RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>]

Also, Saturday July 28, I'm going to see the simpsons.
 3:30, wynnsong in Durham.



--- grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Friday, July 27
> Future Islands   
> (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
> Ear Pwr    (http://www.myspace.com/earpwr)
> Eagle Ager    (http://www.eagleager.com)
> The Werehouse, Winston-Salem
> 
> 
> 
> Friday, July 27
> Hwyl    (http://www.myspace.com/hwylmusic)
> The Drownout    (http://thedrownout.com)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
> 
> 
> 
> Friday, July 27
> Eyes to Space    (http://www.eyestospace.net/)
> Red Collar   
> (http://www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
> Sleepsound    (http://www.sleepsound.org/)
> Pneurotics    (http://www.myspace.com/pneurotics)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, July 28
> Girls Rock NC Grand Finale   
> (http://www.girlsrocknc.org/)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
> 
> This is the big week-ending showcase show for the
> older girls' (12-15)
> session of the Girls Rock NC rock-n-roll summer camp
> for girls.
> Attendees were split into bands at the beginning of
> the week, and
> they've spent the week not only writing songs, but
> also making zines,
> designing their own merch, and flyering around town.
> It's a crash-course
> in indie-rock, with heavy riot grrrrl influence, and
> the big week-ending
> show at the Cradle is about the most fun you can
> have at a rockshow.
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, July 28
> Beloved Binge   
> (http://www.myspace.com/belovedbinge)
> Illbotz    (http://www.myspace.com/illbotz)
> Sequoya    (http://www.myspace.com/sequoya)
> Broad Street Cafe, Durham
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, July 28
> Regina Hexaphone    (http://www.reginahexaphone.com)
> John Harrison
> Ghosts I've Met    (http://myspace.com/ghostsivemet)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
> 
> Regina Hexaphone are due shortly to put out a new
> album on Raleigh's
> Superfan label. John Harrison's band North
> Elementary has just put out
> an EP on Durham's Pox World Empire. All I know about
> Ghosts I've Met is
> that they're from Brooklyn, and contain Margaret
> White, who did time
> with both Regina Hexaphone and North Elementary,
> back when she lived
> around here.
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, July 28
> The Comas    (http://www.thecomas.com)
> Wembley    (http://www.myspace.com/wembleystadium)
> Great Northern   
> (http://www.myspace.com/greatnorthern)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
> 
> Wembley are a new band with member[s] of the late
> lamented Laramie UK.
> The Comas don't live around here anymore, although I
> read in the Indy
> that Andy Herrod is contemplating a move to
> Tennessee.
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, July 28
> Robo Sapien    (http://www.gorobosapien.com/)
> The Degenerettes   
> (http://www.myspace.com/thedegenerettes)
> Pariah Piranha   
> (http://www.myspace.com/pariahpiranha)
> Blend, Chapel Hill
> 
> Queercore + crazy queer boy/girl hip-hop electro
> dance jamz = ???
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, July 28
> Bull City    (http://www.bullcitytheband.com/)
> Magic Babies   
> (http://www.myspace.com/themagicbabies)
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, July 28
> The Vibe Killers   
> (http://www.myspace.com/vibekillers)
> The Nevers
> Pour House, Raleigh
> 
> 
> 
> Sunday, July 29
> Dan Bryk    (http://www.bryk.com/)
> WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
> 
> Dan Bryk is a wry, witty singer-songwriter who moved
> to Raleigh from
> Canada a few years ago, but has only just now got
> his work visa
> situation straightened out such that he's able to
> play shows & sell CDs.
> Because, being Canadian, he'd never dream of doing
> such things illegally.
> 
> He's been in the news a bit lately thanks to his
> tribute to NC
> Commissioner of Labor Cherie K. Berry, "Cherry
> Berry" (not to be
> confused with the Torch Marauder's earlier tribute,
> "Cherie K. Berry").
> 
> Hear him (hopefully) perform that hit, along with
> many others, at 5:00
> p.m. at 88.7FM or wxdu.org.
> 
> 
> 
> Sunday, July 29
> Kelly Willis    (http://www.kellywillis.com)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
> 
> 
> 
> Monday, July 30
> Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan   
> (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
> des_ark    (http://www.des-ark.org)
> Giant
> Bull City Headquarters, Durham
> 
> des_ark have been on tour for the past month or so.
> I heard from Aimee a
> couple of days ago; she was in Phoenix, killing time
> waiting for the
> replacement of the van's [seemingly inevitably]
> destroyed rear axle.
> Despite that utterly classic tour snafu, she was
> full of crazy stories &
> seemed in high spirits, so I fully expect this
> homecoming show to be
> mindblowing.
> 
> [And with Cantwell Gomez & Jordan on the bill, it's
> pretty much
> guaranteed to be either way.]
> 
> 
> 
> Monday, July 30
> Priestbird    (http://www.priestbird.com/)
> Pelican    (http://www.hydrahead.com/pelican)
> Clouds    (http://www.myspace.com/cloudsrock)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
> 
> 
> 
> Tuesday, July 31
> Stan Ridgway    (http://www.stanridgway.com)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
> 
> Stan was the frontman for Wall of Voodoo. This is
> some sort of
> celebration of some sort of anniversary, I guess of
> the release of that
> band's big hit album "Call of the West." (you know,
> the one with
> "Mexican Radio" onnit?)
> 
> 
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