Music
Gorillaz – ‘The Now Now’ Album Review
When we last heard from Gorillaz, their fifth album “Humanz” was newly released. It was a comeback that left me so disappointed that the thought of another Gorillaz album filled me with dread. It was torture to make me myself listen to the album again. It was so overloaded and unfocused, which contributed to a […]
Photos: Luke Bryan What Makes You Country Tour
Luke Bryan and opener Jon Pardi perform a leg of their 2018 tour at PNC Music Pavillion on Friday night. Photos by Pooja Pasupula.
Death Grips – ‘Year of the Snitch’ Album Review
For the record, I never got into Death Grips until recently. I thought “Bottomless Pit” was nothing special on first listen. It was really weird for me to digest their music at the time. Then I began to listen to it again as well as listening to “The Money Store.” All of a sudden, everything […]
Public Enemy – ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ 30 Years Later
In the mid to late 1980s, hip-hop was beginning to evolve. The days of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were coming to a close and a new wave of hip-hop acts was emerging. This was the start of the Golden-Age era, which included Eric B. & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions, De La Soul […]
Logic, NF and KYLE Bring the Heat to PNC
“Peace, love and positivity” The seventh stop on the Bobby Tarantino vs. Everybody Tour found musicians Logic, NF and KYLE at PNC Pavilion for a diverse and exciting night of music. The aforementioned quote was the central theme of the night as it was clear from the jump that the three musicians wanted the focus […]
Ten Great Songs from New Order
After the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, post-punk Band Joy Division was doomed. The years of building the band up were crumbling away for Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris. But rather than giving it all, they decided to move on and renamed the band New Order. With Gillian Gilbert joining to complete […]
Kanye West – ‘Ye’ Album Review
2018 has been something for Kanye West so far. Once again in the heat of controversy for his support of President Donald Trump, he is also producing albums for Pusha T and Teyana Taylor, a collaborative album with Kid Cudi and a new solo album. This is the second part of new albums that involved […]
Slowdive – ‘Souvlaki’ 25 Years Later
The moment “Alison” is played, you are immediately injected with reverbed guitars and the soft, weary male and female vocals of Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell. You feel as if you entered an ambient world of an endless horizon for the imagination. Welcome to the world of Slowdive. Slowdive formed in Reading, England and consisted […]
Your 2018 Summer Soundtrack
They’re coming out for sure Kanye West – “Turbo Grafx 16” (June 1) A title named after a gaming system (and potentially not the final title), the follow-up to 2016’s “The Life of Pablo” is set to be released on June 1 according to West’s Twitter account. The track supposedly will have seven tracks which is […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Beerbongs and Bentleys’
Just one week after J. Cole released his album “K.O.D.” Post Malone immediately stole the spotlight from him with the debut of his “Beerbongs and Bentleys” album. The album was originally supposed to release five months earlier but Malone kept postponing the date because he was not yet satisfied with the material and wanted to spend […]
PREVIEW: Carolina Rebellion
Carolina Rebellion, a music festival centered around heavy metal and hard rock, returns for its’ seventh run in Charlotte, NC. The festival will kick-off today at the Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway and last until Sunday, May 6. Attendees can expect a variety of acts at four different stages: Carolina Stage, Rebellion Stage, […]
Angels and Demon
The Wind Ensemble at UNC Charlotte is proudly named the most advanced organization for winds and percussion. They perform two concerts per semester on campus, both are open to all students, faculty and anyone else interested in attending. They also perform multiple concerts throughout North Carolina. All members of the Wind Ensemble must audition at […]
A Year of Impact
Jeffrey Kopp Every once in a while, I discover a show that really sits with me in a way unlike any other. I watch a lot of television shows, so it takes a lot to really blow me away, but “The Leftovers” managed to do just that. I decided to binge the three-season HBO series […]
