RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

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Thursday, August 3
Velvet   (http://www.velvetpop.com)
snmnmnm    (http://www.snmnmnm.com/)
Carter Gaj    (http://www.myspace.com/cartergaj)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Thursday, August 3
Man Man   (http://www.wearemanman.com)
The Flying Anvil, Greensboro



Thursday, August 3
Second Story Man   (http://www.secondstoryman.com)
Audubon Park    (http://audubonpark.blogspot.com)
White Whale    (http://www.whitewhale.us/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Audubon Park are returning from a summerlong semi-hiatus prompted by
(a) the interminable finishing-up work they've been doing on their
upcoming full-length debut, and (b) bassist Finn Cohen's hijinx in
Russia. There is probably also a (c); well, here's one: sometime soon
singer/guitarist David Nahm will be moving to Harrisonburg, VA, to
take up his new full-time job as MacROCK emcee, so AP shows will
become yet still fewer & further between. So please, get while the
getting's good.

White Whale are the latest Merge Records hot young things, from
Lawrence KS. They actually feature Matt Suggs (ex-Butterglory) so I
guess they ain't *that* young.



Friday, August 4
Double Negative   (http://www.myspace.com/thedoublenegative)
Cross Laws    (http://www.myspace.com/crosslaws)
Black SS    (http://www.myspace.com/blackss)
Our Times    (http://www.myspace.com/ourtimes)
Chaz's Bull City Records, Durham



Friday, August 4
The Clientele   (http://www.mergerecords.com)
Great Lakes    (http://www.myspace.com/greatlakesband)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Friday, August 4
Grass Widow   (http://www.myspace.com/grasswidow)
Kings, Raleigh



Saturday, August 5
Adult Film Makers   (http://www.demonbeach.com)
Arrogance    (http://www.arrogance.us/)
Parthenon Huxley    (http://www.parthenonhuxley.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Arrogance are the legendary 70s NC band who dared to play original
tunes in an era of a sharp and damn-near-uncrossable divide between
Rock Stars and Local Bands, whose job it was to interpret the work of
the Rock Stars when they weren't around. (A sometimes uncomfortable
number of their songs were actually about what a drag that dichotomy
was, but nevermind that). Member Don Dixon went on to somewhat bigger
things as a producer (REM, Smithereens) and solo artist. Lately they
reunite every couple of years so that all the folks still around from
that era can lecture the rest of us on what rock and roll is really
about.

Parthenon Huxley used to operate under a different pseudonym, Rick
Rock, under which he penned one of the most enduring pop/new-wave
masterpieces ever to emerge from North Carolina, "Buddha Buddha." If
you haven't heard it, please don't embarrass yourself by trying to
refute me. Subsequent to that, Parthenon decamped to LA to experience
adventure on a grander scale, which he achived a few years ago in part
by joining a reformed ELO.

The Adult Film Makers is a Bad Checks side-project featuring current
Checks drummer Rock Forbes, and Clif Mann, who plays bass for the
Checks & played guitar for both Pipe and the Ghost of Rock.



Saturday, August 5
Elevator Action   (http://www.elevatoractionband.com/)
Dirty Little Heaters    (http://www.thedirtylittleheaters.com)
On Three    (http://www.myspace.com/ericonthree)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

On Three are the new slightly-more-countryish rockband fronted by
ex-Fake Swedish guitarist Eric Haugen. Elevator Action are a revved-up
powerpop band from Charlotte. Dirty Little Heaters are a gtr/drums duo
from Durham who get most of the way to where they're going on the
strength of singer Reese Gibbs's remarkably powerful yowl.



Saturday, August 5
Noncanon   (http://www.myspace.com/noncanon)
The Heavy Pets    (http://www.myspace.com/theheavypetsraleighnc)
Kings, Raleigh

The Heavy Pets are a new(ish) Raleigh band featuring Art Jackson, who
fronted the amazing Greensboro psych/rock band the Mercury Birds, and
the delighfully self-indulgent Greensboro Southern Rock band
Allnight.

Noncanon is the new gtr/drums project of Danny Vaughn (Hourly Radio,
Mothlight, DMVB) and Rob Koegler (Cheap Heat, various jazz combos).



Sunday, August 6
Eels   (http://www.eelstheband.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Sunday, August 6
Mount Moriah   (http://www.myspace.com/mountmoriah)
Private Eleanor    (http://www.privateeleanor.com/)
The Rose Marie    (http://www.myspace.com/ryanleedunlap)
Campo Bravo    (http://www.myspace.com/campobravo)
Wetlands, Chapel Hill



Sunday, August 6
Jimmy & The Teasers
(http://www.geocities.com/booze1031/teasers.html)
Black Skies    (http://www.myspace.com/losblackskies)
The Rotten Shambles    (http://www.myspace.com/rottenshambles)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Monday, August 7
A.N.S.   (http://www.txosans.com/)
The Riot Before    (http://theriotbefore.com/)
Kings, Raleigh



Tuesday, August 8
Opening Flower Happy Bird
(http://www.myspace.com/openingflowerhappybird)
Oppenheimer    (http://www.oppenheimermusic.co.uk/)
Bad Flirt    (http://www.badflirt.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Opening Flower Happy Bird make mid-fi bedroomy indie-electro-pop; the
drumkit is real & sometimes pleasantly crappy-sounding, as is the
guitar, but it's augmented by laptop loops & keyboard. Both guys sing
& the overall vibe is one of melancholy optimism, whatever that
means.



Wednesday, August 9
Oppenheimer   (http://www.oppenheimermusic.co.uk/)
Bad Flirt    (http://www.badflirt.com/)
Bickett Gallery, Raleigh



Wednesday, August 9
Grasshopper   (http://www.ahhgrasshopper.com/)
Damiera    (http://www.damiera.com/)
Reservoir, Carrboro

Grasshopper are a newish (<1 year old, at least) indie-rock
three-piece from Chapel Hill or thereabouts. Rough-edged singsongy
"pop" songs with anthemic choruses; you know what I'm talking about.



Thursday, August 10
Pleasant   (http://www.pleasantmusic.com)
Deerhoof    (http://deerhoof.killrockstars.com/)
Abraham Lincoln Brigade    (http://www.myspace.com/thealb)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Deerhoof = collapsing shards of "pop" that stop/start/stop; weird
meandering high-pitched vox on top. Making the avant-garde safe for
The Kids.

By comparison, Pleasant are probably perfectly sane. They've got some
weird high-pitched vox, but their pop looks & smells like pop, at
least from a distance.

If you're not going to this show, you may wanna grab an outside table
at Milltown for the evening.



Thursday, August 10
L in Japanese   (http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/L_in_Japanese/)
Fuse, Chapel Hill



Thursday, August 10
Unknown Hinson   (http://www.unknownhinson.com/)
The Tremors    (http://www.tremorsrockabilly.com/)
The Help
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, August 10
Extreme Animals   (http://www.paperrad.org/extreme/)
Doo Man Group    (http://www.paperrad.org/dooman/)
Fortress of Amplitude    (http://www.paperrad.org/fortress)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Things are going to get freaky & ecstatically noisy/blippy tonight at
Nightlight. You already know about the dangerous-looking web-design
skillz of the (http://www.paperrad.org/extreme) ] Extreme Animals, but
check out these photos of (http://www.paperrad.org/dooman/) ] Doo Man
Group as well.



Thursday, August 10
The Films
Supreme
Simon Dawes    (http://www.simondawes.com/)
Raleigh Music Hall, Raleigh



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