RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Friday, June 8
Dom Casual    (http://www.myspace.com/domcasual)
Jeff Hart & The Ruins    (http://www.jeffhartweb.com/)
Stratocruiser    (http://www.stratocruisermusic.com/)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham

Dom Casual are a surf/garage/punk band from Durham. Jeff Hart & his 
Ruins have been plying the singer-songwriter rock around the Triangle 
for longer than I've lived here. Stratocruiser are a Power Pop band from 
Chatham or Alamance or one of those rural counties where, mysteriously, 
all the Power Pop lives nowadays.



Friday, June 8
Juan Huevos    (http://www.myspace.com/juanhuevos)
Locks    (http://www.locksism.com)
The Whaling Arts
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

The Whaling Arts are Dave Heller (Analogue, Cheap Heat, Grappling Hook) 
and Rob Koegler (Cheap Heat, Noncanon). They're basically 2/3rds of 
Cheap Heat, with more of an improv focus.



Friday, June 8
Patty Hurst Shifter    (http://www.pattyhurstshifter.com)
The Ts
Pour House, Raleigh

The Ts are one of Karen Mann's favorite bands. Patty Hurst Shifter are 
an alt-country-inflected bar-rock band. Or they just like Neil Young 
(they cover "Mr. Soul" on their new EP).



Saturday, June 9
Legendary Shack*Shakers    (http://www.cockadoodledont.com/)
The Tremors    (http://www.tremorsrockabilly.com/)
The Clutters    (http://www.myspace.com/theclutters)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, June 9
The Fucking Champs    (http://www.dragcity.com/bands/fchamps.html)
Birds of Avalon    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsofavalon)
Red Fang    (http://www.redfang.net/)
Pour House, Raleigh

Fucking Champs you know about; they sorta invented college-radio 
instru-metal. Birds of Avalon are a Raleigh Rock supergroup, with an 
ex-chunk of Cherry Valence, plus Craig Tilley of The Weather & all sorts 
of other folks.

Red Fang are a Portland band, but they're full of ex-Carolinians, 
including John Sherman, the powerhouse ex-drummer of Resol and Mercury 
Birds, and guitarist David Sullivan (ex-Shiny Beast, ex-Mercury Birds).



Saturday, June 9
A is Jump    (http://www.myspace.com/aisjump2)
*SONS    (http://www.myspace.com/sonsofthesun)
Sparta Philharmonic    (http://www.myspace.com/spartaphilharmonic)
Jonathan Badger    (http://www.nicepromo.com/artists/jonathanbadger)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Saturday, June 9
North Elementary    (http://www.northelementary.com)
Fan-Tan    (http://www.myspace.com/fantanrock)
CR Rollyson    (http://www.myspace.com/crrollyson)
Ponie Heart    (http://www.myspace.com/ponieheart)
Reservoir, Carrboro



Sunday, June 10
Bull City    (http://www.bullcitytheband.com/)
Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh

Shows at Sadlacks occur in the afternoon/evening timeframe. Bull City 
are a Durham band (duh) with Scott Carle (ex-Dillon Fence) and Jim 
Brantley (ex-Ashley Stove, ex-Balance); they take their cues from Crazy 
Horse, Wilco & Big Star.



Sunday, June 10
Great Lake Swimmers    (http://www.greatlakeswimmers.com/)
Megafaun    (http://www.myspace.com/megafaun)
Eleni Mandell    (http://www.myspace.com/elenimandell)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Monday, June 11
snmnmnm    (http://www.snmnmnm.com/)
Beloved Binge    (http://www.myspace.com/belovedbinge)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

This kicks off "Magic Mondays" at the Local 506, which involves local 
bands and magician Michael Casey. I can sorta imagine Snmnmnm involved 
in this, since Seamus is quite the showman/spotlight hog. But my mind's 
eye is refusing to picture Rob Beloved & Eleni Binge getting sawed in two.



