RUDY CURRENCE & FAT SNACKS BAND This rising soul crooner and Rock Hill, S.C., native has been steadily kicking out music as part of Ludacris' Disturbing The Peace imprint. He's backed by Charlotte's Fat Snacks Band who's made a name for covers but also played with acts like Grammy-nominated The Foreign Exchange, Carlitta Durand and Little Brother. Jason "Jetplane" Jones and Essexence are also on the bill. $15-20, Amos' Southend, www.amossouthend.com (Mike McCray)
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DEAKIN A founding member of Animal Collective, Deakin (aka Josh Dibb) takes the freeform explorations of that outfit further off the planet. Currently on leave from the quartet, Deakin meshes spacey sounds and avant garde trance into an amalgam of psychedelic dub. It's obvious that Deakin has a love of, and more importantly, an ear for sound manipulation, because his music's got soul and doesn't get lost in cold electronica. $12, The Evening Muse, www.theeveningmuse.com (Samir Shukla)