RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Thursday, November 30
Conceptual    (http://www.myspace.com/conceptualnc)
Marvell Building, Durham



Thursday, November 30
Hearts and Daggers    (http://www.heartsanddaggers.com/ )
Raleigh Music Hall, Raleigh

Back before we invented alt-country, they just called it Cowpunk.



Thursday, November 30
The Psychic Paramount    (http://www.thepsychicparamount.com/)
In the Year of the Pig    (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

In the Year of the Pig are a huge droning throbbing beast of sound; I 
believe this show is gonna feature *two* drummers, one of them being 
usual ITYOTP drummer Jenks Miller, and the other being David Cantwell 
(!). I think they're my new favorite band. Nightlight says this about 
The Psychic Paramount:

The out-of-towners from the Giant Red Storm of Jupiter are the trio 
called The Psychic Paramount, whose last album Gamelan into the Mink 
Supernatural is pretty fucking brilliant and certainly has helped some 
of us feeling the ever-expanding personal need for insanely frenetic and 
heavy instrumental rock that modern times dictates unfairly. Guitar Bass 
and Drums makes it sound so droll, but that's all there is to it, even 
though you would swear that sixteen twelve headed beasts were all 
simultaneously playing raw papaya bombs with their steel teeth.



Thursday, November 30
Summer Sorcerer    (http://www.myspace.com/summersorcerer)
Blag'ard    (http://www.blagard.com/)
Bolo
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Summer Sorceror is Dave Laney from Milemarker, Eddie Sanchez from Fin 
Fang Foom, one or more of the dudes from Kerbloki, and I'm not even sure 
who else. Blag'ard is the solo indie-rock project of ex-Capsize 7/Lystra 
guitarist Joe Taylor.



Thursday, November 30
Calico Haunts    (http://www.myspace.com/calicohaunts)
John Howie
Fuse, Chapel Hill

John Howie, Jr. is the longtime frontman of the Two Dollar Pistols, of 
course, who're the finest country band to come from Chapel Hill since, 
well, either Hege V or Pine State, depending on your tastes in country.



Thursday, November 30
Dr. Powerful    (http://drpowerful.googlepages.com)
Fistfight    (http://www.myspace.com/thisisfistfight)
Reservoir, Carrboro

Dr. Powerful are from Sanford & they've got ex-Polvo drummer Eddie 
Watkins, although their new material is creeping in the direction of 
Roads to Space Travel.



Friday, December 1
Joe G's Cover Band Explosion
The Flying Anvil, Greensboro

Recognizing that it's way too far to drive from Greensboro to Raleigh to 
see the Kings Cover-Up, Joe Garrigan (Urinal, a shitload of other bands) 
has assembled this tribute to the tributes. Partial "lineup" as follows:

The Cure
The Velvet Underground
The Rolling Stones
Whiskey Town
George Harrison
Ben Folds



Friday, December 1
Webb Wilder    (http://www.webbwilder.com/)
Hideaway BBQ, Raleigh

Hideaway BBQ is the new BBQ joint/country music emporium in Raleigh (on 
Capital Blvd north of the Beltline). They appear to be serious about 
both the BBQ and the country music, and you can apparently readily mix 
the two via their dinner-and-a-show packages. I haven't been there yet, 
so I can't comment on the execution of either, but I do know that 
they've booked an ambitious slate of alt-country luminaries, including 
the first Triangle appearance by Webb Wilder in I don't know how long.



Friday, December 1
Schooner    (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
Future Kings of Nowhere    (http://www.thefuturekings.net/)
Kings, Raleigh

Some kind of local pop/rock + DJ night; schedule as follows:
Future Kings - 10-10:45
DJ - 10:45-11:30
Schooner - 11:30-12:30
DJ - 12:30 - 2am



Friday, December 1
S.C.O.T.S.    (http://www.scots.com/)
Jule Brown    (http://www.julebrown.org)
Lincoln Theater, Raleigh

In case you live in Raleigh, or can't wait until the December 16th SCOTS 
show at the Cat's Cradle. Jule Brown has a new album out, recorded at 
least in part by Dean Wareham.



