What’s New This Week
for the week of August 28, 2015
Photo by Martin Thomas
We’re squeezing out the last bit of summer before pumpkin spice and haunted houses take over everyone’s weekend agendas. (Well…we’re kind of looking forward to the haunted stuff, can’t lie.) Nonetheless, we’re enjoying all the final summer festivals, events, and weekend-long parties while we still can! Take a look at what August’s end has in store for us before we exchange them for the fruit of Fall and Winter concerts and events.
The Milestone plans to spend Friday night, August 28, with rock ‘n’ roll “power-pop” group The Cry, alternative collection The Fill Ins, and Careless Romantic, while Southern hip hop MC Big Smo takes over Amos’ Southend along with Haden Carpender and DJ Orig. The Seduction is joined by Green Fiend, DSR and Jaggermouth at Snug Harbor, and Social Distortion stops by The Fillmore. Also on Friday evening, four-piece blues and rock fusion The Hazlegroves will be at Double Door Inn; Tremont Music Hall hosts a group of local favorites including Charlotte hard rock bands Fiftywatt Freight Train and Deep Sky along with NC rock band A Course of Action; South Carolina singer/songwriter Patrick Davis can be found at The Evening Muse; and The Sylvia Theatre brings back Ricky Vacca along with Dave Huberman, Steve Simpson and Paul Finnican. In the Triangle area, Carolina Theatre delivers Iris Dement Friday night.
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Photo of Dean Ween Group by Brian “BT” Twitty
The Cat’s Cradle debuts the Be Loud! 15, a music fest that runs weekend long. Kicking it off Friday night are John Howie Jr, Rosewood Bluff, S.C.O.T.S., Neil Diamond Allstars and Chicken Wire Gang, followed up by a Saturday afternoon lineup including Girls Rock NC, Skinny Bag of Sugar, The Vernacular, Flash Chorus, Some Antics and Will McInerney, and an evening set with The Veldt, Dillon Fence and Preeesh!. Elsewhere on Saturday night, August 29, heavy metal takes over Amos’ including Black Ritual, Auxilla, Skinkage, Blackwater Drowning, A Light Divided, Lifecurse, Imperium and Decendents of Chaos, God Save the Queen City returns to The Fillmore featuring Dean Ween Group and more. Mac McCaughan + The Non-believers teams up with Flesh Wounds at Snug Harbor, and Southern rock infusions Hardcore Lounge, Lovesucker, and Doug McCurry & The Verticals share the stage at Double Door Inn.
Photo of Gareth Asher by Dianna Augustine
Featuring everything from acoustic to punk to electric to country, The Drunken Cuddle is a melting pot of genres, which you can check out at The Milestone Saturday night along with Glitter Bomb Burlesque and The Kyle Perkins Band. Swing by Neighborhood Theatre for Americana/bluegrass crew The Steeldrivers, or introduce yourself to BYOG, Maradeen and Major and the Monbacks at Visulite Theatre. NC artist Joe Firstman and singer/songwriter Gareth Asher open up with a set at The Evening Muse Saturday evening, followed by the alternative rock project of Matt Carlson, The Wild Domestic, and all girl rock band The Reason You Stayed. The Ritz Raleigh has Earl Sweatshirt, Remy Banks and Nxworries, and Take It Easycore Fest 2015 drops by Tremont featuring Crunkasaurus Rex, Trophy Room, Settle Your Scores, Until We Get Caught, Boulders, Southview, Erased, Anchors to Anchors, Hope Sets Sail, Sunnydale, The Oh Whales and City of Sirens.
Photo of Charlotte School of Rock by Juan Ossa
On Sunday, August 30, a punk rock lineup involving Wolves and Wolves and Wolves and Wolves, The Record Collection, Aloha Broha and HU/LK takes the stage at The Milestone; blues music fans can find a comfort zone at Double Door Inn with Rick Estrin & The Nightcats; and Don Dixon & The Jump Rabbits deliver some reminiscent “jangle pop” at The Evening Muse along with long-standing Americana artist, Jeffrey Dean Foster. Also on Sunday, Bone Snugs-N-Harmony delivers another fantastic night of karaoke at Snug Harbor. Charlotte School of Rock takes over Neighborhood Theatre with an agenda including Rock Chorus, Rock 101′s Tribute to Queen, Rock 102′s Tribute to AC/DC, The Best of U2, Hip Hop Evolution, The Best of Jack White, and The Rolling Stones presented by School of Rock.
Check out Keb’ Mo’ at Carolina Theatre Monday night, August 31 or back in Charlotte you can find this week’s featured artist at The Evening Muse’s Find Your Muse Open Mic Night, lead singer of folk rock band Time Sawyer, Sam Tayloe. As always, the local staples like Snug Harbor’s hip hop night, Knocturnal, or Double Door Inn’s variety night brought to you by The Monday Night Allstars never fail to disappoint. Tuesday night, September 1, includes The Dead Men with Tedo Stone and Oak House at Snug Harbor, and Double Door Inn’s resident jazz fest, Bill Hanna Jazz Jam.
Wednesday, September 2, features some R&B, new residencies, and even some sense of humor. The elusively staffed Halden Vang is joined by singer/songwriter and producer Grey Revell at The Milestone Wednesday night, while Snug Harbor debuts its September residency, YARBS. Tosco House Party returns to The Evening Muse to give local talent stage opportunity, and Tremonstrous Comedy Wednesdays kicks off at Tremont featuring Jacob B, Ryan Davis, Spencer Taylor and Jake Manning. On Thursday, September 3, JC the Poet hosts soulful R&B artist Angie Stone at Amos‘; The Milestone delivers a dose of aggressive rock and metal with A Morbid Curiosity, Etched in Stone and The Body Bags; Neighborhood Theatre hosts Here Come the Mummies; and SHIPROCKED! brightens up another week at Snug Harbor. Alternatively, you can check out Trevor Hall with Tubby Love at Cat’s Cradle, or British singer/songwriter Martin Stephenson with indie folk rock group The Wilhelm Brothers and singer/songwriter Helen McCookerybook at The Evening Muse.
#twitfromthepit action shot by Brian “BT” Twitty
Don’t forget to share with us your weekly musical experiences by tweeting with hashtag #TWITFROMTHEPIT, and let us know what you think while you’re out and about. Also, if you have any thoughts to share on this week’s calendar or have any upcoming events you’d like to tip us off to, you can leave a comment here, use hashtag #Shutter16, or email us.