Twin Forks/Matrimony
Friday
10 p.m. Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St. $13.50-$16.
www.eveningmuse.com
Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba didn’t realize when he
started writing joyful, acoustic bootstompers that his latest band would be
following an international Grammy winning trend that puts him in league with
Mumford and Of Monsters and Men. His new band joins Charlotte’s equally joyful
Matrimony. With What’s Eating Gilbert.
Funk Fest
Saturday 5 p.m., Memorial Stadium, 310 N. Kings Dr.
$35/VIP $85. http://funkfestconcerts.com/charlotte/
The Gap Band’s beloved Charlie Wilson, who continues to work with
contemporary artists like Kanye West as release acclaimed solo material, joins
Bell Biv Devoe, Rakim, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, and EU (of “Da Butt!” fame)
for a blast of radio-ruling `70s, `80s, and early `90s R&B and hip-hop
nostalgia.
Aoife O’Donovan
Saturday, Sunday 8 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively. Stage Door
Theater, 130 N. Tryon St. $25. www.blumenthalarts.org
Having completed the Goat Road Sessions Tour with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar
Meyer, Chris Thile, and Stuart Duncan, the Crooked Still/Sometymes Why vocalist
is back on the road with her debut solo album “Fossils,” which connects her
newgrass beginnings, thoughtful songwriting, and the chamber folk company she’s
been keeping of late.
Pretty Reckless
Sunday
7 p.m. The Fillmore, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. $19. www.livenation.com
Imagine if “Gossip Girl’s” Jenny Humphrey had gone into rock n’
roll instead of fashion during her goth phase. Well that’s the direction
actress Taylor Momsen took when she left the show. The kicker is the
unapologetically sexy young singer can belt it out with the best of them and
does so with catchy goth-metal.
O’Brother
Sunday
7 p.m. Tremont, 400 W. Tremont
Ave. $10. www.tremontmusichall.com
This Atlanta progressive modern rock band progresses further on
its dynamics-driven new album “Disillusion,” which is heavy, yet soft, wringing
with angst and grandiosity (think Muse meets Mastodon), and a creepy,
psychedelic claustrophobia - but that’s not a bad thing. It plays with frequent
tour mates Junior Astronomers, Daylight, and Native.
Son Volt
Sunday
8 p.m. Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave. $23. www.visulite.com
Jay Farrar writes another chapter in his move toward an
unplugged, rootsier (as if Son Volt could get rootsier with his Midwestern
drawl at its heart) sound with the latest album, “Honky Tonk,” which captures
the classic Bakersfield sound without sacrificing the band’s signature style of
twang.
B.O.B.
Sunday
10 p.m., Label, 900 NC Music Factory Blvd., $40/$80 VIP,
http://labelcharlotte.com/
As fans await the Atlanta hip-hop emcee/producer and pop
songwriter’s third full-length album, the eclectic collaborator (whose biggest
hits have been with unhip-hop artists like Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Bruno
Mars) is busy unleashing more hip-hop-friendly singles.
City & Colour
Wednesday 7 p.m. Amos’, 1423 S. Tryon St. $30-$32.
www.amossouthend.com
Dallas Green - the former guitarist/singer for Canadian
post-hardcore act Alexisonfire - took a decidedly different turn with this
pretty, quiet acoustic-based pop songs topped with his high, airy vocals that
recall a hipper, contemporary Christopher Cross. It’s won him raves from fans
like Pink, who took him on tour as an opening act. With Lucy Rose.
Mudhoney
Wednesday 8 p.m. Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave. $20-$25.
www.tremontmusichall.com
Forever tied to the Seattle grunge explosion of the early `90s
that its credited with inspiring, Mark Arm and company predated the buzz and
live long past it still churning out eclectic angry, funny, muddy, punky,
bluesy garage rock that doesn’t really fit the description of what we think of
as typical flannel-clad “grunge.”
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