New Music The Best Albums Of 2026 So Far More than a dozen NC hip-hop projects you should hear, as chosen by SE & Friends.
The Scene Beneath The Midst Of It All Charlotte’s creative scene is shifting as artists take ownership in building the spaces and opportunities they once searched for. Club Tut Studios’ first exhibition, “In The Midst Of It All,” is the most compelling example yet.
The Scene The Hopscotch 2026 Lineup Is Here. Should You Be There? What the longstanding Raleigh festival's latest lineup got right, what it got wrong, and whether it's worth the $129 price tag.
New Music On Vanny Preem's CARNIBOYS, Post-Punk, Drill, And Doom Collide White-knuckling through the thrilling, chaotic new album from the Raleigh/Long Island native and Hardknocks ENT member.
New Music A Familiar Sound, and a Famous Family Recipe JADA and S14H's "THE ZENITH" doesn't fall far from the 9th Wonder tree, but still makes for a spirited, promising debut. Also for your radar: new albums from Freedom and Saul Goode.
New Music Lute Reaches Back Out Born out of grief, then marred by it again before release, the Dreamville artist's first album in five years is a testament to resilience, and a reflection on keeping the world at arm's length.
The Scene Sheen's Marketplace of Ideas With the debut of his eponymous, 11-vendor art fair, Rasheen Kenion offers up a new hub—and, he hopes, a future staple—for creative commerce in the Triangle. PLUS: A Deborah Ross mailbag, and other links this week.
Opinion You Can't Support Art And Apartheid at The Same Time After years of unconditional support for Israel, Raleigh-based Congresswoman Deborah Ross introduces a new bill on behalf of musicians, and asks for our help with promo. PLUS: More "Neighbors" Q&As, and links you might've missed.
New Music Hot Singles (And EPs/Albums) From Your Area A fresh Supe Of The Day playlist is here! 📻 PLUS: The return of The Calendar.
The Scene Phuzz Phest Is a State Of Mind A dispatch from the scrappy Winston-Salem music festival where every choice is the right one, time is merely a construct, and the wandering is half the point.
The Scene In a Small Pocket of Charlotte No-Man's-Land, Ahmir Foreshadows the Funk to Come And other notes from last weekend's '4theloveoftheeame' listening party.
The Scene The Spellbinding Alchemy of MAVI 🪄 Spirit catching, puppet mastery, reanimation, and more at last weekend's BIG Culture and Arts Festival in Florida. PLUS: Our upcoming launch parties, and more events to have on your radar.
The Scene The People's Party ☕️ The radical potential of Charlotte's growing cafe culture. PLUS: Cyanca on the cover of Issue 1, and new music from Sonny Miles, Steezie, Maasho & more.
Super Empty, The Magazine Everything you need to know about our debut issue, and why I hope you'll subscribe before it even comes out.
Features A Tale Of Two Six A superstar native son, a homecoming-inspired final album, and how Fayetteville, North Carolina—if only for a weekend—became the center of the hip-hop universe.
Q&A Neighbors: Wyeth Collins Catching up with the precocious Charlotte-based director/DP/editor extraordinaire. Plus, how to get your name printed in the first issue of SE mag (due out later this month), and a rundown of new music from the past couple weeks.
Members only New Music Land Of The Takes Sifting through reactions to The Fall-Off, from friends of SE and beyond. Plus: an exclusive preview from Nxgxl's new album, revisiting Marlowe 3, and more on the Tuesday Mixtape.
Members only The Scene Oh, Will We Enjoy The Hang Out Art as an excuse to spend time with your people. Plus: Yoh Phillips on The Fall-Off, and more new music on the Tuesday Mixtape.
