RTP-area local music and culture

[ryan AT dyss.net]

++++++++++++++++++++++++++FRIDAY Sept 8th +++++++++++++

Lauren Ford, dear heart, Nightlight co-founder, extreme freak, hot dancer, is
moving to Argentina next week. Tonight we party in her honor in the twilight 
of
Nightlight and of Summer 06, you all are invited! - - - -

w/ TANZMUSIK selected by

>>>DJ FAMILY VACATION (formerly ADMIT IT, 1200 Problems Krew from Tallulahs 
>>>and
regular NL barn-burning fave) and

>>>>>DJ CHI$$Z (farmboy dancing machine)

+++++++++++++++plus th live sounds of

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SECRET BOYFRIEND (songs about girls for girls))

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HAMBURGER HELPUR (theatrical noise from members 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of
SHALLOW BE THY NAME, MOWING LAWNS, + KINGSBURY MANX)

Starts @ 11PM it costs ZERO DOLLARS
at N I G H T L I G H T < < < 405 1/2 W ROSEMARY ST Chapel Hill NC



Quoting grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>:

> Hey y'all, the trianglerock.com (or now, with more flavor, 
> http://www.trianglerock.org ) site is being moved *twice* this weekend, 
> so it will be intermittently unavailable between now & Sunday. This list 
> will have to tide you over:
> 
> Thursday, September 7
> Rhys Chatham's Essentialist    (http://www.rhyschatham.com/)
> Glissade    (http://www.myspace.com/glissade)
> The Hem of His Garment    (http://www.myspace.com/thehemofhisgarment)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
> 
> Cribbing shamelessly from the PR:
> 
> "Rhys Chatham was protegee to the world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould, 
> and a student under composers Morton Subotnick and La Monte Young . . . 
> In 1975 Chatham had an epiphany at a concert by the Ramones. His 
> mission: to alter the DNA of rock by splicing the overtone-drenched 
> minimalism of John Cale and Tony Conrad with the elemental fury of punk 
> . . . Chatham's influence spread even further as former students and 
> ensemble members, including Glenn Branca and Sonic Youth, injected his 
> raucous, ecstatic sound into the rock mainstream . . . His 1989 
> masterpiece, _An Angel Moves Too Fast to See_, scored for 100 electric 
> guitars, bass and drums, is one of the most extraordinary works in the 
> minimalist canon and cemented Chatham's reputation as a monolithic 
> figure astride both rock and classical musics.
> 
> So, what do you do when you've already done it all? . . . Rhys Chatham 
> has started a heavy metal band . . . Informed by decades of exploration 
> in raw, electric minimalism and inspired by the slow-motion grinding of 
> bands like Sleep, Sunn O))) and Earth, Chatham breaks down the 
> conventions of the genre, reveals the fundamentals, then turns them 
> inside-out. The name says it all: Rhys Chatham's Essentialist. Chatham's 
> band-mates are a talented young group of New York musicians, including 
> members of San Agustin and Jonathan Kane's February, and together they 
> conjure a hallucinatory, mind-crushing form of metal unlike anything 
> you've ever heard."
> 
> OK, me again. It remainds to be seen whether the above is entirely true 
> (or whether there's really any point in calling this stuff "metal" 
> anymore), but one thing's for sure: it oughta be fuckin loud.
> 
> Speaking of fuckin loud, The Hem of His Garment are conceived & designed 
> entirely to alter yr DNA via massive phased drones played at maximum 
> volume. I saw them a few weeks ago in a 6-man configuration, and it was 
> easily the loudest show I've ever seen (yes, louder than Dinosaur Jr/My 
> Bloody Valentine, although keep in mind that the size of the room makes 
> a big difference there, and I saw the Hem at Chaz's in a room about the 
> size of my living room).
> 
> Grayson says they're gonna be a bit bigger than that, even, this time 
> around (and bring yr earplugs, kids, or plan on sitting outside):
> 
> Jenks Miller gtr
> Lincoln Sward bass
> Rich Ivey ebow
> Brad Cook bass
> Ryan Cooke
> Joe Westerlund bowed guitar
> David Harper keys
> Heather McEntire ebow
> Grayson Currin gtr
> Evan Williams sine
> Jon Morgan casio
> Eric tschudi keys
> Two guys from Calabi Yau
> jury is still out on chuck johnson
> 
> we would like to emphasize the communal nature of what we're doing, 
> trying to bring people from different cities and disparate scenes 
