Stuff to Do, Week of February 17, 2005

grady grady at ibiblio.org
Fri Feb 18 12:59:37 EST 2005


Is it for real for real early? Because we tried to go to the supposedly 
9-11p.m. show at Nightlight last night (Dynamite Club + 2 Japanese 
bands) only to learn, once we got there, that it had somehow been merged 
with the Triple-Ts dance night that was to follow, and thus the first 
band wasn't going on til 10:30 or something.

Hmm.

Ross

Ben Davis wrote:
> as if there wasnt enough...
> you can eat and catch an early show...
> 
> 
> Friday Feb 18th
> Early Show at Nightlight (Skylight Exchange, ) Chapel Hill, NC
> 405 1/2 w rosemary st   chapel hill NC 27516  919.933.5550
> 
> *********8 pm**********  for real
> Ben Davis (solo) Lovitt Records
> Panoply Academy of Legionaires – Secretly Canadian
> 
> Come out and see an amazing band, the Panoply Academy of Legionaires, on 
> tour from Bloomington, IND. Arty rawk that will shake your butt and your 
> brain –the veteran band's live energy has made them a fan favorite for 
> every young scrapper who has been lucky enough to see them perform on 
> their dozen tours across the US between 1996 and 2001 in which they 
> played every sweaty basement DIY club in the midwest and on both coasts. 
> -vintage avant-kookiness perfected across  three full-lengths ,an EP and 
> countl;ess compilation tracks – NOT TO BE MISSED-
> 
> Ben Davis will open with some solo renditions of songs from his 2 CDs on 
> Lovitt records – A set created uniquely for this show involving a laptop 
> and a keyboard - .
> 
> grady wrote:
> 
>>Thursday, February 17
>>Dynamite Club [http://www.dynamiteclub.com/], Guva 
>>[http://homepage3.nifty.com/fact/], Piccarensu
>>Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>>
>>Dynamite Club are from NYC but either one of them is Japanese or they've 
>>otherwise landed on the mysterious asia-touring-circuit; their website 
>>is filled with references to headlining huge festivals in Taiwan, plus 
>>of course here they are arriving at Nightlight with two Japanese bands 
>>in tow.
>>
>>Details are sketchy about Guva and Piccarensu, other than their basic 
>>Japaneseness. What we know about Dynamite Club is based primarily upon 
>>the photos on their website, which involve seemingly frantic gyrations & 
>>playing guitar in one's tighty-whiteys. Also: kung-fu and/or wrestling. 
>>The songs are evil, but in a good way.
>>
>>
>>
>>Thursday, February 17
>>Eugene Chadbourne [http://www.eugenechadbourne.com/], Han Bennink 
>>[http://www.epitonic.com/artists/hanbennink.html], Kolyma 
>>[http://www.myspace.com/kolyma], Sunshine Radio [http://www.thenein.com]
>>Martin Street Music Hall, Raleigh
>>
>>Dr. Eugene Chadbourne (he's a doctor of ethnoweirdmusicology) has 
>>devoted most of the past 30 years to destroying the boundaries between 
>>the indigenous musics of the United States: blues, jazz, country, 
>>bluegrass. I dunno if he's taken on hip-hop yet, but I suppose it's only 
>>a matter of time, provided he can figure out how to play it on a banjo 
>>or his electric rake.
>>
>>Han Bennink is an avant-garde drummer from the Netherlands. How badass 
>>is he? He played on Eric Dolphy's "Last Date" album in 1964, for chrissake.
>>
>>Kolyma is an unholy collaboration between longtime Raleigh 
>>artschool-punker Russ DeSena & free-noiser Crowmeat Bob; Sunshine Radio 
>>is a noisy/droney Nein side-project featuring that band's guitarist Finn 
>>Cohen & its resident noise/loopmaker Dale Flattum.
>>
>>
>>
>>Thursday, February 17
>>The Spinns [http://www.thespinns.freeservers.com/], The Rachel Nevadas 
>>[http://www.therachelnevadas.com/]
>>The Cave, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>>Thursday, February 17
>>Randy Whitt and the Grits [http://www.randywhitt.com/]
>>Fuse, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>>Friday, February 18
>>The Sadies [http://www.thesadies.net/], Neko Case 
>>[http://www.nekocase.com/], Visqueen [http://www.visqueenonline.com/]
>>Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>>
>>Neko Case is probably famous enough already; she's from Canada, she 
