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  • From: tommy Gibson <tcgibson AT mindspring.com>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: stuff to do, week of November 10, 2006
  • Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:43:16 GMT

Friday, November 10
The Nevers - CD Release Party (http://www.thenevers.net/)
w/ Stratocruiser (http://www.stratocruisermusic.com/)
and
The Breaks* (http://www.thebreaksrock.com/)
The Pour House, Raleigh


*On a [somewhat] related note, John Ensslin (The Breaks) will exhibit a
5-year
retrospective of his artwork as part of Carrboro's 2nd Friday Art Walk.
You can see Ensslin's work at the Weaver Street Realty offices from 6-9
p.m. tonight.

(http://2ndfridayartwalk.com/)








grady wrote:
> Things you need to know, before I get to the list:
>
> 1) Big art opening at Fuse on Sunday from 6-9, featuring art by local
> rockers. Big article in the Indy all about it:
> http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A39854 _+_
> http://www.myspace.com/minussoundresearch
>
> 2) Joanna Newsom is playing at a big institutional venue in Greensboro
> on Saturday the 18th. The show is being promoted by the Flying Anvil,
> and I'm told Chaz has tickets at his store.
>
> The list:
>
> Friday, November 10
> Charalambides (http://www.flash.net/~whother/artist.html)
> Josephine Foster (http://www.100songsising.com)
> Chuck Johnson
> Datahata
> DJ One Duran
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Nightlight says (hey! I just got an email that said they're going
> NONSMOKING! fuckin'-A awesome!):
>
> Charalambides features Christina Carter, who turned our heads back on
> Sunday Sept 17th, that fateful day. Christina Carter and Tom Carter
> explore a singular form of interplay amongst spiritual soul-lifting
> forms and formlessness through developed interplay and a respect for
> chance. Songs get worked for skeletal structures to include and then
> exclude the haunting vocalizations of Christina while the masterful
> guitarwork of Christina and Tom is laid bare between and amongst slight
> noises like bells and wind. A true treat for the Nightlight faithful. We
> also have Chuck Johnson, who is a local treasure, but I heard he's
> moving to NYC, so this might be one of your last chances to see Chuck so
> accessibly. Chuck has offered a "mystical drone set", which sounds very
> Middle-Earth to me. Elves, dwarves, and Chuck's masterful work at
> creating and sustaining subtly nuanced yet very pronounced musical
> passages using whatever he pleases, including but not limited to guitar,
> homemade electronic devices, and a mysterious suitcase. [. . .] After we
> relax and get unspooked from Chuck and Charalambides, a special
> appearance by former Chapel Hill resident/now ASHEVILLE party lover ZEKE
> GRAVES, who will be rolling down from Asheville to twiddle our
> dee-lite-alicious twizzler dispenser. One Duran spins your fucking hed
> off. Right round the turntable out comes thick deep beats and funky ass
> hip-hop glory. Markus Maerk - organized Signal Music Fest and now we get
> him for a night.
>
>
>
> Friday, November 10
> Maple Stave (http://www.maplestave.com)
> Red Collar (http://www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
> In the Year of the Pig (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
> Joe & Jo's, Durham
>
> This is the beginning of the weekend-long celebration of Chaz's one-year
> anniversary as a music purveyor in Durham. It's also a Maple Stave
> CD-release party (finally!) for their EP Two. And of course you also get
> the Fugazi-influenced prole-rock of Red Collar, and the tiny-animal-hat
> wearing wall-of-throb noisejam that is In The Year of the Pig.
>
>
>
> Friday, November 10
> Erie Choir (http://www.eriechoir.com)
> Audubon Park (http://audubonpark.blogspot.com)
> Pleasant (http://www.pleasantmusic.com)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> This is a dual CD-release show for both Audubon Park & Erie Choir;
> perhaps more remarkably, both CDs are apparently full-lengths, rather
> than the EPs that both bands have made their names/reputations with over
> the past 2-3 years. Can either one sustain "the mood" for more than 4-5
> songs running? Show up, pay yr $10, and take home yr complimentary
> copies of both discs so as to find out.
