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  • From: John Iwaniszek <not AT hotmail.com>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Stuff to do, Week of August 24, 2006
  • Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:16:20 GMT

grady wrote:

> Thursday, August 24
> Twilighter (http://www.twilighterband.com/)
> Glissade (http://www.myspace.com/glissade)
> The Balsa Gliders
> Kings, Raleigh
>
> This is an early (well, for Kings: 9:30) show; The Balsa Gliders are a
> bunch of guys who went to school in NC but didn't form a band together
> until they'd all moved to DC. Either that or somebody else swiped
> their bandname.
>
>
>
> Thursday, August 24
> North Elementary (http://www.northelementary.com)
> Bringerer (http://www.myspace.com/bringerer)
> Fuse, Chapel Hill
>
> Bringerer are among the half-dozen current guardians of The Chapel
> Hill Sound, which I guess means that Sound is loose scraggly pop with
> a range of influence spanning from early/solo "pop" Brian Eno to Cheap
> Trick to Dead Moon.
>
> North Elementary are becoming experts at creating massive woozy
> fuzzed-out pop hooks; still waiting for them to assemble the Mass
> Choir those hooks deserve.
>
>
>
> Thursday, August 24
> Vibrant Green (http://vibrantgreen.iuma.com)
> Shakermaker (http://shakermaker.org/)
> The Hymns (http://www.hymnsband.com)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Friday, August 25
> Roman Candle (http://www.romancandlemusic.com/)
> The Whigs (http://www.thewhigs.com)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> So Roman Candle re-recorded and, after a roughly 3-year delay,
> re-released their bright, loveable country-poppy debut, "Says Pop," as
> the new, equally loveable "Wee Hours Revue." All signs (or at least
> all magazine features) point to impending stardom; anybody got a
> recent reading of the star-barometer? Anyway. See them before their
> crowds start getting all Whiskeytown-post-Strangers-Almanac, unless
> it's already too late for that.
>
>
>
> Friday, August 25
> Blackstrap (http://blackstrap.org)
> The Experts (http://www.expertsrock.com)
> Veronique Diabolique (http://www.veroniquediabolique.com/)
> Joe & Jo's, Durham
>
> Blackstrap are old geezers plus 1 young geez-ette; they're exploring
> their damaged recollections of what punkrock felt like back when they
> were young enough to shinny down the drainpipe next to their bedroom
> windows. Last year that meant it was sorta early-80s SoCal; lately a
> bit of Slits/Wire echo has snuck in.
>
> Veronique Diabolique are Durham's French Goth band; their cut on the
> 307 Knox Records Certified Diskette comp is their best yet.
>
> The Experts are "funny".
>
>
>
> Friday, August 25
> Kingsbury Manx (http://www.thekingsburymanx.com/)
> Schooner (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
> DeYarmond Edison (http://www.dyemusic.com/)
> Kings, Raleigh
>
> Schooner's cover of the Cars' "Drive" makes such perfect sense that
> it's almost entirely redundant. They are soft-rock superstars &
> they've got a fine collection of petit percussion.
>
> Kingsbury Manx started out vaguely British Pastoral but have gone
> increasingly American Pastoral with each successive album; it's like
> watching Manifest Destiny in the form of 4-minute folkpop songs.
>
>
>
> Friday, August 25
> Honored Guests (http://www.thehonoredguests.com/)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> The Honored Guests' 2nd album, "Tastes Change," reminds me a bit of a
> subdued (OK, *sedated*) Rosebuds, or an infinitely rougher/sloppier
> Spoon.
>
>
>
> Friday, August 25
> The Port Huron Statement (http://www.porthuronstatement.com/)
> The Never (http://www.trekkyrecords.com/never.html)
> The Hymns (http://www.hymnsband.com)
> Raleigh Music Hall, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Friday, August 25
> Stratocruiser (http://www.stratocruisermusic.com/)
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Friday, August 25
> Hearts and Daggers (http://www.heartsanddaggers.com/ )
> Screaming Females (http://www.screamingfemales.com)
> Horsehead (http://www.horseheadmusic.com)
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
>
> Richmond's Horsehead have 2 ex-members of Dragstrip Syndicate and a
> member of the Silos. They appear to be a rockband.
