RTP-area local music and culture

["Philip Hammond" <xlate AT yahoo.com>]

OK, I came up with 15 instead of 10.

I spent 4 months in New York this year, which is why about half the shows
listed below are from there...

1. The Clean - Knitting Factory, NYC
2. The Lucksmiths / Ladybug Transistor - Southpaw, Brooklyn
3. Pernice Brothers - Mercury Lounge/Go/Luxxe
4. Superchunk - Bowery Ballroom, NYC
5. Bardo Pond - Northsix, Brooklyn
6. Crooked Fingers - Cat's Cradle
7. Sweet & Tender Hooligans (Smiths tribute band) - Knitting Factory, NYC
8. Bettie Serveert  - Cat's Cradle
9. Portastatic - The Cave
10. Ester Drang - Cat's Cradle
11. American Analog Set - Go
12. Consonant - Northsix, Brooklyn
13. Delgados / Aerogramme - Cat's Cradle
14. Verbena - Mercury Lounge/Go
15. Essex Green - Go

-Phil