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Music
Singer-Songwriter Ashlyn Uribe Branches Out with Autobiographical Film Project
It’s a still, muggy July night, but onstage at Starlight on 22nd, a storm is brewing. Accompanied on drums and keyboards by her producer and husband Michael Finster, singer-songwriter Ashlyn Uribe delivers a succession of her playful, seductive dance pop tunes in a warm, rangy mezzo-soprano. Midway through her set,…
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I Hate Dave Embraces Ferocious, Political Punk Rock in Latest EP
Screeching feedback, ricocheting drums and grinding guitars collide like a car crash on “Red Circus,” the ominous lead-off track from I Hate Dave’s latest three-song EP. Bearing the unambiguous, call-to-action title, Stop Loving Deviant Authoritarian Vampiric Eugenicists and Start Hating Them, the collection expands the sonic palette of Queen City…
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Group Therapy Grows Its Reach While Dressed to the Nines
There’s something special about wearing a dress shirt and tie onstage, insists Josiah Johnson, who fronts Rock Hill’s energetic, uplifting rock quintet Group Therapy. “When I put that tie on, I feel like a superhero,” Johnson maintains. “I genuinely feel like I’m suiting up and getting ready to save the…
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Arts & Culture
Charlotte Filmmaker’s Debut Draws from Dark Aspects of Religious Upbringing
Framed by a stained-glass window like a halo, a Southern pastor regales his congregation with a parable. His story is about a preacher out on a boat with two boys — his son and his son’s best friend. The boys fall into the water. The preacher, knowing his son is…
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‘Mountains to Sea’ Compilation to Benefit Greensboro’s Flat Iron
North Carolina music webzine Blank Tapes released its second annual collection of tunes on Bandcamp on June 16. The 70-song compilation, called Mountains to Sea Vol. 2, features work from artists hailing from the sandy shores of Kill Devil Hills to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Hendersonville and everywhere in…
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Guides & Events
The Ultimate Charlotte Outdoor Adventure Guide, From Whitewater to Greenways
This mix of outdoor adventures presented by NOVEL River District by Crescent Communities At NOVEL River District, luxury and nature come together to create a lifestyle that feels both vibrant and effortlessly connected. Nestled within Charlotte’s expansive River District community, NOVEL invites residents to embrace a more adventurous way of…
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Lifeline: 5 Things to Do in Charlotte This Week
Queen City Nerve’s motto has been the same since our start: If you think nothing is happening in Charlotte, you’re not trying. While we’ve always included a Lifeline in our print issue, here’s our online version to help give you weekly reasons to engage. Echo and the Bunnymen June 2…
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Arts & Culture
‘Charlotte Squawks’ Returns for 21st Year of Sassy, Localized Satire
[Editor’s Note: If you prefer to be surprised by which news stories are covered by which song parodies upon attending Charlotte Squawks, skip the first two paragraphs of this story.] The Carolina Panthers winning the division despite a losing record is celebrated with a rousing medley that includes “We Will…
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Emily June and Ali Forrest Hit the Road to Co-headline National Tour
Two recent songs by local women artists overlap in intent if not delivery. On “can i heal?” plangent cross-picked guitars emerge like figures from the mist as Emily June’s quicksilver singing courses clear and vibrato-free: “Learned about survival/ When I was just half a child/ When I walked up to…
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Lifeline: 5 Things to Do in Charlotte This Week
Queen City Nerve’s motto has been the same since our start: If you think nothing is happening in Charlotte, you’re not trying. While we’ve always included a Lifeline in our print issue, here’s our online version to help give you weekly reasons to engage. Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon w/ Sauteed Grabba,…
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Arts & Culture
Audrey Baran Lands on Her Feet After Parting With UNC Charlotte
On April 18, Audrey Baran posted a selfie on her Instagram account in which she’s extending her thumb-and-pinky in a “hang loose” gesture while standing in front of Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts on UNC Charlotte’s campus. “And like that … she was gone,” Baran’s caption reads, paraphrasing a…
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Crow With No Mouth Delivers Hardscrabble Folk Ballads
The backcountry rhythms laid down by Iain Rocco’s jangling, cantering guitar and Duke Wicker’s heartbeat bass entwine with swells of churchyard organ and Sarah Skye’s dusky alto: “Singin’ til daylight/ I strum until my fingers bleed/ I didn’t even mind/ I can’t feel a thing/ It feels so heavenly, I…
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Lifeline: 5 Things to Do in Charlotte This Week
Queen City Nerve’s motto has been the same since our start: If you think nothing is happening in Charlotte, you’re not trying. While we’ve always included a Lifeline in our print issue, here’s our online version to help give you weekly reasons to engage. Kathy Griffin April 30 • 7…
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Creatures of the Sun Prepare Debut Album of Illuminating Psych-Rock
Garrett Ballard’s crooning drawl threads through rattlesnake coils of surf guitar, clacking freight-train drums and growling Harley Davidson bass: “You were obfuscated/ A thief in the night / You were obfuscated/ Now things don’t feel so right…” Charlotte trio Creatures of the Sun (COTS) gets points for using “obfuscated,” from…
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Guides & Events
Lifeline: 5 Things to Do in Charlotte This Week
Queen City Nerve’s motto has been the same since our start: If you think nothing is happening in Charlotte, you’re not trying. While we’ve always included a Lifeline in our print issue, here’s our online version to help give you weekly reasons to engage. Egbe: Soul Family Art Exhibition Wednesday,…
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Guides & Events
Lifeline: 5 Things to Do in Charlotte This Week
Queen City Nerve’s motto has been the same since our start: If you think nothing is happening in Charlotte, you’re not trying. While we’ve always included a Lifeline in our print issue, here’s our online version to help give you weekly reasons to engage. Fannie Mae’s Hang Suite Tuesday, April…
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