Photos and review by: Blanton Leigh Arlie and his Angels made their way to the Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte, NC, along with Whitehall and The Sewing Club on February 7, 2023 on this stop of the Arlie’s Angels tour. I was thrown off when I first entered the venue, having shot there a couple times... Continue Reading →
Photos & Review by: Blanton Leigh Following the January 27, 2023 release of her album Honey, Samia kicked off her Winter Honey tour at The Orange Peel with Tommy Lefroy in Asheville, NC on February 6, 2023. With this being Tommy Lefory’s first North American show, I see nothing but great things for them. The... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by Blanton Leigh “This is a photograph, a window to the past (Thursday, October 20th), a man with gold fringe on.” - Kevin Morby, with a little personalization by yours truly. After a long and draining couple of weeks, I thought I needed a chill show to even me out, but that... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by: Blanton Leigh I was supposed to cover Hippo Campus back in February at The Ritz in Raleigh, only to discover when I got there that due to a member of the band being sick, the show was cancelled, with the intention of being rescheduled. A couple months later, a lot of... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by Blanton Leigh On October 5, 2022, Lucy Dacus performed at the Neighborhood Theater in Charlotte, NC, along with with Crooks and Nannies on this stop of her Home Video Tour. Shocking is the only word I can think of to describe how this show started, and amazing doesn’t begin to describe... Continue Reading →
Photos & Review: Blanton Leigh Ethel Cain made her way down to the Grey Eagle in western Asheville, NC on this stop of her Freezer Bride tour, following the release of her debut album Preacher’s Daughter, released earlier this year on May 12, 2022. The best way I can describe this show was like I... Continue Reading →
Photos & Review by: Blanton Leigh After a brief hiatus from their North American Tour, Australian electropop band Parcels came back with a bang, with a sold-out show no less, in Asheville, NC at The Orange Peel on March 28, 2022. The band consists of five members: guitarist Jules Crommelin, keyboardist Louie Swain, keyboardist/guitarist Patrick... Continue Reading →
Photos & Review by : Blanton Leigh MUNA took a break from opening for Kacey Musgraves on her Star-Crossed tour to play a headlining show at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC on February 7, 2022. What can I possibly say about this show other than how unabashedly positive, fun, and queer this show was,... Continue Reading →
Photos & Review By: Blanton Leigh On September 7, Tennessee-native Julien Baker made her way down to Asheville, NC at the Orange Peel for the latest stop on her North American + Europe 2021/2022 tour. This tour comes after the critically-acclaimed release of Baker’s third album Little Oblivions, where she opted for more of a full... Continue Reading →