Marty Stuart & the Superlatives
The snappy dressing, rock n’ roll coiffed, progressive country-rock
and honky-tonk legend returns to NoDa with his crack team of equally
well-dressed players, which includes Exile singer/guitarist Paul Martin, sought after session man Harry Stinson, and youthful guitar whiz Kenny
Vaughan.
The Lox
After emerging as guests on P. Diddy’s “It’s All About the
Benjamins” and Mariah Carey’s “Honey” in the late `90s the Yonkers rap trio
went platinum, but a lengthy fight with its label kept Jadakiss, Styles P,
and Sheek Louch from releasing much group material. With 13 years between releases its back with the digital “Trinity” EP.
Cathie Ryan Trio
Saturday 7:30 p.m., Jim Rivers Fellowship Hall at
Wedgewood Church, 4800 Wedgewood Dr., $20, http://www.folksociety.org/Diana/2013_14/CathieRyan.shtml#on-line
The Detroit-raised, award-winning Irish-American singer has long
bridged traditional Celtic and American music as a member of Cherish the Ladies
in the late `80s/early `90s and as a solo artist with a crystal clear voice and
captivating, sometimes funny, stage presence.
Floor
As a precursor to Torche (guitarist Steve Brooks), Dove and House
of Lightning (both with drummer Henry Wilson), the reunion and this week’s
release of “Oblation” - its first newly recorded music since splitting in 2003 - is a
buzzed about event for fans of the influential underground, heavy Miami stoner
band.
The Whigs
The excellent Athens-birthed Nashville transplant is back with
its fifth album, “Modern Creation” - a record full of stormy mid-tempo guitar
rock that doesn’t try to hit you over the head immediately but grows on you
with grinding guitars and methodical tempos while capturing the trio’s
aggressive live charm.
Hall & Oates
Fresh from its Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction Hall, who
hosts the highly successful “Live From Daryl’s House” series, and Oates, who
has focused on a solo career and eclectic collaborations, revisit the
influential string of soul-pop hits that made the duo a household name.
Tony Furtado
Sunday
9 p.m., Double Door, 1218 Charlottetown Ave., $10-$12,
www.doubledoorinn.com
Although originally reared in music as a prize-winning banjo
prodigy, the slide guitarist, vocalist and band leader has spent the last 22
years heading toward a more eclectic sound that - while never straying far from traditional
roots - delves into darker blues and Americana with brushes of folk-pop
and world music.
Cher/Cyndi Lauper
Twelve years after embarking on her last farewell tour the
67-year-old pop culture legend returns for a show high on hits and glitz. She’s
accompanied by Lauper - last headlining here in November - who has been taking a
nostalgic look back at her own seminal 31-year-old debut.
Blueprint
Monday’s weekly Knocturnal series continues to showcase national,
cutting edge indie rap acts with Ohio emcee Blueprint headlining this week’s
bill with labelmate Count Bass D. and Dirty Art Club. Blueprint is fresh off
the release of his soul-sampling, old school homage “Respect the Architect.”
Foster the People
The “Pumped Up Kicks” trio blew past speculations of a sophomore
slump with the March release of “Supermodel” - the follow-up to its gold,
Grammy nominated 2011 debut “Torches” - and a buzzed about Coachella Festival
set as well as near sell-outs like this one.
Mogwai
A favorite of taste making indie-rockers and record store clerks
in the `90s, this Scottish shoegazing post-rock quartet and longtime UK chart
topper makes an anticipated return to the states following the four-star
grabbing new album “Rave Tapes” and its most extensive North American tour to
date.
Gaslight Anthem/Cory Branan
Having just completed recording its up-coming album in Nashville,
the blue-collar New Jersey rock outfit is hitting the road to revisit fan
favorites and past hits before unleashing a record that frontman Brian Fallon
calls the band’s “next evolution.” With buzzing country-folk songwriter Branan.
Sandi Thom
Wednesday 8 p.m., Duke Energy Theater at Spirit Square,
345 N. College St., $40, www.blumenthalarts.org
The viral success of her out-of-nowhere 2006 UK hit “I Wish I Was
a Punk Rocker” was so sudden it nearly eclipsed the Scottish
singer-songwriter’s other work. On her Rich Robinson-produced fourth album she
exhibits an astounding way with blues and R&B as a songwriter and interpreter. With covers she
even makes “November Rain” and “Hurt” her own.
Earl Sweatshirt
Barely out of his teens (he turned 20 in February) this
California emcee has already collaborated with Frank Ocean, Tyler the Creator
and other Odd Future label mates and last year released the critically
acclaimed chart climbing major label debut, “Doris” - making him a hip-hop hot
ticket.
Ledisi/Robert Glasper Experiment
The oft Grammy nominated R&B singer (who’ll play Mahalia
Jackson in the MLK movie “Selma), flirts with classic `80s soul and dance music
and poppy R&B on her new album “Truth.” She’s joined by pianist and
sometime collaborator Glasper (with who she shared a recent Grammy nod) who approaches jazz through hip-hop and funk
filters.
Bleeding Rainbow
Under a haze of guitar fuzz with boy/girl vocals ranging from
angst-ridden to delicate and pretty, this Philadelphia trio takes the
juxtaposed distortion and beauty of My Bloody Valentine and drums up a new
version of the `90s indie-rock of bands like Superchunk, Swirlies, and Rainer Maria on
its new album “Interrupt.”
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