RTP-area local music and culture

[keith <wardke1 AT yahoo.com>]

      Friday - 6/1 - Gran Reserva - This train comes through strong 
especially on the weekends loaded with the kind of musical variety which 
makes you grateful for a place to get down and feel sexy.  Music by Feinberg. 
 11p.  Mosaic Wine Lounge, 517 W. Jones St, Midtown Raleigh - 
www.mosaicwinelounge.com   
   
  Friday - 6/1 - Neu Romance First Friday - Chico says it best:  "Fresh off 
the deliciously successful Memorial Day weekend party at Riviera the Neu 
Romance crew is at it again with another party this Friday at The Riv Lounge. 
This month's installment of Neu Romance presents "First Fridays" will feature 
two DJ's that will definetly bring back fond memories of those glory days at 
the not-too-long-gone Kings Barcade. Here is where I would usually tell a 
story, but I will resist this time...  9p.  Music by Alex Cox and Nicci 
O'Brien.  Riviera, 135 S. Wilmington St., Downtown Raleigh.  
www.rivierarestro.com & www.neuromance.org

   
  Friday - 6/1 - Fatcaps & Camera Straps - Works by Bart Cusick  & Marq 
Brooks.  Music by Gonzo & K ella, p @ FM (Raleigh) 
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/sonofsam_07/fatcaps_web2.jpg

  Friday - 6/1 & Saturday - 6/2 - Mosadi Music - The poetic and funky 
Shirlette and crew make debut performances up north.  Friday, 8:30p @ Tritone 
Bar, 1508 South Street (Philadelphia) & Saturday, 8p @ Knitting Factory, 74 
Leonard Street  (NYC).  Info:  www.tritonebar.com & 
www.knittingfactory.com

   
  Saturday - 6/2 - Electronica Viva - Making its last appearance before fall, 
this party will have booming dance music downstairs, live 
experimental performances on the 3rd floor and chillout/lounge 
on the top.  10p-3am.  Ringside 308 W. Main St, Downtown Durham
   
  Saturday - 5/19 - Douga Douga - EuoLatinSoul.  They didn't forget about 
what a Saturday night is all about.  Music by Keith.  11p.  Mosaic, 517 W. 
Jones St., Midtown Raleigh - www.mosaicwinelounge.com
    
   

  Also happening:
) -   
  Fri   - 6/1 - Electrosole w/Keith (lounge/house), 6p-10p @ Red Room 
(Raleigh)
  Fri   - 6/1 - First Friday @ Designbox (Raleigh) - 
www.designbox.us/gallery.html

    Fri   - 6/1 - 1200 Problems Party (international booty music) @ Talullas 
(Chapel Hill) - www.myspace.com/1200problems
Fri   - 6/1 - First Friday International Night @ Spice Street (Chapel Hill) - 
www.trianglefiesta.com 
  Fri   - 6/1 - dJ Romaric (house) @ The L (Raleigh) - www.myspace.com/romaric

  Fri   - 6/1 - 6/2 - LOOP Video Art Fair (BCN, Spain) - 
www.loop-barcelona.com/eng/about.asp
Sat  - 6/2 - Costamundo w/Keith (lounge/house), 6p-10p @ Red Room (Raleigh)
  Sat  - 6/2 - After School Special w/dJs Twombly, UZI & Silvaback @ Fuse  
(Chapel Hill) 
  Sat  - 6/2 - Euro w/Romaric (house), 10p-2a @ Riviera (Raleigh)
  Sat  - 6/2 - Ebb & Flow w/Dae (downtempo/house) @ Alivias Durham Bistro 
(Durham) - www.aliviasdurhambistro.com
  Sun - 6/3 - Sacred Rhythm w/Joe Claussel @ LOVE (NYC) - 
www.musicislove.net/june03.html
Tue - 6/4 - ElectroBistro (djs - electronic) @ Fuse (Chapel Hill )
  Tue - 6/4 - Mosadi Music @ Pour House (Raleigh) - www.mosadimusic.com



       
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Friday, June 1
The Nein    (http://www.thenein.com/)
Maple Stave    (http://www.maplestave.com)
The Hem of His Garment    (http://www.myspace.com/thehemofhisgarment)
Bull City Headquarters, Durham

Bull City Headquarters keeps booking the badass shows that ought, by 
rights, to draw around five times as many peeps as will actually fit in 
the joint. The Nein you know; they dodged the sophomore slump quite 
handily with "Luxury," their 2nd album, different than the first but as 
good, or better. Maple Stave likewise, via releasing nothing but 5-song 
EPs, are thus far batting 1.000. Hem of His Garment defy not only 
baseball and indie-rock metaphors, but in fact all attempts at language 
of any kind. Pure sound.



Friday, June 1
Wannabeezer    (http://www.wannabeezer.com/)
Manic Tantrics
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Police Cover Band. Weezer Cover Band. Chapel Hill Cover Audience?



