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  • From: "Jeremy Blair" <jerblar AT gmail.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: stuff to do, week of July 27, 2007
  • Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:59:32 -0400

I just wanted to point out that The Love Language, playing Nightlight
tonight, is fronted by ex-The Capulet's singer Stuart Mclamb and while they
haven't yet hit the stride that the caps had at time of death, fans the the
afore mentioned will draw a clear and precise comparison. It's worth seeing.
No I am not a promoter just a fan.

On 7/27/07, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
> Friday, July 27
> Future Islands (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
> Ear Pwr (http://www.myspace.com/earpwr)
> Eagle Ager (http://www.eagleager.com)
> The Werehouse, Winston-Salem
>
>
>
> Friday, July 27
> Hwyl (http://www.myspace.com/hwylmusic)
> The Drownout (http://thedrownout.com)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Friday, July 27
> Eyes to Space (http://www.eyestospace.net/)
> Red Collar (http://www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
> Sleepsound (http://www.sleepsound.org/)
> Pneurotics (http://www.myspace.com/pneurotics)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, July 28
> Girls Rock NC Grand Finale (http://www.girlsrocknc.org/)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> This is the big week-ending showcase show for the older girls' (12-15)
> session of the Girls Rock NC rock-n-roll summer camp for girls.
> Attendees were split into bands at the beginning of the week, and
> they've spent the week not only writing songs, but also making zines,
> designing their own merch, and flyering around town. It's a crash-course
> in indie-rock, with heavy riot grrrrl influence, and the big week-ending
> show at the Cradle is about the most fun you can have at a rockshow.
>
>
>
> Saturday, July 28
> Beloved Binge (http://www.myspace.com/belovedbinge)
> Illbotz (http://www.myspace.com/illbotz)
> Sequoya (http://www.myspace.com/sequoya)
> Broad Street Cafe, Durham
>
>
>
>
>
> Saturday, July 28
> Regina Hexaphone (http://www.reginahexaphone.com)
> John Harrison
> Ghosts I've Met (http://myspace.com/ghostsivemet)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Regina Hexaphone are due shortly to put out a new album on Raleigh's
> Superfan label. John Harrison's band North Elementary has just put out
> an EP on Durham's Pox World Empire. All I know about Ghosts I've Met is
> that they're from Brooklyn, and contain Margaret White, who did time
> with both Regina Hexaphone and North Elementary, back when she lived
> around here.
>
>
>
> Saturday, July 28
> The Comas (http://www.thecomas.com)
> Wembley (http://www.myspace.com/wembleystadium)
> Great Northern (http://www.myspace.com/greatnorthern)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Wembley are a new band with member[s] of the late lamented Laramie UK.
> The Comas don't live around here anymore, although I read in the Indy
> that Andy Herrod is contemplating a move to Tennessee.
>
>
>
> Saturday, July 28
> Robo Sapien (http://www.gorobosapien.com/)
> The Degenerettes (http://www.myspace.com/thedegenerettes)
> Pariah Piranha (http://www.myspace.com/pariahpiranha)
> Blend, Chapel Hill
>
> Queercore + crazy queer boy/girl hip-hop electro dance jamz = ???
>
>
>
> Saturday, July 28
> Bull City (http://www.bullcitytheband.com/)
> Magic Babies (http://www.myspace.com/themagicbabies)
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Saturday, July 28
> The Vibe Killers (http://www.myspace.com/vibekillers)
> The Nevers
> Pour House, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Sunday, July 29
> Dan Bryk (http://www.bryk.com/)
> WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
>
> Dan Bryk is a wry, witty singer-songwriter who moved to Raleigh from
> Canada a few years ago, but has only just now got his work visa
> situation straightened out such that he's able to play shows & sell CDs.
> Because, being Canadian, he'd never dream of doing such things illegally.
>
> He's been in the news a bit lately thanks to his tribute to NC
> Commissioner of Labor Cherie K. Berry, "Cherry Berry" (not to be
> confused with the Torch Marauder's earlier tribute, "Cherie K. Berry").
>
> Hear him (hopefully) perform that hit, along with many others, at 5:00
> p.m. at 88.7FM or wxdu.org.
>
>
>
> Sunday, July 29
> Kelly Willis (http://www.kellywillis.com)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Monday, July 30
> Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
> des_ark (http://www.des-ark.org)
> Giant
> Bull City Headquarters, Durham
>
> des_ark have been on tour for the past month or so. I heard from Aimee a
> couple of days ago; she was in Phoenix, killing time waiting for the
> replacement of the van's [seemingly inevitably] destroyed rear axle.
> Despite that utterly classic tour snafu, she was full of crazy stories &
> seemed in high spirits, so I fully expect this homecoming show to be
> mindblowing.
>
> [And with Cantwell Gomez & Jordan on the bill, it's pretty much
> guaranteed to be either way.]
>
>
>
> Monday, July 30
> Priestbird (http://www.priestbird.com/)
> Pelican (http://www.hydrahead.com/pelican)
> Clouds (http://www.myspace.com/cloudsrock)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Tuesday, July 31
> Stan Ridgway (http://www.stanridgway.com)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> Stan was the frontman for Wall of Voodoo. This is some sort of
> celebration of some sort of anniversary, I guess of the release of that
> band's big hit album "Call of the West." (you know, the one with
> "Mexican Radio" onnit?)
>
>
>
> Tuesday, July 31
> The Love Language (http://www.myspace.com/thelovelanguage)
> Max Indian (http://www.myspace.com/maxindian)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Thursday, August 2
> Savage Knights (http://www.retroactivedynamics.com)
> Concrete Bombers (http://www.myspace.com/concretebombers)
> Mothguts (http://www.myspace.com/mothguts)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Thursday, August 2
> Red Collar (http://www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
> Future Kings of Nowhere (http://www.thefuturekings.net/)
> Hammer No More the Fingers (http://www.hnmtf.com)
> Adam Thorn & the Top Buttons (http://www.myspace.com/thetopbuttons)
> Downtown Event Center, Raleigh
>
> Four of NC's best and brightest up-and-comers: Future Kings of Nowhere
> make acoustic guitar-driven pop-punk, which I'm told makes them 'emo,'
> but that word means nothing to me now that it doesn't mean Rites of
> Spring, so whatever. The songs are catchy, as are the riffs.
>
> Red Collar make working-class postpunk. Hammer No More the Fingers are
> an indie-rock band, '95-style. And Adam Thorn & the Top Buttons are a
> buncha snotnosed Mods from Greensboro.
>
>
>
> Thursday, August 2
> Birds of Avalon (http://www.myspace.com/birdsofavalon)
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Friday, August 3
> Black Skies (http://www.myspace.com/losblackskies)
> *SONS (http://www.myspace.com/sonsofthesun)
> The Rho Band
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Black Skies are a big ol' hardrock band, featuring Cat's Cradle doorman
> Kevin Clark on guitar and suitably hoarse bellow. *SONS are a psych-rock
> band who can space out Syd Barrett style one minute, and bring down the
> 18-guitar wah-wah deluge the next.
>
> This is the debut of the Rho Band, which is what happens when local
> rockers get dayjobs: suddenly the company pickup band has Chuck Garrison
> on drums.
>
>
>
> Friday, August 3
> Future Islands (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
> Ear Pwr (http://www.myspace.com/earpwr)
> The Show is the Rainbow (http://www.myspace.com/theshowistherainbow)
> Tron Valdez
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, August 4
> Dom Casual (http://www.myspace.com/domcasual)
> The Turnpikes (http://theturnpikes.net)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
>
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