>>belts out the country music in a voice powerful enough to rival that of 
>>the First Lady of Country Music, Loretta Lynn, and she's prone to 
>>absentmindedly touch herself onstage while singing. At least she used to 
>>be. She's released a string of much-admired solo albums, and anytime her 
>>sometime-collaborators the New Pornographers come to town, the only 
>>thing anybody ever wants to know is "Is Neko Case with them?"
>>
>>Visqueen are from Seattle and until late last year were known chiefly as 
>>the more-or-less unknown young turks who'd mysteriously talked longtime 
>>(as in: 20+ years) Fastbacks bassist Kim Warnick into playing with them. 
>>Then she quit.
>>
>>
>>
>>Friday, February 18
>>Pulsar Triyo [http://www.duke.edu/~pl15/thepulsartriyo], Pulsoptional 
>>[http://www.duke.edu/~jaf16/pulsoptional.html], UNC Gamelan Ensemble 
>>[http://www.ibiblio.org/gamelan/], Gerty [http://www.gerty.org], 
>>Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan [http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com]
>>Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>>
>>This is a Tsunami relief benefit, with quite the dizzying array of acts, 
>>from the synth-fueled 80s-influenced dance-pop of Gerty to the 
>>21st-century-classical avant-compositions of the Pulsoptional 
>>collective; the guitar-jazz (with Radiohead cover) of Duke's Pulsar 
>>Triyo; the avant-spazz of Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan; and the UNC gamelan, 
>>which they procured from central Java back in 2000. Just so you 
>>understand the complexity of what we're talking about, a quote from 
>>their website:
>>
>>"A Central Javanese gamelan consists primarily of bronze instruments - 
>>horizontal and vertical gongs ranging from 6 inches to 4 feet in 
>>diameter and metallophones with from five to fourteen keys - but also 
>>includes several stringed instruments, flutes, drums, and male and 
>>female voices in performance."
>>
>>
>>
>>Friday, February 18
>>Jett Rink [http://www.jett-rink.com/], Asobi Seksu 
>>[http://www.asobiseksu.com/], Fashion Design 
>>[http://fashiondesignband.com/]
>>Local 506, Chapel Hill
>>
>>Oh lord, Jett Rink. Sometimes I forget how good they can be, and then 
>>I'll hear one of their frantic numbers -- "Born Hungry," off the 
>>Bandwidth comp, say, or "I'll Take Everything" from their WXDU 
>>performance last year -- and I fall in love all over again. What a bunch 
>>of fucking spazzes, in the best possible sense of the word.
>>
>>Fashion Design bring the rumbly fuzzy MyBloodyValentiney chorus and the 
>>crazy reverb and the 80sUKinfluence & the 4AD sensibility and the nutty 
>>hyperactive drummer named Kuki Kooks, like for real.
>>
>>
>>
>>Friday, February 18
>>Weird War [http://www.dragcity.com/bands/weirdwar.html], Valient Thorr 
>>[http://www.valientthorr.com/], Art Lord and the Self Portraits 
>>[http://www.ideasforhousecrafts.com]
>>Kings, Raleigh
>>
>>Weird War used to be called the Scene Creamers, and before that, at 
>>least half of them were in the Make*Up. They're still all about the 
>>crazy psyched-out acid-soul punkrock funk dancemuzik.
>>
>>Valient Thorr are from Venus, and they make old-fashioned high-concept 
>>preach-from-the-stage space-metal, all about rocking, and being stuck on 
>>Earth, and rocking some more.
>>
>>Art Lord & the Self Portraits are from Greenville, which is apparently 
>>really close to Venus, and they make minimalist Casio-tronica with weird 
>>fey vocalese.
>>
>>
>>
>>Saturday, February 19
>>Tift Merritt [http://www.tiftmerritt.com], Hotel Lights
>>Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>>
>>It's a good thing Tift didn't beat out Loretta Lynn for best country 
>>album at the Grammys earlier this week. Partly because the album in 
>>question, "Tambourine," is a lot closer to "Dusty in Memphis" than to 
>>country. Mostly, though, because I know it would've broken Tift's heart 
>>to beat Loretta; she's just that kind of girl.
>>
>>Hotel Lights are the newish kinda-mournful [but-still-catchy] pop outfit 
>>of former Ben Folds drummer Darren Jessee; their debut album made a lot 
