stuff to do, week of February 25, 2010
grady
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Wed Feb 24 22:00:25 EST 2010
Thursday, February 25
The Tender Fruit (http://www.myspace.com/thetenderfruit)
Nervous But Excited (http://www.myspace.com/nervousbutexcited)
Humble Tripe (http://www.myspace.com/shawnluby)
The Pinhook, Durham
11 - Humble Tripe
10 - Nervous but Excited
9 - Tender Fruit
I so dearly love The Tender Fruit . . . singer/songwriter Christy Smith
combines a deep twang with a wicked writer's sensibility. Things are
rarely exactly what they appear to be in her songs; listen closely &
they prove to be both weirder & more wonderful.
Thursday, February 25
Starmount (http://www.myspace.com/starmountmusic)
The Jackets (http://www.reverbnation.com/TheJackets)
The Small Ponds
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
Starmount are a strangely spacey instrumental outfit from Raleigh, who
mix pedal steel & electronics to make highly distinctive soundtracks to
deep-space FutureTV.
Small Ponds are the new-ish project of Tres Chicas' Caitlin Cary and the
Proclivities' Matt Douglas.
Thursday, February 25
Free Electric State (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
The Toddlers (http://www.myspace.com/thetoddlersmusic)
Pros & Cons
The Station, Carrboro
Thursday, February 25
Birds & Arrows (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Katharine Whalen's Lucky (http://www.myspace.com/ncluckyband)
Mandolin Orange (http://www.myspace.com/mandolinorange)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Thursday, February 25
919Noise Showcase
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
This month's lineup:
Smell the Rott - http://www.myspace.com/smelltherott
Gringo - http://www.myspace.com/gringoraleigh
Cheezface - http://www.myspace.com/cheezfacemusic
Thursday, February 25
Lonely H. (http://www.myspace.com/thelonelyh)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
Friday, February 26
Huguenots (http://www.myspace.com/thehuguenotsmusic)
Saint Solitude (http://saintsolitude.com/)
Armadillo Grill @ the Bryan Center, Duke W. Campus, Durham
Friday, February 26
Trio Slicnaton (http://www.slicnaton.com)
Marsh Woodwinds, Raleigh
Friday, February 26
Killer Filler (http://www.myspace.com/killerfiller)
Papa Mojo's Roadhouse, Durham
Friday, February 26
Mosadi Music (http://www.mosadimusic.com/)
Shipwrecker (http://www.myspace.com/shipwreckermuzak)
Knives and Daggers (http://www.myspace.com/knivesanddaggersmusic)
The Pinhook, Durham
12 - Shipwrecker
11 - Mosadi Music
10 - Knives and Daggers
Shipwrecker are Durham's masters of rocking-and-rolling,
yawing-and-pitching seafaring country weirdness.
Friday, February 26
Rat Jackson (http://www.myspace.com/ratjacksonmusic)
I Was Totally Destroying It
(http://www.reverbnation.com/iwastotallydestroyingit)
River City Ransom (http://www.myspace.com/rivercityransomband)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham
Thanks in part to booker Rusty Sutton, the Broad Street Cafe is quickly
becoming the destination for live local music in Durham. Here's a
snapshot of highlights from their next few weeks, ripped shamelessly
from Rusty's Facebook status:
"Sets by I Was Totally Destroying It, The Love Language, The Loners,
Pink Flag, Richard Bacchus and the Luckiest Girls, The Pneurotics, A
Rooster for the Masses, The Dry Heathens, Bustello, D-Town Brass, The
Travesties, Rat Jackson, Simeon and so many more..."
Friday, February 26
The Invisible Hand (http://www.myspace.com/adamsmith)
Americans in France (http://www.myspace.com/americansinfrance)
Naked Gods (http://www.myspace.com/nakedgods)
Whatever Brains (http://www.myspace.com/whateverbrains)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Two of the bestest weirdest rockpoprock bands of 2009, Americans in
France & Whatever Brains, have apparently survived into the 2010. Glory
Hallelujah. With the Southern Rock (with a dash of spacenoize) stylings
of Boone's Naked Gods.
Friday, February 26
Wild Wild Geese (http://www.myspace.com/wildwildgeesemusic)
Wooden Toothe (http://www.myspace.com/woodentoothe)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
Friday, February 26
Blag'ard (http://www.blagard.com/)
Michael Rank (http://www.sleazegrinder.com/teensleazehanoi.htm)
Rosie Hellfire and The Red Hot Rebelettes
(http://www.myspace.com/redhotrebelettes)
Reservoir, Carrboro
This is a CD-release for the new Blag'ard disc, Mach II. I haven't heard
it, but I *did* get a copy of the never-released 1996 album by guitarist
Joe Taylor's other band, Capsize 7. Still one of the most distinctive
guitar tones/styles to ever come from Chapel Hill
Friday, February 26
Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls
(http://www.myspace.com/richardbacchus)
Michael Burgin & Drinkers Union
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
Saturday, February 27
The Breaks (http://www.reverbnation.com/thebreaksofpittsboro)
Simeon (http://www.myspace.com/simeonberkley)
Bustello (http://www.myspace.com/bustellomusic)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham
One of the strengths of the Triangle music community is that, by and
large, there aren't age-limits, upper or lower, on participation. Sure,
there are plenty of college-aged bands . . . but more than a few locals
(including John Booker of I Was Totally Destroying it, and all three
members of Hammer No More the Fingers) were rocking local stages when
they were in high school.
The same is true on the upper end as well. Some bands--Superchunk & Lud,
for instance--have been around in one form or another for 15-20 years.
Others, such as all three bands on tonight's bill, are new combinations
of longtime local veterans. Bustello pairs the twangy guitar &
distinctive voice of Ben Clarke (Metal Flake Mother) with veteran rhythm
section Jody Maxwell & John Plymale (Sex Police, many more). Simeon is
the brainchild of Simeon Berkeley (Mind Sirens, many more) & Robbie
Breitweiser (Ruebarb, many more), and features Groves Willer (Bobo the
Amazing Rubberfaced Boy, Evil Weiner, Shark Quest) on drums.
And the Breaks feature Steve Carr & Brunson Hoole (Emperors of Ice
Cream) with What Peggy Wants singer John Ensslin out front. They're a
sharp, lean, ultra-focused powerpop machine.
Saturday, February 27
The Strugglers (http://www.thestrugglers.org/)
Felix Obelix (http://www.myspace.com/felixobelix)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
There's a nice big article about Wendy Spitzer & Felix Obelix in this
week's Indy, along with some song samples, so I'll wait while you go
check it out. http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:411556
Along with a rare Felix Obelix live performance (one listen to the
record & you'll understand: this stuff is tricky to play), Wendy will
provide you with a stamped envelope, so you can write a letter to your
future self. She'll hang onto the letters and then mail them in October
2010.
Rare, as well, is this opportunity to see Randy Bickford's Strugglers
augmented with a string quartet ... especially now that Randy has moved
to the DC area. May be a while before he graces a local stage again.
Saturday, February 27
Aminal (http://www.myspace.com/theaminalmusic)
The Whisky Smugglers
Saint Solitude (http://saintsolitude.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Monday, March 1
Pretty and Nice (http://www.myspace.com/prettyandnice)
Title Tracks
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Tuesday, March 2
The Hem of His Garment (http://www.myspace.com/thehemofhisgarment)
Make (http://www.myspace.com/thebandmake)
White Suns (http://www.myspace.com/whitesuns)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
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