> together. hippies of drone music, one supposes. it will be very loud, 
> one supposes, as well, and ear protection of some sort is recommended, 
> though frowned upon in the most snobby, yet lovingly of ways.
> 
> 
> 
> Friday, September 8
> The Strugglers    (http://www.thestrugglers.org/)
> des_ark    (http://www.des-ark.org)
> Filthybird    (http://www.myspace.com/filthybird)
> Meneguar    (http://www.myspace.com/meneguar)
> Broad Street Cafe, Durham
> 
> This show is at the Broad Street Cafe in Durham, which is where Ooh La 
> Latte used to be. Last time I was in there, they'd taken down the stage, 
> but that was before they started booking more "rock"(ish) acts. Maybe 
> they'll put it back up, I dunno.
> 
> Strugglers and des_ark you know about; they're two of the #1 reasons why 
> I find it so easy & pleasant to continue to live in this town.
> 
> Filthybird are from Greensboro, and the one song I've heard is weird and 
> modulated & ethereal, like Joni Mitchell in her Jaco Pastorius period, 
> dropping acid with Jaco and then kinda free-associating into the mic. Or 
> rather, like that if the end-result wound up genius, which seems 
> unlikely, but in this case true.
> 
> 
> 
> Friday, September 8
> Jett Rink    (http://www.jett-rink.com/)
> Adult Film Makers    (http://www.myspace.com/adultfilmmakers)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
> 
> If you've been holding your breath since Jett Rink guitarist Ben 
> departed for NYC in March, I suppose you're dead, which means the joke's 
> on you, because the 'Rink aren't.
> 
> Adult Film Makers began as a duo of Bad Checks/Ghost of Rock drummer 
> Rock Forbes, and 'Checks bassist/Pipe/TGOR guitarist Clif Mann. Now 
> they've apparently added a rhythm section, freeing Rock up to live out 
> every drummer's rock-n-roll frontman dream.
> 
> 
> 
> Friday, September 8
> Kung Fu Dykes    (http://members.cox.net/kungfudykes/index.htm)
> Graveyard Boulevard    (http://www.thegraveyardboulevard.net/)
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
> 
> Costume-rock! Graveyard Boulevard are part of that bourgeoning (no, 
> really! Google "Wednesday 13") Charlotte-area tranny-ghoul-metal scene. 
> Kung Fu Dykes wear dayglo samurai outfits that may or may not be made of 
> foam-rubber. Either way, they're from Hampton VA, and beg the question: 
> would there be a point to GWAR if you took away all the juicy bits?
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, September 9
> Audubon Park    (http://audubonpark.blogspot.com)
> Midtown Dickens    (http://www.myspace.com/midtowndickens)
> Pox Family Singers    (http://www.poxworldempire.com)
> 305 South, Durham
> 
> This is the 2nd annual Pin Projekt (http://www.pinprojekt.com/) auction 
> of artist-decorated /doctored /deconstructed bowling pins, to benefit 
> the Troika Music Festival. Pins up for auction include those decorated 
> by Ron Liberti, Casey Burns, Holly Aiken, Mac McCaughan, Amelia Shull, 
> Midtown Dickens, Viva, Laura Ballance, Paul Friedrich, Brian Walsby, and 
> many others.
> 
> Auction commences at 7:00 p.m; musical entertainment provided by Durham 
> guerilla antifolkers Midtown Dickens, Chapel Hill indie-rock giants 
> Audubon Park, and the Pox Family Singers, whose version of Sabbath's 
> "Changes" had 200 people in tears at the Sames' last show earlier this year.
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, September 9
> Sweater Weather    (http://www.sweater-weather.com)
> The Busy World    (http://www.myspace.com/thebusyworld)
> Auxiliary House    (http://www.trekkyrecords.com/auxhouse.html)
> Feeding the Fire    (http://www.feedingthefire.com/)
> snmnmnm    (http://www.snmnmnm.com/)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
> 
> Remember all the cranking & crabbing about The Kids and how they don't 
> go to shows anymore? Not all undergrads are sitting passively looking at 
> porn & downloading MP3s in their dorm rooms as fast as UNC's OC48 will 
> serve them. This show features a bunch of UNC-affiliated bands, and is 
> cosponsored by/a promotional tool of/for Diversions, which is the Daily 
> Tar Heel's arts & entertainment section.
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, September 9
> Nola    (http://www.myspace.com/nolaband)
> Gambling the Rose
> Bickett Gallery, Raleigh
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, September 9
> The Gondoliers    (http://www.myspace.com/comeseethegondoliers)