Friday, June 1
Uncle Woody Sullender    (http://www.deadceo.com/unclewoody/)
Mahasamatman    (http://www.cirrusoxide.com/journal/?p=48)
Melancholy Babes    (http://www.myspace.com/melancholybabes)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Uncle Woody used to live in Chapel Hill, before he lit out for Chicago, 
where he roomed with Shannon Morrow, who moved back to the Triangle last 
year & started/joined a bunch of bands, including the Gates of Beauty, 
the Scene of the Crime Rovers, and this band, Mahasamatman, which also 
contains 2/3rds of Spatula (!), *and* 2/3rds of Bicentennial Quarters 
(!!). Holy crap, that's a big chunk of two of the greatest Triangle 
bands of all time, and it's just 3 people.

Woody will be playing banjo, in duets with cellist Kevin Davis.

Openers Melancholy Babes are a brand-new improv duo of Dave Cantwell 
(Cantwell Gomez & Jordan, ex-Razzle, ex-Analogue, The Whole World 
Laughing) and Amy Wilkinson (ex-Chew Toy, ex-Bringerer).



Saturday, June 2
The Comas    (http://www.thecomas.com)
The Broken West    (http://www.thebrokenwest.com/)
*SONS    (http://www.myspace.com/sonsofthesun)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

The Comas haven't actually been a full-fledged Chapel Hill band for 
quite some time, but I'm not sure if they've ever quite become a 
________ (somewhere else) band in the interim, either. *SONS love some 
echoplex, some wah, some early Pink Floyd, and some colors moving on 
their closed eyelids.



Saturday, June 2
Filthybird    (http://www.myspace.com/filthybird)
Shipwrecker
Captain Saturn
Bull City Headquarters, Durham

Filthybird played on WXDU last week, and I have to say, they bring 100% 
of the gorgeousness that's apparent on their debut CD, "Southern Skies," 
plus some unexpected freakout/brawn as well. Show of the week = anywhere 
they're playing.

Captain Saturn runs Spacelab studio in Durham, and is one of the few 
indie-rockers working the autoharp angle, at least 'round these parts.

Shipwrecker play Neil Young-y country-rock sitting down. Their debut 
show at Joe & Jo's was so crowded I couldn't actually see them at all, 
but their music was a nice accompaniment for looking at people's asses.



Sunday, June 3
Future Kings of Nowhere    (http://www.thefuturekings.net/)
WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham

The Future Kings of Nowhere are kinda sorta like a pop-punk band with 
acoustic guitars, though they're also somewhat like an angry 
murder-ballad amphetamine-folkband. But then sometimes they have a horn 
section. They're a Durham band, really, is all you need to know. 5:00 
p.m. 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.



Sunday, June 3
Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
In the Year of the Pig    (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
Sightings    (http://www.myspace.com/sightings)
Bull City Headquarters, Durham

Dave Cantwell says, of the non-CGJ bands on this bill:

SIGHTINGS=Holy frijoles, this is pretty special: legendary NYC 
noiserockers come to Durham!! What's it like?? Brutal, complex, kinda 
slow, and certainly "extreme." PiL meets Melvins meets Melt-Banana meets 
Pussy Galore. Or something. Forget all that--they are pretty amazing. 
And loud.

IN THE BRIEF EPOCH OF THE FIRE PIG=As you might have guessed, this is a 
truncated/modified version of the mighty In the Year of the Pig. Jenks 
is out of town, so I'm not sure what's gonna happen, but I'm sure it 
will be brilliant.



Tuesday, June 5
Attractive and Popular    (http://www.myspace.com/attractiveandpopular)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, June 6
Clang Quartet    (http://www.myspace.com/clangquartet)
Melt-Banana    (http://www.southern.com/southern/band/MELTB/)
Calabi Yau    (http://www.calabiyau.org)
Hex Machine    (http://www.myspace.com/hexmachine)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Melt-Banana are from Japan; they came out of the same Japanoise 
class/era as bands like Boredoms, but they've always been a little 
poppier, and they never really veered into the crazy low/slow sludge 
territories. Short fast noisebursts with high-pitched singsong vocals 
skittering over the top. The 3-4 times I've seen them have been 
remarkably unqualified good times.

I was wearing my Calabi Yau t-shirt the other day & I thought "dang, 
Calabi Yau haven't played around here in a while," and now here they 
are. Weirdo spazz noise from Charlotte.

Clang Quartet you know about: Scotty's about to turn 40, but he still 
plays more shows & rocks harder than just about anybody I know.



Wednesday, June 6
Thee More Shallows    (http://www.theemoreshallows.com/)
The Busy World    (http://www.myspace.com/thebusyworld)
The Nothing Noise    (http://www.myspace.com/thenothingnoise)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, June 6
Ear Pwr    (http://www.myspace.com/earpwr)
Adventure    (http://www.myspace.com/adventuresound)
Google Earth    (http://www.myspace.com/googlearth666)
Juiceboxxx    (http://www.myspace.com/officialjuiceboxxx)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, June 6
We Vs. The Shark    (http://www.myspace.com/weversustheshark/)
Hazerai    (http://www.myspace.com/hazerai)
Barbarella    (www.myspace.com/barbarellach)
Reservoir, Carrboro



Thursday, June 7
Dexter Romweber    (http://www.dexterromweber.com)
Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh

I hate the word "legendary" because it's so rarely used accurately, but 
there are so many weird stories about Dex that it might just be accurate 
in this case.



Thursday, June 7
Honored Guests    (http://www.thehonoredguests.com/)
The Empties    (http://theempties.com)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



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