>>of locals' ten-best lists last year, and for good reason.
>>
>>
>>
>>Saturday, February 19
>>Dom Casual, $2 Pistols
>>Ooh La Latte, Durham
>>
>>An all-too-rare live show at Ooh La Latte; it's an excellent space for 
>>live music, but for whatever reason the folks at Ooh La would rather be 
>>a daytime coffeeshop than an all-around coffee/bar/rockclub, so the live 
>>shows are now few & far between.
>>
>>Dom Casual are a surf/garage/rock outfit from Durham. $2 Pistols y'all 
>>know about; they've been reliably turning out the Bakersfield-style hard 
>>country for going on 10 years now, and they've never let up.
>>
>>
>>
>>Saturday, February 19
>>Brass Castle [http://www.brasscastle.com/], Matt Meacham, Mt. Moriah 
>>[http://www.coldheavenrecordings.com/]
>>Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>>Saturday, February 19
>>The Moaners, The Pink Slips
>>The Cave, Chapel Hill
>>
>>The Moaners are Melissa Swingle (ex-Trailer Bride) and Laura King 
>>(ex-Gerty, ex-Grand National); sometimes they're like crazy psyched-out 
>>buzzsaw blues (and sometimes they're like Mr. Airplane Man's 
>>approximation thereof), and sometimes they remind me a lot of the 
>>eccentric guitar/drums backwoods singer/songwriterism of the really 
>>early Trailer Bride, back in '94 or so. Either way, Melissa is one of my 
>>favorite singers in the Triangle, and Laura is one of the best drummers 
>>I've ever seen, anywhere. I'm told Moaners are first, ~10p.m., with the 
>>all-woman garage-rock of the Pinkslips to follow.
>>
>>
>>
>>Saturday, February 19
>>Erie Choir, Autumn Picture [http://www.autumnpicture.com/], Polynya 
>>[http://home.mindspring.com/~polynya/index.html]
>>Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>>
>>Eric Roehrig, who is half the guitarists in Sorry About Dresden and all 
>>the songwriters in Erie Choir, sent this email:
>>
>>"Erie Choir cordially requests your presence this Saturday, February 
>>19th at the Duke Coffeehouse in Durham, NC to witness musical 
>>performances by Erie Choir, Autumn Picture and Polynya. Erie Choir will 
>>be up to five members for this evening with the triumphant return of 
>>Robert P. Biggers. Autumn Picture is a fellow named Hubert from Montreal 
>>that the Nein hooked up with during their crusade to spread rock to the 
>>Great White North. I have to admit I haven’t seen Polynya before, but 
>>since Luke from Fashion Design and Amelia from Ameliorate are seemingly 
>>involved, I’ll assume the best.
>>
>>If you haven’t been to the coffeehouse for awhile, they really seem to 
>>have the place rocking again. The Wrens show last Saturday was great and 
>>the BYOB policy lets you consume your favorite bevarages without paying 
>>a premium for it. May I suggest bringing a small cooler since that 
>>fridge in the corner no longer works."
>>
>>Me again: What I know about Polynya is that some of them were involved 
>>in The Caterpillar, which is the Cure cover band that has played a 
>>couple of shows with The Shankleys, the Smiths cover band from Durham. I 
>>vaguely remember thinking, while watching Polynya, "gee, they like the 
>>Cure" but that's all I recall.
>>
>>
>>
>>Saturday, February 19
>>The Films, Sullentine, Whale Watchers
>>Martin Street Music Hall, Raleigh
>>
>>
>>
>>Saturday, February 19
>>Strange [http://www.thisisstrange.org], Spader, Filthy Bird
>>Kings, Raleigh
>>
>>
>>
>>Saturday, February 19
>>Amish Jihad, Kudzu Wish [http://www.kudzuwish.com/], Thunderlip 
>>[http://www.thunderlip.com/], Can Joann [http://www.canjoann.com/]
>>Local 506, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>>Sunday, February 20
>>Death Ray Davies [http://www.deathraydavies.com/], The People Under the 
>>Bridge [http://www.duckonbike.com/artistinfo.asp?artistid=378], The 
>>Quarantines [http://www.thequarantines.com]
>>Local 506, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>>Monday, February 21
>>Visqueen [http://www.visqueenonline.com/], Mowing Lawns 
>>[http://www.dyss.net/mlawns.html], The Young Idea 
>>[http://www.theyoungidea.com]
>>Local 506, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
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