stuff to do, week of December 12, 2008

grady grady at ibiblio.org
Fri Dec 12 17:16:47 EST 2008


Friday, December 12
Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
The Ex-Monkeys    (http://www.myspace.com/theexmonkeys)
Pink Flag    (http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc)
Pizza Palace, Durham

Pink Flag are a great young all-woman trio who make punkrock that's 
somewhere between the rip-it-up of Riot Grrrrl and the fuck-with-yr-head 
of Raincoats/Au Pairs.

Cantwell Gomez & Jordan have never been mistakable for any other band, 
even when they're covering "Born To Run." Their songs start, stop, slip 
sideways, and then when you're off-balance, leap offstage and sit on 
your chest until you start crying.

Ex-Monkeys are two-thirds of the late-90s live trip-hop band Friend Side 
Monkey; nowadays it's Eddy Winstead on the turntables (Serato Scratch 
having expanded those possibilities near-infinitely), and Ian Shannon on 
sequencer, samples, and some live bass.



Friday, December 12
Magic Babies    (http://www.myspace.com/themagicbabies)
The Flute Flies    (http://www.myspace.com/thefluteflies)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

This is a launch party for the CyTunes.org website, where you'll be able 
to purchase & download exclusive music, with all proceeds going to fight 
cancer, in honor of our man Cy Rawls.

In addition to the dulcet 2nd Brit Invasion-styled pop-tones of Magic 
Babies, you'll witness the debut of the Flute Flies (Ivan (Rosebuds) 
Howard, Reid (Schooner) Johnson, Zeno (Sames) Gill). Plus a round of 
music trivia, DJing by Viva Cohen, and Rockin' Ammonia Karaoke.



Friday, December 12
John Howie
Calico Haunts    (http://www.myspace.com/calicohaunts)
Gambling the Muse    (http://www.myspace.com/gamblingthemuse)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Friday, December 12
Our Velvet Revolution
Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill



Saturday, December 13
Dry Heathens    (http://www.myspace.com/dryheathens)
Pink Flag    (http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc)
Alivia's Durham Bistro, Durham

This is a release-party for the new Triangle Brewing seasonal Abbey Ale 
. . . they're tapping the keg at 5:30 and the bands will kick off around 
6:00. Not sure if this is the same seasonal they just got in at the 
Pinhook; if it is, then it's a mite sweet for me, but then Pink Flag and 
Dry Heathens are both capable of bringing the bitterness to balance that 
out.



Saturday, December 13
Cool John Ferguson    (http://www.musicmaker.org/artistroster/Cooljohn.htm)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh

This show starts at 8:00 and costs $15. Cool John is an electric blues 
guitarist who spent a lot of time playing in dives around Durham, before 
moving back to Beaufort SC a couple of years ago.



Saturday, December 13
S.C.O.T.S.    (http://www.scots.com/)
The Hall Monitors    (http://www.hallmonitors.net)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This show is a little bit reversed from yr normal S.C.O.T.S. show: 
instead of them tossing food at you from the stage, it's a concert for 
the NC Food Bank, so you'll get $1 off if you bring a canned good.



Saturday, December 13
The Strugglers    (http://www.thestrugglers.org/)
Pneurotics    (http://www.myspace.com/pneurotics)
The Pinhook, Durham

The Pneurotics are an indie-rock band of the "bitter songs about exes" 
variety. The Strugglers are a panoramic country-soul band formed around 
the nucleus of singer/songwriter Randy Bickford and his lovely, 
fragile-sounding voice.

Per the website:
11:00 - The Strugglers
10:00 - The Pneurotics



Saturday, December 13
The Old Ceremony    (http://www.theoldceremony.com/)
The Love Language    (http://www.myspace.com/thelovelanguage)
Max Indian    (http://www.myspace.com/maxindian)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, December 13
Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
The Curtains of Night    (http://myspace.com/thecurtainsofnight)
Saint Peter Pocket Veto    (http://www.myspace.com/thesaintpeterpocketveto)
Space Mammal
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

CGJ you already know about. Curtains of Night are a gtr/drums two-piece. 
On record, all the songs follow the same basic formula: slow chords on 
massive overdriven feedbacky guitar, somewhat hyperactive drums, and 
Nora screaming the lyrics in a deliberate measured cadence. Onstage, 
it's technically much the same, but the volume is so loud & the 
sensation so visceral that it feels completely different.



Saturday, December 13
The Loners    (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
Dirty Little Heaters    (http://www.myspace.com/thedirtylittleheaters)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

Two of the best garage-rock bands in the state of North Carolina. The 
Loners have perfected their brand of gtr/drums three-chord stomp; the 
Heaters used to be a duo, but now they're a massive three-piece, and 
frontwoman Reese McHenry's giant voice is somehow paradoxically even 
mightier than before.



