RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

According to the Indy this week, that Malt Swagger New Years Eve show at 
Piedmont is attendable for $5 if'n you don't plan to dine there -- I 
guess it'll be starting around 11:00 p.m.

Otherwise:

Friday, December 29
Slewfoot & Cary B    (http://www.musicmaker.org/artists/index.php?bandid=29)
Macavine Hayes    (http://www.musicmaker.org/artists/index.php?bandid=13)
Captain Luke    (http://www.musicmaker.org/artists/index.php?bandid=7)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Music Maker Relief Foundation presents: "Drink House to Church House" 
Film Preview, plus Performances by
SLEWFOOT & CARY B
MACAVINE HAYES
CAPTAIN LUKE



Friday, December 29
Thunderlip    (http://www.thunderlip.com/)
Torch Marauder's Grappling Hook 
(http://home.att.net/~sandydave/torchhome.html)
The Dynamite Brothers    (http://www.dynamitebrothers.com/)
Kings, Raleigh

Thunderlip are a "metal" band from Wilmington with a total 
punkrock/gospel energy-level, most especially in the case of their 
wall-climbing frontman.

Torch Marauder's Grappling Hook is the culmination of everything Torch 
has been working for all these years. A crackerjack band, wearing 
matching aviator shades (if you can get a peek behind them, you'll spy 
members of Analogue/Cheap Heat & the Maple Stave), cranking out giant 
riffs as the Torch cycles through an endless series of crazy masks, and 
equally crazy fantasy-metal anthems.



Saturday, December 30
Killer Filler    (http://www.myspace.com/killerfiller)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, December 30
Uncomfortable    (http://www.myspace.com/uncomfortablenoise)
Marigold
Alias Smith & Jones    (http://www.myspace.com/aliassmithandjonesband)
Kings, Raleigh



Sunday, December 31
Dale Watson & his Lone Stars    (http://www.dalewatson.com)
Elizabeth Cook    (http://www.elizabeth-cook.com/)
Hideaway BBQ, Raleigh

Hideaway BBQ is the new BBQ/country-music joint on Capitol Blvd in 
Raleigh. I haven't been, so I can't comment on the Q (the one report 
I've had is that it's perfectly acceptable, although since they're one 
of those places that tries to be all BBQ to all people, I'm still 
skeptical). They've booked a high-quality lineup of trad- and 
alt-country acts in their first few months of operation, and it all 
culminates with hardcore honky-tonker Dale Watson, who appears to be 
flying in from Austin for this show.



Sunday, December 31
The Wusses    (http://thewusses.com/)
Robo Sapien    (http://www.gorobosapien.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

What better way to ring in the New Year than with those masters of all 
things 70s & soft-rock The Wusses? The crazy queer electro-hiphop of 
Robo Sapien starts yr night off right.



Sunday, December 31
Spider Bags    (http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

If you're hoping to spend 2007 in a drunken stupor, then this is the 
show for you: Spider Bags' first album is a dissertation in dissolution.



Thursday, January 4
Clang Quartet    (http://www.myspace.com/clangquartet)
Yellow Tears    (http://www.myspace.com/yellowtears)
Cathode Terror Secretion    (http://www.myspace.com/cathodeterrorsecretion)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Kick your new year off right with some hellacious screeching noise at 
Nightlight. Clang Quartet, of course, is drummer Scotty Irving's one-man 
noise/percussion tribute to Jesus Christ.



Thursday, January 4
Body Electric    (http://www.myspace.com/be)
Dialogues    (http://www.myspace.com/dialoguesharrisonburg)
Hazerai    (http://www.myspace.com/hazerai)
Kings, Raleigh



Friday, January 5
Beloved Binge    (http://www.myspace.com/belovedbinge)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is the early (~7:30) show. Beloved Binge are a kinda K-Recordsy 
husband-wife gtr/drums duo, who moved here a year or two ago from 
Seattle. They're way fun.



Friday, January 5
The Tremors    (http://www.tremorsrockabilly.com/)
Dexter Romweber and the New Romans 
(http://www.myspace.com/dexterromweber)
The Bo-Stevens    (http://www.thebostevens.com/)
TCB '56
Stone Fox
Local 506, Chapel Hill

This is night one of Elvisfest (http://elvisfest.loserville.net/ ). The 
lineup tonight includes the majestic Dexter Romweber and the New Romans, 
which is Dex's large band (2 drums, 2 guitars, bass, keys, sax).



Friday, January 5
Randy Whitt and the Grits    (http://www.randywhitt.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is the late (~10:30) show. Randy Whitt is a Country Singer.



Friday, January 5
Recess    (http://www.dyss.net/nightlight/)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

This is the first Recess of 2007. Recess is the monthly-ish 
noisemaker-shakeup series run by Robert Biggers (Audubon Park, the Nein) 
wherein local musicians make a point of making sounds they otherwise 
wouldn't be making.



Saturday, January 6
Brown Mountain Lights    (http://www.brownmountainlights.net/)
Hege V    (http://www.vivanashvegas.com/home.htm)
Memphis    (http://www.memphistheband.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is a benefit for the Woods Charter School 
(http://www.woodscharter.org/ ). Most notably, it's also a reunion of 
the late-80s cowpunk band Hege V, named for its frontman, George Hege 
Hamilton V. George V moved to Nashville a good long while ago, so you're 
not going to get too many chances to see 'em.

To whet yr appetite, check out the hearse-surfing in this vintage Hege V 
video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMTvZfQ5aiE



Saturday, January 6
Reverend D-Ray and the Shockers 
(http://www.myspace.com/revdrayandtheshockers)
Kitty Box & the Johnnys 
(http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A40789)
Truckstop Preachers    (http://www.truckstoppreachers.com)
Psychocharger    (http://www.psychocharger.com/)
Billy Joe Winghead    (http://www.winghead.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Night two of Elvisfest (http://elvisfest.loserville.net/ ), the "all 
really elaborate fucked-up band names" night, I guess.



Saturday, January 6
Dom Casual    (http://www.myspace.com/domcasual)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

Dom Casual is the surfy/garagey rock-n-roll band of Durhamite Jamie 
McLendon, a man with an endless repertoire of bizarre stories that he 
likes to bust out between songs.



Saturday, January 6
Mothguts    (http://www.myspace.com/mothguts)
Hispanic Dance Club    (http://www.unc.edu/~clarkke/hdc.html)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill