stuff to do, week of February 1, 2009
grady
grady at ibiblio.org
Fri Feb 1 17:49:31 EST 2008
It's a leap year, don't forget. 29 days of rock, and presidential primaries.
Don't forget as well, though they aren't listed here because I'm lazy,
the awesome Soul Power series of shows at Duke:
http://dukeperformances.duke.edu/programs/soulpower/
Friday, February 1
Michael Rank (http://www.sleazegrinder.com/teensleazehanoi.htm)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
This is the Early (8:00-ish) Show. Michael Rank will be joined by his
Snatches of Pink bandmate Marc E. Smith for this set.
Friday, February 1
North Elementary (http://www.northelementary.com)
Annuals (http://www.myspace.com/annuals)
The Never (http://www.trekkyrecords.com/never.html)
Future Kings of Nowhere (http://www.thefuturekings.net/)
Pour House, Raleigh
This is the umpteenth-annual WKNC Double Barrel Benefit, which was held
in many previous years at dear departed Kings Barcade. Tonight is the
first of two nights, and is the catchy/poppy night of the pair.
Friday, February 1
The Physics of Meaning (http://www.thephysicsofmeaning.com/)
Nina Nastasia (http://www.myspace.com/ninanastasia)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Friday, February 1
Bringerer (http://www.myspace.com/bringerer)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
This is the CD-release party for the new Bringerer CD, "'fflicted." I
haven't heard it, but last week I heard quite a few of the new songs
live, and I can safely say that they're the same old ragged-but-right
Bringerer that you know & love.
Friday, February 1
The Sibling Project (http://www.thesiblingproject.com/)
The Tourist (http://www.myspace.com/thetouristnc)
Dylan Gilbert
American Tourist
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Saturday, February 2
Sorry About Dresden (http://www.sorryaboutdresden.com)
Fin Fang Foom (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html)
Red Collar (http://www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
Tooth
Pour House, Raleigh
This is the second night of the WKNC Double Barrel Benefit, and it's by
far the heavier of the two. Red Collar and Sorry About Dresden will
still provide plenty of catchy singalong choruses with their Big Rock
Action, but Fin Fang Foom like to stretch out & brood like a
horizon-filling thunderhead. And Tooth? They're the force-five tornado.
Saturday, February 2
Dawn Chorus (http://www.myspace.com/dawnchorus)
Butterflies (http://www.myspace.com/butterfliesnc)
Wood Ear (http://www.myspace.com/woodear)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
Saturday, February 2
Mowgli (http://www.myspace.com/mowglimowgli)
Dead to Society (http://www.myspace.com/deadtosociety101)
The Black Sheep (http://www.myspace.com/anuphillbattle)
Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill
Saturday, February 2
The Ex-Members (http://www.myspace.com/theexmembers)
Pony Pants (http://www.myspace.com/ponypants)
Vytear (http://www.myspace.com/vytear)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
The monthly FrequeNC Records nights at Nightlight are purportedly the
Dance Party of the Month--I wouldn't know, I'm from the early '90s.
Saturday, February 2
Thunderlip (http://www.thunderlip.com/)
Fighting Poseidon (http://www.myspace.com/fightingposeidon)
Freedom Hawk
Hell, Chapel Hill
If you're going to brave the toxic smoke cloud that is Hell, you may as
well do so for some Big Rock Action.
Sunday, February 3
Ben Davis + The Jetts (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/bendavis.html)
WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
Ben Davis & his Jetts I'm sure you know about by now. What started out
as some lullaby-esque songs written on piano for his son Rick have
morphed over the years into a big, highly distinctive rock machine.
Though I'm told that Ben's just about to become a Double Dad, so mebbe
it'll be back to the quiet piano lullabyes for a while.
Either way, you'll hear it here first, because the show's an hour
earlier now: 4:00 p.m. 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.
Sunday, February 3
Kapow! Music (http://kapowmusic.net)
Wil Donegan and the Apologies
Doog
Grampall Jookabox
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Monday, February 4
Mowgli (http://www.myspace.com/mowglimowgli)
Midnite Sun (http://www.myspace.com/midnite_sun)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
This is a 506 Free For All, meaning there's no cover, and thus precious
little excuse for you to not go drink a pint & watch some young
up-and-comers.
Tuesday, February 5
Gray Young (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
Sleepsound (http://www.sleepsound.org/)
Stella By Starlight (http://www.myspace.com/stellabystarlightband)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Wednesday, February 6
Amps Do Furnish a Room (http://www.myspace.com/ampsdofurnisharoom)
Read Underwater (http://myspace.com/readunderwater)
Irata (http://myspace.com/iratalive)
Marvell Building, Durham
Amps Do Furnish a Room are the local project-band of a bunch of longtime
music veterans. They learn an album every year, and then play it through
a few times at local venues. I'm told this is your last chance to
see/hear 2007's album, Television's Marquee Moon. (For 2008: The Byrds'
Notorious Byrd Brothers)
Wednesday, February 6
Pacific Before Tiger
Darsombra (http://darsombra.com/)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Thursday, February 7
The Loners (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
Dirty Little Heaters (http://www.thedirtylittleheaters.com)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
This is part of TNN's weekly "local beers, local bands" series. The
Loners are Raleigh's favorite gtr/drums stripped-to-the-bones
garage-rock outfit. The Dirty Little Heaters have left the world of
gtr/drums duos behind; they're a power trio now, and the term is most
definitely apt.
