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Electronic musician Dan Deacon is no stranger to the show circuit. Having a career born and bred in the sweat-soaked incubator of house shows and “do-it-yourself” venue culture helped increase his familiarity. It turns out that Deacon is no stranger to Charlottesville either. Ahead of his show April 8 at the Southern, Arts & Entertainment sat down with the buzzworthy artist to talk about his new record “Gliss Riffer,” how to firmly grasp success, and Tim Burton's “Batman.”
The film schedule for the 27th Annual Virginia Film Festival was released Tuesday afternoon. It promises a broad range of features from the star-studded to the underground when the festival comes to Charlottesville Nov. 6-9.
Vacationer — the dreamy, island-minded indie brainchild of Kenny Vasoli and group Body Language — has been steadily climbing the ladder to success after the release of their 2012 full-length “Gone” and this summer’s sunny “Relief.” Creating a hybrid genre they brand as “nu-hula,” the band brought their peace of mind to The Southern to dazzle up a dreary Monday. A&E caught up with Vacationer’s vocalist and bassist, Kenny Vasoli, to talk more about the band’s live and studio ambitions.
The second installment of the President’s Speaker Series for the Arts will bring actor Kevin Spacey to John Paul Jones Arena Oct. 18. This event follows last year’s address by University alumna Tina Fey.
Before the advent of Spotify playlists but after the do-it-yourself mixtape, iTunes rolled out the iMix feature. I was in middle school. Any playlist made on your personal computer could be copied and uploaded to the iTunes Store for immediate review by millions of armchair critics. And even though this function has receded into the dark depths of the digital record shop, it still exists as a testament to my awkward formative years — and the songs which suffered endless rotation by my stubby click wheel finger.
Earlier this year, I came across a tweet from emo-rock duo Dads, forecasting Philadelphia indie-punk group Modern Baseball “will be the blink 182 of our time”. With blink-182 ranking as my all-time favorite band, I found the comparison bold — and surprisingly, ultimately true. As the group gears up after a release of their second LP, “You’re Gonna Miss It All,” their mastery of the generational voice rings clear.
Little was expected from Man Overboard, a run-of-the-mill pop-punk outfit from New Jersey, when they landed on the VFW hall scene in the late 2000s. Their relative obscurity changed after the “Defend Pop Punk” movement, and Man Overboard’s mantra was circled around the Internet by weekend warriors who took up arms against the genre’s naysayers. There has since been a revitalized interest in writing songs about ex-girlfriends ripe for a prepubescent Warped Tour audience.
Comedian Bill Burr has far outgrown amateur night. He’s had a handful of comedy tours explode in popularity, with standout stops including sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House. He’s recently dabbled in debauchery on-camera, appearing alongside Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in last year’s “The Heat,” and in a smattering of episodes of the wildly popular “Breaking Bad.” Besides all this, his “Monday Morning” podcast is one of the most-frequently downloaded audio comedy programs on the Web. What’s next for Mr. Burr? On Feb. 20, the Paramount hosts his latest (currently untitled) routine. A&E had the chance to talk with the man himself to get inside the mind of a surefire funnyman.
I’ll probably be one of the first journalists to go ahead and confirm that no, the usual suspects on 2013 best albums lists won’t be making a return appearance in this article. Call me a hipster all you want, but for every “Random Access Memories” and “Yeezus” there are countless records that share the same splendor that you probably haven’t heard of. Allow me to give you a different “20/20 Experience” and open your eyes to my personal favorite releases of 2013.
This seems to have been the year of the comeback artist. Justin Timberlake dabbled in musical ophthalmology with his two-part “20/20 Experience,” Robin Thicke resurrected himself as a misogynistic surveyor of “Blurred Lines” and Fall Out Boy failed to “Save Rock and Roll,” but delivered one of the more impressive dance-pop records in the past 12 months.
Distance sucks. There’s really no other way to put it.
I don’t understand art. Scroll back through my recent articles and you’ll find glowing reviews of culture tailored to teenagers. My favorite movies aren’t anything the American Film Institute might approve of. I’ve dressed the same since the seventh grade. So when I fired up “Seduced and Abandoned,” a reference-heavy documentary from the supposedly genius mind of Alec Baldwin, I was lost, with little hope of regaining my footing. This is coming from a person who, after scanning Baldwin’s IMDb backlog, has only seen his performance in “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.” I can hear you laughing.
I was 16 once: angst-ridden, hopelessly romantic and wrapped up in a Tumblr blog. I had just moved from Michigan to Northern Virginia and felt my contribution to the world of umpteen identical town-house complexes and frozen yogurt joints was best spent holed up with an iMac and an unhealthy dose of hormones.
Regardless of your orientation within the Tumblrsphere in 2011, it was hard to ignore the proliferation of underground rock band Balance & Composure. My dashboard — once full of John Green quotes, “Mean Girls” nostalgia and Ed Sheeran — was forever changed as washed-out concert photos replaced worn meme conventions. Title Fight and Basement became the new blogging soundtrack. I gave a record I saw on the Internet a listen – Balance & Composure’s “Separation” – and never looked back. It’s been two years, but the group’s most recent LP generates that same feeling of awe.
I was 9 years old when I saw the trailer for “A Walk to Remember,” and not even three months older before my sister bought its soundtrack. Track one stuck out almost immediately: Switchfoot’s “Dare You to Move.” It’s a decade later and that band, bolstered by a string of hit singles, soundtrack inclusions and a Grammy Award, still maintains a hefty fanbase. In a conversation that satisfied the dreams of my 13-year-old self, Drew Shirley (guitar/backing vocals) elaborates on the future of the band and on continuing to make waves — in more ways than one.
Next Friday, Sept. 27, Brooklyn alternative country outfit Yarn sets its sights on the Southern for a night filled with flashes of Americana, folk and the undeniable charm of the golden age of rock music. I sat down with lead vocalist Blake Christiana to get a closer look into what lies behind their intricately threaded songs and the people that make them come to life.
Progressive thought has always been at the nucleus of punk music. Who could forget the angst-ridden politics of Fugazi or the social change Rise Against would engineer through blistering beats during their early career? For this writer, who moonlights as a punk-rock history book, it’s obvious that groups like these laid the groundwork for the genre’s most prolific humanitarian attitudes. Whether it’s the Hostage Calm fan that shows up in the mosh pit wearing a shirt that proudly broadcasts “I Support Same Sex Marriage” or Against Me!’s grapple with gender identity — the focus of this article — punk’s unrelenting acceptance of all who enter the scene is the genre’s most noble characteristic.
The latest addition to this trend is the 1984 family-drama “The Karate Kid,” whose original legacy has been diluted by umpteen sequels (one including the talents of Hillary Swank) and a horrid remake starring the Little Prince of Bel-Air, Jaden Smith. At the time of its release, “The Karate Kid” received a glowing review from Roger Ebert and drew favorable comparisons to director John G. Avildsen’s speech-impeded “Rocky.” Shown to a middling crowd during a Sunday matinee, it’s clear that although certain chunks of the action remain ingrained in fond memories, “The Karate Kid” fails to pack the punch that its title suggests. Welcome to 1984 California. Did you bring your tape deck?
The University is home to a variety of notable alumni, but it’s not every day that current Wahoos can enjoy former students’ career choices on the radio. With local favorite Parachute’s third full-length album “Overnight,” the group’s pop sensibilities have hit an all-time high and could catapult the group into an “overnight” sensation. Charlottesville’s little secret is on the cusp of becoming a national phenomenon.