RTP-area local music and culture

["Jeremy Blair" <jerblar AT gmail.com>]

I got to tell ya, I have about as bad a case of ADHD as can be clinically
diagnosed but I read every line of this, very entertaining, ty.

On 2/25/06, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
> I found out after doing this that there *is* another show in Durham
> tonight, at Joe & Jo's, with the Dirty Little Heaters. 5 shows in Durham
> in one night. Huh?
>
> Saturday, February 25
> Nola, Homemade Knives
> Chaz's Bull City Records, Durham
>
> Chaz's Bull City Records is on the 2nd floor of the same strip of
> buildings where Cosmic Cantina is (Perry St, I think it's called, just
> off 9th St in Durham). Chaz has been going all-out to host shows since
> he moved here & opened up his shop a few months ago, and he's done
> wonders for Durham's live-music-town-ness.
>
> I dunno Homemade Knives, but Nola are from Raleigh & they make good
> twangy-drawly country-rock.
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 25
> Spader, Hide and Seek [http://www.freewebs.com/hideandseeek], The
> Capulets [http://www.thecapulets.net], Vuokko
> [http://www.vuokkodesigns.com/]
> 305 South, Durham
>
> I heard a rumor at breakfast today that the folks at 305 South may
> have finally done something about the [lack of] heat situation, which
> was the only thing left between them & total world domination, or at
> least Durham domination.
>
> This show isn't the 4:20 Saturday Metal Matinee (they're having one of
> those today too), it's a night show that'll apparently commence around
> 9:00-ish with a "special performance by the artist Vuokko."
>
> Spader are from Raleigh & they bring the pealing pulsing echoey
> dancepop. Capulets are also from Raleigh (or maybe Garner! we can
> hope), and they make retro-power-pop Strokes-style. Hide and Seek are
> from Winston-Salem and they are fucking
> [http://www.ibiblio.org/ch-scene/video/hideandseek-small.avi] nuts.
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 25
> The Sames [http://www.thesames.com], Schooner
> [http://www.schoonermusic.com], Tricky the Cosmonaut
> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>
> This is a "Faschingsparty," which is a sort of German Mardi Gras,
> according to the folks at the Coffeehouse. I think Tricky's Mark
> Riebold is German (or in any case they were sporting some bitching
> East German police hats at their last show), but I dunno what the
> connection is between Schooner, the Sames, and Deutschland. Not that
> one is necessary. Be mindful that the Sames have declared their
> intention to break up at some point soon, so any/every precious Sames
> show could be their last.
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 25
> Viva La Venus, The Cartridge Family
> [http://www.cartridge-family.com/], New Town Drunks
> [http://www.thirdmind.org/featured_artists/NTD/index.html]
> Kings, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 25
> Big Pretty & The Red Rockets [http://www.bpandrr.com/], Count
> [http://www.countk.com/], Electa Villian
> [http://www.electavillian.com/]
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 25
> Unholy Crusades, Stolypins, Hellrazor, Apotheosys
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, February 26
> Dirty Little Heaters [http://www.thedirtylittleheaters.com]
> WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
>
> The Dirty Little Heaters are an all-powerful all-woman gtr-drums
> two-piece from Durham. Melissa whacks the crap out of the drums &
> Reese shouts & bellows & rips through an average of 3 busted guitar
> strings per show. They rule. 5:00 p.m. 88.7 FM or
> www.wxdu.org
>
>
>
> Sunday, February 26
> Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan [http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com],
> Dynamite Club [http://www.dynamiteclub.com/], Cheap Heat
> Chaz's Bull City Records, Durham
>
> Cantwell Gomez and Jordan are my favorite band -- they're chaotically
> spazzy yet infernally tight, and they fling themselves headlong into
> the massive sonic messes they make. Joyful noise indeed.
>
> Dynamite Club are from NYC or some Asian country, or both, and they
> make spazzmo free-jazz-punk in their tighty-whiteys.
