Ed Roland
6
p.m. Friday, May 31, NC Music Factory Fountain Plaza, 1000 NC Music Factory
Blvd. $5. http://ncmusicfactory.ticketleap.com
The Collective Soul frontman shakes
up the rock format slightly with his group the Sweet Tea Project relying on rootsier, (partly) acoustic instrumentation which still mines the same sort of modern Southern
rock songwriting that the Atlanta singer is best known for.
Randall Bramblett
The multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter may not be
a household name, but he’s one of those writer/musiicans that household names
like Bonnie Raitt turn to when in need of a smart track, which indicates his
own albums - like the just released “The Bright Spots” - are often unsung gems.
Aaron Lewis
The Staind frontman took his knack
for peppering Staind's melodic metal with every-man angst to country radio for
2011’s “Country Boy” and its follow-ups “Endless Summer” and “Forever.” The
move seems to be working as he returns to the local country hot spot.
Summerland
Tour
7:30
p.m. Sunday, June 2, Uptown Amphitheatre, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. $27-$57.85.
www.livenation.com
After a warm reception for its outing with Lit and Sugar Ray last summer, Everclear leads this `90s rock tour
for the second year. The lineup is a heavier one this time with `90s radio staples Live, Filter, and Sponge filling out the bill.
Wednesday 13
The China Grove-native infuses camp
and cult into his unapologetically fun brand of horror rock, which trades on
punk, metal, and `70s and `80s rock n’ roll picking up where early Misfits left
off while riffing on practically every slasher film or monster movie you can
think of.
Ours
After a five-year wait, the moody
rock band (best known for 2002’s modest modern rock hit “Sometimes”) returns
with the PledgeMusic-funded “Ballet the Boxer” album. Ours’ frontman Jimmy
Gnecco has a voice that can stop you in your tracks - making the group a force
live. With Greensboro’s Luna Arcade.
Face to Face
With its second post-reunion
album hitting on influences like the the Clash and the Jam, the Southern
California punk band - influential in their own right on pop-punk acts like
blink 182 - returns to Charlotte for its first headlining show here since the
early `90s when it played the long-ago-closed Pterodactyl.
Aaron Carter
At only 25 and well over a decade
since his biggest hits, the former teen heartthrob and more recent Broadway
lead returns to the club stage to relaunch his music career with the intimate
After Party Tour and a tentative new hip-hop and dance flavored album later
this year.
Hobex/Greg Humphreys
The Southern soul outfit led by
former Dillon Fence frontman Humphreys - who opens with material from his new
solo album “Bohemia” - plays its first Charlotte show in four years and a rare
club set at that.
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