Ziggy’s is kind of awesome on Sunday, with Los Lonely Boys with the Kicks playing an early show and Passafire and Truth ‘N Rights later.

Thursdays show by psycho-punks Nekromantix.

North Carolina music lost a great one this week when ALS claimed the life of Tim LaFollette..

Its a punky reggae party tonight at Ziggys with the Wailers. Not a reference to the downtown Greensboro culinary scene, but odd-looking Maryland pop band the Dangerous Summer plays Greene Street Club with Lakeview Drive, Shilohs Mantra and I Call Fives. At the Blind Tiger, its a night of beautiful music with Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands, Channing and Quinn, and Songs of Water.

Tonight at the Blind Tiger, the Dirty Bourbon River Show bring vaudeville, burlesque and dirty delta blues for a mere $5. Perpetual Groove lays down the jams at Ziggys, and earlier in the day, and multi-instrumentalist Donna Hughes plays Tunes at Noon.

If their first two albums are any indication, Dawes could be one of the next great folk bands. They play Ziggys tonight with Caleb Caudle & the Bayonets. Walrus & the Hall Monitors hook up with Sam Frazier at the Blind Tiger, and the summer of scream continues at Greene Street Club with Greeley Estates, the Plot In You, Life On Repeat, Miracle At St. Anna and Ever After.

Theres no Pepper, but it is the original trio when Corrosion of Conformity.

Fastest. Summer. Ever. Michael Ken plays a countrified Tunes at Noon in Center City Park today, and later, Cedric Burnside brings the Delta to the Clubhouse. Maylene & the Sons of Disaster blast eardrums Southernstyle with 10 Years at Greene Street Club, while Emily Stewart & Baby Teeth play soft and purty with SalemSpeaks and Homesick Elephant at the Blind Tiger.

Alone? Misunderstood? Find solace in two days of angsty hardcore at the Blind Tiger,.

Tunes at Noon in mid-July is like one of those not-sweaty-in-the-meeting Degree commercials waiting to happen, and its scored with world-fusion by the Astanza Project today in Center City Park.

Its a cold day in Lumberton when I send someone to Backstreets/the Underground/Buckhead/whatever.

Its the furthest point between last weekend and next, so center yourself at todays.

The debut of Trio-Scapes with bassist Dan Briggs of BTBAM happens tonight at Glenwood Coffee and Books. Theyre joined by Charlottes Junior Astronomers and Pittsburghs Run Forever. Trib, AKA Total Package, spits at Platinum Nightlife alongside Rick Rogers, Yung Prada and Abstract

Today in Center City Park, the excellent acoustic pop trio Small Town Gossip rule your Tunes at Noon. Is it wrong to say that the Crossfade show tonight at the Blind Tiger might actually be worth your dollar? They were let go by Columbia and after a few years on the brink, they might actually have something to say in their music. Theyll be joined by New Age of Radio and Pop Evil.

Once more time again, Trombone Shorty aint happening tonight, but the Blind Tiger.

His painfully smug deportment aside, Scotty McCreery is probably a nice kid and all. That said, you knew the fix was in as soon as he was conspicuously absent from the group sing-alongs that would have outed him as the one-dimensional voice that he is. Hes no Walter Washington

Asheville folk/pop band Now You See Them roll into town for a double-header, starting tonight at Elliotts Revue and wrapping up Thursday at the Blind Tiger with the Brand New Life and Uncle Mountain. Hammer No More the Fingers and Embarrassing Fruits

Kneel to the Blind Idiot God tonight at the Blind Tiger as Love Craft holds court, while Pholksinger Josh plays some Southern acoustic tunes with a bitter pill of politics.

RIP Pin Ups; it had potential, but was taken well before its time. The dozen or so who actually went will miss it, but there will always be options. If youre in the mood for something strummy and sing-songy, Rob Blackwell is your Tunes at Noon entertainment today.

While the world saw one couple united in matrimony, another split in almost as dramatic a fashion. The Blind Tiger.