>
> Hearts and Daggers are from Raleigh and they seem to split their
> energies between western Cowpunk and slightly straighter country.
> Their debut EP, "A Home For My Lonely Tears," is one of the better
> local releases of the year thus far.
>
>
>
> Saturday, August 26
> Noncanon (http://www.myspace.com/noncanon)
> Untied States (http://www.untiedstates.us/)
> Joe & Jo's, Durham
>
> Noncanon is Danny Vaughn (ex-Mothlight, DMVB) and Rob Koegler (Cheap
> Heat, all those jazz combos I dunno the names of). They make
> gtr/drums/vocal space-blues-screech-drone that kinda picks up right
> where Mothlight left off, which, considering that Mothlight were one
> of my top-20 fave local bands of all time, is A-OK with me.
>
>
>
> Saturday, August 26
> Work Clothes (http://www.workclothesmusic.com/)
> Un Deux Trois (http://www.undeuxtroisband.com/)
> Sons
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
>
> Work Clothes you know about; they were already near-perfect, yet
> somehow they double in goodness every time I see them.
>
> Un Deux Trois is the new band of Heather McEntire (Bellafea) and Jenks
> Miller (In The Year of the Pig, Mount Moriah, etc).
>
>
>
> Saturday, August 26
> L in Japanese (http://www.myspace.com/linjapanesemusic)
> L.E.G.A.C.Y. (http://www.myspace.com/ihatelegacy)
> Odd Numbers (http://www.oddnumbersmusic.com/)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Local hip-hop. L.E.G.A.C.Y. is a member of [Little Brother's] Justus
> League. L in Japanese did some time in Paris & I haven't heard yet how
> that's affected his ladies' man persona, or his rhyming skillz. Odd
> Numbers are from Raleigh and their (http://www.oddnumbersmusic.com/) ]
> website has apparently been p0wned by Arab hackers. w00t!
>
>
>
> Saturday, August 26
> Strange (http://www.thisisstrange.org)
> TV Knife (http://www.myspace.com/tvknife)
> Creve Coeur (http://www.crevecoeurmusic.com)
> Kings, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Sunday, August 27
> Criteria (http://www.criteriamusic.com/)
> J.Page (http://www.myspace.com/jpage)
> Smoking Popes (http://www.smokingpopes.net/)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> Criteria are the current rockband of former White Octave frontman
> Stephen Pedersen, who moved back home to Omaha after he graduated from
> Duke Law. J.Page are the current rockband of ex-Scaries frontman Mike
> Magarelli, who moved to Gainesville a couple of years ago.
>
>
>
> Sunday, August 27
> Natasha (http://www.myspace.com/natashatheband)
> Midtown Dickens (http://www.myspace.com/midtowndickens)
> Summerbirds in the Cellar (http://www.summerbirds.com/)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Every time I hear a new Midtown Dickens song, I get more impressed,
> and I realize the few tracks that were floating around for awhile
> (f'rinstance, "AM Dial" on that Durham Rockin' The Blocks comp) were
> too few to give an accurate picture of the whole elephant. They're
> "antifolk," whatever that means, but what strikes me is the knowing
> ambivalence towards their subject matter, particularly interpersonal
> matters, and their arrangements, both instrumental
> (gtr/banjo/accordion/saw) and vocal (ohhh, their harmonies). They are
> rough-edged and goofy at times, and smart, and superstars just waiting
> for us to realize.
>
> Natasha make stripped-down rah-rah keyboard singalong pop, and they
> are also superstars.
