stuff to do, week of March 15, 2011
Ross Grady
grady at ibiblio.org
Mon Mar 14 21:24:08 EDT 2011
Tuesday, March 15
Plume Giant (http://www.plumegiant.com/)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham
Tuesday, March 15
No Eyes (http://www.myspace.com/noeyesband)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
No Eyes are from Raleigh/Boone/Raleigh, and at least one of them is kin
to Robert Kirkland of Arrogance. The demo they sent me sort of
tightropes between straight college pop & something altogether darker,
weirder & more psych. Check out Endless Sea for a good example of the
latter. http://www.myspace.com/noeyesband/music/songs/Endless-Sea-79843927
Wednesday, March 16
The Tranny Roadshow (http://www.trannyroadshow.org/)
Henbrain
Flavor Savers (http://www.flavorsaversmusic.com/)
Modern Day Pinocchio (http://www.myspace.com/moderndaypinocchio)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Thursday, March 17
Steve Reich & David Harrington: In Conversation
The Pinhook, Durham
This is an onstage conversation at 6:30 p.m. as part of the lead-up to
the Kronos Quartet performance on Saturday of Reich's only three string
quartets (all three written for Kronos) including the world premiere of
his "WTC 9/11."
Thursday, March 17
The Breaks (http://www.reverbnation.com/thebreaksofpittsboro)
The Alcazar Hotel (http://www.myspace.com/thealcazarhotel)
Bustello (http://www.myspace.com/bustellomusic)
Reese McHenry
Spiralfire (http://www.reverbnation.com/spiralfire)
Kings, Raleigh
This is The Often Awesome Benefit, to support Greensboro musician Tim
LaFollette in his struggle with ALS, and to support & promote the Often
Awesome Army, an organization of Tim's friends that has grown to much
more than support for Tim. They'll be screening an episode of the
award-winning web documentary/video diary about Tim.
And, in addition to the bands listed above, there will also be a
performance by Johnny Paul Jason & Jeff Hart, the songwriting team from
the excellent late-80s Raleigh band The Hanks.
Thursday, March 17
SLÀINTE! Paddy's Irish Cover Band Party
The Casbah, Durham
OK, it's probably fairly obvious, but this was originally conceived to
showcase I Was Totally Destroying It's U2 tribute project, but they
couldn't make it, so the Casbah pressed on anyway. So you'll get THIN
LIZZY (by Decoration Ghost), STIFF LITTLE FINGERS (by The Bastages), THE
POGUES (Magnolia Collective) and Karaoke.
Thursday, March 17
USA Baby
Yohimbe (http://www.myspace.com/partywithyohimbe)
Abraxis Jenks
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Thursday, March 17
Twilighter (http://twilighter.net/)
Pros & Cons
Chapel Hill Underground, Chapel Hill
Thursday, March 17
Static Minds
The Royal Nites
Heron (http://www.reverbnation.com/heronrock)
Reservoir, Carrboro
Friday, March 18 - Saturday, March 19
Chatham County Line (http://www.chathamcountyline.com/)
The Casbah, Durham
Both nights of this 2-night stand are sold out, but someone always can't
go at the last minute. For instance, I don't have tickets for this show,
but if I did it's a safe bet I'd wind up giving them away on Twitter the
afternoon of the show.
Friday, March 18
Straight 8s (http://www.straight8s.com)
The Bo-Stevens (http://www.thebostevens.com/)
Thee Dirtybeats (http://www.myspace.com/ampsdofurnisharoom)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham
It's being billed as a one-night capsule history of rock-n-roll, with
the doghouse-bass-fueled rockabilly of the Straight 8s, the hard
honky-tonk of the Bo-Stevens, and the 60s-vintage garage sounds of Thee
Dirtybeats.
