outdoors, if you can....
Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence (Profound Lore) This epic progressive metal group combines so many influences that they sound like nobody else. Heavy, technically complex riffing connects to dark melodies and portentious ambient passages. Best of all, the singer plays saxophone solos that fit perfectly with the rest of the music. Awesomely weird,...
It was hotter than hell, so loud you couldn’t hear yourself scream, and so crowded you felt like a sardine in a can, but given the lineup, none of this came as any surprise. It was Tough Luck, Dead End Path, Stick Together, Back Track, Daylight, Fire and Ice, and Title Fight. The kids came out of the woodwork for this one, and the place was...
Das Racist - Shut Up Dude (Greedhead/Mishka) Hip-hop for stoner college dropouts who take jokes so far that they stop being funny, then even farther until they're funny again. If that's you, Das Racist is on your wavelength, but even if not, this record is worth hearing. Underneath the silliness, there's a lot of creative energy here. Dear...
Integrity – We Are The End (Magic Bullet) Integrity fans, who likely will already own a copy of this by the time they read the review, should rejoice both for the fact that this EP exists and that it is not the only thing the band has released lately. It’s undoubtedly a killer hardcore record, but as a one-sided 7” record it almost seems over as...
There’s two kinds of garage bands: those who’s musical endeavors are limited to practicing in their parent’s basement between rounds of bagel bites, and those that take firm grasp of the loud, fuzzy, rawness of the pre-digital era and channel it into the kind of rock n’ roll you can fuck, fight, or party to, or all three. Sportsbar is the latter....
