Si
Kahn and the Looping Brothers
Friday 7 p.m., Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth
Ave. Free (Donations accepted) www.folksociety.org
The
Charlotte based folk musician, activist and community organizer released two
albums this year - a collection of songs intended to raise awareness of Alaska’s
environmentally-threatened “Bristol Bay” and a collaboration with German
bluegrass band the Looping Brothers, who join him tonight after a tour of the
Southeast.
Zac
Brown Band
Friday, 7 p.m., Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 707 Pavilion
Blvd., $42-$83. www.livenation.com
The
Georgia chef-turned-country star once again proves he’s not your average
mainstream country act. He taps left-of-Nashville acts the Wood Brothers (with
Oliver Wood from Medeski, Martin &…) and blues-rock roots outfit Dugas to
open the show and peppers the setlist with un-country covers like “Enter
Sandman” and “Kashmir” while overseeing his Southern-themed food stand at
Verizon.
J.J.
Grey & Mofro
Friday 8 p.m., Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th
St., $22-$25. www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
The
Florida-bluesman that started his career making dirty, swampy blues continues
to turn up the funk, classic vintage soul, and R&B while infusing that base
with rock n’ roll energy akin to Rolling Stones, Black Crowes and Prince on the
new album, “The River.”
Menomena/Helio
Sequence
Friday 8 p.m., Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., $15. www.visulite.com
Far
from a mother’s day card, the Portland indie-rock duo’s heady, yet catchy album “Moms” explores the way family dynamics and mothers shape us and our
relationships as adults. Fellow Oregonian duo, Helio Sequence, joins its
friends on the road for the first time and plays its first CLT show in over
four years.
Robert
Randolph & the Family Band
Saturday 8 p.m., Amos’, 1423 S. Tryon St., $20-$23.
www.amossouthend.com
The
pedal-steel playing bandleader covers “Love Rollercoaster” on his new album,
“Lickety Split.” The energy that such a lively track suggests permeates the
reinvigorated spirit of the entire album, which finds Randolph on fire with
uptempo numbers that take the listener from a partying Saturday night to a
Sunday morning revival.
Unknown
Hinson
Saturday 8 p.m., Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., $15-$18.
www.visulite.com
Charlotte’s
notorious guitar-slinging, honky-tonk vampire - who has gained national
notoriety as the voice of Early Cuyler on “Squidbillies” and as a favorite
among celebrity musicians - returns to the stage after mourning his
manager-wife who died in February.
Danzig
Sunday 7 p.m., The Fillmore, 1000 NC Music Factory
Blvd., $37.50. www.livenation.com
Glenn
Danzig celebrates his band’s 25th anniversary by revisiting not only its quarter century career, but by
teaming with former Misfits guitarist Doyle for some of the influential
horror-punk outfit’s bloodiest fan favorites.
Lindi
Ortega
Tuesday 9 p.m., Double Door, 1218 Charlottetown Ave.,
$12. www.doubledoorinn.com
On
her polished third album, “Tin Star,” the Canadian-bred, Nashville based
alt-country singer-songwriter (who boasts brilliant vibrato) ditches some of
the Johnny Cash-like death and sass of her terrific last album to focus on
dark, yet different, stories of struggling and passion on the fringes of
music city.
Peelander-Z
Wednesday 8 p.m., Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave.,
$10-$12. www.tremontmusichall.com
The
colorful Japanese/NYC-based synth-punk outfit perform like action figures come
to life and dress like Power Rangers while boasting a wild, interactive live
show. It’s new album, “Metalander-Z” pays tribute to the height of hair metal
with tracks inspired by the hey-day of Van Halen, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Maiden
and the Crue.
Atlas
Genius
Wednesday 8
p.m., The Fillmore, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. $15-$27. www.livenation.com
Part
of The Fillmore’s Ones to Watch series, the Australian duo (who opened for
Wolfgang here last fall) is breaking big stateside with regular rotation on Sirius/XM
and a snappy, melodic alt-pop sound reminiscent of Phoenix.
Powerkompany
Thursday 9 p.m., Double Door, 1218 Charlottetown Ave.,
$8. www.doubledoorinn.com
It’s
hard to look away from its strange videos or to turn off the Athens duo’s
curiously ethereal songs as the chemistry and mystery created by the direct
vocals and dark beauty of Marie Davon (Venice is Sinking) and Andrew Heaton’s
(Packway Handle) material raises temperatures.
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