Diarrhea Planet
The breakout sextet from Nashville’s booming garage rock scene’s
punky rock n’ roll is a throwback to a time when alternative rock was slowly
cresting toward the mainstream on the fuzzy guitar hooks and deadpan sing-songy
choruses of Pavement and Dinosaur Jr. And it’s staked its reputation on a
killer live show.
106.5 End of Summer Weenie Roast
With the exception of headliner Weezer and `90s rock staple Fuel,
the annual Weenie Roast is relying on current rock acts like Fitz & the
Tantrums and Foster the People and hot up and comers Foxy Shazam, Wild Cub,
Iamdynamite, the Pretty Reckless, Bear Hands, Flagship, Big Data, and J. Roddy
Walston & the Business - for a lineup that puts the “new” back in the
station’s new rock format.
Jocelyn Ellis
Since her days fronting Charlotte rock band the Alpha Theory, the
UNCC grad has evolved musically and artistically. There are traces of Erykah
Badu, Grace Jones, Bjork, and Santigold, but Ellis - on projects like the
futuristic concept album “Life of a Hologram” - illustrates a voice, style and
persona all her own.
August Alsina
A true R&B singer for the hip-hop age, this 21-year-old takes
his experience dealing drugs on the streets of New Orleans and losing friends
and family to gunfire - which ultimately led to him turning from that life and
seriously pursuing music - and turns it into something fresh. He’s got more to
say than just lovelorn ballads and sexed up jams.
R5
It’s no wonder Disney star Ross Lynch (“Austin & Ally,” “Teen
Beach Movie”) and his sibling pop group with brothers Riker and Rocky and
sister Rydel (with friend Ellington Ratliff) has stormed the charts with
candy-coated, harmony-driven pop and big screen worthy videos given that the
family is full of triple threat performers.
Terry Bozzio
Music geeks and serious drummers won’t want to miss the former
Frank Zappa cohort and Missing Persons co-founder, who has since forged a
unique solo career as a clinician leading workshops and as a performer
astounding crowds with a massive rig that has to be seen and heard to be
appreciated.
Pinback
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of its Touch and Go records’
touchstone “Summer in Abandon,” the San Diego indie rock duo is performing the
album in its entirety as well as taking fan requests via paper airplanes from
its four other albums. With Tera Melos.
Ed Sheeran
A folkie raised on hip-hop and Taylor Swift’s former opener/BFF
graduates to arena headliner status following the June release of his sophomore
album “x” on which the massively popular ginger worked with Rick Rubin and
Pharrell. For longtime diehards, it’ll be interesting to see how his normally
stripped down, intimate club show translates.
David Mayfield Parade
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