Reverb Fest Presents Eskimo Kisses
While the Northeast digs out, Charlotte is playing Eskimo. Kisses
that is. Rated one of the city’s top home grown independent festivals in 2014,
the six band bill features Nashville’s Diarrhea Planet, Carolinians Southern
Femisphere and Museum Mouth, and Charlotte’s Junior Astronomers, Serfs, and
Patois Counselors (Bo White’s new band making its live debut).
Temperance League/Richard Bacchus
Friday 9 p.m., Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St., Free, www.snugrock.com
The Charlotte rock sextet celebrates its third album, "The Night Waits" - a sort of love letter to the city inspired by the dichotomy of making a living while making art - with two sets. One's early. One's late sandwiching D Generation's Richard Bacchus who played guitar with the `90s NYC glam punk act before settling in Raleigh.
Crystal Bowersox
Saturday 8 p.m., Don Gibson Theater, 318 Washington
St., Shelby, $22.50-$24.50, www.dongibsontheater.com
The down to Earth single mom, songwriter, and road warrior
continues to trade on the momentum gained as an “American Idol” season 9 runner-up
crossing the bluesy Janis Josplinesque voice she demonstrated on the show with
the tempered country rock of her own rootsy original material.
Mardi Gras Party
The dancehall vibe of Louisiana returns to NoDa to celebrate
Mardis Gras with long-running Cajun/Creole outfit Carolina Gator Gumbo and the
Charlotte band’s Western Carolina cousin Zydeco Ya Ya, who add a dash of zydeco
and swamp pop to the stew. Two step lessons begin at 7:30 p.m. with the bands
starting at 8 p.m.
Eryn Woods
The mohawked Atlanta-based, Pride Festival favorite is like a
campier, Southern Robyn. She boasts a colorful following of fans called Kupcakes,
which fits the rainbow of feel-good emotions her brand of pop-punk and spikey
dance music inspires. She’s paired with Stitchy C, 403 M.O.B., and Ambiguous.
Motion City Soundtrack
To commemorate the decade mark of the release of its most
commercially successful album, “Commit This To Memory,” the Minneapolis
pop-punk combo are playing the Mark Hoppus-produced (Blink 182) record in its
entirety and stirring up nostalgia for Bush era emo angst. With Copeland and
Better Off.
Snocore Tour
Although fans remain divided over Flyleaf adopting a new singer
after Lacey Sturm’s exit, the Texas hard rockers’ fourth album “Between the
Stars” finds them evolving beyond angst-driven metal into a still aggressive
sound that’s more No Doubt on steroids. They team with Adelita’s Way, Framing
Hanley, and Fit For Rivals for the annual Snocore Tour.
Hectorina
The Charlotte rock trio is simultaneously looking forward and
back with the recent release of its new three track EP “Bye Bye Danger Woman”
and a month long residency featuring it’s 2013 “Collywobble” rock opera which
will be performed in individual acts each Wednesday in February.
Boombox
On its third album - 2014’s “Filling in the Color” - the Alabama duo
continues to meld disco and dance music, horn-laden funk, loose R&B and
groove-oriented rock that forms an intersection of modern electronic music and
the jam band world that band member Zion Rock Godchaux’s mom helped start as a
member of the Grateful Dead.
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