Dave & Phil Alvin
The Alvin brothers, who co-piloted the legendary California
country punk outfit the Blasters before guitar whiz Dave left for a solo
career, spent 30 years apart before a health scare brought them back together.
Their reunion tour hits on their storied musical pasts and the recent tribute
album to honor Big Bill Broonzy.
Half Strangers/The Hot Gates
Former Charlottean Devon Elizabeth formed this new act after the
soulful singer-songwriter moved to Charleston. The rootsier Americana suits
her. She’s paired with Jason Scavone’s rollicking pop-rock band. Scavone
produced Elizabeth’s 2013 solo EP “The Loneliest Dream.”
Kiss/Def Leppard
Saturday 7 p.m., PNC Music Pavilion, 707 Pavilion
Blvd., $38.50-$186.50, www.livenation.com
Kiss celebrates its 40th anniversary by hooking up with UK classic rock co-headliners
Def Leppard’s Heroes Tour. Both bands churn out about 14 tracks that rely
heavily on older material from Kiss’ `70s and `80s albums and Leppard’s chart
topping “Hysteria” and “Pyromania.”
King Buzzo
Following the release of his solo debut, “This Machine Kills
Artists” the eccentric Melvins’ frontman embarks on a solo acoustic tour, but
don’t get the wrong idea. He may be a candid storyteller and exhibits a broader
sense of melody when the sludgy distortion subsides, but he hasn’t gone soft.
It’s a daring departure, but one you’d expect from him.
The Charlotte lo-fi indie-punk trio’s sophomore album “Things
Change” has drawn attention from Pitchfork and Brooklyn Vegan (thanks in part
to bassist Joshua Robbins and his wife Sarah’s growing indie label Self Aware
Records). If you miss old Dinosaur Jr. and Husker Du, the group’s grasp of
messy, noisy punk and more expansive moodier tracks should light your fire.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
The Grammy winning `90s hip-hop collective, whose sense of
lyrical melody and rapid-fire delivery influenced a generation of
lightning-tongued lyricist, reteamed earlier this week to reveal plans for a
2015 farewell album which - like Wu-Tang Clan - they plan to auction off for a
hefty sum.
I Am the Avalanche
Tuesday 9 p.m., The Milestone, 3400 Tuckaseegee Rd.,
$12, www.themilestoneclub.com
The Brooklyn band returned in March with its third album, “Wolverines”
- a blast of hard hitting blue collar punk that’s equal parts Gaslight Anthem
and Avail. It draws on very different circumstances from its six-year stalled
2011 comeback sophomore album. Frontman Vinnie Caruana wrote much of the album
while suffering a debilitating spinal injury.
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
The experimental art-pop sextet kicks off the four day Recess
Fest, which takes place across multiple Plaza Midwood venues. The buzzed about
underground group represents what the festival is all about with innovative songs
that often sound like blurry shoegazer compositions resting atop sweetly
neurotic pop music.
Lee Bains & the Glory Fires
Music fans would be hard pressed to find a live band that rocks
harder per dollar and the Alabama quartet’s Sub Pop debut, “Dereconstructed,”
plays less on leader Bains’ literate writing and soulful delivery and more on
the band’s raw live intensity with its soul singing and Southern rock grooves
cutting through buzzing, noise-punk distortion.
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