stuff to do, week of February 28, 2009

grady grady at ibiblio.org
Sat Feb 28 13:45:02 EST 2009


Why oh why can't Tir Na nOg keep their fucking website up to date? It's 
like they touch it once a month, and that's usually on like the 6th, but 
they only post through the end of the month.

Been a lot of talk lately about how they're sorta morphing into an 
actual rockclub, which lord knows Raleigh needs, but they still approach 
Teh Internets like a lazy Irish pub.

Lisa Bachelder wrote:
> Also waaaay over here in Raleigh:
> 
> Local Band-Local Beer
> The T's w/ Static Minds (http://www.thestaticminds.blogspot.com/, 
> http://www.myspace.com/thestaticminds)
> Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 10:00pm
> Tir na nOg, 218 S. Blount St., Raleigh
> 
> Friday, March 6, 2009 at 9:30pm
> *The Loners Record Release Party*, w/ The Dirty Little Heaters and 
> Pinche Gringo
> Tir na nOg, 218 S. Blount St., Raleigh
> 
>  From the Facebook announcement: "The Loners are throwing a party to 
> celebrate their new Vinyl LP! They are not alone. Special guests The 
> Dirty Little Heaters and Pinche Gringo will open up for The Loners who 
> close out the night with their massive Two piece fury! $6 cover or $10 
> cover gets you in and the new album."
> 
> lb
> 
> grady wrote:
>> Saturday, February 28
>> In the Year of the Pig    (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
>> Jamie Stewart    (http://www.myspace.com/xiuxiuforlife)
>> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>>
>> In the Year of the Pig = SO HUGE. Two drummers (and not just any 
>> drummers, but rather the mighty Dave Cantwell and brilliant 
>> multi-instrumentalist Jenks Miller), guitar, bass, and Aaron Smithers' 
>> two-string bass-derived fuzz machine. Massive grooves, like one of those 
>> drilling machines they used to build the Chunnel.
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, February 28
>> Blue Dogs    (http://www.bluedogs.com/)
>> John Howie, Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff 
>> (http://www.myspace.com/twodollarpistols)
>> Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
>>
>> Former $2 Pistols John Howie Jr climbs back into the saddle with his new 
>> band, The Rosewood Bluff.
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, February 28
>> Billy Sugarfix    (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/billysugarfix.htm)
>> Waumiss    (http://www.myspace.com/waumiss)
>> JaGhetto
>> Dave Walker
>> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, February 28
>> Resist Not    (http://myspace.com/resistnot)
>> Run Dan Run    (http://www.myspace.com/rundanrun)
>> The Kodiak Farm Boys
>> The Pinhook, Durham
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, February 28
>> North Elementary    (http://www.northelementary.com)
>> Whale Watchers    (http://www.myspace.com/thewhalewatchers)
>> Sir Arthur and His Royal Knights 
>> (http://mannsworld.blogspot.com/2007/08/sir-arthur-his-royal-knights.html)
>> The Popular Kids
>> Pour House, Raleigh
>>
>> This is a CD-release party for the new North Elementary CD, Not For 
>> Everyone, Just For You, which is far-and-away their best album yet.
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, February 28
>> Brett Harris
>> Oscar Begat    (http://www.reverbnation.com/oscarbegat)
>> Bright Young Things
>> Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, February 28
>> Lonnie Walker    (http://www.myspace.com/lonniewalker)
>> Motor Skills
>> Gospel Years
>> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>>
>> Lonnie Walker were one of 8 bands feted in the 2009 News & Observer 
>> "Great 8" feature. They're a sorta-wordy, sorta-countryish rockband, who 
>> remind me [a little bit] of certain aspects of Pavement or Bob Dylan.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sunday, March 1
>> Yardwork    (http://www.myspace.com/wetdigitalredstorm)
>> WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
>>
>> This one's an 85% certainty, because when you've gotta corral 7 or 8 
>> people and truck them over from Charlotte, nothing's ever 100%. (though 
>> they're playing at Nightlight later in the evening, so they'll have to 
>> come through town at some point).
>>
>> Yardwork feature members of multiple Charlotte bands, including Calabi 
>> Yau and Control; they've got 7+ members, including multiple drummers, 
>> guitars, glockenspiel, banjo, jumping around & singing, etc. It's highly 
>> ecstatic but without all the creepy christofascism of bands like 
>> Polyphonic Spree. Much more anarchovegan ecstasy.