> The Labiators    (http://www.labiators.com/)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
> 
> The Labiators are a gtr/drums duo from Asheville. The Gondoliers are the 
> new band featuring ex-members of defunct Chapel Hill garage-rockers The 
> Spinns and the Young Idea.
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, September 9
> Boris    (http://homepage1.nifty.com/boris)
> Black Skies    (http://www.myspace.com/losblackskies)
> Pearls and Brass    (http://www.pearlsandbrass.com/ )
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
> 
> Black Skies are what you get when the band formerly known as The Man 
> kick out all the unreliable members of the band, jettison some of the 
> Stooges influence, and get Heavy.
> 
> Boris are one of those crazed Japanese drone-metal bands, although their 
> latest album, Pink, is way too fast to be drone. Like if the Fucking 
> Champs put out an album on Southern Lord. And were Japanese.
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, September 9
> The Longshoremen    (http://www.myspace.com/thelongshoremen)
> Can Joann    (http://www.canjoann.com/)
> Kings, Raleigh
> 
> 
> 
> Sunday, September 10
> Weird Weeds    (http://weirdweeds.suchfun.net)
> Bickett Gallery, Raleigh
> 
> 
> 
> Monday, September 11
> Flicker    (http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/flicker)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
> 
> Flicker is the semi-regular (every coupla months) local short-film 
> series (calling it a "festival" implies that it's more intermittent than 
> it is, even though the free cookies *do* lend it a festive atmosphere) 
> that has been running in Chapel Hill, under various leadership, for over 
> 10 years now.
> 
> Show up at 8:00, find a seat among friends, have a cookie, and watch ~80 
> minutes of short movies, the common denominators of which are that 
> they're under 20 minutes each (many under 3.5 minutes, or the length of 
> a single reel of super-8 film) & were all shot on film.
> 
> 
> 
> Monday, September 11
> Double Negative    (http://www.myspace.com/thedoublenegative)
> Direct Control    (http://www.deepfrybonanza.com/directcontrol/)
> Street Sharks    (http://www.myspace.com/streetsharsk)
> Strung Up
> Cross Laws    (http://www.myspace.com/crosslaws)
> Kings, Raleigh
> 
> NWoNCHC, although I think at least one of those bands is from Virginia. 
> No matter. Though punkrock & hardcore never exactly disappeared around 
> here, we're currently going through a period where the kids in the bands 
> (or, in the case of Double Negative, the dudes who were kids back in the 
> 80s in the band) are actually trying to book shows in clubs (Kings in 
> Raleigh, and Chaz's in Durham, or rather *were*, before Chaz had to shut 
> it down due to the impending collapse of his floor from all the ROCK) 
> rather than just playing each other's houses, which means the rest of us 
> get a rare window into the current state of the hardcore scene.
> 
> 
> 
> Tuesday, September 12
> Paleo    (http://www.paleo.ws/)
> The Scourge of the Sea    (http://www.aliasrecords.com/scourgeofthesea.htm)
> Force Majeure    (http://www.ludland.com/ilud/?p=38)
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
> 
> Scourge of the Sea are on Alias. Who knew they still existed (Alias, I 
> mean)?
> 
> Paleo are one guy, who is currently midway through a project to write & 
> record a song a day for a year. The song I put in the groovo.org player 
> was written Sept. 5th.
> 
> Force Majeure are Kirk Ross & Bryon Settle of Lud, stretching [back] out 
> into free-form extended guitar/noise/drone experimentation/improv.
> 
> 
> 
> Wednesday, September 13
> Cities    (http://www.citiesmusic.com)
> The Selmanaires    (http://www.myspace.com/theselmanaires)
> tommygun    (http://www.tommygunrock.com)
> The Flying Anvil, Greensboro
> 
> 
> 
> Wednesday, September 13
> Future Islands    (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
> Robert Inevitable and the Static 
> (http://www.myspace.com/robertandthestatic)
> Drew Swinburne    (http://www.myspace.com/drewswinburne)
> Alphas Wear Grey    (http://www.alphasweargrey.com/)
> Kings, Raleigh
> 
> 
> 
> Thursday, September 14
> Randy Whitt and the Grits    (http://www.randywhitt.com/)
> Hank Sinatra 
> (http://www.clearchannelnewmusicnetwork.com/artist/hanksinatra)
> Phil Lee    (http://www.phillee1.com)
