RTP-area local music and culture

["Sorren Thule" <sorren23 AT nc.rr.com>]

you guys can also come to the post-dinner show at the Coffeeshop (duke) and 
see Dark Tide and Polynya performing as a benefit for GLAM (girls music 
camp) from 6.30 to 9pm.   Should be f.u.n.

R


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "grady" <grady AT ibiblio.org>
To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 5:20 PM
Subject: Stuff to do, Week of March 25, 2005


> Friday, March 25
> French Kicks [http://www.frenchkicks.com/], The Nein 
> [http://www.thenein.com/], Calla 
> [http://users.vei.net/eacherhundreds/eh101-calla.htm]
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> This show actually begins at 9:00 with Austin singer-songwriter Ian Moore, 
> who got bumped from Nightlight under mysterious circumstances. The word 
> from Local 506 is that French Kicks will commence playing 15 minutes after 
> the end of the North Carolina basketball game (tipoff at 10:00, and yes, I 
> resisted the urge to intentionally say "kickoff" just to peeve all you 
> insufferable basketball nerds); the fate of the other bands on the bill is 
> less clear. On thing is certain: the Nein are fully capable of playing for 
> however long is necessary, so don't be shy.
>
>
>
> Friday, March 25
> Art Lord and the Self Portraits [http://www.ideasforhousecrafts.com], 
> Spader
> Bickett Gallery, Raleigh
>
> Both Spader & Art Lord seem to involve weird little indie-rock boys making 
> kind of art-damaged dance-pop; for whatever reason this show is being 
> billed as a head-to-head final showdown between the two of them. Perhaps 
> they've signed an agreement to never again appear in the same venue at the 
> same time? Wouldn't that just fuel the existing rumors that they're in 
> fact the same band in disguise?
>
>
>
> Friday, March 25
> The Oranges Band [http://www.theorangesband.com], Strange 
> [http://www.thisisstrange.org], The Hold Steady 
> [http://www.theholdsteady.com/]
> Martin Street Music Hall, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Saturday, March 26
> Killer Filler, Dom Casual
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, March 26
> Nashville Pussy [http://www.nashvillepussy.com/], The Paybacks 
> [http://www.thepaybacks.com/], Illuminati [http://www.theilluminati.net/]
> Martin Street Music Hall, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Saturday, March 26
> Jason Crumer [http://www.dadadrumming.org/jasoncrumer/], Realicide, 
> Moribund, Boyzone [http://kodakculture.org/katherine/boyszone]
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, March 27
> The Album Leaf [http://www.albumleaf.com], The Bloodthirsty Lovers
> Martin Street Music Hall, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Sunday, March 27
> Fin Fang Foom [http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html], DMBQ 
> [http://www.dmbq.net/bio_e.asp], Pegasus
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> First of a two-night Triangle stand for Japanese acid-rockers DMBQ. I'm 
> fairly certain that Japanese people are probably frequently bored by 
> Japanese bands, but either the boring bands never make it to the US, or 
> even boring Japanese bands are somehow fascinating (certainly true of 
> X-Girl, whose stage set & costumes interested me far more than their 
> music), because I've never seen a Japanese band that couldn't hold my 
> attention one way or another.
>
>
>
> Monday, March 28
> The Sames [http://www.thesames.com], Can Joann [http://www.canjoann.com/], 
> Nathan Asher & the Infantry [http://www.nathanasher.com/], Fashion Design 
> [http://fashiondesignband.com/]
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> Big night of local rock at the Cradle. The Sames are the old men on the 
> bill, which I think means it's about goddamn time to release that album, 
> boys. They are the finest noise-pop-scree band in the Triangle, and are 
> also almost certainly the only such band with a guitarist who holds a PhD 
> in jumping around spastically.
>
> Fashion Design are young upstarts with a fine regard for dreamy/echoey UK 
> bands of the 80s, and a complete selection of chorus pedals to match.
>
> Nathan Asher and the Infantry are a 47-piece rockband from Raleigh with at 
> least 15 guitarists & 22 keyboardists & a guy named Nathan Asher who has 
> clearly spent an unhealthy amount of time sitting at home alone with 
> headphones on listening to Bruce Springsteen in one ear & Patti Smith in 
> the other. When I play his stuff on the radio, I get a lot of phone calls. 
> From young ladies.
>
>
>
> Monday, March 28
> DMBQ [http://www.dmbq.net/bio_e.asp], Fin Fang Foom 
> [http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html], Birds of Avalon 
> [http://www.myspace.com/birdsofavalon]
> Martin Street Music Hall, Raleigh
>
> 2nd Triangle night for Japanese acid-rockers DMBQ. Also on the bill 
> tonight, El BOA, aka the Birds of Avalon, a Raleigh-rock supergroup 
> including Paul and Cheetie (formerly of Cherry Valence), Craig Tilley of 
> the Weather, Dave Mueller of Strange, and Scott Nurkin of Dynamite 
> Brothers. The stuff I heard was kinda space-rocky.
>
>
>
> Tuesday, March 29
> Work Clothes, Bringerer
> The Library, Chapel Hill
>
> Those of you who missed Work Clothes at the recent des_ark CD release show 
> have a chance to redeem yourselves tonight. You probably know them as the 
> quiet two-piece who trade places on drums & guitar. What you don't know is 
> that lately they've recruited Clarque Blomquist (Shallow Be Thy Name, 
> Kingsbury Manx) and John Harrison (North Elementary) to help them 
> transform magically into Huge Rock Gods at various points in their set.
>
>
>
> Tuesday, March 29
> Radio 4 [http://www.gernblandsten.com], Glissade 
> [http://www.myspace.com/glissade], I Am the World Trade Center 
> [http://www.iamluxe.com/worldtrade/]
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Wednesday, March 30
> Sharron Kraus [http://www.sharronkraus.com/], Caleb Stine, Chuck Johnson
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Once again, copping shamelessly from the Nightlight website:
>
> "Dark folk night - Sharron's been compared to Shirley Collins, made 
> Thurston Moore & Byron Coley's list of 80 best things of 2004 [in 
> Arthur--in the photo in the mag she's clutching a banjo as though it were 
> a life preserver -- ed.], and received accolades from Fake Jazz, Ptolemaic 
> Terrascope, All Music, etc and boy is she amazing live. Chuck Johnson will 
> do a solo stoney guitar set and possibly wear his Sai Baba if we all 
> promise to be good, okay?"
>
>
>
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