Cracker
6 p.m. Friday, June
28, Fountain Plaza at NC Music Factory, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. $10. www.ncmusicfactory.com
Band leader David Lowery - who is doing double time touring
with both Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven this summer - helps close out the
Friday Live! concert series with modern rock classics like “Low,” “Teen Angst (What
the World Needs Now)” and “Euro-Trash Girl.”
Charlotte 1960s Rock
n’ Roll Reunion
8 p.m. Friday, June
28, Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St. $15. www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
Charlotte photographer Daniel Coston and the Mannish Boys’
Jacob Berger celebrate the release of their new book chronicling the NC rock
scene during the 1960s by reuniting veteran artists the Good, the Bad & the
Ugly, the Young Ages, Bobby Donaldson & the Ravens, and the Abbadons. G,B
& U and the Abbadons play their first shows since 1994 and 1967,
respectively.
Hated: A Tribute to
GG Allin
8 p.m. Friday, June
28, Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave. $8. www.tremontmusichall.com
Some of the local musicians that knew the notorious punk
figure, who spent time in Charlotte and recorded with our own Antiseen, pay
musical tribute to him on the 20th anniversary of his death.
Featuring members of Antiseen, Biggy Stardust, the Chalkies, Self-Made Monsters
and others.
Jeremy
Davis/Jon Lindsay
9 p.m. Saturday, June
29, Queen City Q, 225 E. 6th St. $ 5. www.clture.org
Two area songwriters (Davis
as frontman for Elonzo and solo artist Lindsay) kick off Tangled Up in Q. The new monthly folk-rock
series celebrates NC’s rich folk music history and is paired with another
Carolina staple - BBQ.
NoDa Summer MusicFest
6 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, June 29 and 30. Chop Shop, 311 E. 399 E. 35th St. $10 single
day/$15 two-day pass www.chopshopnoda.com
Forty acts offer a diverse sampling of the regional and
local music scene during this pre-Independence Day bash which features Jonas
Sees in Color and Chasing Pedestrians among Saturday’s acts. Sunday’s lineup
includes Wicked Jones (see video), Through the Fallen, Lifecurse, Blu Avenue, Leviathan,
and Eternal Mortality.
The Hussy
9 p.m. Monday, Thomas
St. Tavern, 1218 Thomas Ave. Free. 704-376-1622.
Descriptions like “face-melting and trash” may not indicate
the actual melody that seeps through the cloudy layer of distorted that
surrounds this Wisconsin duo’s trippy psychedelic punk, which Patti Smith guitarist
and writer Lenny Kaye recently dubbed one of the top 10 garage rock bands to
watch.
Jason Isbell
7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
July 3, Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave. $16. www.visulite.com
The former Drive-By Trucker continues to prove his mettle as
a stellar songwriter on his latest album, “Southeastern.” He’s joined by a
dreamy duo with a playfully confounding name - Widowspeak - who sound like a
folky American version of Mazzy Star.
Trapt
8 p.m. Wednesday, July
3, Amos’, 1423 S. Tryon St. $13-$15. www.ticketfly.com
A late entry following the `90s new rock trend, this
California hard rock outfit expands its sound on 2012’s “Reborn” with synth and
samples. The evolution isn’t a complete reinvention. The metallic emotionally
charged feel and hooks remain intact.
Coca-Cola July 4th
Festival
3:30 p.m. Wednesday, 2
p.m. Thursday, July 3 and 4, US National Whitewater Center, Free/VIP Tickets
$45-$75. www.usnwc.org
The Apache Relay and Keller Williams headline this 2-day
celebration. Cory Chisel and Mountain Heart join Apache Relay Wednesday. Thursday
Swear and Shake and Big Daddy Love open for Williams, who’ll be accompanied by
his funk ensemble More Than a Little.
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