stuff to do, week of May 4, 2009
grady
grady at ibiblio.org
Sun May 3 20:46:24 EDT 2009
Monday, May 4
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
(http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart)
Zaza (http://www.myspace.com/warofzaza)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Tuesday, May 5
Black Skies (http://blackskies.us/)
Big Business (http://www.bigbigbusiness.com)
Tweakbird (http://www.myspace.com/tweakbird)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
Thursday, May 7
Pneurotics (http://www.myspace.com/pneurotics)
Sea Cow
Honcho
The Pinhook, Durham
12:00 - Sea Cow
11:00 - The Pneurotics
10:00 - Honcho
Thursday, May 7
Prabir and the Substitutes (http://www.prabirandthesubstitutes.com/)
Embarrassing Fruits (http://www.myspace.com/embarrassingfruitsband)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
This is the weekly Local Bands, Local Beers show at Tir Na nOg, although
Prabir & the Substitutes are from up around Richmond. Embarrassing
Fruits' new LP, Community/Exploitation, puts a little distance between
them and the Pavement comparisons they used to get. Still hear some
Sebadoh/Dinosaur action in there, though.
Thursday, May 7
Schooner (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
Lake Inferior (http://www.myspace.com/lakeinferiormusic)
Aminal (http://www.myspace.com/theaminalmusic)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
This is a CD-release show for a pair of new EPs from Aminal, who do a
persuasive dirty pop-rock thing.
Thursday, May 7
Clang Quartet (http://www.myspace.com/clangquartet)
Chaos Character
James Amoeba (http://www.myspace.com/jamesamoeba)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Friday, May 8
Bowerbirds (http://www.bowerbirds.org)
Wes Phillips (http://www.myspace.com/wesleydongeroga)
La Strada
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Bowerbirds are currently touring up north. Last week they were hours
away from crossing into Canada when their van was broken into in
Brooklyn, and they lost laptops, iPods, books & a couple of their
passports. There are many ways in which indie-rock tours go from
break-even to in-the-hole propositions, and this is one of the
shittiest. Come on out & welcome them home (and buy a t-shirt).
Friday, May 8
The Great White Jenkins (http://www.tgwj.com/)
Hands and Knees (http://myspace.com/handsandknees)
Veelee (http://www.myspace.com/seeveelee)
The Great Nostalgic (http://www.myspace.com/thegreatnostalgic)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Veelee are a new duo featuring Matthew Park (ex-Opening Flower Happy
Bird) and Ginger Wagg. They make cool breezy pop music with a bit of an
ominous undertone. You can download their excellent new EP from their
website, or get a physical copy (in a fancy handmade sleeve) at the
show. http://veeleemusic.com/
Friday, May 8
Gray Young (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
Battle Rockets (http://www.myspace.com/battlerockets)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
Saturday, May 9
Roman Candle (http://www.romancandlemusic.com/)
Keegan DeWitt (http://www.keegandewitt.com/)
The Deep Vibration (http://www.thedeepvibration.com)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
This is a CD-release for the new Roman Candle CD. I've sort of lost
track of what RC have been up to, but I can only assume their brand of
sweet breezy southern pop is still more or less intact.
This tour is sponsored by Paste Magazine and the Cincinnati-based
WOXY.com, which is an odd bird: formerly the commercial-alternative
station WOXY/97X, they lost enough money that by 2004, their parent
company sold off the license & shuttered the station. After a few months
offline, they re-emerged as an internet-only webradio station; they
claim they may be the first commercial radio station to go *off* the air
& onto the internet.
Yet more amusing footnote: recently they've come back *on* the air in
Cincinnati via HD Radio -- on the 2nd HD channel of the local public
radio station.
Saturday, May 9
Grappling Hook (http://www.myspace.com/torchmaraudersgrapplinghook)
Le Weekend (http://www.myspace.com/leweekendleband)
Minor Stars (http://www.myspace.com/minorstars)
The Pinhook, Durham
The first half of this evening (7:00 - 9:30 pm) is the latest
installment of Pinhook Arts. To wit:
Brian Howe and Ashley Howe- film
Langston Fuze- spoken word
Joanna Catherine Scott- novelist
Little Green Pig- theater
Khristian Weeks- sound performance
Then, at 10:00, the rock commences, with the Durham County album-release
party of the AMAZING new Grappling Hook album. I've had the thing for
the better part of a month now, and I swear to god, there have been long
stretches when I've listened to nothing else, on repeat, over and over.
