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(02/18/20 9:27pm)
The folk-rock group The Lumineers came to John Paul Jones Arena Sunday night on their world tour, entitled “III” — their third studio album. “III” is a story about a family riddled by addiction, divided into three chapters with three songs each. The co-founders of the group, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, drew from personal experiences to sing candidly about the struggles families face. Although the songs are sonically similar to prior Lumineers songs — happy and intricate — the band chose to juxtapose their style with a subject matter that is aching, raw and disturbing.
(02/20/20 6:08pm)
The University's prodigal sons returned to the Downtown Mall Friday night to celebrate Valentine’s Day near the Grounds where they got their start. The theme for the night was “Loveboat Supreme” — a funky and energetic take on John Coltrane’s “Love Supreme” masterpiece. The night began with Erin Lunsford — a powerhouse vocalist who easily filled up the Jefferson’s high historical ceiling after taking a break from her band, Erin & the Wildfire, to support her solo side career. Standing on stage alone with only a microphone and an acoustic guitar, Lunsford roused the gradually increasing crowd with her soulful belting of original songs. She debuted selections from her upcoming album, including a song entitled “Virginia Brother.” Lunsford and her band are Charlottesville natives, the fact of which enhanced the bond between crowd and singer. Louis Smith and Ryan Wood from Kendall Street Company came out armed with a percussion egg and wooden sticks to accompany Lunsford on a song.
(11/19/19 2:09am)
“Ford v Ferrari,” which hit theaters last Friday, is another addition to the many other great biopics about car racing — a sport exciting enough that screenwriters rarely have to add more narrative drama for audiences. The movie, which stars Christian Bale and Matt Damon, revolves around the 1966 Le Mans 24 hour race. Carroll Shelby (Damon), designer of the Shelby Cobra and winner of the 1959 Le Mans, enlists the pithy, quintessentially British driver Ken Miles (Bale) to join him in Ford’s ambitious goal of developing a car capable of beating Ferrari in the most difficult race in the world.
(10/28/19 10:27pm)
“Western Stars” is the newest Bruce Springsteen concert documentary, directed by Thom Zimny and Bruce Springsteen. Jody Kielbasa, Director of the Virginia Film Festival and U.Va. Vice Provost for the Arts, introduced it to a crowd of mainly older Charlottesville residents Thursday night at The Paramount. He touted the VAFF as being one of the very few film festivals in the United States that was given the rights to screen Springsteen’s latest — which was underscored when co-director Thom Zimny was promised to be answering questions after the screening.
(09/26/19 3:00am)
The Magic City Hippies show at the Southern Cafe and Music Hall Sunday night, opened by Sego, is best described as “effortlessly cool.” The venue, the bands and the crowd coalesced into a vibrant and energetic night, filled with hoots and hollers and high-fives. The first introduction the crowd had to Sego, a Los Angeles-based four-piece group, was their merchandise at the front door — “SegoSucks” enblazened t-shirts and hats. It’s consequential to say that their logo doesn’t at all describe their talents.
(04/24/19 3:11am)
Cage The Elephant released their new album “Social Cues” Friday, joining their alternative rock powerhouse compatriots — Arctic Monkeys and Vampire Weekend — in releasing new music before the festival season. Rising to fame with instant classics like “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” (2008) and “Cigarette Daydreams” (2013), Cage The Elephant made a name for themselves through exploratory and new sounds. A dependable headliner for the festival circuit, Cage has used their popularity to heavily experiment with their sound in the last couple years — “Melophobia” is an album of macabre unconventionality and “Tell Me I’m Pretty” is an exploration of funkadelic retro-rock.
(03/21/19 11:34pm)
Britain’s answer to the success of American folk band Bon Iver comes in the form of Benjamin Francis Leftwich, an artist who definitely fits on a Spotify Coffeehouse playlist and who likely has had songs that have been played in the background of a firelit room while a thunderstorm rages outside the window of a log cabin in the woods. He’s an acoustic-driven folk artist whose often simplistic lyrics usually evoke deep, somber reflection from the listener. Leftwich released his third album “Gratitude” on March 15, after a two-year hiatus from his last — after the hectic promotion schedule for his second album, he spent a long time in a rehabilitation facility.
(03/06/19 2:20am)
Weezer released their latest musical endeavor Friday called the “Black Album,” their sixth color album and their 13th overall in the almost 25 years that they’ve been active. Known for the beachy alternative rock that brought them to stardom in 1994 with the “Blue Album” — produced under the same label as Nirvana — Weezer has long been the choice background music to many a summer night. At one time, they truly connected to the youth experience through hits like “Island In The Sun” and “Say It Ain’t So,” but be warned — don’t listen to the “Black Album” hoping to be swept away by the music and transported onto a 90s beach scene. In short, the “Black Album” is a failure.