stuff to do, week of October 11, 2008

grady grady at ibiblio.org
Sat Oct 11 18:00:05 EDT 2008


Saturday, October 11
Sequoya    (http://www.myspace.com/sequoya)
Virgo 9    (http://www.myspace.com/thevirgonine)
Slow Gun Shogun    (http://www.myspace.com/slowgunshogun)
Bull City Headquarters, Durham



Saturday, October 11
Kaia    (http://www.mrlady.com)
Birds & Arrows    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
The Antlers    (http://www.myspace.com/theantlers)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

First pass through town in a while for Kaia Wilson, who used to live 
here & fronted the Butchies, before moving back west a few years ago.



Saturday, October 11
Walter Meego    (http://www.myspace.com/waltermeego)
Ra Ra Riot    (http://www.myspace.com/rarariot)
The Morning Benders    (http://www.myspace.com/themorningbenders)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Sunday, October 12
Goner    (http://www.gonertheband.com/)
WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham

Goner are from Raleigh, and they've been together in one form or another 
for nearly as long as I've lived here. They've just released a new 
album, "Rock and Roll Always Forgets," and it's their best yet: bitter, 
passionate, detailed songs about getting old in a college town while all 
the kids stay the same age.

4:00 p.m. at 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.



Sunday, October 12
The Wedding Present    (http://www.scopitones.co.uk/index.html)
The Jealous Girlfriends    (http://www.myspace.com/thejealousgirlfriends)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Sunday, October 12
Can Kickers    (http://www.myspace.com/cankickers)
Teh Vodak    (http://www.reverbnation.com/vodak)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

Teh Vodak are a new band with Ben Donnelly (ex-Blackstrap) and 
Betsy-Shane (Lam! Lam!, Pink Flag). Can Kickers are a raggedy doubletime 
bluegrass/oldtime band (kin to the Avetts, I guess) from up north; one 
of their members moved to the Triangle earlier this year to work for the 
Music Maker Relief Foundation, so welcome.



Monday, October 13
Shawn Deena    (http://www.myspace.com/shawndeena)
The Magnolia Mountains    (http://www.myspace.com/themagnoliamountains)
Drew Danburry    (http://www.drewdanburry.com)
Marvell Building, Durham



Monday, October 13
Grand Buffet    (http://www.grandbuffet.com/)
Girl Talk    (http://girl-talk.net/)
Hearts of Darknesses    (http://www.myspace.com/heartsofdarknesses)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Superhyped celebrity copyright-violator Gregg Gillis brings his 
hi-energy Girl Talk show (Gregg, his laptop, and half the audience, 
onstage dancing) to Cat's Cradle. You've read about him in every 
mainstream publication around, so it's a miracle he hasn't been sued out 
of existence yet.



Monday, October 13
Boyzone    (http://www.myspace.com/boyszone)
Ironing    (http://www.myspace.com/ironing)
Hal McGee    (http://www.halmcgee.com)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Monday, October 13
Talkdemonic    (http://www.myspace.com/talkdemonicmusicmaking)
Thomas Kieffer    (http://www.myspace.com/thomaskieffer)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, October 14
The Heartless Bastards    (http://www.theheartlessbastards.com/)
Dead Confederate    (http://www.deadconfederate.com)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Tuesday, October 14
Pattern is Movement    (http://www.patternismovement.com/)
Delta Spirit    (http://www.deltaspirit.net)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

The first time I saw South Philly's Pattern Is Movement, I found them 
incredibly annoying. The second time I saw them, I found them both 
annoying and really compelling. Then I met their irritating singer/bass 
player, and learned that he's a genuine weirdo (and elementary-school 
gym teacher), not just onstage. Now I'm quite fond of them. RIYL strange 
stories, weird falsetto singing, and prog.



