Brad Paisley
Following the release of his latest album “Moonshine in the
Trunk,” the country guitar whiz whose concert tours are big, show stopping
productions, returns with his Country Nation World Tour. Randy Houser, Dee Jay
Silver, Leah Turner, and Charlie Worsham open the show.
Jeremiah Wilde
Friday
10:30 p.m., Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St., $5, www.eveningmuse.com
This Charlotte rock band is the next step for frontman Jeremy
Vess and guitarist Jeremy Mullis, who gained local recognition in the band
Vess. The new quartet (with Kevin Dudley and Joe Reese) celebrates the release
of its dramatic, driving new single “Momentum.”
Matrimony
The busy family band, which has been spreading its spirited
folk-pop nationally since the major label release of “Montibello Memories” in
May, returns home briefly (before heading on tour again in October) for a free
show - one of the last of the River Jam series’ season.
Astronautalis/Sarah Jaffe
The acclaimed alternative rapper and the dreamy pop-rock
singer-songwriter may seem an odd pairing, but imagine a young, more
hip-hop-steeped Beck and a modern, less whimsical Kate Bush playing dingy clubs
together and you’ve got a recipe for “don’t miss.”
Scowl Brow
The punky Charlotte trio boasts the unapologetically frank and
sometimes controversial biographical songwriting of frontman Robby Hale, who
slings hard truths with a grain of hope like a young, yet grizzled Axl Rose. It
celebrates the release of its new six-track EP that’s built on Hale’s scratchy
voice, driving tempos and distorted hooks.
Lydia Loveless
The Ohio singer-songwriter may be the best true country
songwriter out there today making non-commercial country for young women who
can’t relate to the new Miranda. On her third album “Somewhere Else” her gnarly,
world weary heartache and dark sense of humor come across like a twangy, raised
on riot grrrl Stevie Nicks.
Coheed & Cambria
The progressive metal act recently rereleased its breakthrough
2003 album “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3,” which spawned the singles
“A Favor House Atlantic” and “Blood Red Summer.” The group will revisit the
album in its entirety live.
Joshua James
Discriminating singer-songwriting junkies love this Utah
transplant’s pastoral folk-based rock, which resonates with the spiritual beauty,
thought, and simplicity of the life he lives as a farmer, father, husband, and
brother in the mountains outside Mormon music mecca Provo.
Greensky Bluegrass
Thursday 8 p.m., Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., $17-$20, www.visulite.com
On its new album "If Sorrows Swim," the Kalamazoo, Mich. raised jam-grass outfit doesn't make your granddaddy's bluegrass, but the progressive band can pick with the best of them. Its live show mixes jam band improvisation, pop-rock, singer-songwriter originals, nibble fingered picking, and unusual covers.
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