Thursday, February 7
Ecstatic Sunshine (http://www.ecstaticsunshine.com)
White Williams (http://www.myspace.com/whitewilliams)
Rings (http://www.myspace.com/firstnationlove)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Thursday, February 7
Calico Haunts (http://www.myspace.com/calicohaunts)
Gambling the Muse (http://www.myspace.com/gamblingthemuse)
Pneurotics (http://www.myspace.com/pneurotics)
Blend, Chapel Hill
Thursday, February 7
Hazerai (http://www.myspace.com/hazerai)
Adam Thorn (http://www.myspace.com/thetopbuttons)
The Unholy Four (http://www.myspace.com/unholyfour)
Reservoir, Carrboro
Hazerai are a screamy technoparaoid post-Fugazi precision-punkrock band.
Adam Thorn used to sing for Kudzu Wish; now he makes ragged but
brilliant Mod-obsessed rock-n-soul.
Friday, February 8
$2 Pistols (http://www.myspace.com/twodollarpistols)
Jason Ringenberg (http://pages.sbcglobal.net/rmhodge/index.html)
Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
Earlier this year, the Two Dollar Pistols announced they're going to be
breaking up, so assuming they're still playing this show (they said
they'd try to squeeze a few more in), this is one of your last chances
to see 'em. Don't fritter it away.
Friday, February 8
Chest Pains (http://www.myspace.com/thechestpains)
Left Outlet (http://www.myspace.com/leftoutlet)
Dead to Society (http://www.myspace.com/deadtosociety101)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham
Friday, February 8
Transportation (http://www.myspace.com/transportation)
Blood Red Sun (http://myspace.com/bloodredsun)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
Transportation were Just Another Band Outta Amherst, back years & years
ago when they first moved to Chapel Hill. They've been here so long that
I reckon just about everybody, including me, has forgotten they ever
lived anywhere. Although I do think they are the only local band to wear
their Wings & Queen influences so boldly on their sleeves.
Friday, February 8
The Ts (http://www.myspace.com/thettttt)
Lonely H.
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
Saturday, February 9
The Old Ceremony (http://www.theoldceremony.com/)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
Saturday, February 9
Sweet By and By (http://www.myspace.com/sweetbyby )
Lost in the Trees (http://www.lostinthetrees.com)
The Humboldt Current (http://www.myspace.com/thehumboldtcurrent)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Nightlight sez: "This show is a kick-off and benefit for the ambitious
ProjectSymphony initiative, which aims to support composers in writing
original concert music for orchestra, while simultaneously benefiting a
local charity!! Look out for the first ProjectSymphony performance in
the fall of 2008."
Saturday, February 9
Erie Choir (http://www.eriechoir.com)
Jen Richelson (http://www.myspace.com/jenrichelson)
Nathan Oliver (http://www.nathan-oliver.com)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Erie Choir's 2006 album, "Slighter Awake," is likely going to go down as
one of the finest local releases of the decade. Given the usual pace at
which they write & record new material, it may also go down as their
*only* release of the decade. At least they play out a bit more frequently.
Saturday, February 9
Sugar in the Dirt (http://www.myspace.com/sugarinthedirt)
Hammer No More the Fingers (http://www.hnmtf.com)
Lovecraft (http://www.myspace.com/lovecraftnc)
Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill
Saturday, February 9
Twilighter (http://twilighter.net/)
Warm in the Wake (http://www.warminthewake.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
Twilighter sport a clear Velvet Underground influence, but it's filtered
through a rural Orange/Chatham sensibility that makes it come out
*more*, not less, screwy.
Saturday, February 9
Ruscha (http://www.myspace.com/ruscha)
Caltrop (http://www.myspace.com/caltropband)
Reservoir, Carrboro
HUGE-osity.
Monday, February 11
Boyzone (http://www.myspace.com/boyszone)
Hugs and Kisses
Rage Against the Cage
Twink Billy
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
As I was typing this up, I thought to myself "how does one know whether
these bands are fake or not?" & immediately answered myself "what
difference does it make?"
Monday, February 11
The Busy World (http://www.myspace.com/thebusyworld)
Grey Market (http://www.greymarketband.com)
Stella By Starlight (http://www.myspace.com/stellabystarlightband)
Reservoir, Carrboro
Tuesday, February 12
Richard Buckner (http://www.richardbuckner.com/)
Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
Tuesday, February 12
Phon
Human Adult Band
Drums Like Machine Guns
Waste Gates
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Tuesday, February 12
Velvet (http://www.velvetpop.com)
The Nothing Noise (http://www.myspace.com/thenothingnoise)
Sleepsound (http://www.sleepsound.org/)
Grey Market (http://www.greymarketband.com)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
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