RTP-area local music and culture

[ryan AT dyss.net]

We've got a humdinger tonight:::::

++++Tonight, Monday September 5th+++++

SKATERS <<< CA ecstatic floor-rocking noise duo

DAVENPORT <<<<< fumbling freaky folk collective from Madison, 8 men strong,
beards, millions of releases, newest one out on Three Lobed.

plus

QUISP <<< top-shelf local improvisers Randy Pelosi, Ethan Clauset, Chuck
Johnson, Ian Davis, and a couple of other equally talented people whose names 
I
forget, sorry! These people are state treasures. 

and

JEFF JONES <<< solo guitar clangings by way of Sentinel and Kinko's

and maybe some Finnish bands ... 

9PM/$5.

@ NIGHTLIGHT 
405 1/2 W. Rosemary St
Chapel Hill, NC 

>From the Independent:
Green are the pastures+++Last summer at the Pasture Music Fest and Jubilee--a
gathering of the drone-loving, freak-folk-fumbling renaissance men and women 
of
the day on a hillside farm about an hour west of Madison, Wis. --a blossoming
occurred. In an awakening, a few wildflowers cracked the underground cement.
The Skaters, an ultra-obscure Los Angeles ecstatic feedback duo, and hosts
Davenport, a shifting eight-member bearded posse, stomped the stage from dusk
until the crickets ceased. Together, they gave nod to the sound of things to
come.

Since their farm appearance, The Skaters and Davenport have continued in the
cloudy zone of subterranean music with worldly ga-ga praise and over a dozen
recordings released or reissued by a heft of oversea and stateside imprints. 
In
an attempt to coalesce other like-minded tokers, the two have combined for a
massive U.S. tour that, at points, combines forces with parallel Finnish
practitioners Islaja, Lau Nau and Kuupuu.

The Skaters' method of in-the-red, crackly drone is a fresh-meat version of
Metal Machine Music. With a trunk full of miniature amps, broken consumer 
goods
and microphones, the duo--James Ferraro and Spencer Clark--seem to collapse
into the mind's eye of interstellar wandering. Jamming is what The Skaters do,
though instead of The Dead's bluegrass/Tex-Mex mix, they swim between the
pulsing tones of Steve Reich and the clangy, lustrous overtones of Harry
Partch.

But Davenport edge closer to acoustic caterwaul. They refer to this strong,
string-band stomp as "free country."While lacking the heft grooves of
contemporaries Sunburned Hand of the Man or No Neck Blues Band, Davenport's
Clay Ruby steers the reins into uplifting spirals of blues holler and muted
electronic undertows. At the right moment, Phish-heads could possibly log into
Davenport's worldview--even if they wouldn't last the entire show.

Now is customarily the time to combine quotes from the artists to peer into
their naturalistic vision and the reasoning behind their ritualistic approach.
But The Skaters and Davenport don't bother themselves with the technology to
facilitate such interactions with others. They're actually too busy 
maneuvering
a canoe, fitted with redwood bark, as transportation out to Nightlight.

Davenport and The Skaters play at Nightlight in Chapel Hill on Monday, Sept. 
5.
Cover is $5, and music begins at 9 p.m. Finnish bands may be in tow