Saturday, December 13
Princess and the Criminals    (http://myspace.com/princessandthecriminals)
The Nondenoms
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh

This show is at 11:00 and costs $3.



Sunday, December 14
Kenny Roby    (http://www.kennyroby.com)
Django Haskins    (http://www.djangohaskins.com/)
Pour House, Raleigh

This is an early show; it's billed as "an acoustic evening with . . ."



Sunday, December 14
The Loners    (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
Birds of Avalon    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsofavalon)
The Ts    (http://www.myspace.com/thettttt)
Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls 
(http://www.myspace.com/richardbacchus)
Lincoln Theater, Raleigh

In case you've forgotten why "Raleigh Rock" is a brand recognizable 
statewide, this show should serve as reminder. From the full-on 
hardrock/psych/glam genius of the Birds of Avalon, to the garage-rock of 
the Loners, this is quick primer on the current state of the Raleigh 
Rock art.



Monday, December 15
Sorry About Dresden    (http://www.sorryaboutdresden.com)
Future Kings of Nowhere    (http://www.thefuturekings.net/)
The Scene of the Crime Rovers 
(http://www.myspace.com/sceneofthecrimerovers)
Megafaun    (http://www.myspace.com/megafaun)
The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra 
(http://www.trekkyrecords.com/xmasfront.html)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is an annual party thrown by the folks at Trekky Records. Their 
Trekky Yuletide Orchestra is an amalgam of members of all the bands on 
the label, plus whomever else they can draft into it; they play 
Christmas music, un-ironically, and with great gusto.

The rest of the bands on the bill will typically play short sets of 
holiday-related songs, either their own, or well-chosen covers. It's a 
blast.



Monday, December 15
Wax Fang    (http://www.myspace.com/waxfang)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, December 16
American Bang    (http://www.americanbang.net)
Dub Trio    (http://www.myspace.com/dubtrio)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, December 17
Pink Flag    (http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc)
Secada    (http://myspace.com/realsecada)
The Middlemen    (http://themiddlemenmusic.com)
Marvell Building, Durham

Pink Flag are playing out a lot lately, it seems, which is a good thing, 
because near as I can tell, they've *already* progressed past the point 
they were at when they recorded their just-released CD, and the more 
they play, the weirder/betterer they get. Bring it on!



Wednesday, December 17
Summer Camp Casanova    (http://www.myspace.com/summercampcasanova)
Workday/School Night
Casual Curious    (http://www.myspace.com/casualcurious)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, December 18
Jack Rose    (http://www.vhfrecords.com/jackrose/)
Horseback    (http://www.myspace.com/horsebacknoise)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Horseback are the pastoral-drone outfit of Jenks Miller. Lately longtime 
local noisemeister Bryce Eiman is bringing the drone, while Jenks lays 
downs washes of his lovely guitar tone. Gorgeous.



Thursday, December 18
Savage Knights    (http://www.retroactivedynamics.com)
Dirty Little Heaters    (http://www.myspace.com/thedirtylittleheaters)
Left Outlet    (http://www.myspace.com/leftoutlet)
Pour House, Raleigh

Dirty Little Heaters are pissed off about a lot of things, the shitty 
economy not least among them, but that only makes singer Reese McHenry's 
voice that much more giant & unstoppable.

Savage Knights are an excellent avant-jazz / rock (as distinct from 
jazz-rock, please) outfit, who can flutter thru a beautiful 12-minute 
Eric Dolphy tune and then drop right into a gnarly Melvins sludgefest.



Thursday, December 18
The Sibling Project    (http://www.thesiblingproject.com/)
Cool Ethan    (http://www.myspace.com/coolethanrock)
Hey Euphony    (http://www.myspace.com/heyeuphony)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Thursday, December 18
Irata    (http://myspace.com/iratalive)
Battle Rockets    (http://www.myspace.com/battlerockets)
Goodbye, Titan    (http://www.myspace.com/loudestsilenceever)
Reservoir, Carrboro



Friday, December 19
Chatham County Line    (http://www.chathamcountyline.com/)
Pour House, Raleigh



Friday, December 19
Midtown Dickens    (http://www.myspace.com/midtowndickens)
The Tender Fruit    (http://www.myspace.com/thetenderfruit)
The Beast
The Pinhook, Durham

Midtown Dickens are truly one of the treasures of the Triangle music 
scene; even the Durham metalheads know & freely acknowledge this fact. 
Lineup:

12:30 - Tender Fruit
11:30 - Midtown Dickens
10:30 - The Beast



Friday, December 19
Gray Young    (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
Blag'ard    (http://www.blagard.com/)
Tin Star
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Blag'ard is Joe Taylor, who used to be in the '90s Chapel Hill band 
Capsize 7. This band sounds kinda like a '90s Chapel Hill band, with 
extra-freaky guitar. Tin Star has Louie from William Christ Supercarr 
(a, um, '90s Chapel Hill band), and Jamie from the Winston-Salem band 
Tommygun (which also featured Geoff Abell, ex-Capsize 7). I haven't seen 
'em yet.