>
> In case that last paragraph wound up mis-construable: Erie Choir &
> Audubon Park are two of my favorite bands in the Triangle, and the 6 EPs
> (if you count Erie Choir's contribution to the 3x4 comp) they've
> released between them have been among my very favorite CDs of the past
> few years. They've managed to avoid giving me advance copies of the new
> discs, but even without having heard them I'll wager that a couple of
> slots on my year-end top-10 list will be filled tonight.
>
>
>
> Friday, November 10
> Weisstronauts (http://www.weissy.com/weisstronauts/)
> Killer Filler (http://www.myspace.com/killerfiller)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> A double dose of instrumental garage/surf/whatever mayhem from Boston's
> Weisstronauts & locals Killer Filler.
>
>
>
> Friday, November 10
> Hearts and Daggers (http://www.heartsanddaggers.com/ )
> The Tripple Twins
> The Della Rounds
> Spader (http://www.myspace.com/spadermusic)
> Kings, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Friday, November 10
> The Bleeding Hearts (http://www.thebleedinghearts.net/home.html)
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Friday, November 10
> Two Dollar Guitar
> (http://www.smellslikerecords.com/artists/tdg/index.html)
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 11
> Wigg Report (http://www.synchronizedswim.org)
> Beloved Binge (http://www.myspace.com/belovedbinge)
> Charles Latham (http://www.myspace.com/sircharleslatham)
> Chaz's Bull City Records, Durham
>
> This is an all-afternoon extravaganza; in addition to the bands I've
> listed, Chaz is also promising solo sets by Sean Murphy & Jamie McLendon
> (both of Dom Casual), plus food & god knows what else, all as part of
> his 1st Anniversary party for himself and the shop.
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 11
> Richard Buckner (http://www.richardbuckner.com/)
> Two Dollar Guitar
> (http://www.smellslikerecords.com/artists/tdg/index.html)
> The Flying Anvil, Greensboro
>
> This is an early (7:00 p.m. and they mean that) show. Richard Buckner
> has been making his sparse singer/songwriter music for 20-odd years; the
> last couple have been on Merge, and he's been getting more into creating
> ambient guitar soundscapes. I saw Two Dollar Guitar once, but it was
> from the street outside the Lizard and Snake, so really all I saw was
> the back of Steve Shelley's head.
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 11
> Across the Elementary (http://www.myspace.com/acrosstheelementary)
> Ingenue
> European Ambulance
> Above the Ground (http://www.myspace.com/abovetheground)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Nightlight says this one is all acoustic & most/all solo, and it starts
> at 8:00 (you're encouraged to get a sammich, and I have to heartily
> concur with that).
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 11
> Gob Iron (http://66.113.175.214/discs/index-gobiron.htm)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> Gob Iron is the name of the new collaboration between Jay Farrar (Uncle
> Tupelo, Son Volt) and Anders Parker (Varnaline, ex-Raleighite); it's all
> about revising/re-imagining the American folk songbook, or something.
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 11
> Natasha (http://www.myspace.com/natashatheband)
> Le Weekend (http://www.myspace.com/mattwkalb)
> Noncanon (http://www.myspace.com/noncanon)
> Torch Marauder's Grappling Hook
> (http://home.att.net/~sandydave/torchhome.html)
> The Scene of the Crime Rovers
> (http://www.myspace.com/sceneofthecrimerovers)
> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>
> This is the annual WXDU Fall Benefit. Every year we (OK, well, mostly
> Herrick) struggle mightily to overcome the convoluted overbooked work
> schedules of the Triangle's musicians in order to bring you the freshest
> possible lineup of bands your friends will be asking you about 9 months
> from now. I'd give you a list of bands who've played previous benefits,
> but it'd be so long & so studded with the names of yr favorite bands
> that you'd probably collapse in tears for having missed 'em.
>
> This year we've got Natasha, who formed 2 years ago at Carolina Friends
> School, played a handful of gigs, recorded and released a knockout CD of
> crazy low-fi Le Tigre-style synth party/punk jams, and promptly broke
> up. Later they realized the horrible error of their ways, and now
> they're devoted to rocking you into & out of pants, yours or someone else's.
