Z.Z.
Ward
Friday
7 p.m., Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., $15-$18. www.visulite.com
A
petite vocal powerhouse who grew up playing the blues on stage with her father,
Ward rides the line between throaty blues singer and pop artist with songs that
ache and bleed with emotion, but still appeal to mainstream radio. With Wild
Feathers and UK singer James Bay.
Weenie
Roast
Saturday
12 p.m., Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 707 Pavilion Blvd.
$24.50-$68.50. www.livenation.com
As
buzz builds for a possible Oscar nod, actor Jared Leto’s other award winning
day job - 30 Seconds to Mars - headlines WEND’s revived sayonara to summer with
AWOLNation, Sublime with Rome, Filter, Airborne Toxic Event, New Politics,
Manchester Orchestra, Biffy Clyro, Langhorne Slim, Matrimony, the Unlikely
Candidates, and Leogun.
Oh
No Fiasco with Ghost Town
Saturday 6 p.m., Tremont, 400 W. Tremont
Ave. $12. www.tremontmusichall.com
The
Knoxville pop-rock outfit, who combine new wave synth, hard hitting hooks, glossy
choruses, and a female vocalist with a big voice fit for a frontwoman. They
play midway through a seven band bill that includes L.A.’s Ghost Town as the
night’s headliner.
Fantasia
Saturday
8 p.m., Bojangles’ Coliseum, 2700 E. Independence Blvd., $40.85-$52.15. www.ticketmaster.com
With
an upcoming role on Broadway and three BET Award nominations for her latest
R&B/Hip-Hop No. 1 album, “Side Effects of You,” NC’s first “American Idol”
winner continues to prove her career longevity and musical individuality which
combines classic Tina Turner-style rock with modern R&B diva. This show is
rescheduled from August.
Cody
Canada & the Departed
Saturday
8 p.m., Chop Shop, 399 E. 35th St., $15-$18. www.chopshopnoda.com
On
its second album “Adventus,” the former Cross Canadian Ragweed frontman’s
second act with bassist Jeremy Plato and a cast of star red dirt musicians
evolve into a hard charging rock n’ roll act infused with ample gospel and soul
without leaving the country base behind entirely.
Nervo
Saturday
10 p.m., Label, 900 NC Music Factory Blvd., $15-$25. www.labelcharlotte.com
Having
built a career on writing and producing award winning tracks for other artists
(Kelly Rowland, David Guetta), the sun-kissed, classically-trained Australian
twin sister DJ duo keeps some of its most uplifting electronic dance tunes for
itself while garnering a massive festival crowd overseas and an opening slot
with Britney Spears.
Legendary
Pink Dots
Sunday
8 p.m., Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave., $20-$25. www.tremontmusichall.com
The
prolific 33-year-old experimental outfit led by Edward Ka-Spel and Phil Knight
(whose musical arsenal includes un-rock instruments like woodwinds, strings,
and Hawaiian guitar) brings its trippy psychedelic, avant goth back to Tremont
for the first time in nearly a decade.
Surfer
Blood
Monday 7
p.m, Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., $16. www.visulite.com
The
modern Florida surf rock band refines the weirder indie rock tendencies of its
debut “Astro Coast” on its poppier follow-up “Pythons,” which solidifies those
Pixies comparisons and adds a dose of Weezer while still wallowing in a thin
veil of distortion.
The
Weeknd
Tuesday
7 p.m., Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence Blvd., $59.85. www.ticketmaster.com
With
a buzz-building, mysterious online identity, a voice that evokes the innocence,
soul, and tone of Michael Jackson, and a chilly electronic musical template
that samples disparate alternative rock and R&B sources, Canada’s Abel
Tesfaye (aka the Weeknd) actually delivers on said buzz with his debut album
“Kiss Land.”
Arturo
Sandoval
Thursday 7:30
p.m., McGlohon Theater, 345 N. College St., $19.50-$74.50. www.blumenthalarts.org
Before
the Grammy and Emmy award winning Cuban trumpeter, pianist, and composer
receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with Bill Clinton, Oprah
Winfrey, and Dean Smith, he performs his timeless take on jazz, Latin,
classical and tango in an intimate setting.
Mindy
Smith
Thursday
8 p.m., Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St. $15-$18. www.eveningmuse.com
Best
known early on for the hit “Come To Jesus” and her version of Dolly Parton’s
“Jolene,” this Long Island-raised, Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s latest
album is draped in haunting spirituality and a soulful mix of country, gritty
blues, and adult pop that’s rich in maturity, self-reflection and guts.
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