CL Music Editor Jeff Hahne chats with a couple members of the local band Heywire, who will be a part of a FREE event dubbed so cooly Project: Homebrew. This FREE event, to be held at Neighborhood Theatre on Oct. 1, is comprised of a panel discussing local music in Charlotte, as well as a concert of select artists from Jeff Hahne’s Homebrew Volume 3, a CD compilation of local music. And did we mention it’s FREE?
Twitterers and music fans alike, check out this press release for your chance to win a Season-Long Lawn Pass good for every show next summer in the Live Nation amphitheater in your city.
Los Angeles, CA – August 17, 2009 – This coming Wednesday, Live Nation will tap into the power of millions of twittering music fans across the country as the company launches its first-ever Live Nation Twitter Scavenger Hunt. Beginning at 9:00 a.m. PST on August 19th, the day-long contest gives music fans the opportunity to follow clues that will be “tweeted” from Live Nation Twitter accounts to find a special #LNScavHunt icon. The icons will be hidden in pre-selected websites and in physical locations within the 30 participating cities in North America*. Each found icon gets the fan one step closer to the grand prize: A Season-Long Lawn Pass good for every show next summer in the Live Nation amphitheater in their city.
In addition to being automatically entered into the grand prize Lawn Season Pass drawing in their city, every fan who completes the Scavenger Hunt will also receive a “Friends & Family” code to purchase a $10 lawn ticket to select concerts this summer. Fans must be followers of their local and the national Live Nation on Twitter account in order to participate.
To participate in Live Nation’s Twitter Scavenger Hunt simply follow the clues that will be “tweeted” from Live Nation Twitter accounts to find the Live Nation Twitter Scavenger Hunt icon. Clues will be “tweeted” and staggered throughout the day for each location. In order to win, fans must be Live Nation Twitter followers and tweet a picture or screenshot of the Live Nation Twitter Scavenger Hunt icon to @LiveNation and your local Live nation account. The first two clues will come from the national account @LiveNation, and the final clue will come from your local LiveNation account.
Please see www.LiveNation.com/ScavengerHunt for details.
If so, auditions for hip-hop artist Shawty Lo’s latest video are open to you Charlotteans this Saturday:
The Hip-Hop community is glad to see another celebrity give back. Shawty Lo, a national hip-hop icon, is giving aspiring singers, dancers, models, rappers, and comedians an opportunity to audition for a role in his music video – “Supplier” featuring R&B icon Trey Songz. The casting takes place on Saturday, June 20, 2009, 11am sharp, at Jillians Uptown (200 E. Bland St., Charlotte, NC 28203). The event, entitled “Hits for the Streetz” has no audition or admittance fees. Participants will also have an opportunity to work with Young Jeezy’s DJ – DJ Farenheit on a nationally distributed compilation.
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On Saturday, contestants will display their talent before a panel of judges (American Idol style). There is no cost to audition or attend this event. Those selected will advance to a city wide finale and compete for a trip to Atlanta and role in the “Supplier” music video. The filming of the video is tentatively scheduled for July 2009. Once the video is edited, it will be instantly uploaded to YouTube.com and sent to BET, MTV, VH1, and many other major media outlets.
You have to admit, T.I. is doing his thing before he gets locked up. Check out these photos from his concert last night at the Bojangles’ Coliseum. Pastor Troy, Young Jeezy and Young Buck also performed.
Photos by Jeaumane McIntosh
But it won’t be tonight. R&B artist Jazmine Sullivan has postponed her show tonight at Amos’ Southend to Jan. 8. More details to come, I’m sure.
Interns generally don’t get a lot of play, regardless of what industry they may be working in. Get the coffee. File these papers. Or here at Creative Loafing, input these event listings.
It takes a certain degree of humility to be a good intern, to work for someone else without getting paid. To deal with the crap of the higher-ups.
So it’s surprising to hear that infamously arrogant hip-hop artist Kanye West has announced plans to take time off from his music career and intern at a fashion house, preferably Louis Vuitton or Raf Simons.
Can Kanye handle being so low on the totem pole? Will he be able to refrain from peeing in inappropriate places?
I guess we can only wait and see.
Ever wonder what music editor Jeff Hahne sounds like in real life? Here’s your chance to swoon over his voice ladies — he’ll be talking about all things music on WSGE-91.7 FM tomorrow morning. Catch him at 9:40 a.m.
WSGE is a community college-owned, community-oriented public radio station playing an eclectic blend of alternative country, alternative rock, alternative bluegrass, singer-songwriter blues, jazz, gospel, beach and shag music.
R&B artist Musiq Soulchild was on WPEG Power98’s Morning Maddhouse this morning, promoting his new album OnMyRadio, which drops in stores Dec. 9.
Bible of the Devil Chicago quartet Bible of the Devil mashes ’70s hard rock, soaring Dio-like into ’90s metal, rumbling Pantera-like, with southern boogie for the ensuing garagey metal bombast. It’s a noisy take on classic hard rock that works most of the time while sounding corky and dated on occasion. Their new recording, Freedom Metal, is slated for release this month. With Music Hates You. Milestone (Saimr Shukla)
State Radio The Boston trio is nearly becoming Rage Against the Machine’s mini-me. Not because of a similarity in music, but because of the band’s constant presence at political rallies. The band is currently touring in support of their sophomore release, Year of the Crow. Expect a lot of high-flying jumps and energy release when they play. The music goes from punk and rock to something more mellow with a tinge or reggae. Visulite (Jeff Hahne)
Donna Jean and the Tricksters Donna Jean Godchaux-McKay, a former session singer in the Southern soul hotbed of Muscle Shoals, Ala., (she worked with Aretha, Elvis and Otis, among others) is of course best known for her musical carryin’ on with the Grateful Dead and the Jerry Garcia Band, both with and without former husband Keith Godchaux, one of the Dead’s almost Spinal Tap-like string of keyboardists. She still works with some of the Dead extended family, but now gets her kicks (or tricks, perhaps) with her new band, a reconfiguration of her first post-Dead conflagration, Kettle Joe’s Psychedelic Swamp Revue. If’n you like acid-spiked bar band blues, you’ll no doubt find these Tricksters a treat. Double Door Inn (Davis)
