Praised by Atwood magazine for his group's "jazzy, sultry indie rock upheaval from and for the soul," Memphis-based artist Josh Shaw brings his outfit Blvck Hippie to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on May 27 (Memorial Day) in support of the June 14 release Basketball Camp, Atwood adding that the dynamic musicians are "an emerging force reminiscent of The Strokes and The Black Keys, but with their own spirited and dynamic energy."

With his popular band Jared & the Mill lauded by College Times for its "its willowy jangle rock and hook-laden lyrics," the group's frontman Jared Kolesar will perform as a solo artist when his outfit Wheelwright headlines a concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's May 28 engagement treating fans to the talents of a singer/writer whose band, according to PopMatters, delivers "a scorching rock performance that consistently shifts in how it musically tells its story."

Currently touring in support of his March album Little Sun, a work that Americana Highways deemed " a masterful record with stunning production and musicianship of the highest quality," Charlie Parr headlines a May 26 record-release show at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, the country and blues-rock singer/songwriter's most recent offering also leading PopMatters to rave that Parr "never betrays his own vision, one that continues to find new routes to explore even 18 albums in."

Noted for being the Midwest's only act expressly dedicated to recreating the music of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, the, Chicago-based tribute artists of The Four C Notes play a May 18 concert event at Mt. Carroll's Timber Lake Playhouse. performing from a vast pop, rock, and ballad repertoire boasting such iconic smashes as “Sherry," “Big Girls Don’t Cry," “Walk Like A Man," “Workin’ My Way Back To You, (Babe)," "Let's Hang On," and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You."