Edwin
McCain
Friday 8 p.m., Don Gibson Theatre, 318 S. Washington
St., Shelby, $27.50, www.dongibsontheatre.com
The
Greeville, SC-raised singer-songwriter best known for the `90s hits “Solitude”
and “I’ll Be” (which was recently covered on “The Voice”) returns to Shelby’s
vintage classic theater for the third Thanksgiving running.
Bile
Friday 9 p.m., Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave., $15,
www.tremontmusichall.com
On
its new album the envelope-pushing showmen of the New York’s theatrical
industrial metal stalwart proudly carry the nihilistic, beat-driven charge that
it’s wielded since the `90s when it helped ignite the growing, now influential,
genre. With youthful industrial-tinged, metallic alt-rock oufit the Rabid Whole.
Tribute
to Levon Helm
Friday 9 p.m., Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave.,
$12-$15, www.visulite.com
Charlotte’s
New Familiars were honored to open for the Band drummer/vocalist and renowned
multi-instrumentalist in 2010. After his 2012 death it put together this local
all-star tribute, which features the Midwood Horns, Jason Atkins, and members
of Matrimony, Gigi Dover, and Chris Cook.
Friday 10 p.m., Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St., $6, www.snugrock.com
The
Tarheel crooner (formerly one half of Flat Duo Jets) is a rockabilly guitar
icon in the underground heralded by Jack White, Cat Power, Neko Case and actor
Anson Mount as an all-time favorite. He was the subject of a 2011 documentary
“Two Headed Cow.” Hear what all the fuss is still about decades into his career.
Jon
Oliva
Saturday 7:30 p.m., Amos’, 1423 S. Tryon St., $17-$20,
www.amossouthend.com
The
four octave Savatage vocalist has spent the last 20 years with holiday hard
rockers Trans Siberian Orchestra. He copes with the loss of Jon Oliva’s Pain
guitarist Matt LaPorte on a new solo album that incorporates the last recorded
work of his brother Criss Oliva, who died in 1993 car crash.
Matrimony
Saturday 8 p.m., Chop Shop, East 35th St.,
$12-$14, www.chopshopnoda.com
With
anticipation high for its major label full-length release in 2014, the
Charlotte-based band is staging a homecoming show (and its first at NoDa’s Chop
Shop) that will be filmed, so join in loudly during the sing-alongs.
Chris
Cornell
Monday 7:30 p.m., Knight Theater, 430 S. Tryon St., Sold Out, blumenthalarts.org
The
Soundgarden frontman, whose band’s highly anticipated return to Charlotte was
scrapped due to inclement weather during May’s Carolina Rebellion, returns for
a much different “American Songbook” tour which revisits material from his varied
incarnations.
Hugh
Cornwell
Wednesday 8:30 p.m., Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave., $15,
www.tremontmusichall.com
As
the original vocalist/guitarist for the Stranglers, the British punk icon
enjoyed 21 top 40 singles in the UK and Europe. Although not as well known in
the states, he hasn’t lost any of his bite on his latest solo album, “Totem and
Taboo.” It’s a mature, but raw record
that doesn’t sacrifice urgency or intelligence.
Clairy Browne & the Banging Rackettes
Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
McGlohon Theater, 345 N. College St. $14.50-$29.50, www.blumenthalarts.org
The Aussie soul outfit, who is recording its second album in Nashville, made a splash as the hot house band in a Heineken commercial but it's the nine-piece group's live show and flashy frontwomen - led by Browne - that are solidifying its reputation as a must-see act in the states.
Megadeth
Thursday 8 p.m., The Fillmore, 1000 NC Music Factory
Blvd., $50, www.livenation.com
Following
the June 4 release of its fourteenth studio album, “Super Collider,” influential
thrash metal pioneers Dave Mustaine, Dave Ellefson and company are back to
celebrate 30 years. With Fear Factory and Nonpoint.
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