CHARLOTTE
EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
May 20, 2009 - May 27,
2009
"I've never
known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in
store for you,
music itself is not going to let you down."
~ Virgil
Thompson ~
(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the
newsletter for special announcements and band news.)
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**All shows are in
Charlotte, NC, unless stated otherwise**
(click on the day of
the week to jump to that day)
WED |
THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED
**Jukebox
The Ghost w/Jenny Owen Youngs and The Winter Sounds
Tremont Music
Hall
8pm
http://www.tremontmusichall.com * http://toomuchhappiness.com/concert_review/jenny-owen-youngs-at-hotel-cafe-w-adam-stern
**Simplified (Full
Band)
Ballantyne Village-Village Bistro
6:30pm Outside
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**The
Crowntown Showdown featuring The Burning Hotels, Harvard, The Holly Days,
Sandcrawler, Stump Dickens, Woody Wood
The Double Door
Inn
8pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Jared
Allan
Cedar Street Tavern
8pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Scoot
Pittman (Solo)
Selwyn Pub
6:30pm
AND
D’Vine Wine
(Trio)
9pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**Doubting
Thomas
The Pewter Rose
http://www.pewterose.com
**Robin
Rogers Trio
Providence Cafe'
6:30pm-9:30pm
http://www.providencecafe.com * http://www.robinrogers.com
**The
Spongetones (3 week residency) (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Justin
& the Cosmics & The Afterwhiles & Love Colt (late
show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Simplified, Contagious,
Otherwoods, Jason Aldean, Lifehouse, Gavin DeGraw, Bell Biv DeVoe, Rodney
Atkins, Clint Black, Girls Guns & Glory & More TBA Food Lion
Speed Street
Uptown Charlotte
Full schedule posted at http://600festival.com/event_schedule.aspx * http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/locals_hit_speed_street/Content?oid=632657
**Sam
Thacker w/Hightide Blues
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Chris
Cook
T-Bones
7pm
Lake Wylie, SC
http://www.myspace.com/chriscookmusic
**Scoot
Pittman (Duo)
Fifty-1
9pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**The
Cometeers
The Comet Grill
9pm
http://www.myspace.com/thecometgrill
**Joltwagon
w/M4 Messenger & Near Gravity
The Visulite
Theatre
8:15pm
http://www.visulite.com
**Mike
Strauss w/Bill Scott, Randolph Lewis, Jon Schigoda, Donovan Collins, Molly Brown
and Beth Brown-Alrawi
The Pizza Peel
4422 Colwick
Road
7pm
http://www.mikestrauss.net
**Bill
Hanna Jazz Jam
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**2nd
Annual Snug 600 w/ Bob Log III, Willem Maker, 2013 Wolves, The Holy
Smokes
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**The Chad
Mackey Band
Ed's Tavern
10pm-1am
http://www.edstavern.com * http://www.chadmackey.com
**Simplified, Contagious,
Otherwoods, Jason Aldean, Lifehouse, Gavin DeGraw, Bell Biv DeVoe, Rodney
Atkins, Clint Black, Girls Guns & Glory & More TBA Food Lion
Speed Street
Uptown Charlotte
Full schedule posted at http://600festival.com/event_schedule.aspx * http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/locals_hit_speed_street/Content?oid=632657
**Simplified
The
EpiCentre-Wild Wing Cafe
SpeedStreet After Party
10pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**illicitizen
SK
NetCafe
9pm
http://www.myspace.com/illicitizen
**Rock
Bottom
Ricky J's
http://www.rockbottom.datatechis.com
**Mike
Strauss
The Pewter Rose
8:30pm
http://www.mikestrauss.net
**Alan
Barrington
The Wine Room - Afton Village
8pm
Concord, NC
http://www.myspace.com/alanbarrington
**MaxxMusic
& Landshark Entertainment Present: Ramseur Records Showcase w/Bombadil,
Paleface, Jim Avett & Friends, Frontier Ruckus & Samantha Crain &
The Midnight Shivers
The Visulite Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Lenny
Federal Band
The Comet Grill
10pm
http://www.myspace.com/thecometgrill * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**PASTE Magazine, WOXY
& IMEEM present: Roman Candle & The Deep Vibration (early
show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Jupiter One w/Dolson
& The Speedbumps (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**2nd Annual Snug 600 w/
Holy Liars, Trouble Walkers, Guam High, Slow Gun Shogun
Snug
Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Hopewell w/Foxchase &
Coma League
The Milestone Club
9pm
http://www.themilestoneclub.com
