RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Thursday, January 25
Bobby Bare Jr.    (http://www.bobbybarejr.com/)
Explorers Club    (http://www.myspace.com/explorersclub)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, January 25
Midtown Dickens    (http://www.myspace.com/midtowndickens)
Marla Hooch    (http://www.myspace.com/marlahoochnyc)
Boxcar Bertha    (http://www.myspace.com/boxcarbertha)
The Curtains of Night
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, January 25
Table    (http://www.myspace.com/table)
Chest Pains    (http://www.myspace.com/thechestpains)
Kings, Raleigh

Longtime local rock veterans making gabba-gabba punkrock. Check them 
both out in the player & you'll see what I mean.



Thursday, January 25
Summer Sorcerer    (http://www.myspace.com/summersorcerer)
Pinebender    (http://www.lovitt.com/artists.php?artists_id=27)
Reservoir, Carrboro

Summer Sorcerer are members of Milemarker & Fin Fang Foom. Pinebender 
are FFF's Lovitt Records labelmates; they're from Chicago.



Friday, January 26
Transportation    (http://www.myspace.com/transportation)
Victory Factory    (http://www.myspace.com/victoryfactory)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is the late (10:30ish) show. Transportation are a buncha guys whose 
love for 70s piano balladry may only be exceeded by their love for 
gritty 70s guitar glam-rock.

Victory Factory are, personnel-wise, half of the original lineup of 
Pipe, half of The Ghost of Rock, and a couple of guys from Joe Romeo's 
Orange County Volunteers. All in just four guys: Ron Liberti, Dave IT, 
Joe Romeo & Rock Forbes.



Friday, January 26
Can Joann    (http://www.canjoann.com/)
Alternative Champs    (http://www.alternativechamps.com/)
Kings, Raleigh



Friday, January 26
Phillip MacDonald    (http://www.myspace.com/phillipmacdonald)
Charles Latham    (http://www.myspace.com/sircharleslatham)
Bickett Gallery, Raleigh

Phillip MacDonald is in a Raleigh band called The Shrink. Charles Latham 
warms the cockles of Grayson Currin's cold cold heart (and OK, mine too).



Saturday, January 27
The Bottle Rockets    (http://www.bottlerocketsmusic.com)
Otis Gibbs    (http://www.otisgibbs.com/)
Tom Gillam and Tractor Pull 
(http://www.myspace.com/tomgillamstractorpull)
Hideaway BBQ, Raleigh



Saturday, January 27
The Bleeding Hearts    (http://www.thebleedinghearts.net/home.html)
Stone Fox
Kings, Raleigh

Bluesy stonesy rock, with hair. And some vests, I bet.



Saturday, January 27
Viswas
Uncomfortable    (http://www.myspace.com/uncomfortablenoise)
Bickett Gallery, Raleigh



Monday, January 29
The Rapture    (http://www.therapturemusic.com)
Under the Influence of Giants    (http://www.utiog.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Tuesday, January 30
A/V Geeks    (http://www.avgeeks.com)
Kings, Raleigh

Skip says:

In October of last year, we lost an important educational filmmaker - 
Sid Davis. He wasn't the best filmmaker and his message wasn't always a 
progressive one. In fact, his vision of a world filled with sexual 
deviants and kids on the brink of tragedy helped usher in the current 
paranoia. Films include - Name Unknown, Why Does Sammy Speed?, Dangerous 
Stranger and more! Suggested donation $5



Tuesday, January 30
Erin McKeown    (http://www.erinmckeown.com/)
Sean Hayes    (http://www.seanhayesmusic.com)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Erin McKeown, about whom I know next-to-nothing, just (2 weeks ago) 
released an album of pop standards ("standards" meaning stuff that Judy 
Garland would've known and loved) performed jazz-trio style. She's 
apparently otherwise an indie/folk-rocker of some kind, and she also 
appears to be under the age of 30. The tracks I heard on the internet 
played games with the arrangements while still honoring the spirit of 
the songs. Dunno that I'd trek out to 506 on a cold Monday night in 
January for her, but she'd make for an excellent brunch . . . Maybe you 
could trek out, invite them to stay at your house, and then make them 
play for their breakfast?