>
> Cheap Heat are Dave Heller & Jenny Greer (ex-Analogue, ex-Sweet
> Militia) teamed up with lanky local drummer Rob Koegler.
>
> Shows at Chaz's start around 9:00 and they're pass-the-box for gas
> money for the outta town bands.
>
>
>
> Sunday, February 26
> Kitty Box & the Johnnys, Whiskey Backwash, John Saylor
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, February 26
> The Spinns [http://www.thespinns.freeservers.com/], Colonel Knowledge
> and the Lickety Splits, The Valentines
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, February 26
> Phon, Belong [http://www.carparkrecords.com]
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Nightlight sez:
>
> "New Orleans duo Belong have a new record out on Carpark. Think loud,
> dreamy, distorted melodic ambient, etc. Phon rep from Raleigh, NC, and
> spit forth beauticious psychedelic drones influenced by virtually
> everything from their virtual laptops."
>
>
>
> Sunday, February 26
> Tiger Bear Wolf, Colossus, Strikeforce Diablo
> [http://www.noidearecords.com/bands/strikeforce.php]
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
>
> Tiger Bear Wolf are from Greensboro; they make 2-gtr/bass/drums
> dual-bellowing-singer ROCK in the classic Greensboro
> postpunk-meets-Southern Rock style. One of those bellowing guitarists
> is Noah Howard, who played guitar (but never sang) in Strunken White.
>
>
>
> Monday, February 27
> Mutemath [http://www.mutemath.com/], Vedera
> [http://www.weareveda.com/]
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Monday, February 27
> 45 Grave [http://www.dinahcancer.com/dc45g1.htm], Blood Red River
> [http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver]
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> I didn't pay that much attention to the early/mid-80s LA scene, but I
> do remember 45 Grave from their contribution to the "Return of the
> Living Dead" soundtrack (that record completely changed my life when I
> was in middle school). They made sorta metal-tinged gothic psycho-punk
> that was mostly a showcase for frontwoman Dinah Cancer.
>
> Near as I can tell, Dinah's the only one left, but I haven't really
> invested a lot of time in checking it out.
>
> Blood Red River are a gothic surf-instrumental type band from Durham;
> this is their first show.
>
>
>
> Monday, February 27
> Clang Quartet, Boyzone [http://kodakculture.org/katherine/boyszone],
> Ariel Pink [http://www.arielpink.com/]
> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>
> Ariel Pink is an art-damaged low-fi 70s-pop-replicating weirdo from
> the west coast. He claims to dislike touring & on this tour is
> attempting to liven things up by recruiting random bands from each
> town to back him up onstage. I'm not sure whether Clang or Boyzone are
> that band, or if there's gonna be an additional surprise waiting for
> us.
>
> Clang Quartet is Scotty Irving, who a long time ago played drums for
> the great Greensboro band Geezer Lake, and now plays for Benjomatic &
> The Whole World Laughing. When he's not busy with his main gig, that
> is, as Clang Quartet, his solo percussion-and-noise tribute to the
> life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
>
> Boyzone is primarily Ryan (of Nightlight) rolling on the floor
> screaming, although the rules of Boyzone are that anything can
> happen.
>
>
>
> Monday, February 27
> Savage Knights, Kenosha Kid [http://www.kenoshakid.com/]
> Kings, Raleigh
>
> Crowmeat Bob says:
>
> "Jazz music. KK is this guy Dan Nettles from Athens, GA. He's gonna
> have a sort of local pick-up band doing his compositions, I believe
> featuring Brian Donohoe and Christopher Thurston. You ever done the
> Kenosha Kid?"
>
> Savage [k]Nights is one of Bob's many bands, featuring 2-saxes
> (sometimes morphing into guitars)/bass/drums in a sort of pulsing
> nearly-funky skronk-drone.