Friday, December 1
Chest Pains    (http://www.myspace.com/thechestpains)
Victory Factory
The Cave, Chapel Hill

The Chest Pains are an old-man punkrock band featuring local 
writer/stay-at-home dad Greg Barbera, ex-Jett Rink guitarist Tim Ristau, 
and Pleasant drummer Eric Hermann. Victory Factory is are an old-man 
punkrock band featuring Ron Liberti (Pipe, The Ghost of Rock), Joe Romeo 
(ex-Fake Swedish) and I dunno whoall else.



Friday, December 1
Future Islands    (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
DJ Rodney French
Spanish Dancer    (http://www.myspace.com/spanishdancerrr)
Valid Core    (http://www.myspace.com/validcore)
The Worst    (http://www.myspace.com/wearetheworst)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Friday, December 1
Fin Fang Foom    (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html)
Transportation    (http://www.myspace.com/transportation)
Reservoir, Carrboro

It's the 2nd Anniversary of Reservoir, which also makes it some kind of 
commemoration of the demise of Go Studios Room 4, the beloved rockclub 
that used to occupy that space. So it's somehow fitting or at least 
logical that the two bands playing tonight are the bands of Go prime 
movers Mike Triplett (Fin Fang Foom) and Ben Dunlap (Transportation).



Saturday, December 2
Girl Talk    (http://girl-talk.net/)
Robo Sapien    (http://www.gorobosapien.com/)
Kerbloki    (http://www.kerbloki.com/)
Ricky Dollars    (http://www.myspace.com/rickydollars)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Tim Ross of Tuba Frenzy/all those Hell dance parties put this one 
together. Girl Talk is from up north somewhere & leverages the awesome 
power of cut-n-paste to assemble mega-funky dance jams from the tiny 
atomic bits of 1000s of other songs.



Saturday, December 2
The Bravery    (http://www.thebravery.com/)
Radio 4    (http://www.gernblandsten.com)
Lincoln Theater, Raleigh



Sunday, December 3
The Nein    (http://www.thenein.com/)
WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham

The Nein claim to be a big dumb loud rockband, but there's more to it 
than that. They really hit their stride a year or two ago when they 
melded Finn Cohen's kinda plaintive vocals, Casey Burns's massive 
metalloid bass, and Dale Flattum's loops & samples. Since then, both 
Casey & Dale have moved away, and the Nein have been forced to get a 
little lighter & more improvisational. Case in point: fill-in noisemaker 
Chuck Johnson can't make it (did I read somewhere he's moving away?), so 
they've drafted Crowmeat Bob to make noise of a whole nother stripe. No 
telling exactly how that's gonna turn out, which is half the fun, of 
course. 5:00 p.m. 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.



Sunday, December 3
Double Negative    (http://www.myspace.com/thedoublenegative)
Cross Laws    (http://www.myspace.com/crosslaws)
The Obtruders    (http://www.obtruders.com/)
Fist of the North Star
Concrete Bombers    (http://www.myspace.com/concretebombers)
Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh

Big hardcore show at the Berkeley Cafe. I for one welcome the return of 
the 80s hardcore scene; maybe my memory is fuzzy, but I remember the 
kids actually giving a shit about politics back then.