>
> Le Weekend is the brand new (as in, this is their first or maybe second
> gig, depending on who you ask) band of Matt Kalb, who plays guitar in
> Audubon Park & who sang & wrote half the songs in the late lamented
> Hotel Motel. He's got various local rock superstars backing him on this,
> so if sparks don't fly, it's probably not our fault.
>
> Noncanon are a gtr/drums duo featuring Danny Vaughn (ex-Mothlight) and
> Rob Koegler (Cheap Heat). Danny sings and plays guitar that veers from
> blues to free jazz to Chrome shards and back again. Rob plays
> jazz-inflected drums with a light touch & a good ear for where Danny
> might be wandering.
>
> Torch Marauder's Grappling Hook is the culmination of everything the
> Caped One has been working for all these years. He's traded in the TV
> sets for Evan Rowe (Maple Stave), Jenny Greer & Dave Heller (both
> ex-Analogue, Cheap Heat), and the consensus seems to be that all the
> scifi/fantasy subject matter is elevated from confusing/amusing dadaist
> prank to the level of genuine emotional resonance, however improbable
> that may seem.
>
> As if that weren't enough, we've been promised a visit by Durham's own
> avant-garde marching band, the Scene of the Crime Rovers.
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 11
> Jimmy & The Teasers (http://www.geocities.com/booze1031/teasers.html)
> The Cogburns (http://www.cogburns.com/)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 11
> The Heartless Bastards (http://www.theheartlessbastards.com/)
> Blag'ard (http://www.blagard.com/)
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 11
> Detroit Cobras (http://www.motorcityrocks.com/cobras.htm)
> The King Khan & BBQ Show (http://marksultan.com/kingkhanandbbqshow.html)
> Taylor Hollingsworth (http://taylorhollingsworth.com/)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, November 12
> Bowerbirds (http://www.bowerbirds.org)
> WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
>
> Bowerbirds are primarily Phil Moore (ex-Ticonderoga) and Beth Tacular;
> locally they're often joined by Mark Paulson (also ex-Ticonderoga) and
> Brad & Phil Cook (ex-DeYarmond Edison). I actually have no idea
> which/how many of those folks will be playing today, but I'm fairly
> confident it'll be magical regardless. Bowerbirds songs make an initial
> impression of fragility, 'til you realize they bend, but never break.
> Acoustic guitar, drum, accordion, maybe violin, trombone, whatever seems
> to fit. 5:00 p.m. 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.
>
>
>
> Sunday, November 12
> Les Georges Leningrad (http://www.lesgeorgesleningrad.org/)
> Future Islands (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
> Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> I saw Les Georges Leningrad once; were they the Montreal spazz/electro
> crusty punks whose singer/keyboardist appeared to be in perpetual fear
> of a wardrobe malfunction? Her apparent preoccupation with her
> decolletage kinda undercut their radical posturing, but it was a good
> time nevertheless.
>
> Future Islands are a synth/dance pop weirdness band from downstate; they
> used to exist in another dimension as Art Lord & the Self Portraits.
>
> Cantwell Gomez & Jordan deserve a better introduction than I can give
> them; they're one of those bands who can recharge yr "seen it all &
> anyway too tired to leave the house" batteries over & over & over again,
> assuming you get a charge out of seeing three people play crazy
> fucked-up music because they love it or they don't know any other kind
> of music to play.
>
>
>
> Sunday, November 12
> Ben Davis + The Jetts (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/bendavis.html)
> The Cassettes (http://www.thecassettes.com)
> Summer Sorcerer (http://www.myspace.com/summersorcerer)
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
> Ben Davis you know about; he was in Sleepytime Trio & Milemarker, but
> now he's slightly more settled & makes moody piano-driven artpop with a
> rotating cast of local rockers. Summer Sorceror is some kind of local
> supergroup featuring folks from Milemarker & probably Kerbloki (since
> all local supergroups seem to involve someone from Kerbloki nowadays).