Tuesday, October 14
Jordan    (http://www.myspace.com/jordanmusic)
Reservoir, Carrboro



Wednesday, October 15
Death to the Details    (http://www.reverbnation.com/deathtothedetails)
Marvell Building, Durham



Wednesday, October 15
The Sea    (http://www.myspace.com/theseasounds)
GST Cardinals    (http://www.myspace.com/gstcardinals)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, October 15
I Was Totally Destroying It 
(http://www.reverbnation.com/iwastotallydestroyingit)
Huzzah! The Informants    (http://www.myspace.com/huzzahtheinformants)
Sinister Archetype
Reservoir, Carrboro

It's Hep!ler's birthday, so be prepared for frivolity . . . though it's 
hard to imagine him behaving any goofier than he already does, so 
nevermind, just go kiss him.



Thursday, October 16
Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
Le Weekend    (http://www.myspace.com/leweekendleband)
Minchia    (http://www.myspace.com/minchianc)
Bull City Headquarters, Durham

At least two of these bands are big Steely Dan fans, but unless yr 
wavelength is pretty dang advanced, you might be hard-pressed to pick up 
on it. Although the other day I was watching this live Steely Dan video 
of "Black Friday" and Le Weekend actually did start making a bit more 
sense to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ZV4Mx7tw8



Thursday, October 16
Blood on the Wall    (http://www.bloodonthewall.com)
Resist Not    (http://myspace.com/resistnot)
The Homewreckers    (http://www.myspace.com/jackandjillhomewrecker)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham



Thursday, October 16
Cary Ann Hearst    (http://www.caryannhearst.com)
Max Indian    (http://www.myspace.com/maxindian)
Justin Williams    (http://www.myspace.com/12000armies)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is part of the "Club is Open" free local show series.



Thursday, October 16
Magic Babies    (http://www.myspace.com/themagicbabies)
Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies 
(http://www.myspace.com/violetvectorandthelovelylovelies)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh

Pop with teeth. Magic Babies contain a couple of ex-members of The 
Weather, and they bring the Badfingery rock-with-vocal-harmonies (and 
guitar solos). Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies take a pretty 
serious shot at recreating the [studio-only] Spectorian wall-of-sound in 
a live setting. Bells!



Thursday, October 16
Hammer No More the Fingers    (http://www.hnmtf.com)
Auxes    (http://www.myspace.com/auxes)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Hammer No More the Fingers are one of those bands who, had they been 
playing these songs in '94, would've been the subject of a bidding war. 
Do they even *have* those anymore?



Thursday, October 16
Nathan Oliver    (http://www.nathan-oliver.com)
Brass Bed    (http://www.myspace.com/brassbed)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Thursday, October 16
Magnetic Morning    (http://www.myspace.com/magneticmorning)
Springhouse    (http://www.myspace.com/springhouse)
Julie Ocean    (http://www.myspace.com/julieoceandc)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Springhouse are from NYC, and they've got Jack Rabid, longtime 
editor/publisher of venerable zine The Big Takeover. The song I heard on 
MySpace sounded like west-coast psych-pop, like, I dunno, Flop.



Friday, October 17
Veronique Diabolique    (http://www.veroniquediabolique.com/)
The Sammies    (http://www.myspace.com/thesammies)
The If You Wannas    (http://www.myspace.com/theifuwannas)
Armadillo Grill @ the Bryan Center, Duke W. Campus, Durham

These Campus Concert Series shows start around 5:00, so knock off work 
early. The Sammies are a kinda crazy rockband from Charlotte who seem 
equally enamored of the Allman Brothers and the Cure. Veronique 
Diabolique, of course, are French Goths from Durham, who never met a 
tempo they didn't like, as long as it was mid.



Friday, October 17
Chatham County Line    (http://www.chathamcountyline.com/)
Thad Cockrell    (http://www.thadcockrell.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is a party to celebrate the relaunch of the canonical alt-country 
magazine No Depression as a web-only concern 
(http://www.nodepression.com/). I believe it's also a benefit for 
MusiCares, which helps musicians with healthcare needs, since our 
government is apparenly way too fucked in the head to do that.