Wednesday, January 31
Flicker    (http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/flicker)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Flicker is the long-long-running monthlyish short-film 
celebration/festival. This time the theme is "Wild Wild West," meaning 
most/all of the films featured are from the west, either of this country 
or various other countries. There are some countries where the West is 
so far West that it's East, you know. Things get underway around 
8:00-ish, and as always, there will be sweets and door prizes.



Wednesday, January 31
Crowmeat Bob presents Death Jazz
Kings, Raleigh

No word (to me, at least) from Bob as to what's on his agenda for this 
installment of his semi-irregular Death Jazz nite, but it's sure to 
involve melody & skronk in uncertain ratios.



Thursday, February 1
White Rook    (http://www.myspace.com/whiterookband)
Blag'ard    (http://www.blagard.com/)
Chest Pains    (http://www.myspace.com/thechestpains)
Wetlands, Chapel Hill

White Rook is one of several current bands featuring Eddie from Fin Fang 
Foom; he's a busy cat. Blag'ard is the primarily-solo outlet of Joe 
Taylor (Capsize 7, Lystra); it's kinda like a one-man Capsize 7, actually.

Chest Pains is Greg Barbera on bass & yelling; Eric Hermann (Pleasant) 
on drums, and Tim Ristau (ex-Jett Rink) on guitar. It's kinda punk, if 
married guys are allowed to be "punk" anymore.



Friday, February 2
The dB's    (http://www.thedbsonline.net)
Mayflies USA    (http://www.bigshoe.com/mayflies)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

So, the "classic" lineup of the dB's (does that apostrophe go there? I 
think it does, Proper-Noun-Wise, but it bugs the crap out of me) are 
back together, recording, playing shows, etc. Dave Menconi of the News & 
Observer flew to NYC to see one of the shows, which he'll be writing 
about in this Sunday's N&O, so look out for that. Or you can just go to 
the Cradle & plunk down your money like everybody else.

I assume there is fuss being made, of the happy/excited variety, over 
this dB's reappearance, but where is the fuss over the reappearance of 
Mayflies USA? I know, they haven't been gone as long, but they've been 
missed nevertheless by local lovers of sweet wistful boy/boy harmonies 
and power-pop guitars.



Friday, February 2
The Mountain Goats    (http://www.themountaingoats.net/)
The Old Ceremony    (http://www.theoldceremony.com/)
The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers 
(http://www.prayersandtears.com/)
Megafaun    (http://www.myspace.com/megafaun)
Kings, Raleigh

This is night one of the annual WKNC Double Barrel Benefit. I guess it 
takes a lot more electricity to run a gazillion-watt transmitter like 
they have nowadays, even if it's all being supplied secretly by the NC 
State nuclear reactor there under the brickyard.

WKNC has a long history of supporting local music, and, once the "metal" 
jokes died down, local music has a long history of supporting WKNC. 
Tonight's lineup includes megastars the Mountain Goats, megaband The Old 
Ceremony (at least 7 or 8 dudes in that band), meganame The Prayers and 
Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers, and, well, Megafaun.



Friday, February 2
The Last Town Chorus    (http://www.thelasttownchorus.com)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

The tracks I heard sounded kinda like the Cowboy Junkies, if Margo 
Timmins played crazy badass freakout lapsteel in addition to singing. 
Worth a listen.



Friday, February 2
Across the Elementary    (http://www.myspace.com/acrosstheelementary)
Sweater Weather    (http://www.sweater-weather.com)
Shapiro    (http://www.shapiropeople.com)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Friday, February 2
Extra Blue Kind    (http://www.extrabluekind.com/)
Mowgli    (http://www.myspace.com/mowglimowgli)
Can Joann    (http://www.canjoann.com/)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham



Saturday, February 3
The Nein    (http://www.thenein.com/)
Tiger Bear Wolf    (http://www.tigerbearwolf.com)
Future Islands    (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
Kings, Raleigh

This is night two of the WKNC Double Barrel Benefit. Art-rockers The 
Nein mix it up with dirty Greensboro southern post-whatevers Tiger Bear 
Wolf, and Future Islands, who're from Greenville and are kinda 
uncategorizable.



Saturday, February 3
Cunningham Lane    (http://www.cunninghamlane.com)
Pickup Setdown    (http://www.myspace.com/pickupsetdown)
Tennis and the Mennonites    (http://www.tennisandthemennonites.com)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill





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