>
>
>
> Monday, November 13
> Flicker (http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/flicker)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> Flicker is the monthlyish short-film festival started by Norwood Cheek
> back in the 90s to showcase short films shot on film, as opposed to the
> by-then-omnipresent video. Norwood long since moved to LA, but he's
> actually going to be in town to host this episode of Flicker, which is
> devoted to screening shorts from *other* regional Flickers around the
> country. Show starts at 8:00-ish, and there will be, as always, sweet
> treats & door prizes.
>
>
>
> Monday, November 13
> Blue Cheer (http://bluecheer.us)
> Birds of Avalon (http://www.myspace.com/birdsofavalon)
> Adult Film Makers (http://www.myspace.com/adultfilmmakers)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Yes, *that* Blue Cheer, or rather 2/3rds of them. I forget which 2/3rds,
> but we're not talking rocket science here, we're talking "Summertime
> Blues" and "Parchment Farm."
>
> Also on the bill, Raleigh psych/rock supergroup Birds of Avalon, and the
> Adult Film Makers, in which Ghost of Rocks/Bad Checks drummer Rock
> Forbes steps out from behind the kit & reveals a pretty-damn-good
> Jaggeresque singing voice. Go Rock, Go.
>
>
>
> Monday, November 13
> Cities (http://www.citiesmusic.com)
> So Many Dynamos (http://www.somanydynamos.org/)
> Eyes to Space (http://www.eyestospace.net/)
> Grasshopper (http://www.ahhgrasshopper.com/)
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
>
> Local young-turk indie-rockers Cities, along with even-younger-turk
> indie-rockers Grasshopper, nerdrockers Eyes to Space, and some cats from
> out of town.
>
>
>
> Tuesday, November 14
> North Mississippi All-Stars (http://www.nmsallstars.com/)
> Spencer Dickinson (http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=10902)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> North Mississippi All-Stars is the band of Luther & Cody Dickinson,
> who're the sons of [legendary] Memphis producer Jim Dickinson. Spencer
> Dickinson is what you get when you throw those boys in a van with Jon
> Spencer. Remember him? Blues Explosion! I still cringe.
>
>
>
> Tuesday, November 14
> Califone (http://www.flydaddy.com/bands/califone/califone_fr.htm)
> The Judy Green (http://thejudygreen.com)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Tuesday, November 14
> Video Hippos (http://www.videohippos.com)
> Planecrash
> Dig Shovel Dig (http://www.digshoveldig.com/)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Nightlight rambled:
>
> Asheville couch testers bring toe-tapping keyboard slag with bass/drums
> feroxity and not an ounce of pretense, despite the fact that their 7
> Inch Record on Lookalive records was titled Recent Works From the Most
> Important Composers in the Universe. For fans of cheap bourbon and
> infrequent shaving (legs or face). Hype reggae farcical indescribable
> theatrics - weird vocalizations and spooky in your face shoe-untying
> madness. Mark and Ted, bass and drums, they both sing (yell/slurp), and
> Ted plays the keyboard with his toes. I love it, and Mark turned me on
> to Lightning Bolt soon after they released Ride the Skies, and for that
> I am eternally grateful. They requested Plane Crash - Stuart will be
> going back to the old format, with the TVs and turntables and a lot of
> loud ass shit. Videohippos - WTF? VIDEOHIPPOS from Baltimore (home of
> John Waters and sludge) are going to be in NC for a week doing some
> shows, wat a supwise - 2 piece !drummer+ guitar! with video art pieces
> that are projected onto their bodies along with prerecorded
> keyboards/loops so this is like some kind of weird pairing here tonite.
> Wow what luck. :::::: part of the wham city art collective in
> Baltimore::::::::::: Sounds like the freaks come out to night, thanks
> Whodini! You will leave overstimulated, for sure.
>
>
>
> Wednesday, November 15
> North Elementary (http://www.northelementary.com)
> Now It's Overhead (http://www.nowitsoverhead.com/)
> The Never (http://www.trekkyrecords.com/never.html)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Now It's Overhead is the band of Athens producer/Bright Eyes
> collaborator/nice guy Andy Lemaster, and the ladies of Azure Ray. The
> Never are a baroque harmony-pop/rock band who recently released a
> concept album called Antarctica that comes with a picture book about
> some kids returning a nuke, or something, I dunno, my copy didn't come
> with the book. And who would they return a nuclear weapon to? Maybe
> better to just bury it in the woods.
