RTP-area local music and culture

[Evelyn Frierson <malevelyn AT comcast.net>]

Anyone want to go see Malt Swagger for me this evening?
On Mar 22, 2007, at 9:30 AM, rj AT broadstreetcafe.org wrote:

> Thu 3/22
> 9pm ($5 Cover)
>
> Midnight Gladness Band
>
> Matt Swagger
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Fri 3/23
> 8pm ($5 Cover)
>
> Overhead Projector-
>
> Overhead Projector is a "rock and roll" band that makes profoundly
> retarded "rock and roll" music in Durham, NC. It is funded by the U.S.
> Department of Education and the U.S. State Department.
>
> Influences: Miller High Life
> www.myspace.com/overheadprojectorusa
>
>
>
> Fontana-
>
> "Fontana--hopped up on Neil Young cosmic country, Gram Parsons self-
> loathing and Wayne Coyne's sweet-as-space whine--is a Durham band for
> dreamers and weepers." - Grayson Currin, Independent Weekly
>
> Influences: Hound Dogs, Wiley, Spatula, Fontana Dam N.C.
> www.myspace.com/fontana1
>
>
>
> Regina Hexaphone-
>
> Built around the songs and singing of Sara Bell, Regina Hexaphone is a
> folk-rock group from the Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina
> whose myriad musical influences include Neil Young, Rickie Lee Jones,
> and the Velvet Underground.
>
> www.myspace.com/reginahexaphone
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Sat 3/24
> 8pm ($5 Cover)
>
> Bull City (Durham, NC) Bull City is a band of hardened rock n roll
> veterans whose mind blowing mega-chops from hell will make your
> eardrums bleed with joy.
> www.myspace.com/bullcitytheband
>
>
> Fareview (Charleston, South Carolina) is a three part harmony rock and
> roll treat. More info at www.myspace.com/fareviewsc
>
> Boxbomb (Durham, NC on Future Tense Records)Pure unadulterated rock
> birthed in the spring of 2003. www.myspace.com/boxbomb
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Sun 3/25
> 4pm ($8 suggested donation)
> A KIDS SHOW featuring:
> Spirit House
> Cookies & Milk & Folklore from the indigenous world
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Sun 3/25
> 8pm ($5 Cover)
> Jazz Jam with Ben Palmer and Friends - Musicians Invited to JAM!
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Wed 3/28
> 8 pm
> OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by BSC
> Come out and bring your performing talents: sing, play an instrument
> or spit your spoken word...
> Original music is preferred, and this is a PG event.
>
> 88-key keyboard and PA  provided.
>
> Call 919.416.9707, email JT AT BroadStreetCafe.org to sign up in advance
> OR just come in and sign up on the night of the event.
> Call BSC 919.416.9707 to sign up.
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Thu 3/29
> 8pm (pass the hat)
> Thursday's Local Acoustic Series
>
> Jeremy Lev (Chapel Hill) is a fusion of pop alternative with smart
> well placed lyrical composition
> www.jeremylev.com
>
> The Nothing Noise
> This is a band of flighty soldiers/children/makers who saw fit to come
> together and expand on something called concepts-called caring- called
> strings and flings and drums and things. This is an entity of constant
> shift and a lover of all things noise and music - in compilations and
> sound. This is a guitar, a voicebox, a banjo and a bass, a bell, a
> hammer, a drum and a violin, a mandolin, a teardrop, a shaker, and a
> tambourine, a gust of wind, a harmonica, a fruit from the vine, and a
> dragon scale xylophone, a cat gut, a saw, a thumb piano, and an
> elephant tooth. This is everything. This is nothing. The Nothing
> Noise.
>
> www.myspace.com/TheNothingNoise
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Fri 3/30
> 8pm ($5 Cover)
>
> Killer Filler (Hilllsborough, NC) play entirely instrumental music;
> some lounge, some funk, some pop, etc., and if some of you folks have
> discovered The Ventures, Booker T. and the MGs, The Champs, The Meters
> and the like, then you know where they're coming from.
> http://www.myspace.com/killerfiller
>
> Jeff Hart & The Ruins (Durham, NC on Bombay) Now in their 18th year,
> these veterans of the NC music scene & their original guitar pop cover
> the gamut of styles from Flying Burrito Brothers, The Byrds, Ray
> Davies to Tom Petty and the Replacements.
> http://www.myspace.com/jeffhoo
> http://www.jeffhartweb.com
>
>
> The Hanks (Raleigh-Durham on Bombay) Celebrating their 20th year as a
> band, The Hanks preceded the Alt.country and No Depression movement
> nationwide by almost a decade with their love of all things power pop
> funneled through a prism of influences from Gram Parsons, The Everly
> Brothers, Ramones, Hank Williams and The Cramps.
> http://www.myspace.com/theoriginalhanks
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Sat 3/31
> 9pm-1am ($10 at the door $7 in advance)
>
> 70's Dance Night
>
> Music provided by CD Mike "the funkmaster"
>
> Prizes for:
> Best 70's hair style
> Best 70's outfit
> Best 70's dance moves
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
>
> Wed 4/4
> 7:30pm -11pm
>
> Continuum Open Blues Jam, sponsored by Continuum Consulting Services.
>
> Your hosts will be Lynn McGee and the Broad Street Blues Band. The
> house band will play a short opening set, and will then be available