>
>
>
> Wednesday, August 30
> Shellac (http://www.tgrec.com/bands/band.php?id=22)
> Uzeda (http://www.uzedaband.it/)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> I saw Shellac play at Carrboro Elementary back in the '90s, but all I
> can remember is my annoyance at the guy sitting behind me smoking. But
> I guess annoyance is a pretty apt emotion to associate with Shellac.
>
> Uzeda are from Catania, Sicily, which is where Captain Saturn lived
> for a time, so if he has something pleasantly descriptive to share
> about them, perhaps he will do so.
>
>
>
> Thursday, August 31
> des_ark (http://www.des-ark.org)
> ManBand (http://www.manband.us/)
> Opening Flower Happy Bird
> (http://www.myspace.com/openingflowerhappybird)
> Embarrassing Fruits (http://www.myspace.com/embarrassingfruits)
> The Flying Anvil, Greensboro
>
> This is a free show, sponsored by the folks at WUAG (UNC-G's student
> radio station). des_ark you know about. Opening Flower Happy Bird you
> *should* know about, 'cuz they're great: mid-fi intro/extro bedroom
> laptop-pop augmented with heavy doses of live drums, guitar, and
> singing boys.
>
> Manband are from Asheville, and they've got Chad & Josh from the great
> dearly-departed Piedmont Charisma, and Matt Gentling, who played bass
> for the Archers. Hoo boy, t'was a time when I wouldn't have needed to
> explain that.
>
> Embarrassing Fruits is a Mortar & Pestle side-project. Oh yeah: doors
> open at 8:00.
>
>
>
> Thursday, August 31
> Regina Hexaphone (http://www.reginahexaphone.com)
> The Rose Marie (http://www.myspace.com/ryanleedunlap)
> Jennifer Daniels (http://www.jenniferdaniels.com)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Regina Hexaphone make a laid-back loping countryfolkrock thing that
> took on whole new dimensions when I saw them at that 506 show doing
> Minutemen covers. There's stuff happening way down in there, if you
> listen close. Doesn't hurt that they've cumulatively played in like 87
> local bands over the past 123 years (you might recognize
> singer/guitarist Sara Bell from Dish, or Angels of Epistemology, or
> Shark Quest, for instance).
>
>
>
> Thursday, August 31
> Erie Choir (http://www.eriechoir.com)
> The Sibling Project (http://www.thesiblingproject.com/)
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
>
> Erie Choir is the sweetly sad & lonely project of Sorry About Dresden
> singer/guitarist Eric Roehrig (he's the less-hoarse one). They've more
> or less completed a full-length CD (following last year's near-perfect
> and crucial "Bad Tsars is a Drag" EP), so ask 'em about its
> whereabouts when you see them, OK?
>
>
>
> Thursday, August 31
> Dirty Johnny and the Make-Believes
> (http://futureperfectmedia.com/dirtyjohnny.htm)
> The Heavy Pets (http://www.myspace.com/theheavypetsraleighnc)
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
> The Heavy Pets are from Raleigh, and they're the newish/current
> southern rock band of ex-Mercury Birds/Allnight frontman Art Jackson.
>
>
>
> Friday, September 1
> Superchunk (http://www.superchunk.com)
> Tenement Halls (http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=105)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> Since the only reason Superchunk will play a show anymore is if it's
> somebody's anniversary, this is a show to kick off the monthlong 5th
> anniversary of Carrboro's Orange County Social Club. There will also
> be shows (including an Ashley Stove reunion, man-oh-man) at OCSC
> itself later in the month.
>
>
>
> Friday, September 1
> Proof (http://www.prooftheband.org)
> A Rooster for the Masses
> (http://www.myspace.com/aroosterforthemasses)
> Swashbuckler (http://www.myspace.com/swashbucklernc)
> Kings, Raleigh
>
> Proof have ex-members of Cole, plus Greg Eyman from Goner. They make
> sinewy music that owes a debt to their other/former bands, which in
> turn owe debts to Slint (well, who doesn't) and other bright lights of
> indierock.
