St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Friday
6:30 p.m., NC Music Factory Fountain Plaza, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd.,
$10, www.ncmusicfactory.com
The Alabama soul throwback enjoyed one of the biggest jumps from
wowing crowds at the homegrown God Save the Queen City festival two years ago
to drawing accolades from “Spin Magazine” for its performance at Lollapalooza
this year. In between its revival-esque soul has drawn raves and sell-out
crowds. With Alanna Royale.
Van Halen
When the band kicked off its comeback tour here in 2007, fans
flocked to see a lineup they thought wouldn’t last. This marks the group’s
third return since reuniting with David Lee Roth. And the now 24 year old
Wolfgang Van Halen (who moonlights in Tremonti) has come into his own as a member.
With Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band.
ZZ Ward
Two weeks after dropping the “Love and War” EP, the bluesy
singer-songwriter graduates from selling out the Visulite to headlining the
Fillmore where she’ll share her blues and hip-hop-infused take on pop and new
material from the EP - a preview of 2016’s “This Means War” full-length. The
Young Wild open.
Hectorina
After revisiting its ambitious rock opera live earlier this year,
the prolific, quirky rock trio celebrates the release of its new self-titled
album. Its fidgety garage blues and pop romp shifts eclectically from howling
Jack White-esque riffs to falsetto spiked psyche-rock to driving power pop.
It’s like White, Pulp, the Flaming Lips and the Strokes collided.
Weenie Roast
The End celebrates 20 years mixing the `90s rock the station
built its reputation on (Stone Temple Pilots, Live, Blues Traveler) with
current dance pop (Passion Pit, Bleachers), established live favorites
(MuteMath, Langhorne Slim, Kopecky), buzz bands (X Ambassadors, Catfish &
the Bottlemen), and new rock (IAmDynamite, Atlas Genius).
Steve Earle & the Dukes
Saturday 7:30 p.m., McGlohon Theater, 345 N. College
St., $20-$39.50, www.blumenthalarts.org
At 60 and at the end of his seventh marriage, the modern
Americana legend lets the blues loose on his sixteenth studio album, “Terraplane.”
His recent shows with the Mastersons acting as both opening act and part of the
Dukes, focus on Texas blues, a few covers, hits, and fan favorites from his
storied career.
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
With the Brotherhood the Black Crowes frontman takes what he
calls a “farm-to-table” approach to music and the music business, digging
deeper into his funky Southern rock roots and releasing homegrown, limited, live
recordings. His latest is “Betty’s Blends, Volume Two,” which was mixed by
Grateful Dead archivist Betty Cantor-Jackson.
Slum Village
With T3 the only surviving member of the influential group that
launched J Dilla’s career (Dilla died in 2006, followed by the death of
cofounder Baatin in 2009), the renowned Detroit hip-hop group is now a duo. It’s
2015 album “Yes!” is marked by Dilla-produced tracks that were recorded before
his death. With Aswell, Lute, and Keyza Soulsay.
Los Enanitos Verdes
The Argentinian rock trio is like the South American equivalent
to the Police, U2, and Duran Duran rolled into one - that is a Latin rock giant
that’s concerts draw tens of thousands and whose career extends over three
decades. The group brings award winning Spanish-language rock back to the
Fillmore.
Leverage Models
With a knack for danceable art-rock and complex, lively
synth-pop, upstate New York producer and frontman Shannon Fields creates the
soundtrack to the `80s movie you never knew you missed and employees numerous
musician friends in the process. The band returns for Shiprocked! on the way
home from playing Hopscotch Fest this weekend.
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