>>
>> I have no earthly idea how we're going to fit them all in the station, 
>> let alone mic them up & get them on the air, but they're one of the best 
>> bands I've ever seen, so I'm just gonna close my eyes & go for it. 4:00 
>> p.m. 88.7 FM or wxdu.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Sunday, March 1
>> The Watson Twins    (http://www.thewatsontwins.com/)
>> Ben Kweller    (http://www.kweller.net)
>> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>>
>>
>>
>> Sunday, March 1
>> des_ark    (http://www.des-ark.org)
>> Yardwork    (http://www.myspace.com/wetdigitalredstorm)
>> Register
>> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>>
>> Show of the month. des_ark you know about, although if you haven't seen 
>> them lately, you might *not* know that they're a monster three-piece, 
>> featuring Durham drummer Evan Rowe (Maple Stave, Grappling Hook) and 
>> Greensboro guitarist Noah Howard (Strunken White, TigerBearWolf) in 
>> addition to Aimee Argote.
>>
>> Yardwork are from Charlotte; they're an 8-piece (or so) band of freaks 
>> who put out my favorite release of 2008. Multiple drummers, glorious 
>> chiming guitars, glockenspiel, banjo, anything else they can find lying 
>> around, and everyone in the band singing at the top of their lungs. 
>> Their show at BCHQ was phenomenal.
>>
>>
>>
>> Monday, March 2
>> Tapes'N'Tapes    (http://www.tapesntapes.com/)
>> Wild Light    (http://www.myspace.com/wildlight)
>> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>>
>>
>>
>> Monday, March 2
>> Turbo Fruits    (http://www.myspace.com/turbofruits)
>> Bass Drum of Death    (http://www.myspace.com/johnbarrettmusic)
>> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>>
>> Times are tough; the Bass Drum of Death is one guy, John Barret, who 
>> plays guitar, sings, and yes, stomps on a big ol' bass drum. He's on Fat 
>> Possum.
>>
>>
>>
>> Monday, March 2
>> 2 Drumkits, 4 Drummers
>> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>>
>> Rob K. put this together. The lowdown is, loosely:
>>
>> John Crouch (Caltrop) Robert Biggers (Le Weekend) Dave Cantwell (In the 
>> Year of the Pig) Rob Koegler (_____)
>>
>> If you (really) like drums:
>>
>> Improvised beats (pretty informal...beats you don't need to wear a tie for).
>>
>> John and Rob will start about 9:30, and then mix things up with Robert 
>> and Dave around 10 or so. You will want ear plugs (Nightlight sells them).
>>
>> This is planned to be a regular monthly event at the Nightlight, but not 
>> always drum-oriented. Different groupings of musicians will be invited 
>> to come out, play together, and make up stuff in whatever genre feels 
>> appropriate. The goal is to inspire new sounds, approaches, bands, 
>> marriages, etc. Informal vibe. People are invited to come and listen. 
>> It's free.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tuesday, March 3
>> Rosewood Thieves
>> The Whisky Smugglers
>> Jordan & the Sphinx    (http://www.myspace.com/servant4good)
>> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Wednesday, March 4
>> The Moaners    (http://www.themoaners.com/)
>> The Black Lips    (http://www.bomp.com/BlackLips.html)
>> Gentleman Jesse    (http://www.myspace.com/gentlemanjesse)
>> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>>
>>
>>
>> Wednesday, March 4
>> Death to the Details    (http://www.reverbnation.com/deathtothedetails)
>> Pistil    (http://myspace.com/pistilband)
>> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Wednesday, March 4
>> No Ground To Give    (http://myspace.com/nogroundtogivenc)
>> One Shot One Kill    (http://purevolume.com/osok2)
>> Scarred Remembrance    (http://myspace.com/scarredremembrance)
>> Marvell Building, Durham
>>
>>
>>
>> Thursday, March 5
>> The Music Tapes    (http://www.orbitinghumancircus.org/)
>> Nana Grizol    (http://www.myspace.com/nanagrizol)
>> Supercluster    (http://www.myspace.com/supercluster1)
>> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>>
>>
>>
>> Thursday, March 5
>> Spider Bags    (http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
>> The Scott Waite Debacle    (http://myspace.com/scottwaiteisbenevolent)
>> Jail    (http://www.myspace.com/jailjailjailjail)
>> The Pinhook, Durham
>>
>> 12:00 - Spider Bags
>> 11:00 - Jail
>> 10:00 - The Scott Waite Debacle
>>
>> Two boozy freaky locals, plus a band from Milwaukee called Jail, so you 
>> can kinda see where the evening's heading . . .