Friday, March 18
Once and Future Kings (http://www.myspace.com/onceandfuturekings)
Martha Ann Motel (http://www.myspace.com/marthaannmotel)
No Eyes (http://www.myspace.com/noeyesband)
Hustle, Hustle, Korea! (http://www.reverbnation.com/hustlehustlekorea)
Sam Robinson (http://www.reverbnation.com/samrobinsonguitar)
Pour House, Raleigh
Friday, March 18
Randy Whitt (http://www.randywhitt.com/)
Studio Gangsters (http://www.myspace.com/studiogangsters)
Titanium Rex (http://jackwenberg.com/)
Burke (http://www.reverbnation.com/burkehilburn)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
All of this weekend's shows at the Cave are listed as "CAVEAID PA Party"
which leads me to believe that the Cave's decrepit, permanently
beer-sodden PA may have finally given up the ghost.
Friday, March 18
Kolyma (http://www.myspace.com/kolyma)
Systems
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Saturday, March 19
Polvo (http://www.southern.com/southern/band/POLVO/index.html)
Wild Wild Geese (http://www.myspace.com/wildwildgeesemusic)
Free Electric State (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
Kings, Raleigh
Polvo came flying out of the gate when they reformed, playing a series
of innovative & incendiary shows & releasing one of the best records of
their career, In Prism. Since then they've slowed down a little, and
this is their first local show since the tail-end of 2009 (really?
that's what my database says, but that can't be right, can it?)
Saturday, March 19
Kerbloki (http://www.kerbloki.com/)
Motor Skills
Local 506, Chapel Hill
It's a reunion after a 2-3 year hiatus for local hip-hop crew Kerbloki,
whose members have been busy opening Bowbarr and holding down the rhythm
end of local stoner/sludge metallists Caltrop.
Saturday, March 19
Urban Sophisticates (http://www.urbansophisticates.com/)
The Beast
Big Hell (http://www.myspace.com/bighell)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham
This is the party *after* the big afternoon/evening block party called
Marry Durham.
Saturday, March 19
Huguenots (http://www.myspace.com/thehuguenotsmusic)
Bright Young Things
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
Great night for Beatlesy/Badfingery pop with an appealing scruff around
the edges, from these two young-ish local bands (Huguenots from
Carrboro, and Bright Young Things from Raleigh).
Saturday, March 19
Shipwrecker (http://www.myspace.com/shipwreckermuzak)
Wembley (http://www.myspace.com/wembleystadium)
Actual Persons (Living or Dead)
(http://www.myspace.com/actualpersonslivingordead)
The Pinhook, Durham
EP release for the latest 4-song micro-epic from Wembley. There's no
other band in North Carolina who sound anything like Wembley -- woozy
yet elegant, breezy yet deeply emotionally resonant. Any year they
manage to release a couplea songs is a good year indeed.
Saturday, March 19
Puritan Rodeo (http://www.thepuritanrodeoshow.blogspot.com/)
Blood Red River (http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver)
Turntable Graveyard (http://www.reverbnation.com/turntablegraveyard)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
CAVEAID PA Party weekend continues.
Saturday, March 19
Savage Knights (http://www.retroactivedynamics.com)
Phantascist
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Sunday, March 20
Agalloch (http://www.myspace.com/agalloch)
Worm Ouroboros (http://www.myspace.com/wormouroboros)
Aerial Ruin (http://www.myspace.com/aerialruin)
Kings, Raleigh
Sunday, March 20
New Town Drunks (http://www.newtowndrunks.com/)
Birds & Arrows (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Pinche Gringo (http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
CAVEAID PA Party weekend crashes to a close with a buncha bangs, all in
a row.
Monday, March 21
Minor Stars (http://www.myspace.com/minorstars)
The Wicked Tomorrow (http://www.thewickedtomorrow.com/)
Black Bells (http://www.myspace.com/blackbellsband)
The Casbah, Durham
Tuesday, March 22
Reid Johnson
Actual Persons (Living or Dead)
(http://www.myspace.com/actualpersonslivingordead)
School
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Tuesday, March 22
Oberhofer (http://www.myspace.com/oberhofermusic)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
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