The Shack Band
10 p.m. Friday, January 25, Double Door, 1218 Charlottetown
Ave. $7. 704-376-1446.
Myers Park grad Andrew Gillespie co-founded this quirky jam
rock act while at Virginia Tech. Now based in Richmond, the foursome is becoming
a staple on the festival circuit with its infectious energy, Southern organ and
guitar-fueled sing-alongs, and bright harmonies. It’s paired with local
reggae-roots party band Of Good Nature.
Shannon Whitworth
8 p.m. Saturday, January 26, Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson
St. $12-$14. 704-376-3737.
Whether bridging country, soul, and blues as a solo artist
or doing a sultry and jazzy classic duo album with Barrett Smith, Whitworth’s
dreamy alto channels artists like Rita Coolidge and Carly Simon with the more
contemporary drawl of a Southern steeped country singer.
The Marshall Tucker
Band
8 p.m. Saturday, January 26, Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th
St. $25-$35. 704-358-9298.
Possibly the first commercial outfit to completely blur the
line between pop and country - touring with classic rock peers while charting
country singles - Spartanburg’s favorite sons are long led by vocalist and sole
founding member Doug Gray who lost his original bandmates to retirement and
death. He and his longtime current band crank out staples like “Fire on the
Mountain,” “Heard It In a Love Song” and
“Can’t You See.”
Crowfield
8:30 p.m. Saturday, January 26, Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth
Ave. $12-$14. www.visulite.com
Neither burning out or fading away, Charleston’s Crowfield
is calling it quits after a banner year, three albums in six years, and being named
their hometown’s band of the year. This marks the group’s second to last show
and its first at Visulite after selling out the Evening Muse twice.
The Weeks/Junior
Astronomers
8:30 p.m. Sunday, January 27, Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave.
$8-$10. www.ticketfly.com
Call it the future sounds of the South - Charlotte’s own
Junior Astronomers team with Jackson, Mississippi’s the Weeks who signed with
Kings of Leon’s Serpent and Snakes label. A debut is due in April, but the latter’s
preliminary EP suggests literate lyrics, a Southern sound, and vocals that
bridge an edgier Counting Crows with early KOL and Springsteen.
Amy Ray/Heather
McEntire
8 p.m. Tuesday, January 29, Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson
St. $15. www.eveningmuse.com
The Indigo Girl works out new material in an intimate
solo/acoustic format with sometime collaborator McEntire (of the buzz-worthy
Chapel Hill trio Mount Moriah). Both play solo sets following Hiss Golden Messenger
as well as back each other up.
Jeff Mangum
8 p.m. Thursday, January 31, Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th
St. $31. www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
If you were a fan of late `90s lo-fi indie-rock then the
return of the once elusive Neutral Milk Hotel frontman/songwriter is a
must-see. Weirder than Wilco with fascinatingly curious lyrics, but still
anchored enough in tradition to remain accessible his Athens-based group’s 1998
record “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” has escalated in popularity since its
release 15 years ago making many a critic’s best of lists.
Solas
7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 31, McGlohon Theatre, 345 N.
College St. $19.50-$29.50. 704-372-1000.
Band lead Seamus Egan uses his great great Uncle’s
tumultuous experience immigrating to the US in the early 1900s for lyrical
fodder on this Celtic act’s tenth album, “Shamrock City,” making the new
material in his band’s set rich in personal connection, juicy details, and
historical perspective.
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