>>
>>
>>
>> Thursday, March 5
>> Brett Harris
>> Strange Faces    (http://www.myspace.com/strangefacestheband)
>> Bright Young Things
>> Pour House, Raleigh
>>
>>
>>
>> Thursday, March 5
>> The Houstons
>> Mark Holland's Rhythm Force    (http://www.myspace.com/mhollandsrhythmforce)
>> Evenfield    (http://www.myspace.com/evenfieldmusic)
>> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>>
>> Mark Holland disbanded his long-running band Jule Brown, and assembled a 
>> new/refocused outfit he's calling the Rhythm Force. I'd expect even 
>> deeper weirder backwoods grooves.
>>
>>
>>
>> Friday, March 6
>> Neil Diamond All-Stars
>> David Spencer Band
>> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>>
>>
>>
>> Friday, March 6
>> Caitlin Cary
>> Thad Cockrell    (http://www.thadcockrell.com/)
>> Ivan Howard    (http://www.therosebuds.com)
>> Pour House, Raleigh
>>
>> Thad Cockrell and Caitlin Cary put out an album of duets a few years 
>> ago, "Begonias," and to this day I think it's the best thing either of 
>> them have done (which is saying a lot, as they're some damn talented 
>> people). One can only assume that this evening will feature some duet 
>> action, either "Begonias" material or other stuff, so if you like 
>> gorgeous wistful male/female country duets . . .
>>
>>
>>
>> Friday, March 6
>> Sleepsound    (http://www.sleepsound.org/)
>> Cinemasophia    (http://www.myspace.com/cinemasophia)
>> Clothing and Shoes    (http://www.myspace.com/clothingandshoesmusic)
>> The Pinhook, Durham
>>
>> 12:00 - Sleepsound
>> 11:00 - Cinemasophia
>> 10:00 - Clothing and Shoes
>>
>>
>>
>> Friday, March 6
>> Goner    (http://www.gonertheband.com/)
>> Future Islands    (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
>> Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
>>
>> Future Islands moved to Baltimore last year, after stints in Greenville 
>> & the Triangle. They make crazy bleaty-synthy sweet dance-pop. Goner are 
>> a grizzled bitter old rockband; so bitter that they continue to 
>> steadfastly refuse to admit to being a grizzled bitter old rockband, and 
>> hold up as proof the fact that their lineup is synth/bass/drums.
>>
>>
>>
>> Friday, March 6
>> Fin Fang Foom    (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html)
>> Maserati    (http://www.kindercore.com/maserati.html)
>> Monsonia    (http://www.monsonia.com)
>> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>>
>> Atmospheric postpunk from two local masters & an outta-town peer.
>>
>>
>>
>> Friday, March 6
>> Remora    (http://www.silbermedia.com/remora/)
>> Andrew Weathers
>> Beautiful Bells    (http://www.myspace.com/beautifulbellsmusic)
>> Caledonia    (http://www.myspace.com/caledoniatheband)
>> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, March 7
>> Rhymes With Opera    (http://www.rhymeswithopera.org)
>> Broad Street Cafe, Durham
>>
>> RHYMES WITH OPERA and the AM/PM SAXOPHONE QUARTET present an evening of 
>> new chamber music and opera, featuring music by Kathleen Bader, Mattias 
>> Sköld, and the premiere of two new works written for RWO.
>>
>> THOMAS LIMBERT (RWO commission)
>> Numbers/Dates
>> (Anxiety Leading to Panic)
>>
>> Skeleton
>> Libretto by THIMBLE WIT
>> Music by RUBY FULTON and GEORGE LAM
>>
>> With Elisabeth Halliday, soprano, Bonnie Lander, soprano, Robert Maril, 
>> baritone, and the AM/PM Saxophone Quartet
>>
>> Rhymes With Opera will be collaborating with the AM/PM saxophone quartet 
>> to present a concert of new works, including a premiere by pulsoptional 
>> composer Thom Limbert. The piece, Numbers/Dates (Anxiety Leading to 
>> Panic), a Rhymes With Opera commission, uses voice samples from 
>> University of Pennsylvania's research on "emotional prosody," creating 
>> and interweaving natural speech in different emotional states with 
>> singers and saxophones. In addition to the Limbert premiere, Rhymes With 
>> Opera will present Skeleton, a new opera by Thimble Wit, Ruby Fulton and 
>> George Lam, where three strangers meet by chance on a train and one of 
>> them begins to tell the story of a betrayed lover and his disturbing 
>> revenge.
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, March 7
>> Filthybird    (http://www.myspace.com/filthybird)
>> Anathallo    (http://www.anathallo.com/)
>> Sam Amidon    (http://www.samamidon.com/)
>> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, March 7
>> Wigg Report    (http://www.synchronizedswim.org)
>> Blood Red River    (http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver)
>> Virgo 9    (http://www.myspace.com/thevirgonine)
>> The Pinhook, Durham
>>
>> 12:00 - Virgo 9
>> 11:00 - The Wigg Report
>> 10:00 - Blood Red River
>>
>> Heavy screamy woman-fronted rock from the Virgo 9; punk-inflected surf 
>> from Blood Red River; classic New Soundz of Durham from the Wigg Report, 
>> whose "Like Blammo Fast" was one of my fave releases of 2008.