**Carolina Live Music
Society Presents: An Evening w/The Mantras & Vertigo Jazz
Project
Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.carolinalivemusic.net
**BG &
ME
The Sylvia Theater
9pm
York, SC
http://www.sylviatheater.com
**WNCW-FM
88.7/100.3 FM - Local Color Show
featuring local and regional
artists
Fridays 9:00-11:00 pm
http://www.wncw.org
**Simplified, Contagious,
Otherwoods, Jason Aldean, Girls Guns & Glory, Lifehouse, Gavin DeGraw, Bell
Biv DeVoe, Rodney Atkins, Clint Black, & More TBA Food Lion Speed
Street
Uptown Charlotte
Full schedule posted at http://600festival.com/event_schedule.aspx * http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/locals_hit_speed_street/Content?oid=632657
**MaxxMusic
& Landshark Entertainment Present: Toad the Wet
Sprocket
McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square
8pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/toad.htm
**Tommy Ray
& The Ray Guns, Chris McKay & The Critical Darlings, Chris English &
The North Americans & Chad Mackey
Prevue Music Hall
8pm -
1am
http://www.prevuemusichall.com
**Tony
Lucca w/Andrew Hoover & Joey Degraw (early show)
The Evening
Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Audioform
& Fuzz & Mac & Blount Harvey (late show)
The Evening
Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**The
Merrows
Rodi
8pm-10pm
http://www.rodiworld.com
**Contagious Blues Band
Speed Street 600 Festival
1:45pm Coca Cola Stage
http://www.myspace.com/contagiousbluesband * http://600festival.com/event_schedule.aspx
**Jared
Allan
Max's Alley - Afton Village
6:30pm-9:30pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Bums Lie
CD Release w/Stump Dickens
The Visulite Theatre
9:15pm
http://www.visulite.com
**Sol
Driven Train w/Truckstop Preachers
No Cover
The Neighborhood
Theatre
9pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**The Toni
Naples Band
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/thecometgrill
**2nd
Annual Snug 600 w/ Two Tears, Radio Taiwan, Throttlerod, The Have and the Have
Nots
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**The Young
Ages
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Antiseen
w/25 Minutes to Go & Music Hates You
The Milestone Club
9pm
http://www.themilestoneclub.com
**Crawford
Downs, Perry Fowler, & Dear Druid
The Common Market
No
Cover
9pm-midnight
http://www.myspace.com/thecommonmarketbands
**Folsom
Prison Gang - Johnny Cash Tribute
The Sylvia Theater
9pm
York,
SC
http://www.sylviatheater.com
**WNCW-FM 88.7/100.3 FM -
Local Color Show
featuring local and regional artists
7pm
http://www.wncw.org
**Poprocket
& More
35th Street in
NoDa
7pm
**Simplified
Mac's Speed Shop
8pm
http://www.macspeedshop.com * http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Jared
Allan
The Wine Vault
7pm–10pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**afto|n|
presents Indie Rock
The Evening Muse
6:15pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com
**2nd
Annual Snug 600 w/ Crank County Daredevils, The Poontanglers, Appalucia, The
Bitterman
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**WNCW 88.7
Local Color
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
http://www.wncw.org
**"90
Minutes (Local & Regional Music) - Sundays 8:30 pm - 10 pm (Divakar)
and
ENDSessions 10pm (Nate)
WEND 106.5 The End (every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com
**"No
Static At All" Radio - an eclectic mix of music by local
musicians
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
hosted by Gael Warning's Jeff
Chester
http://www.myspace.com/nostaticatallfm
**Simplified
The
Rusty Rudder
4pm - Outdoors
http://www.therustyrudder.com * http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Find Your
Muse Open Mic w/Featured Performer Sequoyah Prep School
The Evening
Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.myspace.com/findyourmuse
**Service
Industry Night w/The Monday Night Allstars
The Double Door
Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Chris
Cook
Bentley’s
8:30pm
Belmont, NC
http://www.myspace.com/chriscookmusic
**Jared
Allan
Uno's (Uptown) Outside Patio
5pm–9pm
College and Martin
Luther King
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Les
Claypool w/O'death
The Neighborhood Theatre
8pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**J Wail
w/Silver Machine
The Double Door Inn
9 pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Fair Play
featuring Bobby Donaldson (guitar), Donnie Marshall (drums), Tuf (bass) &
Robin Rogers
The Fairview Grill
9:30pm - 1am
5124 Park
Rd.
