Love and Theft
Matthews-native Eric Gunderson - one half of this country duo
best known for 2011’s "Angel Eyes" - is one of a handful of national artists
returning home for pre-holiday concerts. He and Stephen Barker Liles embark on
their first headlining trek with the "Night You’ll Never Forget Tour" in
anticipation of a new album in February.
Wretched
After a run on this summer’s Rock Star Energy Mayhem Festival the
technical metal wizards - whose self-produced album “Cannibal” has been drawing
accolades - play a hometown show at their old thrashing grounds before heading
out on the Warriors of Winter Tour with Battlecross next week.
Anberlin
Five days before it ends its 12-year run at the House of Blues in
Orlando not far from its hometown in Florida, the alternative hard rock band
makes its last Carolina appearance on
its Final Tour, folling the July release of its final album "Lowborn."
Amigo
Friday
10 p.m., Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St., $5, www.snugrock.com
Amigo frontman Slade Baird celebrates his birthday performing his
last show of the year with his rising Charlotte roots rock band. He invited two
of his favorite bands - Magnolia Collective and Sinners & Saints - along
for the ride before Amigo gets serious upping its touring efforts in 2015.
The Flatland Tourists
This Union County roots music collective of seasoned players and
songwriters laces bluegrass instrumentation with shades of early `70s rock and
classic country and then tops it with the soulful bluesy singing of Rachel Garcia. Its self-titled, Mark Williams-produced debut EP, which was released earlier
this month.
Tyler Ramsey
The Asheville-based Band of Horses guitarist who has released
three solo albums and often opens for his more famous band returns for an
intimate set of haunting, dreamy pastoral folk that’s reminiscent to Neil Young (thanks for Ramsey's voice and delivery).
Slayer
The Big Four metal giant takes a break from working on a 2015
release to reteam with Suicidal Tendencies and Exodus for its first Charlotte headlining
show in many years. The upcoming album will be its first without founding
guitarist Jeff Hanneman (who died in 2013) and its first since 2001 with
drummer Paul Bostaph.
Lyfe Jennings
Make it a date night fellas. The R&B crooner may have
weathered his share of drama (two stints in prison), but the reformed musician
wows as a Luther Vandross-style romantic showman that nearly sings the clothes
off the ladies without getting raunchy.
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
The holiday juggernaut rolls into uptown to kick off the season
as it celebrates its 30th Anniversary Christmas Tour. With such high
demand and such a short window of time to celebrate, this is one of two simultaneous
tours hitting the US between now and New Year’s.
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