Friday, October 17
Jimmy & The Teasers    (http://www.geocities.com/booze1031/teasers.html)
Thee Crucials    (http://www.theecrucials.com/)
Rob the Throb, One Man Band 
(http://www.myspace.com/robthethrobonemanband)
Los Rudos    (http://www.myspace.com/vabandlosrudos)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is the 5th Annual Blackbeard's Lost Weekend, which was originally 
founded as a way for the [now-defunct] Spinns to showcase outta-town 
garage-rock bands they'd met on their travels around the country. That's 
still more or less the plan.



Friday, October 17
Transportation    (http://www.myspace.com/transportation)
Chrome Plated Apostles    (http://www.demonbeach.com)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh

Transportation are a crazy 70s-influenced power trio from Chapel Hill -- 
they seem to steal equally from the bloodlines of Queen and Wings.

Chrome Plated Apostles are sort of a realignment of the Bad Checks -- 
Hunter stays on vocals, harmonica and falling down, Clif moves to guitar 
(after stints in Pipe & the Ghost of Rock, he's spent more time on 
guitar than bass at this point), Greg Adams (Pipe) steps in on bass, and 
a rotating who's-who of local drummers seal the deal. Dirty nasty 
raunchy rock n roll.



Saturday, October 18
Bull City    (http://www.bullcitytheband.com/)
Lost in the Trees    (http://www.lostinthetrees.com)
Stella By Starlight    (http://www.myspace.com/stellabystarlightband)
Down River
The Beast
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham

This is a grand-reopening party for the Duke Coffeehouse, who've 
undergone some major renovations over the past few months. The show is 
free, and it runs from 2 til 7, so you can catch a wide range of local 
talent and still make it out to whatever else you wanna do later.



Saturday, October 18
The Loners    (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
Pinche Gringo    (http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
The Barberries    (http://www.myspace.com/thebarberries)
The Holy Ghosts
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is night two of the 5th Annual Blackbeard's Lost Weekend, which was 
originally founded as a way for the [now-defunct] Spinns to showcase 
outta-town garage-rock bands they'd met on their travels around the 
country. Tonight includes the definitive Raleigh gtr/drums garage-stomp 
duo the Loners, and ex-Spinn Josh Johnson's one-man-band Pinche Gringo 
(who are now actually a two-piece, Pinche Gringo & the Lovely Sarita).



Saturday, October 18
Jessica Lea Mayfield    (http://www.myspace.com/jlmayfield)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, October 18
The Shondes    (http://www.myspace.com/theshondes)
Guitar Bomb    (http://www.guitarbomb.com)
Sweet Ones
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Sunday, October 19
Monsonia    (http://www.monsonia.com)
WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham

Monsonia have been around for a few years now, during which time they've 
oscillated between 2- and 3-piece incarnations. They're currently a 
3-piece, with Chapel Hill recordist Nick Petersen taking care of bass 
duties. Sound-wise, they're kinda Shellacky, with Carter Browning's 
abrasive tones (guitar *and* vocals) riding along atop Andy Willard's 
muscular drumming and Nick's taut low end..

4:00 p.m. @ 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.



Sunday, October 19
Awesome Color    (http://awesomecolor.net)
Rongorongo
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Sunday, October 19
Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls 
(http://www.myspace.com/richardbacchus)
GST Cardinals    (http://www.myspace.com/gstcardinals)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Monday, October 20
Dirty Little Heaters    (http://www.myspace.com/thedirtylittleheaters)
Pierced Arrows    (http://www.myspace.com/piercedarrowspdx)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

The greatest garage band in the world, Dead Moon, broke up a couple of 
years ago, but it only took Fred & Toody Cole a few months to get bored 
of retirement. Pierced Arrows is their new band, with a new drummer, and 
a setlist that sounds, on record anyway, like a slightly mellower Dead Moon.

The Dirty Little Heaters no doubt had a collective heartattack when 
asked to open this show. Or, if they didn't, they damn well should've. 
Not that they don't deserve it, but still, we're talking about Fred & 
Toody here.



Tuesday, October 21
All the Saints    (http://www.myspace.com/allthesaints)
A Place to Bury Strangers    (http://www.myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers)
Sian Alice Group    (http://www.myspace.com/sianalicegroup)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



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