> Joe Swank and the Zen Pirates 
> (http://www.myspace.com/joeswankandthezenpirates)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
> 
> It's a long tightrope between country & rock, but it's been walked so 
> many times that it's touching the ground in a lot of spots between here 
> & there. Phil Lee walked it well in the late 80s/early 90s in Raleigh 
> (if you ever see a copy of the Backsliders/Phil Lee split 7", snap it 
> up, it's crucial), before leaving town for Nashville under mysterious 
> circumstances. Tonight he's back in town as "special guest" of Hank 
> Sinatra, who've done a little wandering of their own between NC and TN.
> 
> 
> 
> Thursday, September 14
> Darkmeat / Vomit Lasers Family Band    (http://www.myspace.com/darkmeats)
> The People Under the Bridge 
> (http://www.duckonbike.com/artistinfo.asp?artistid=378)
> Mingus Young    (http://www.mingusyoung.com/)
> Kings, Raleigh
> 
> The Darkmeat Vomit Lasers Family Band (can't explain it, too 
> complicated, but they're from Athens, there are 18 of them, and they're 
> freaks/refugees from half the bands in Athens of the past 10-15 years) 
> make a giant psychedelic freaky noise.
> 
> 
> 
> Friday, September 15
> Donna Parker    (http://www.myspace.com/msdonnaparker)
> Jamie Peterson    (http://www.myspace.com/jamiepeterson)
> Naomi    (http://www.publishingnoticespress.com/)
> Pykrete    (http://www.bullfightparty.org/cirox/pykrete)
> Tomandandy
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
> 
> Nightlight sez:
> 
> Terrifying and mesmerizing noise tonight! Some press on DONNA PARKER: 
> "uses only guitar effects pedals to create compact, trancelike 
> improvisations that combine whirling rhythmic figures, waves of feedback 
> and the entropic effect of decaying systems." -Bob Bannister, Time Out 
> New York / / "Donna Parker has finally released 'Debutante', her debut 
> LP, and it is superb. Feedback oscillations, jammed signals, sick 
> battery effects pedal malfunction all through the hands, ears, and heart 
> of Donna Parker who has been one of the consistent musical highlights of 
> the Eastern seaboard out noise scene. Produced by Jessica Rylan (who has 
> a duo with Donna Parker called Secret Diary - LP forthcoming on Ecstatic 
> Peace) this is the record of the summer, with enough beach blanket noise 
> action to sunburn your brain from beginning to end. It's that good." ? 
> Byron Coley & Thurston Moore, Arthur. JAMIE PETERSON tips more towards 
> dreamy, ambient - she has played with K Records swamp rockveterans Old 
> Time Relijun, Deerhoof side project The Curtains, and Italian juvenile 
> punks Dada Swing, and has been writing material in secret over the last 
> ten years, collecting noises from guitars, telephones, people and 
> machines. With a sound ranging from miniature dungeon doom to 
> poptimistic ear candy, her bipolar performance embraces the didactic 
> aspect of live musical performance, and insists that edu-tainment lose 
> its stigma. NAOMI sings with a synth, CAN'T style - PYKRETE is the 
> harsh/drone/occasional beat-oriented stereo-action project of one CHUCK 
> JOHNSON (of many bands including SPATULA, SHARKQUEST, IDYLL SWORDS, OH 
> MY GOD I JUST HAD THE MOST AMAZING YEAR, etc), I love you Chuck! (-Ryan 
> M). Tomandandy is Tracksuits + Amplifiers + maybe some duct tape guitars 
> from DURHAM - they haven't played in a long time, they are great!!! This 
> will be a rad show! It's on a Friday, too! Drop your plans, the party's 
> here!!!
> 
> 
> 
> Friday, September 15
> Gist    (http://www.gistmusic.net/)
> Nathan Asher & the Infantry    (http://www.nathanasher.com/)
> Eyes to Space    (http://www.eyestospace.net/)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
> 
> 
> 
> Friday, September 15
> Goner    (http://www.gonertheband.com/)
> The Greatest Hits    (http://www.thegreatesthits.org/)
> Electric Sunshine
> Kings, Raleigh
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, September 16
> Work Clothes    (http://www.workclothesmusic.com/)
> North Elementary    (http://www.northelementary.com)
> Erie Choir    (http://www.eriechoir.com)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
> 
> So you've been out of town for a few years & you want to get caught up 
> on the creme of the local hush-hush indie-rock bummer-folk psych-pop 
> crop? This'll bring you up to speed on the local folks writing 