>
> North Elementary are still pumping out the psych-pop hits, only now
> they've also taken on a side-job of spawning an endless number of
> spinoff bands (recent additions to that list: Simple, The Rose Marie).
>
>
>
> Thursday, November 16
> IV Thieves (http://www.myspace.com/ivthieves)
> Velvet (http://www.velvetpop.com)
> Bang Bang Bang (http://www.bangbangbangrock.com)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Friday, November 17
> Micah P. Hinson (http://www.myspace.com/micahphinson)
> Tennis and the Mennonites (http://www.tennisandthemennonites.com)
> The Rose Marie (http://www.myspace.com/ryanleedunlap)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Tennis & the Mennonites have a brand-new album out; it's 18 songs in
> about 35 minutes, and it includes most of the hits from their earlier
> limited-release EP, including "Magnets," which is a Perfect Song. Most
> bands never get to write a Perfect Song, so even if T&theM spent the
> rest of their careers doing Mariah Carey covers, they'd still be ahead
> of the game.
>
> The Rose Marie are, I'm told, some sort of North Elementary spinoff. The
> one song I've heard, "Breathing All Wrong," is a sort of mournful yet
> weirdly stately number, but I've no idea whether it's at all representative.
>
>
>
> Friday, November 17
> $2 Pistols
> Mason Smith Band (http://masonsmithband.com/)
> Nola (http://www.myspace.com/nolaband)
> Bickett Gallery, Raleigh
>
> There's apparently a show of Johnny Cash photos up at Bickett, and this
> therefore is the Johnny Cash Tribute show. Mason Smith Band are from
> Wilmington & that's all I know. $2 Pistols y'all know already; John
> Howie Jr's voice can only get lower & more heartfelt as the years pile
> upon it.
>
> Nola are a youngish country band from Raleigh & I love their song "Hey"
> every time I hear it; it's in the player somewhere, go look for it.
>
>
>
> Friday, November 17
> The Billy Carter Band
> The Ex-Members (http://www.myspace.com/theexmembers)
> Boyskout (http://www.boyskout.com)
> Kings, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Friday, November 17
> Ear Pwr (http://www.myspace.com/earpwr)
> Blacks on Blondes
> (http://www.myspace.com/douglasbrazilandafroamericanfriends)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 18
> Cursive (http://www.saddle-creek.com)
> Fin Fang Foom (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html)
> Jeremy Enigk (http://www.myspace.com/jeremyenigk)
> The Cops (http://www.thecops.com.au/)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 18
> The Ex-Members (http://www.myspace.com/theexmembers)
> Boyskout (http://www.boyskout.com)
> Marce (http://www.marceonline.com/)
> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>
> It bears repeating a few dozen more times, since there was a bit of a
> gap in there: The Ex-Members are the new name for the final 3-piece
> incarnation of Gerty, and they're still bringing the danceable
> 80s-inflected indie-rock.
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 18
> Ahleuchatistas (http://www.ahleuchatistas.com/go.php)
> Doctor Oakroot (http://www.doctoroakroot.com/)
> Gutbucket (http://www.gutweb.com)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Ahleuchatistas make total ADD gtr/bass/drums avant-jazz instrumental
> mayhem; it sounds like it's recursing infinitely yet it never winds up
> in the same place. I think that's called Relativity. Gutbucket are
> jazzbos from elsewhere. Bluesman Doctor Oakroot was playing the Skylight
> long before it developed its Nightlight alter-ego, and if you can't
> quite suss why he's on the bill, the fact that he makes all his own
> instruments out of household items may be reason enough.
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 18
> The Sammies (http://www.myspace.com/thesammies)
> Elevator Action (http://www.elevatoractionband.com/)
> The Artichokes (http://www.myspace.com/theartichokes)
> Wetlands, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, November 18
> Future Islands (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
> Sodajerk (http://www.sodajerkcountry.com)
> Video Hippos (http://www.videohippos.com)
> Kings, Raleigh
>
>
>
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