A new era of Mick Minchow’s blue-collared quest to bring live music to the masses, along with a new building, has arrived at Spartanburg’s Ground Zero. It has been a few months since the move next door from the old venue and I haven’t had the liberty to venture out ...

When I was finally old enough to stay awake for the Big Apple’s yearly ball drop on New Year’s Eve and partake in a sip of champagne, I remember my mom remarking as we as our family watched Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, “That man never ages!” America’s ...

It’s the 4/20 extravaganza of your dankest dreams! Charlotte’s favorite hippie hipster hip-hop crew, Eyes of the Elders is going to make sure your holiday is blazin’ as they headline with special guests Mr. Invisible and One Big Love. The party starts at promptly 9:30, slackers, with Tribal X-ing and DJ ...

Stick to your Guns “Diamond” “In this there is no teacher, no pupil, there’s no leader. There’s no guru, there’s no master, no savior. You yourself are the teacher, and the pupil, and the master you are the guru you are the leader you are everything. To understand is to transform ...

It was the 5th of April, 2012 and the night’s gig at the Princess Pavilion in Falmouth saw Charlie Simpson headline with main support from Charlies brother’s band, Union Sound Set, and an acoustic set from Sam Beeton. Up first was Sam Beeton, a songwriter from Nottingham. Beeton appeared from the ...

It was around the 8th grade when I got into metal.  A dear friend of mine, John Tillman, was a metal-head thanks to his dad and had all the cool looking albums, both on record and CD.  One night while over, he pulled out Live After ...

Underground rap legend, Devin the Dude will headline a show at The Chop Shop next Tuesday, April 17. Best known for his smoked out flows and his 15 year career with Houston’s landmark Rap-A-Lot Records, the man the NY Times once called a “Brilliant Oddball” will make his first appearance ever in Charlotte, ...