>
> A Rooster for the Masses are 80s-style synth-poppers, but with an
> undercurrent of political-postpunk that helps keep it fresh.
> Swashbuckler are from Wilmington (natch) and that's all I know.
>
>
>
> Friday, September 1
> Clang Quartet (http://www.myspace.com/clangquartet)
> usaisamonster
> (http://www.loadrecords.com/bands/usaisamonster.html)
> Boyzone (http://www.myspace.com/boyzone)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> usaisamonster is stoner-noise-folk-rock, or something like that. Take
> those & cut out the hyphens & then mix/match as needed.
>
> Boyzone are losing a member to extended international travel, so this
> is a farewell & new beginning rolled up together sweatily on the floor
> in short shorts.
>
> Clang Quartet is Scotty Irving, with his ever-growing-more-elaborate
> percussion/noise tribute to Jesus Christ. The more I see it, the more
> I see.
>
>
>
> Saturday, September 2
> Tennis and the Mennonites (http://www.tennisandthemennonites.com)
> Bowerbirds (http://www.myspace.com/bowerbirds)
> Un Deux Trois (http://www.undeuxtroisband.com/)
> Chaz's Bull City Records, Durham
>
> Tennis and the Mennonites have an album coming out next month
> sometime; they're an indie-rock band whose frontman, Jerstin Crosby,
> has a suitably hiccupy voice & weird way with the backwards pop hook &
> the ooh ooh ooh.
>
> Bowerbirds are a newish 2-piece comprised of Phil Moore
> (ex-Ticonderoga) and a lady named Beth Tacular. They are beautiful.
>
> Un Deux Trois is an even newer 2-piece featuring Heather McEntire
> (Bellafea) and Jenks Miller (Mount Moriah, In The Year of the Pig, Hem
> of His Garment).
>
>
>
> Saturday, September 2
> Work Clothes (http://www.workclothesmusic.com/)
> Dawn Chorus (http://www.myspace.com/dawnchorus)
> Jon McLaughlin (http://www.jonmclaughlinmusic.com/)
> The Flying Anvil, Greensboro
>
> Work Clothes you know about, and if you're wondering is it worth
> driving to Greensboro to see them again, the answer is of course YES.
> Dawn Chorus are a hushed/whispery Greensboro band who'll be a good fit
> with the quiet 2/3ds of the Work Clothes set (fear they may be slain
> by the louder 1/3d of it, though).
>
> Jon McLaughlin is some guy with a piano from Anderson, IN.
>
>
>
> Saturday, September 2
> Dirty Johnny and the Make-Believes
> (http://futureperfectmedia.com/dirtyjohnny.htm)
> Hearts and Daggers (http://www.heartsanddaggers.com/ )
> The Tremors (http://www.tremorsrockabilly.com/)
> Black Jack and the Long Haulers
> Kings, Raleigh
>
> This is part of the annual Raleigh Rumble (Mods vs. Rockers), which is
> a vintage-motorcycle and scooter weekender. Not sure when the music
> starts (there are also contests & rides & etc) but you can find out
> (http://www.tonup-nc.com/raleighrumble.html) ] here.
>
>
>
> Saturday, September 2
> David Nahm (http://audubonpark.blogspot.com)
> Kelly Crisp
> David Bjorkback
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Nightlight sez:
>
> Nightlight Comedy Nite w / Kelly Crisp (of the ROSEBUDS), David
> Bjorkback, special appearances by Trent Bowles, D.C. Nahm, Cy Rawls,
> and music by CRASH and mas. We're giving stand-up a try - if you're
> feeling it, we will bring it to you more and more. Comedy from local
> funnymen (and wymyn!) sure to tickle you where you want it most, were
> you to want it, accompanied by a fresh young MC and more, no joke.
>
>
>
> Saturday, September 2
> Army of Me (http://www.myspace.com/armyofme)
> Will Hoge (http://www.willhoge.com/)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>



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