Sunday, December 3
Birds and Batteries    (http://www.birdsandbatteries.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Monday, December 4
The Sword
Kylesa    (http://www.kylesa.com/)
Thunderlip    (http://www.thunderlip.com/)
Kings, Raleigh



Tuesday, December 5
Cities    (http://www.citiesmusic.com)
Cinemechanica    (http://www.cinemechanica.com/)
Shaking Hands With Danger    (http://www.myspace.com/shakinghandswithdanger)
A Rooster for the Masses    (http://www.myspace.com/aroosterforthemasses)
The Flying Anvil, Greensboro

Cities are the post-post-postpunk band from Chapel Hill. Cinemechanica 
are mathstars from Athens. Shaking Hands With Danger is a Triad band 
featuring ex-members of Kudzu Wish, All Astronauts, and I dunno who-all 
else. A Rooster for the Masses are the post-post-postpunk synth/dance 
rockband from Raleigh. If you've been working your way through Simon 
Reynolds' "Rip It Up and Start Again," this is the show for you.



Tuesday, December 5
Pernice Brothers    (http://www.pernicebrothers.com/)
Elvis Perkins    (http://www.elvisperkins.net/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, December 6
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin    (http://www.sslyby.com/)
The Changes    (http://www.the-changes.com)
Can Joann    (http://www.canjoann.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, December 6
Cinemechanica    (http://www.cinemechanica.com/)
Places to Live
The Oranges Band    (http://www.theorangesband.com)
Kings, Raleigh



Thursday, December 7
The Great Cover-Up    (http://www.kingsbarcade.com)
Kings, Raleigh

This is the 8th Annual Great Cover-Up, wherein local bands (and/or 
ad-hoc groupings of local musicians) put together short "tribute" sets 
to their favorite bands. Some people wear more wigs than other people, 
but nearly everybody goes absurdly all-out music-wise, so it's nearly 
always a good time.

You don't get to know in advance who's playing when, or whom they're 
covering, so it's a crapshoot; odds from previous years indicate that if 
you're gonna miss one night, the first night might be the one to miss, 
but there've been at least a couple of years where missing night one 
would've meant missing the best bands of the weekend. Can you risk it?

Of course, now that Kings is half-nonsmoking (no smoking before 
midnight), you should be able to survive a 3-night stint without doing 
quite so much damage to yrself.

More details from Kings: Your favorite (only the best, of course) local 
bands transform themselves into THEIR favorite bands for an evening, and 
play a short set in character. As much fun as you can have in a rock 
club. Past years have seen performances honoring Tom Petty, Devo, The 
Who, X, Danzig, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Thin Lizzy, Lynard 
Skynard, Black Sabbath...you get the picture. Proceeds to benefit 
InterAct and the Wake County Literacy Council. and the NC Food Bank. 
ADMISSION IS $5 plus CANNED OR DRY GOODS DONATION FOR EASTERN NC FOOD BANK!



Thursday, December 7
Simple    (http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomsimple)
7th Level Magic User
Secret Language    (http://www.myspace.com/secretlanguage)
Fuse, Chapel Hill



Thursday, December 7
Asobi Seksu    (http://www.asobiseksu.com/)
Glissade    (http://www.myspace.com/glissade)
Veronique Diabolique    (http://www.veroniquediabolique.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, December 7
Erie Choir    (http://www.eriechoir.com)
Ghost to Falco    (http://www.purevolume.com/GhosttoFalco)
The Upsidedown Stars    (http://www.rabbot.net)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Nightlight says:

Erie Choir is Eric Roehrig's song-smith revelry, rotating cast, earnest 
voice-strum interplay, and warmth. Ghost to Falco (ex-Alarmist) will 
rumble in with guitar, this time hopefully with bass and drums. Not that 
Rosemary-Village shaking rumble that I envision in my sleep, but a more 
subtle and inward rumble, like the rumble of a belly at a disturbing 
lunchtime murmur. Expect this show to wind outward and inward. Begins a 
thirteen day tour for GTF at our very own Nightlight. This Portland, OR 
band features Eric Crespo, formerly of Burlington, NC, who has stopped 
through these parts in the past. So the Erics's bring up the rear, and 
The UDS open. The Upsidedown Stars are of Robot vs Rabbit, a duo formed 
from the trio. Expect some seriously ear-splitting thudge slup grog 
sound, like fatass goatboy cigar burps. Pretty gross huh? I promise you 
will not be disappointed if volume is sought. Overall, however, this 
show covers a musical spectrum not often available in one night. We 
consider ourselves grateful. 10 PM $5