> to provide back up for musicians/singers who so desire.
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Thu 4/5
> 8pm (pass the hat)
> Thursday's Local Acoustic Series
> Gilbert Neal (Hillsborough) sings soulful pop
> (www.myspace.com/gilbertneal)
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Fri 4/6
> 8pm (Cover tbd)
> Pulsoptional CD Release party
> pulsoptional, Durham, North Carolina's Band of Composers, challenges
> and enthralls audiences with its innovative new music programming.
> Since its inception in January of 2000, the new music ensemble and
> composers' collective has developed a diverse, devoted audience and
> continues to attract listeners new to contemporary music with its
> boundary/genre-defying, high-energy concerts. pulsoptional creates and
> performs new experimental works for its eclectic instrumentation,
> commissions new music by emerging American composers and maintains a
> repertoire of experimental "classics" with an emphasis on the American
> experimental tradition.
> (http://www.pulsoptional.org)
>
> Opening this show will be:
> Ghaphery-Bivins-Davis, a free improvising trio
> &
> The Hem of His Garment,  a drone collective
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Sat 4/7
> 9pm
> 80's Dance night
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Sun 4/8
> 4pm ($8 suggested donation)
> Spirit House presents stories from the indigenous world.
> Cookies & Milk & Folklore from the indigenous world
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Wed 4/11
> 8pm
> "NC songwriters Co-op open mic"
> An open-to-all invitation to play and sing with the NC songwriters co-
> op.
>
> Original music preferred.
> PG event.
> 88-key keyboard and PA provided.
>
> Email JT AT BroadStreetCafe.org to sign up in advance
>
> Check out www.BroadStreetCafe.org for directions, events and more...
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Thu 4/12
> 8pm (pass the hat)
> Thursday's Local Acoustic Series
>
> Jamie Anderson
> (www.myspace.com/jamieandersonmusic)
> Jamie Anderson from Durham is some times compared to Joni Mitchell.
> But, she's also a bit like Christine Lavin because she does some funny
> tunes and a little like Patty Larkin because she uses a lot of open
> tunings.
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Fri 4/13
> 9pm (cover tbd)
>
> Hammer No More the Fingers (Chapel Hill) bring a unique blend of indi-
> rock with a tasty ska influence.
> (www.myspace.com/hnmtf)
>
> Red Collar (Durham on 307 Knox) have a distinct and abstract indi-rock
> sound
> (www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
>
> Future Kings of Nowhere (Durham)Fast-ass, catchy pop songs played
> loudly on an acoustic guitar.
> (www.myspace.com/thefuturekings)
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
>
> Fri 4/14
> 9:30pm (Cover tbd)
> Charlotte Music Awards Urban Showcase
>
> Flavor Fruit Entertainment is proud to present the Charlotte Music
> Awards Urban Showcase. The showcase is part of a series of statewide
> events that allow unsigned artists to showcase their talent in order
> to become eligible to be nominated for the inaugural Charlotte Music
> Awards, which will be held in August 2007. This urban showcase will
> feature artists in the genres of Hip-Hop and R&B.
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Thu 4/19
> 8pm (free)
> Thursday's Local Acoustic Series
>
> Lynnphonics- lin=B7f=F3n=B7iks (n.) - A musical group composed of  
> Lynn McGee
> (Vocals, Percussion) and Scott Moore (Guitar, Vocals) playing a wide
> variety of popular songs as well as original music. Pop/Rock/Blues in
> a Vocal/Acoustic Guitar format.
> (www.lynnphonics.com)
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
> Sat 4/20
> 6pm  ($7 Cover)
>
> 4:20 BLowOut on Broad St. Punk Fest
>
> Antagonizers
> (www.myspace.com/antagonizers)
> catchy sing along choruses with rocknroll over tones. Plenty of back
> ups through and through and at times you smile and wanna hold a beer
> high. Others you wanna grin and let your fists fly.
> ---------------
> Blood Red River
> www.myspace.com/bloodredriver 60's style surf/skate music. This band
> will bing you back in time with a unique yet familiar sound.
> ---------------
> Simple Assault (www.myspace.com/simpleassault)
> Home grown hardcore.....with bongos. Must see
> ---------------
> Dead to Society
> (www.myspace.com/deadtosociety101)
> Dead To Society just formed recently and hails from Durham, North
> Carolina. They shared a dream to bring back the old school sound of
> punk rock and hardcore. And in my opinion, that's exactly what they
> are doing.
> ---------------
> The Black Sheep (www.myspace.com/anuphillbattle)
> Real punk music that will put you back into the mosh pit
> ---------------
> Mother Vinegar (www.myspace.com/mothervinegar)
> Mother Vinegar original sound has been described as "Tom Waits and
> Ravi Shankar being sexually assaulted by Joe Satriani and Gibby
> Haynes."Motherr Vinegar is a four-piece rock band whose intense rock
> sound will move you.
>
> The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
> www.BroadStreetCafe.org
>
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