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  • From: "Joel Peck" <joelpeck88 AT hotmail.com>
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  • Subject: RE: Stuff to do, week of September 14, 2006
  • Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:18:04 -0400

Friday, 9/15, Jo and Jo's cafe Durham

can joann

Bull City

Jo and Jo's cafe 9pm

Show has moved from Broad Street Cafe


From: grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>
Reply-To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Stuff to do, week of September 14, 2006
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:47:21 -0400


Thursday, September 14
Randy Whitt and the Grits (http://www.randywhitt.com/)
Hank Sinatra (http://www.hank-sinatra.com/)
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?



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/)
Clang Quartet (http://www.myspace.com/clangquartet)
Mowing Lawns (http://www.dyss.net/mlawns.html)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham

Mowing Lawns are skittish, intense, mebbe slightly paranoid
freak-folkers whose duelling acoustic guitars make me duck a little. So
many notes.

Clang Quartet is Scotty Irving's one-man noise/percussion tribute to
Jesus Christ.



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



Tuesday, September 19
Lambchop (http://www.landlocked.net/lambchop/)
Portastatic (http://www.portastatic.com)
M. Ward (http://www.futurefarmer.com/mward.html)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Lambchop are playing selected dates (including this one) with the Tosca
String Quartet, so expect yet even more lushness than usual from the 'Chop.

Portastatic have a new CD coming out in October. The first single, "Sour
Shores," mentions surfing (OK, well, it says "surf's up on sour shores"
-- does that count?) AND so did one of the two new Superchunk songs
debuted at their Cradle show last week ("Learn To Surf"). I've never
seen Mac in board shorts & honestly I'm not sure I wanna, but more
generally, WTF?



Tuesday, September 19
Leadfoot (http://www.leadfoot.net/)
White Rook (http://www.myspace.com/whiterookband)
The PB Army (http://www.thepbarmy.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Rawk! White Rook is a new band featuring Fin Fang Foom's Eddie Sanchez.



Tuesday, September 19
Future Islands (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
Robert Inevitable and the Static
(http://www.myspace.com/robertandthestatic)
Drew Swinburne (http://www.myspace.com/drewswinburne)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Nightlight sez:

FUTURE ISLANDS is the new ARTLORD + the SELF PORTRAITS, slimmed and
toned, shtick-free, infectious 80s tinged, nay, HYPNOTIC soulful dance
pop - from artschoolers in Greenville, NC, the place where you can get
stabbed in the head and go out for drinks the next night. Robert I was
in a band called NUCLEAR POWER PANTS, who played here last year in wild
siamese twin suits, foam croc heads, and BLACK LIGHT, so you might know
what to expect == costumes, kid-fun, beer hand, dance party ...



Wednesday, September 20
Calexico (http://www.casadecalexico.com/)
Oakley Hall (http://www.oakleyhall.net/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Wednesday, September 20
Monologue Bombs (http://www.myspace.com/themonologuebombs)
Alphas Wear Grey (http://www.alphasweargrey.com/)
Bickett Gallery, Raleigh

Monologue Bombs is the solo accordion-and-voice project of Goner
singer/keyboardist Scott Phillips.



Thursday, September 21
The Tourist (http://www.myspace.com/thetouristnc)
Dan Bryk (http://www.bryk.com/)
Charles Latham (http://www.myspace.com/sircharleslatham)
Marvell Building, Durham

The weekly Thursday-night hardcore shows at the downtown-Durham Marvell
Building take a break this week & are replaced by the smart, bitter,
Beatlesque (or, closer, Michael Penn/Aimee Mannesque) pop of Dan Bryk,
the mope-folk of The Tourist, and the spastic knees-and-elbows antifolk
energy of Charles Latham.



Thursday, September 21
Chest Pains (http://www.myspace.com/thechestpains)
Street Sharks (http://www.myspace.com/streetsharsk)
Blackstrap (http://blackstrap.org)
Reservoir, Carrboro

If the Marvell's hardcore vacation leaves you desperate for a punkrock
fix, look no further. Chest Pains are fronted by longtime music
writer/zinester (& oldschool punk) Greg Barbera, backed by Pleasant
drummer Eric Hermann & ex-Jett Rink guitarist Tim Ristau.

Street Sharks are at the forefront of the latest Raleigh Hardcore Revival.

Blackstrap are a gaggle of old (like, dude, over 30) men like me,
playing dirty 80s-Cali-style punkrock with a young slip of a woman named
Eliza out front.



Thursday, September 21
Dr. Dog (http://www.drdogmusic.com/)
Schooner (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
Shakermaker (http://shakermaker.org/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



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