Thursday, December 7
Mingus Young    (http://www.mingusyoung.com/)
Seepeoples    (http://www.seepeoples.com/)
Death of the Sun    (http://www.myspace.com/deathofthesun)
Wetlands, Chapel Hill

Death of the Sun is a new band featuring Eric Wallen (Ben Davis & the 
Jetts, ex-My Dear Ella), Kuki Kooks (North Elementary, ex-Fashion 
Design) & some other folks I dunno as well.



Friday, December 8
The Comas    (http://www.thecomas.com)
1986    (http://www.myspace.com/1986music)
Schooner    (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

If the Comas aren't passing the torch to Schooner, then they'd better 
start running a little faster, lest Schooner snatch it.



Friday, December 8
The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra 
(http://www.trekkyrecords.com/xmasfront.html)
Marijuana Wolf    (http://www.myspace.com/marijuanawolf)
Adam Thorn    (http://www.myspace.com/thetopbuttons)
Citified    (http://www.citifiedband.org/)
snmnmnm    (http://www.snmnmnm.com/)
The Flying Anvil, Greensboro

Chapel Hill's Trekky Records have just released their second Christmas 
album; this time around, though different songs feature different 
members of the Trekky stable, the CD as a whole is credited to the 
Trekky Yuletide Orchestra, which may or may not be the same Trekky 
allstars/supergroup that's known as Auxiliary House during the rest of 
the year.



Friday, December 8
Spider Bags    (http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
Stone Fox
Calico Haunts    (http://www.myspace.com/calicohaunts)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Friday, December 8
The Gondoliers    (http://www.myspace.com/comeseethegondoliers)
Bridges and Powerlines    (http://www.bridgesandpowerlines.com/)
Malamondos    (http://www.malamondos.com/)
Wetlands, Chapel Hill



Saturday, December 9
Dirty5thirty    (http://www.myspace.com/dirty5thirty)
Urban Sophisticates    (http://www.urbansophisticates.com/)
Social Memory Complex    (http://www.myspace.com/socialmemorycomplex)
L in Japanese    (http://www.myspace.com/linjapanesemusic)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Saturday, December 9
Twilighter    (http://www.twilighterband.com/)
Regina Hexaphone    (http://www.reginahexaphone.com)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, December 9
Bivins, Davis, and Ghaphery 
(http://www.umbrellarecordings.com/release.php?id=12)
Uncle Onion
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Nightlight says:

Mixed Improv Styles, tonight's your pleasure. Bivins, Davis & Ghaphery 
is the lineup of the same name who released an improv jazz album on 
Umbrella recordings called Impermanence last year. A softly deft 
coalescing reel of interplay between sax, guitar, and drums. I am a huge 
sucker for this stuff - best chore music around, assuming you are raking 
leaves indoors or something equally obtuse. Uncle Onion is the debut 
performance by local musician Allen Bell (Boner Machine, Anazina Mirage, 
Boyzone Panevino-era). Solo guitar plus formless vocalizations and 
intricate meanderings through hard mossy ground. Improvised, yet 
guileless. 10 PM $5



Saturday, December 9
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players    (http://www.slideshowplayers.com/)
Raleigh Music Hall, Raleigh



Saturday, December 9
Neighborhood Knife Fight
Snatches of Pink    (http://www.snatchesofpink.com/)
Brothers Grim    (http://www.myspace.com/brothersgrimraleigh)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

This is the debut of Neighborhood Knife Fight, which consists of Reese 
from the Dirty Little Heaters, plus some of the ex-members of the 
Spinns. Expect bluesy shouted badass garage-rock to the Nth degree.



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