> shatteringly good songs, singing them in quiet indoor voices, and 
> letting their instruments occasionally do the yelling for them. At least 
> 2 of these bands are in my current top-20 don't-miss-'em category, so, 
> um, don't, OK?
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, September 16
> Maple Stave    (http://www.maplestave.com)
> Fin Fang Foom    (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html)
> Calabi Yau    (http://www.calabiyau.org)
> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
> 
> This is a CD-release party for new stuff from the Maple Stave, who are 
> *also* in my top-20 don't-miss-em category, which presents you with 
> something of a dilemma. These three bands are of the wiry/muscular 
> post-whatever guitars-spiraling around ultra-tight drums variety, with 
> Calabi Yau holding down the freako/spazzo end, Fin Fang Foom going for 
> the darker/ slower/ downer textures, particularly now that they've got a 
> fulltime cellist, and Maple Stave just burning shit down to scorched 
> bare earth.
> 
> 
> 
> Sunday, September 17
> Darkmeat / Vomit Lasers Family Band    (http://www.myspace.com/darkmeats)
> Dead Elephant Bicycle    (http://www.myspace.com/deadelephantbicycle)
> The Flying Anvil, Greensboro
> 
> The folks at the Flying Anvil take a stab at explaining Dark Meat Vomit 
> Lasers Family Band; let's see how they do:
> 
> The 18 person-plus Dark Meat collective (full name: Dark Meat Vomit 
> Lasers Family Band) comes off like CCR and Neil Young joining the circus 
> on a mescaline bender. Horns, pots, pans, strings, two drummers, and 
> lots of face paint. Featuring members of (are you ready for this?) 
> Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, Circulatory System, Vicariously 
> Through Cats, We Versus The Shark, Col. Knowledge and the 
> Lickety-Splits, Hope For Agoldensummer, Venice is Sinking, the Ginger 
> Envelope, Ceramic Dvck, among many, many others. Album coming soon on 
> Cloud Recordings, home of Olivia Tremor Control and the Tall Dwarfs.
> 
> 
> 
> Sunday, September 17
> Christina Carter    (http://www.kranky.net/artists/carterc.html)
> Max Ochs    (http://www.tompkinssquare.com/max.html)
> Shawn David McMillen    (http://emperorjones.com/mcmillen.html)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
> 
> Christina Carter is one-half of the famed, formerly-Houston, 
> formerly-married, now-bicoastal psych/drone band Charalambides. Shawn 
> David McMillen used to be in the Galveston band (maybe the *only* 
> Galveston band, or at least the only one not specializing in Jimmy 
> Buffett covers) Ash Castles on the Ghost Coast. Max Ochs is Phil's 
> cousin, or something, no shit.
> 
> 
> 
> Monday, September 18
> We Are Scientists    (http://www.wearescientists.com/)
> Art Brut    (http://www.artbrut.org.uk/)
> Spinto Band    (http://www.spintoband.com/)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
> 
> 
> 
> Monday, September 18
> Neptune    (http://www.velvettabla.com/neptune/)
> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
> 
> 
> 
> Monday, September 18
> Jen Richelson    (http://www.myspace.com/jenrichelson)
> John Harrison
> Eric Roehrig    (http://www.eriechoir.com)
> Wes Phillips    (http://www.myspace.com/wesleydongeroga)
> Fuse, Chapel Hill
> 
> Jen Richelson is gonna draw some Cat Power comparisons, which isn't 
> really fair to anybody, but the song I heard acquitted itself well 
> enough, and I'll betcha Jen's not a fucking nutjob, either, at least not 
> yet.
> 
> John Harrison is the frontman/mastermind in front of & behind North 
> Elementary.
> 
> Eric Roehrig used to spend a lot of time playing guitar & singing in 
> Sorry About Dresden. Now he spends more of that time playing guitar & 
> singing in Erie Choir, which is quieter & does not jump around nearly as 
> much.
> 
> Wes Phillips moved here from Iowa & for a year or two was in a band 
> called Ticonderoga with two of his fellow Iowans. They disbanded last 
> year, but the Wes Phillips song I heard still has some of that that 
> mysterious Iowan *something* that made Ticonderoga so amazing.
> 
> 
> 
> Monday, September 18
> Vibrant Green    (http://vibrantgreen.iuma.com)
> Kind of Like Spitting    (http://www.hushrecords.com/kols.html)
> The Anchor Comes Home    (http://www.myspace.com/theanchorcomeshome)
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
> 
> 
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