http://www.fairviewgrill.com
**Red
Rocking Chair (every Tues)
The Comet Grill
http://www.myspace.com/thecometgrill
**Open Mic
at The Bucket Shop (every Tues)
1601 Montford Drive
http://www.myspace.com/tuesdaynightbucketshop
**The Lee
Boys
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Jared
Allan
Black Finn's @ EpiCentre
9pm-midnight
http://www.jaredallan.com
**The
Spongetones (3 week residency) (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Fernandina w/Eleisha
Eagle (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Events
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*** = New Additions This Week
Misc News, Events & Announcements:
***FemmeFest coordinators Lea Kuhlmann & Therese
Bartholomew interviewed in the May issue of Today's Charlotte Woman:
http://www.todayscharlottewoman.com/component/content/article/57-exclusive/248-femmefest-exclusive-content-may-09
***You can buy advance tickets to many of the upcoming live local shows at Manifest, CD Warehouse and/or Lunchbox Records.
***Campaign to Save Paste Magazine - donate and get rare and exclusive MP3s by The Decemberists, Neko Case, Cowboy Junkies, The Jayhawks and more! http://www.pastemagazine.com/paste/letter-to-paste-readers.html
**New Homebrew CD. If you’re a band within 30 miles of Charlotte that independently released music in the last seven months — since roughly September of last year — send in your CD or mp3. Submissions are due by the end of the month. We’re looking for any and all genres. Contact jeff.hahne@creativeloafing.com or visit http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/vibes/2009/05/06/mixing-up-some-homebrew/ for more information and the mailing address.
**Therese Bartholomew is now selling her new book, "Coffee Shop God" through The Final Gift Film website for $12. 100% of the book's sales goes to complete The Final Gift documentary. OR Receive a book with a $25 tax deductible film donation made through Southern Documentary Fund our non-profit fiscal sponsor. Go to http://www.thefinalgiftfilm.com and click on donations. Donations and Investors are still needed to fund "The Final Gift" Film Documentary. Please visit http://www.thefinalgiftfilm.com to VIEW THE NEW TRAILER, see photos from the recent fundraiser, find out more and to make a donation.
**The new Shuffle Magazine #6 now at your favorite music shops and stops...and online at http://www.shufflezine.tv.
**PunkRock&ScissorsFest - July 25th, all ages all day outdoor concert benefit for The Milestone Club. - http://myspace.com/prsfest
**Win 2 tickets to see Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addition w/Street Sweeper - Fri June 12th - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Contest ends Sun June 7th @ Midnight - http://www.1065.com/cc-common/radiobase/contest.html?id=6325
**The 5th Annual Music Camp June 19 & 20 - w/Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Donna the Buffalo, The Belleville Outfit, The Blue Dogs, The Duhks, The Infamous Stringdusters, Boombox, Casey Driessen and The Color Fools, The Shane Pruitt Band, Matthew Knights Williams, The Piedmont Boys, The DAM Combo, On the Corner Band - Spartanburg, SC - http://www.themusiccamp.com
**Join the The Charlotte Live Alt/Rock/Indie Music Meetup Group and see live, original music and meet new friends - http://livemusic.meetup.com/136/
**Post and read reviews about anything and everywhere in Charlotte at Yelp.com - http://www.yelp.com/charlotte-nc
**Share and
read reviews of local restaurants and bars & nightlife on MySpace -
http://local.myspace.com
Recent Show Reviews, Photos and/or Videos:
***O.A.R. w/Simplified - Nascar Rev'd Up - Photos by Adam Schultz - http://adamschultz.smugmug.com/gallery/8210457_8ouvh#536601384_azVUP
***Not So Solemn & The Houstons - The Evening Muse - Photos & Reviews by Monty Chandler - http://www.examiner.com/x-3774-Charlotte-Music-Examiner
***The Stellas check in from their Southwest Asia tour http://blogs.myspace.com/thestellasband
Misc:
**1st Annual Mountain Aid Festival to Fight against Mountaintop Removal and Promote Clean Energy in NC - June 19-20, 2009 at Shakori Hills Farm in Chatham County, NC - w/Kathy Mattea, Ben Sollee, and Donna the Buffalo. The Mountain Aid concert benefits Pennies of Promise, a grassroots campaign to construct a new building for Marsh Fork Elementary School in West Virginia. Advance tickets for Mountain Aid are on sale now for $22.50 ($30 at the gate). On-site camping, food and craft vendors will be available. For more details, visit http://www.mtnaid.com and http://www.shakorihills.org.
