RTP-area local music and culture

["Bob Wall" <bob.wall AT earthlink.net>]

If you're tired of the insular world of the Triangle, come spend Valentine's
Day in Greensboro (at New York Pizza), where the rockers are punk and the
beer is bubbly:

Red Skeleton (not a creepy comedian that dresses up like a clown, but one of
the phoenixes that has risen from the ashes of our beloved Scuppernong)

Schooner (have sweet and swoony pop song on Compulation compilation)

Hotel Motel (play jagged and confusing pop songs)

Things don't tend to start too early in the 'boro, so I am guessing start
time no earlier than 10:00, but probably later.


<grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote in message 402C1A23.4010308 AT ibiblio.org">news:402C1A23.4010308 AT ibiblio.org...
> For anybody who might be interested & didn't already hear, there's a
> wake on Sunday for Randy Ward--email me off-list for more info, I guess.
>
> Thanks to the card-pushers' "holiday" this weekend, there are a *lot* of
> shows:
>
> Thursday, February 12
> My Dear Ella [http://www.mydearella.com], The High Strung
> [http://www.thehighstrung.com/]
> Kings, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Friday, February 13
> The Crimson Spectre [http://www.slavemagazine.com/crimsonspectre/],
> Feces for War Paint, Roxotica, Selfish Motive
> Ace's Basement, Greensboro
>
> Shows at Ace's claim to start early, and the last one I attended
> actually did start more-or-less on time, on-time being around 8:30.
> Just FYI.
>
> On the bill tonight, Greensboro's own socialist-unionist hardcore band
> Crimson Spectre, who're truly one of my absolute fave punk bands, not
> leastways because their singer is actually a union organizer, not just
> somebody who's read Marx in school.
>
> Also on the bill, Rock Hill/Greensboro's Feces for War Paint, a giant
> sludgefest who just get better and better as they add more and more
> guitarists. And Roxotica, the only all-woman New Wave Of British Heavy
> Metal tribute band from the Triangle. I hope.
>
>
>
> Friday, February 13
> Taija Rae, Dawn Chorus
> Project Space 211, Winston-Salem
>
> This is apparently also a reading by local author Quinn Dalton, but
> due to the major sore throat I'm nursing, I'm going to have to refer
> you to www.ps211.org for more info.
>
>
>
> Friday, February 13
> Super Furry Animals [http://www.superfurry.com/], Papa M
> [http://www.papa-m.com/]
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Friday, February 13
> César Alvarez [http://www.cesaralvarez.net/], The Quarantines
> [http://www.freelon.com/quarantines/main.php]
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Quarantines are a brand-new-band--follow the link above to learn just
> about everything anybody knows about them at present, which I assume
> isn't much, as this is their first public show. If memory serves,
> César Alvarez attended the NCSA and is now located up north somewhere,
> where he writes songs & plays sax & whatnot.
>
>
>
> Friday, February 13
> The Spinns [http://www.thespinns.freeservers.com/]
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> Great Falls, Young People, Ashrae Fax
> [http://www.geocities.com/fog666/sacredsound.html], The High Heels
> Ace's Basement, Greensboro
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> Neil Diamond All-Stars, David Spencer Band
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> Evil Weiner Tribute Party
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> In case you haven't caught it on the radio yet, there's a brand new CD
> in town, called "I Can't Get That Evil Weiner Song Out of My Head." 17
> (is that right? sounds right) local bands covering their favorite Evil
> Weiner songs, beautifully. If you're a longtime Evil Weiner fan like
> me, this is the best news of the year to date; if you aren't, you're
> liable to become one, perhaps without even realizing it, if you spend
> any time listening to WXDU or WXYC over the next 6 weeks or so.
>
> Or if you attend this show, where Evil Wiener themselves will be
> acting as the backing band while various members of the bands on the
> CD get up and sing their hearts out.
>
> Here's more info from Ron:
>
> "Some of your favorite acts will be performing Evil Wiener songs with
> Evil Wiener backing them up, kinda like Evil Wiener karaoke. Members
> of Work Clothes, Shallow be thy Name, The Ghost of Rock, Soccer,
> Ameliorate, Mind Sirens, Regina Hexaphone and many more. Dr. Brian
> Butler will be opening the show, hopefully we'll see you there, it
> should be a lot of fun !"
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> Modern Day Urban Barbarians [http://www.mdub.com/], Torch Marauder,
> Sweet Militia, Manamid [http://www.manamid.com]
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Here's the lowdown from Scooter Hicks:
>
> no less than 4 bands will be risking life and limb, not to mention
> forced celibacy for at LEAST the next month in the interest of
> bringing YOU (yes you) several hours worth of heartwarming,
> nether-region-tingling, rock-TASTIC creations from the minds of some
> of the carolina's most genre-busting bastards! on valentines fucking
> day. are we nuts? or are you just nuts enough to miss it?
>
> SWEET MILITIA - featuring the only two people who aren't going to get
> their asses KICKED for playing this crazy show, plus CY RAWLS bringing
> the low-end and larynx. hot dangit! analogue II derived,
> independently-produced progasuraus rex from the city of medicine.
>
> MANAMID - Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike are back! after a 2 month
> hiatus recording, drinking affordable red wines, and doing general
> lawn maintenance, we are very much ready to get in front of some teens
> and make a racket again. its high time you started gettin yer fannies
> out there all at once and loving the crap out of us for christ's sake!
> we've been doing this 2 years now, and i think we've proven that you
> can trust us. manamid never cheats on it's adoring phans.
>
> MODERN DAY URBAN BARBARIANS - (from new york)
>
> TORCH MAURADER - one of our great national treasures - the man in blue
> with nothing but himself on tv for backup! is there a more geniune
> person on momma earth than this guy?
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> The Breaks, The Pink Slips
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> Love Hangover
> Kings, Raleigh
>
> The Love Hangover is an annual lovelorn-duets event, dating back to
> the very first Valentine's Day at Kings (this is the 5th go-round). It
> was started by the dressiest man in Raleigh, Richard Alwyn, and it
> continues despite his departure last year for the cold loveless shores
> of Manhatta. Here's a lineup:
>
> Katrina Lamberto & Brandon Whitesell
> David Mueller & Kristina Renee
> Lynn Blakey & Rob Watson
> Jeramy Lowe & Julia Martin
> Caroline Mamoulides & Scott Phillips
>
>
>
> Sunday, February 15
> Jule Brown [http://www.unc.edu/~holland3/jbrown.htm]
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Monday, February 16
> The Mountain Goats [http://www.themountaingoats.net/], Cub Country
> [http://www.jadetree.com/bandpages/bio_cubcountry.html], The Rosebuds
> [http://www.therosebuds.com/]
> Go! Studios Rm. 4, Carrboro
>
> Non-dilemma of the week: now that John Darnielle lives in Durham, are
> the Mountain Goats a local band? Don't worry, I lose sleep over these
> questions so that *you* won't have to. In any case, the Mountain Goats
> have a new CD out, from which I've heard exactly one song (it was
> good); if it's anywhere near the quality of _Tallahassee_, it's a
> formidable piece of work indeed. & of course you already know that
> Darnielle tends to throw himself into his shows, plus he's smart as
> fuck, which lends itself to good banter. Which seems insignificant
> unless you've spent much of the past 10 years standing around watching
> musicians tune their guitars sans banter.
>
> The Roesbuds are fuggin superstars in their own right, so I suppose
> now would be the time to advise you to show up early, even though it's
> a Monday night, else you'll be standing in the street while they're
> playing.
>
>
>
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