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Nicki Bluhm Bloomsnew

A dark-eyed lady almost always photographed with a golden halo seemingly made of sunsets and pure ‘70s AM morning radio vibes, Bluhm has a music-scene Cinderella story.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: vintage, Nicki Bluhm
Humans Come Alivenew

Nick Selm discusses the scuzzy chaos and repugnant genius of Humans' newest masterpiece, Milk Pond.
NUVO |
Nick Selm |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Music Festival 411new

A quick rundown of this fall'a biggest festivals.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
09-19-2012 |
Concerts
Building Momentum: The Avett Brothersnew

Just a band of carpenters working their way to folk-rock perfection
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Crawford, folk, rock, Avett Brothers, Four Thieves Gone: The Robbinsville Sessions, concert, Scott Avett, Seth Avett, brain tumor, Rick Rubin, American Recordings, Charlotte, Carolina Jubilee, Concord, festival, Jacob Edwards, Joe Kwon, Mumford and Sons, Music Midtown Festival, Ramseur Records, Southern Ground Festival, The Carpenter
The Unchained Tour's Peter Aguero talks about life on the busnew

It took only three days for the 1972 Blue Bird school bus to break down on the Unchained Tour's last jaunt in February. The vehicle, which transports a cluster of kooky storytellers and musicians to venues around the South, still had a ways to go. While most of the performers went ahead in a van, the bus perpetually lagged behind the rest of the day.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Q&A with Mark Mothersbaughnew

WE ARE DEVO.
NUVO |
Taylor Peters |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Thought Bitenew

Korean War vet and retired U.S. Rep. Andy Jacobs, D-Ind., who served in Congress from 1965-1997, continues to challenge Hoosiers with his weekly mental joyride.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
09-19-2012 |
Commentary
Clint Eastwood's Baseball Movie Strikes Outnew

Trouble with the Curve opens with Clint Eastwood's character, Gus Lobel, yelling at his penis for taking too long to cooperate in urinating. Gus is considered an all-time great talent scout, currently working for the Atlanta Braves, who is constantly second-guessed at work by young underlings vying for his job.
Charleston City Paper |
Isaac Weeks |
09-19-2012 |
Reviews
A Dog's Lifenew

The guys in Archnemesis dish about their 42-city tour and their biggest fan.
Charleston City Paper |
Katie Kimsey |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Pour House, Archnemesis
The Charleston Museum may be empty of people, but it's full of stuffnew

The Charleston Museum has a parking lot. In this city, that's currency. It's not very large, but it is free, and that's all that matters.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Policy Issues
McKenzie Eddy raps about the Charleston music scenenew

McKenzie Eddy was bitten by the hip-hop bug at a young age, so young in fact that she can't recall not loving it.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Breaking Down the Proposed I-526 Extensionnew

On July 25, researchers at the University of South Carolina mailed a one-question questionnaire to 5,000 Lowcountry households: "Do you favor or oppose building the extension of the Mark Clark Expressway along this proposed route?" (Half the surveys actually read "oppose or favor," just to counteract any bias built into the phrasing.)
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-19-2012 |
Policy Issues
One powerful relationship fuels the extraordinary The Masternew

Is The Master—Paul Thomas Anderson's hauntingly intimate epic—about Scientology? That's been the focus of attention for many with only peripheral interest in the film itself, hoping perhaps for some kind of searing roman-a-clef take-down of L. Ron Hubbard and his movement.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
09-19-2012 |
Reviews
A Mega-Watt Show Brings All the Musical Greats to the Gibbesnew

At the Gibbes Museum of Art, beginning this Friday, the late Lizard King wants to give you a hug. Jimi Hendrix will be in attendance as well, along with his contemporaries the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Janis Joplin. Bob Marley will be hanging out, and so will Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh. And, of course, let's not forget the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
09-19-2012 |
Art
Rachel Kate Gillon and Joel T. Hamilton join the Unchained Tournew

Rachel Kate Gillon is under the impression that she has a tendency of telling really dumb, irrelevant stories. Those are her exact words.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Performance