>
>
>
> Monday, February 27
> Cities [http://www.citiesmusic.com], Rahim
> [http://www.rahimrahim.org/], Cataract Camp
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Tuesday, February 28
> Of Montreal [http://www.angelfire.com/ga/ofmontreal/], The M's
> [http://www.wearethems.com/]
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Tuesday, February 28
> Schooner [http://www.schoonermusic.com], Eagle Seagull
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Schooner make sometimes-breezy mope-pop that's lush without being
> plush; it luxuriates in its melancholy, you know?
>
>
>
> Tuesday, February 28
> New Town Drunks
> [http://www.thirdmind.org/featured_artists/NTD/index.html], Midtown
> Dickens
> The Library, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Wednesday, March 1
> Ester Drang [http://www.esterdrang.com/], The Prayers and Tears of
> Arthur Digby Sellers [http://www.prayersandtears.com/], Kapow! Music
> [http://kapowmusic.net]
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
>
> Introspective-yet-gigantic whyarewehere?-rock from a couple of Bu
> Hanan Collective bands, plus midwestern friends-of-theirs Ester
> Drang.
>
>
>
> Wednesday, March 1
> Kenny Roby, Barn Burning [http://www.barnburning.net/]
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Kenny Roby is from Raleigh & makes American Music that draws equally
> from Southern Gospel, Springsteen, Doug Sahm & the Meters, although
> when he's playing solo (as he may or may not be doing -- he's lately
> got a new album out called "The Mercy Filter" and a more-or-less
> steady band to go with it) it's a bit more stripped-down and the
> heartache shows through.
>
>
>
> Wednesday, March 1
> DeYarmond Edison [http://www.dyemusic.com/]
> Bickett Gallery, Raleigh
>
> You can learn far more than you probably wanted to know about recent
> Wisconsin-to-Raleigh transplants DeYarmond Edison
> [http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A28075] here, in
> Grayson Currin's massive Indy profile. There is much discussion of the
> confluence of influences brought by the members (rockers, music
> majors, jam-banders, Minimalists) that makes up the band, but he never
> quite explains why their most recent album sounds like Bruce Hornsby.
> I couldn't quite translate the code, so I'm not sure if you're gonna
> get serious out-there collective improv (or Godspeed-style drones), or
> just an extended homage to the Grateful Dead's perennial live fave
> "drums-and-space". Not that there's necessarily much distance between
> those.
>
>
>
> Thursday, March 2
> Wigg Report, Water Callers, Maxwell/Mosher
> [http://www.maxwellmosher.com/]
> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>
>
>
> Thursday, March 2
> The Subways [http://www.thesubways.net/us/flash.php], The Shys
> [http://www.myspace.com/theshysmusic]
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Thursday, March 2
> Reid Johnson, The Vints, Kevin Wolfe
> Kings, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Thursday, March 2
> Spider Bags
> Fuse, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Friday, March 3
> Gorman St. Sluts, Limbo
> Chaz's Bull City Records, Durham
>
>
>
> Friday, March 3
> snmnmnm [http://www.snmnmnm.com/], Peelander-Z
> [http://www.peelander-z.com/p-z_e/home_e.html], A Rooster for the
> Masses [http://www.myspace.com/aroosterforthemasses]
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Peelander-Z are a cartoon-rock band from Japan, whatever that means.
> The Japanese rockers are inscrutable even to themselves, I think.
> snmnmnmn are a cartoon-rock band from Chapel Hill. They have a tuba.
> They make nerdy rock that's like what one might imagine would issue
> from a union of They Might Be Giants and Weezer, if one were the sort
> to be scared of such a union.
>
> A Rooster for the Masses are from Raleigh & they make echoey
> early-80s-style UK-influenced dance-pop.
>
>
>
> Friday, March 3
> Recess [http://www.dyss.net/nightlight/]
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Recess is Nightlight's monthly improvy/noisy/different invitational
> evening, wherein local musicians do short sets of music that's
> [generally/supposedly] different from what they're doing the rest of
> the year.
>
>
>
> Friday, March 3
> Conshafter [http://www.conshafter.com/], The Capulets
> [http://www.thecapulets.net], Billionaire Boys Club
> Kings, Raleigh
>
>
>
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