**Charlotte Pop Fest 2009 - the last weekend in September - proceeds to benefit the Richard Dawkins Foundation. Details TBA. http://richarddawkins.net/article,3792,Charlotte-Pop-Fest-2009,Power-Pop-Music-Festival-in-Charlotte-NC
Radio:
**Listen online to our local and regional bands at Complex
Radio - WNCW 88.7FM , CharlotteMusician.com, WGWG 88.3FM (Boiling Springs, NC) and WSGE 91.7FM, as well as those weekly specialty programs
mentioned above.
"thank
you laurie for the great work you do promoting music!"
Tammy Brackett -
Moonstruck Promotions - http://www.moonstruckpromotions.com
*****************
THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! <3
***Looking Ahead: (new additions or
updates)
^Potential sell
out - recommend getting advance tickets
***************
05/28
- Stephen Marley - Amos' Southend
05/29 -
Josh Phillips Folk Festival - The Neighborhood
Theatre
05/30 - Jeff Kashiwa &
Innertwyned - Utopia 5.30.09
05/30 - ^Josh Ritter - Cat's
Cradle - Carrboro, NC
05/30 - FemmeFest in
NoDa (Volunteers Needed - see Above) featuring Jocelyn
Ellis & the Alpha Theory, Liz Durrett, Donna Duncan, The Near Misses,
Lindsey Horne, The Bowmans, Volatile Baby, Soul Survivor, Mosadi, Cary Ann
Hearst, Adrianne, Mieka Pauley, Kyler, HuDost, Reeve, Shirlette Ammons, Ashley
Chambliss, Christabel & the Jons, Stephanie's Id, Miss Tess & the Bon
Ton Parade, Sarah DeShields, We Landed on the Moon, Eva Gael, and Natalie
Royal and more!
05/30 -
Lou Gramm - Ovens Auditorium
05/31 - Little Feat
- Amos' Southend
06/04 - The Decemberists w/Blind
Pilot - Memorial Auditorium - Raleigh, NC
06/04 - The
English Beat - The Neighborhood Theatre
06/05/06/07 - Annual
Taste of Charlotte Festival - Uptown Charlotte
06/05-06 - ^Beatles Tribute Nights -
McGlohon Theatre - Tickets on Sale Now
06/05 - Rusted Root - Amos'
Southend
06/06 - Hillside House Concert w/Rick
Spreitzer - Bethlehem NC - Reservations at cdcdx@embarqmail.com
06/06 - Gaelic Storm - The Neighborhood Theatre
06/06 -
No Doubt - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
06/07 - ARC
Angels - The Neighborhood Theatre
06/08 - Jessica Lea
Mayfield - The Visulite Theatre
06/09 - ^X - The Cat's Cradle -
Carrboro, NC
06/09 - Cowboy Mouth - The Visulite
Theatre
06/09 - ^Steely
Dan - Durham Performing Arts Center - Durham, NC
06/09 -
Chicago & Earth, Wind & Fire - Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre
06/09 - ^Phish
Reunion - Asheville Civic Center - SOLD
OUT
06/10 - Steve Earle - The Arts Center -
Carrboro, NC
06/10 - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
- The Neighborhood Theatre
06/11 - Grizzly
Bear - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
06/11 -
Ryan Montbleau Band - The Double Door
06/11 - TV On The Radio w/Dirty Projectors
- Amos' Southend
06/12 - Jane's Addiction & Nine
Inch Nails - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
06/13 - TRKFest w/Megafaun, Lost in the
Trees, Ivan Howard (of The Rosebuds), Embarrassing Fruits, Hammer No More the
Fingers, The Never and more - Piedmont Biofuels - Pittsboro, NC
06/14 - Elvis Costello - Cary's Koka Booth
Amphitheatre
