{"id":31866,"date":"2026-07-31T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=31866"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:59:03","slug":"30-days-out-august-2026-1-broken-social-scene-abacab-gimme-hendrix-black-label-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/30-days-out-august-2026-1-broken-social-scene-abacab-gimme-hendrix-black-label-society\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days Out, August 2026 #1: Broken Social Scene, ABACAB, Gimme Hendrix, Black Label Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow. Some great stuff on tap in the coming 30 days. Two regional tribute acts, one original band, and a triple bill with elements of tribute and member-sharing. Off we go!<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Broken Social Scene<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Forestry Camp<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Sunday, Aug. 2, 6 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $50
\nWay back in the late \u201860s, pioneering rock journalist Lillian Roxon wrote about a nascent movement within the rock world: moving beyond the group format to something more ad hoc, something closer to the jazz aesthetic of musicians coming and going as needed\/as they please. Good an idea as it was, that movement never truly took off in a big way. But decades later, Canadian collective Broken Social Scene is proving the worth of the loose format. BSS has nine albums (if one counts the B-side collections), all showcasing the collective\u2019s defiantly indie mindset and musical approach. Their first album in nearly a decade (\u2018cause hey, they\u2019re all busy with other things as well) is this year\u2019s critically-praised Remember the Humans<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Abacab<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Orange Peel<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Thursday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $34.45
\nThis Charlotte-based tribute band deftly navigates the tricky and fraught path between the progressive\/art rock textures of early (Peter Gabriel era) Genesis and the later pop-oriented (Phil Collins era) material of that group. The actual Genesis didn\u2019t manage to please fans who preferred one over the other, but somehow ABACAB does. Their approach to the music \u2013 honoring the source material but not becoming slavish to it \u2013 is a big part of why it works. ABACAB tackles the music with wit, precision and style.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Gimme Hendrix<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Grey Eagle<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Friday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $18.95
\nI often take a kneejerk dislike toward bands that give themselves awful-pun names. Flint Eastwood, Buckcherry\u2026 you get the idea. But this one gets the nod, because the name telegraphs what\u2019s in the tin (as they say). Based just down the road apiece in Athens, Gimme Hendrix is a power trio extraordinaire, but then it wold be, wouldn\u2019t it? The fiery band shows how much can be done with the minimalist aesthetic of late \u201860s guitar-bass-drum trios. And the guitarist even plays a right-handed Strat left-handed!<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Black Label Society<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Harrah\u2019s<\/a> (aka Asheville Civic Center)
\nDate<\/b>: Sunday, Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $49.40
\nZakk Wylde seems intent on having his cake and eating it too, and affording fans the same degree of musical variety. Touring in support of their latest release Engines of Demolition<\/i>, BLS headlines an evening that also features Zakk Sabbath (yes, that\u2019s former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Wylde\u2019s Black Sabbath tribute band) and BLS guitarist Dario Lorina\u2019s side project Dark Chapel. In other words, some of the same guys in different contexts will serve up an evening of hard \u2018n\u2019 flashy rock.<\/p>\n

See you at the show!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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