Gray Young is a younger, shoegazier band.



Friday, December 19
Straight 8s    (http://www.straight8s.com)
The Bo-Stevens    (http://www.thebostevens.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Friday, December 19
Battle Rockets    (http://www.myspace.com/battlerockets)
The Whisky Smugglers
Saint Solitude
Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill



Friday, December 19
Proof    (http://www.prooftheband.org)
The Ghost of Saturday Nite 
(http://www.myspace.com/theghostofsaturdaynite)
Black River
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Saturday, December 20
Big Fat Gap    (http://www.bigfatgap.com/)
Dexter Romweber and the New Romans 
(http://www.myspace.com/dexterromweber)
The Rafters
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is a free holiday party, and it starts early (so you can still 
catch EW at the Cave, if you so desire):

7:30 The Rafters
8:30 Big Fat Gap
9:30 Dexter Romweber and the New Romans
10:45 Big Fat Gap (second set)



Saturday, December 20
Puritan Rodeo    (http://www.thepuritanrodeoshow.blogspot.com/)
Joe Romeo & the Orange County Volunteers 
(http://www.myspace.com/joeromeomusic)
Slingshot Cash    (http://www.myspace.com/slingshotcash)
The Pinhook, Durham

Be sure you get there early enough to check out Joe Romeo and his Orange 
County Volunteers; Joe used to front Fake Swedish, and he's a damnfine 
songwriter, with an ear for the odd tale well-told.

12:00 - Slingshot Cash
11:00 - Puritan Rodeo
10:00 - Joe Romeo and the Orange County Volunteers



Saturday, December 20
Evil Wiener    (http://www.evilwienerworld.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

It's the umpteenth-annual Evil Wiener Christmas Show. Will Chuck pitch a 
fit about having to wear a Santa suit again this year? Nobody knows for 
sure, but what we *do* know is that there'll be Christmas carols played 
on theremin, a skit or two, and a kickass set of traditional and 
original holiday-themed rock-n-roll.

As if that weren't enough, the classic 1993 Evil Wiener Christmas single 
has been re-released on CD with two extra tracks; it's truly one of the 
great local releases of all time, and has been out of print for most of 
the past 15 years. Snap one up!



Saturday, December 20
Chrome Plated Apostles    (http://www.demonbeach.com)
Pinche Gringo    (http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Dirty garage-rock-o-rama, with Pinche Gringo (Josh from the Spinns, 
sometimes solo, sometimes a duo), and the post-Bad Checks outfit Chrome 
Plated Apostles, which moves Clif from bass to guitar, and brings in a 
couplea ringers as a rhythm section. Hunter still sings, plays 
harmonica, and falls down.



Saturday, December 20
Virgo 9    (http://www.myspace.com/thevirgonine)
Aquila    (http://www.myspace.com/beyondvega)
Count Von Count
APE!
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Saturday, December 20
Patty Hurst Shifter    (http://www.pattyhurstshifter.com)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh

I thought I heard that PHS had broken up, or at least gone on hiatus, 
due to high gas prices. Oh yeah, I guess it's cheap[ish] again, isn't it.



Friday, December 26
Charles Latham    (http://www.myspace.com/sircharleslatham)
Benji Hughes    (http://www.myspace.com/benjihughes)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

This is an early show (it's followed by a dance-party during the normal 
show hours, and if you come for the early show, you can stay for the 
festivities). Benji Hughes is a bearded mutant from Charlotte who 
released a lovely pop album this year. Charles Latham used to ply his 
brand of snotty antifolk 'round these parts, before taking off to follow 
his dream to Philadelphia (it was a dream about Terri Gross and the 
Mutter Museum, I heard).



Saturday, December 27
Dexter Romweber    (http://www.dexterromweber.com)
Taz Halloween    (http://www.robertgriffin.com/people/taz.html)
Stu Cole
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is billed as a Tribute to Hoppie, who is a West Franklin St. 
fixture, having emceed various events at the Cave, in addition to 
managing the bar at Local 506 for a while now. Now he's moving away to 
make his fortune in New York.



Saturday, December 27
The Ex-Monkeys    (http://www.myspace.com/theexmonkeys)
MC Homeless    (http://www.myspace.com/mchomeless)
Grapejuice Scott and Dutchmaster
Gut Lightning
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

This is hosted by Juan Huevos.



Saturday, December 27
Colossus    (http://www.myspace.com/thecolossuswillcrushyou)
Hell Razor    (http://www.myspace.com/hellrazornc)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Sunday, December 28
Jessica Lea Mayfield    (http://www.myspace.com/jlmayfield)
Ryan Gustafson    (http://www.myspace.com/ryangustafsonmusic)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



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