06/17 - ^Band of Horses - The Neighborhood
Theatre
06/18 - Taking Back Sunday - Amos' Southend
06/19 - Superdrag - The Milestone
Club
06/20 - Camera Obscura - Cat's
Cradle - Carrboro, NC
06/20 - Bad Company w/The Doobie
Brothers - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
06/20 -
Lucero - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
06/26 - Marah - The Milestone
Club
06/26 - Patrick Wolf - Cat's
Cradle - Carrboro, NC
06/27 - Dexter Romweber
Duo - The Milestone Club
06/27 - ^Angie Aparo w/Mark Kano &
Mike Garrigan - The Visulite Theatre
07/04 - Hank
III - Amos' Southend
07/08 - Kiss
95.1 Presents Thriving Ivory - The Neighborhood
Theatre
07/09 - ^moe - The Neighborhood
Theatre
07/09 - Aerosmith & ZZ Top - Bobcats
Arena
07/11 - Bill Noonan And the Fallen Gentlemen (CD Release!) and
Overmountain Men (David Childers, Randy Saxon & Rob Childers) -
Snug Harbor
07/14 - The Offspring - Boutique Amphitheatre At
The Music Factory
07/17 - Simplified - The Sylvia
Theater
07/17 - ^Zack
Rosicka Band - The Double Door Inn
07/17 - The Trachtenburg
Family Slideshow Players - The Milestone Club
07/18 - Paul
Thorn Band - The Neighborhood Theatre
07/22-26 - ^XX Merge Fest -
Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, Spent, M. Ward, The Rosebuds, Destroyer,
Guv'ner, Polvo, Piple, The Broken West & More - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
- SOLD OUT
07/23-26 - FloydFest - Blue Ridge Parkway
07/24 - Gov’t
Mule - Charlotte Fillmore
08/08 - Avett Brothers with Brett
Dennen - Bojangles Coliseum
08/08 - ^Carolina Smooth Jazz Friends
Series w/Peter White, Nick Colionne & Maysa - CPCC Halton
Theatre
08/08 - Def Leppard with Poison and Cheap Trick -
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
08/11 - Sugar
Ray - Amos' South End
08/14-15 - Charlotte Irish Summer Festival - Uptown Charlotte
08/30 - Motley
Crue - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
09/04 - Little Anthony & The Imperials - Ovens
Auditorium
09/08 - The Cult - Amos'
Southend
09/13 - J.J. Grey & Mofro will
perform at Belk Theater on Sept. 13 with The Derek Trucks
Band.
09/17 - The Indigo Girls - The
Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
10/01 - Blink 182
- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
10/03 - ^U2 - Carter Finley
Stadium - Raleigh, NC
10/03-04 - Widespread Panic
w/The Allman Brothers - Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre
10/08 - Robin Trower - Amos'
Southend
10/11 - War - The Neighborhood
Theatre
10/13 - Bonnie Raitt - Thomas Wolfe
Auditorium - Asheville, NC
10/15 - Chris
Smither - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
10/18 -
Metallica - TWC Arena
11/07 - ^Gerald Albright with Special
Guest Rick Braun - CPCC Halton Theater
The
Charlotte Weekly Happenings Newsletter and Updates can be found
at:
http://www.carolinamusicconnection.com * http://www.myspace.com/charlottemusic * http://charlottemusic.typepad.com/charlotte_events_calendar/ *
http://charlotteeventscalendar.blogspot.com/ and
http://twitter.com/charlottemusic
RSS
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