Tuesday, June 12
The Mansions    (http://www.themansions.tv/)
Jeremy Lev    (http://www.jeremylev.com/)
Chris Garneau    (http://www.myspace.com/chrisgarneau)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, June 12
Gray Young    (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
Sugar in the Dirt    (http://www.myspace.com/sugarinthedirt)
Pacific Before Tiger
Magic Apron    (http://www.myspace.com/thesoulraydio)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, June 13
Los Straitjackets    (http://www.straitjackets.com/)
Big Sandy    (http://www.bigsandy.net/)
Iguanas    (http://www.iguanas.com)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Wednesday, June 13
CJ Boyd    (http://www.cjboyd.com/)
Small Life Form    (http://www.silbermedia.com/smalllifeform/)
Promute    (http://www.promute.com/)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, June 14
Noncanon    (http://www.myspace.com/noncanon)
Eberhardt    (http://www.myspace.com/eberhardtnc)
Elefante Elegante    (http://www.myspace.com/elefanteelegante)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Noncanon are a three-piece lately, or so I'm told; the one time I've 
seen them since this development, their third was nowhere to be seen. 
Even just a phantom third member is more musical genius than you can 
handle anyway.



Thursday, June 14
Future Kings of Nowhere    (http://www.thefuturekings.net/)
The Tourist    (http://www.myspace.com/thetouristnc)
Hammer No More the Fingers    (http://www.hnmtf.com)
Reservoir, Carrboro

HNMTF make indie-rock the old-fashioned way, with wry vocals and 
screwy-sounding guitars. Never goes out of style.

The Future Kings of Nowhere write a lot of catchy songs about breaking 
up; they'd totally be a pop-punk band were it not for the fact that 
their primary instruments are acoustic guitar & keyboards plus 
bass+drums. And accordion, saw, and trombone. Singer Shayne O'Neill has 
a voice that manages to be deep and yet nasal at the same time; it's 
perfect for what they're doing, and the result is catchy breakup songs 
for people who don't even like catchy breakup songs.



Friday, June 15
Wolverines    (http://www.wolverinesrock.com/)
Steeples
Damezumari
Tarantuloco
Bull City Headquarters, Durham



Friday, June 15
Tennis and the Mennonites    (http://www.tennisandthemennonites.com)
Sleepsound    (http://www.sleepsound.org/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill





Friday, June 15
Jimmy & The Teasers    (http://www.geocities.com/booze1031/teasers.html)
Adult Film Makers    (http://www.myspace.com/adultfilmmakers)
The Moaners    (http://www.themoaners.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Three different takes on bluesy garage-swamp stomp. The Moaners recorded 
their 2nd album in Mississippi, and it's flooded with Deep South swamp 
stank. Adult Film Makers are a Bad Checks offshoot, with Checks drummer 
Rock Forbes stepping out front to sing.



Saturday, June 16
Megafaun    (http://www.myspace.com/megafaun)
Barghest    (http://www.myspace.com/jesseainslie)
Wil Donegan and the Apologies
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Megafaun emerged from the ashes of DeYarmond Edison. They make 
trad/oldtime style music that's separated/fused via bursts of 
drone/ambient noise.

Will Hackney from Trekky Records sent this along:

Barghest is the work of Jesse Ainslie. Jesse used to be in a band with 
Josh Kimbrough (Butterflies) and Joe Norkus (Embarrassing Fruits) back 
in the day called Straight No Chaser. He moved to New York for a couple 
years and joined Castanets and toured the world. Now he's back and 
playing as Barghest. Its sort of psych-ambient barnfolk music. He's the 
newest official artist on Trekky Records (although he's not new, we've 
known him for 7 years). This will be sort of the release show for his EP 
"Thanateros" (if we can get enough assembled in time). Wil Donegan and 
the Apologies is led by Wil Donegan who's been a Schoolkids Chapel Hill 
clerk for a couple years and just starting writing these charming 
self-aware folk songs. The Apologies are me on bass and Jon Mackey and 
Casey Trela (Sweater Weather) on guitar and drums.



Saturday, June 16
Asylum Street Spankers    (http://www.asylumstreetspankers.com/)
The Mad Tea Party    (http://www.themadteaparty.com/)
Pour House, Raleigh



Saturday, June 16
Dexter Romweber    (http://www.dexterromweber.com)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



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