12:00 - Grappling Hook
11:00 - Le Weekend
10:00 - Minor Stars
Saturday, May 9
Dexter Romweber (http://www.dexterromweber.com)
ANTiSEEN (http://www.antiseen.com)
Psychocharger (http://www.psychocharger.com/)
Joe Buck (http://www.myspace.com/joebuckyourselfmotherfucker)
Crank County Daredevils (http://www.myspace.com/crankcountydaredevils)
Volume 11 Tavern, Raleigh
This is being billed as Trash-O-Rama 2009. The full lineup is:
Antiseen
Joe Buck Yourself
Crank County Daredevils
Dexter Romweber
Psychocharger
Kings Of Hell
Memphis Morticians
The Tremors
Mean Mean Man and the Brass Knuckle Band
Saturday, May 9
The Love Language (http://www.myspace.com/thelovelanguage)
Whatever Brains (http://www.myspace.com/whateverbrains)
Gross Ghost
Pour House, Raleigh
The Love Language began as a solo-recording project by ex-Capulets
singer Stuart McLamb. Somehow, miraculously, not only did he write &
record an excellent album, but he also arranged the songs perfectly to
accommodate the 7-piece band he was then forced to assemble.
I can't speak firsthand, having only seen them for the first time the
other day, but the early word on the live band was that 7 people onstage
could get a little chaotic. Betwixt then & now, however, they've spent a
fair amount of time on the road, and the band I saw last Friday night at
Local 506 was loose, sure, but also self-assured, well-rehearsed, and,
well, fucking awesome.
I'm no longer capable (if I ever was) of predicting what music is going
to catch on with the general public, and I'm OK with that, so I won't
say I was surprised by the enthusiasm of the audience, nor by their
remarkable level of recall of every-single-word of every-single-song.
But it *was* pretty goddamn exciting to see that many people --
particularly that many people under the age of 25, that cohort who
supposedly download everything and fall in love with none of it --
singing along lustily to what is still (despite the hype, the Spin.com
feature, etc) a fairly young local band.
Saturday, May 9
Red Collar (http://www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
Death to the Details (http://www.reverbnation.com/deathtothedetails)
The Lights, Fluorescent (http://www.myspace.com/thelightsfluorescent)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
The best thing about Red Collar quitting their jobs to pursue
rock-n-roll fulltime, apart from the basic massive inspiration quotient,
is the fact that frontman Jason Kutchma seems to have more time to write
long philosophical ramblings on their blog. http://www.redcollarmusic.com/
Oh yeah: nonsmoking show. yay!
Saturday, May 9
Inspector 22
Waumiss (http://www.myspace.com/waumiss)
Dead Stars (http://www.myspace.com/deadstars)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Waumiss are the charming & ever-delightful popband of Clarque Blomquist
(Kingsbury Manx, etc) & his wife Caroline.
Saturday, May 9
Embarrassing Fruits (http://www.myspace.com/embarrassingfruitsband)
Sexy Prime (http://sexyprime.com)
La Snacks
Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill
Saturday, May 9
Lafcadio (http://www.myspace.com/lafcadiorocks)
The Whisky Smugglers
The Cave, Chapel Hill
Sunday, May 10
Nathan Oliver (http://www.nathan-oliver.com)
WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
Nathan Oliver just put out their second album, Cloud Animals, which
delivers on all the promise of their first, and then some. Pixiesish
frantic moments, plus a dose of that Pox World Empire lushness. 4:00
p.m. 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.
Sunday, May 10
Wye Oak (http://www.myspace.com/wyeoak)
Pomegranates (http://www.myspace.com/pomegranatesart)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
This is a nonsmoking show.
Sunday, May 10
Reid Johnson
Eric Sommer (http://ericsommer.com)
Generationals (http://www.myspace.com/generationals)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
After some time spent bumming around Europe, former Schooner bassist
Tripp Cox landed in New Orleans, where he's currently playing in
Generationals. They play the Cave tonight with Tripp's old bandmate,
Schooner frontman Reid Johnson.
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