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Henry's Rifle plays The Milestone tonight (2/5/12)
Creative Loafing Charlotte
Feb 05HENRY’S RIFLE John Alfred’s one-man band hammers out raw Americana playing mostly banjo along with harmonica, guitar, heaps of foot-stompin’ and plenty roots-drenched howling. Alfred’s messy mix of blues, country, folk and hillbilly can be raucous or s... »
Future Islands play The Milestone tonight (1/30/12)
Creative Loafing Charlotte
Jan 30FUTURE ISLANDS Maybe the most depressing trend of this era’s retro-mania is how little today’s synth-happy pop bands even pretend to sound different from the initial ’80s wave of wet snares, pulsing bass lines, synthentic keys and melodramatic narrativ... »
Hammer No More the Fingers play The Milestone tonight (1/29/12)
Creative Loafing CharlotteMusic
Jan 29HAMMER NO MORE THE FINGERS Structural to modern music is the idea that a rock band playing midsize venues is somehow, by default, “indie” (whatever that means). Hammer No More the Fingers defies this convention.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the commen... »
Live review: Young and in the Way, Weekend Nachos
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Jan 26Young and in the Way, Weekend NachosThe MilestoneJan. 23, 2012 The Milestone floor was marked with trails of blood as the night came to a close at the Young and In the Way LP Release show on Jan. 23. It wasn't a shock considering Young and In the Way's... »
Weekend Nachos powers up The Milestone (Jan. 23)
Creative Loafing Charlotte
Jan 23WEEKEND NACHOS Though heavy forms go in and out of vogue — and are currently in a bit of an indie resurgence — there’s nothing effete or cute about Weekend Nachos. The Chicago band brings slobbering powerviolence roars, runaway hardcore breakbeats and ... »
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Henry's Rifle plays The Milestone tonight (2/5/12)
Creative Loafing Charlotte
Feb 05HENRY’S RIFLE John Alfred’s one-man band hammers out raw Americana playing mostly banjo along with harmonica, guitar, heaps of foot-stompin’ and plenty roots-drenched howling. Alfred’s messy mix of blues, country, folk and hillbilly can be raucous or s... »
Future Islands play The Milestone tonight (1/30/12)
Creative Loafing Charlotte
Jan 30FUTURE ISLANDS Maybe the most depressing trend of this era’s retro-mania is how little today’s synth-happy pop bands even pretend to sound different from the initial ’80s wave of wet snares, pulsing bass lines, synthentic keys and melodramatic narrativ... »
Hammer No More the Fingers play The Milestone tonight (1/29/12)
Creative Loafing CharlotteMusic
Jan 29HAMMER NO MORE THE FINGERS Structural to modern music is the idea that a rock band playing midsize venues is somehow, by default, “indie” (whatever that means). Hammer No More the Fingers defies this convention.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the commen... »
Live review: Young and in the Way, Weekend Nachos
Creative Loafing Charlotte Feed
Jan 26Young and in the Way, Weekend NachosThe MilestoneJan. 23, 2012 The Milestone floor was marked with trails of blood as the night came to a close at the Young and In the Way LP Release show on Jan. 23. It wasn't a shock considering Young and In the Way's... »
Weekend Nachos powers up The Milestone (Jan. 23)
Creative Loafing Charlotte
Jan 23WEEKEND NACHOS Though heavy forms go in and out of vogue — and are currently in a bit of an indie resurgence — there’s nothing effete or cute about Weekend Nachos. The Chicago band brings slobbering powerviolence roars, runaway hardcore breakbeats and ... »