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, March 7
>> Schooner    (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
>> Nathan Oliver    (http://www.nathan-oliver.com)
>> The Proclivities    (http://www.myspace.com/theproclivities)
>> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>>
>> This is a CD-release party for the new Nathan Oliver CD, their first in 
>> a couple of years. Their debut was a mix of catchy indie-pop and 
>> Pixies-inflenced screech; I haven't seen them in ages, so I couldn't say 
>> whether they've veered more one direction or the other.
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, March 7
>> Keegan DeWitt    (http://www.keegandewitt.com/)
>> The Tomahawks    (http://www.myspace.com/jeffcrawfordmusic)
>> Gabriel Kelley    (http://www.myspace.com/gabrielkelleymusic)
>> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, March 7
>> Thank You    (http://www.thrilljockey.com/artists/?id=11346)
>> Mi Ami    (http://www.myspace.com/miamiamiami)
>> bETAVEG
>> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>>
>> It must be SXSW time, because random hot outtatown bands of the moment 
>> are blitzing through. This night is still nominally FrequeNC Records 
>> night, but a chunk of the evening is given over to Thrill Jockey's Thank 
>> You, and Quarterstick's Mi Ami. The former are a 
>> fuzz-synth/drone/tribal-drumming trio from Baltimore. The latter, which 
>> contain some ex-members of Black Eyes, are from San Francisco, and they 
>> sound like alternate-universe dub where the drug of choice is PCP. Lots 
>> of echo bass, deep grooves, and high-pitched tweaker screeching/ranting 
>> over the top of it. It's kinda fun, and definitely fucked-up.
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, March 7
>> Hank Sinatra    (http://www.hank-sinatra.com/)
>> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, March 7
>> Ruscha    (http://www.myspace.com/ruscha)
>> The Curtains of Night    (http://myspace.com/thecurtainsofnight)
>> Trophy Wife    (http://trophywifetheband.blogspot.com/)
>> Reservoir, Carrboro
>>
>> It's a gtr/drums duofest of sorts, with locals Ruscha and Curtains of 
>> Night (both heavy as all-get-out) and DC's Trophy Wife.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sunday, March 8
>> Future Islands    (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
>> Lonnie Walker    (http://www.myspace.com/lonniewalker)
>> Ed Schrader    (http://www.myspace.com/edwardhenryschraderiii)
>> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>>
>> Greenville-to-Baltimore transplants Future Islands join their former 
>> Greenville homies Lonnie Walker, who were recently showcased in the News 
>> & Observer's Great 8 (bands to watch in 2009).
>>
>>
>>
>> Sunday, March 8
>> The Homewreckers    (http://www.myspace.com/jackandjillhomewrecker)
>> Pink Flag    (http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc)
>> The Middlemen    (http://themiddlemenmusic.com)
>> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Sunday, March 8
>> The Hymns    (http://www.hymnsband.com)
>> The Bridges    (http://www.thebridgesmusic.net)
>> Death on Two Wheels
>> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>>
>>
>>
>> Monday, March 9
>> William Elliott Whitmore    (http://www.southern.net/southern/band/WILEW)
>> Samantha Crain & the Morning Shivers 
>> (http://www.myspace.com/samanthacrain)
>> Ben Weaver    (http://www.myspace.com/benweavermusic)
>> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Monday, March 9
>> Chiaroscuro
>> Mouthbreather
>> Bridge and Tunnel
>> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Monday, March 9
>> The Taylor Texas Corrugators    (http://www.myspace.com/txcorrugators)
>> Veelee    (http://www.myspace.com/seeveelee)
>> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>>
>> As in "Greg Ginn and the Taylor Texas Corrugators," which is Greg's 
>> Texas-boogie/western swing band. Or something like that. The heckling 
>> opportunities are endless, obviously, but there are few men in the 
>> history of American rock who've been heckled more than Greg Ginn, so 
>> it's A-game or no game.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tuesday, March 10
>> Lydia    (http://www.myspace.com/lydia)
>> Black Gold    (http://profile.myspace.com/blackgold)
>> All Get Out    (http://www.myspace.com/allgetout)
>> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Tuesday, March 10
>> Blag'ard    (http://www.blagard.com/)
>> Lost Hands Found Fingers    (http://www.myspace.com/losthandsfoundfingers)
>> Reservoir, Carrboro
>>   
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