RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Friday, August 3
The Strange Boys    (http://www.myspace.com/thestrangeboys)
The Golden Boys    (http://www.hookorcrook.com/Bands-GoldenBoys.htm)
Dan Melchior und das Menace    (http://www.myspace.com/dasmenace)
"Irish Pub" Next Door to Federal, Durham

On the one hand, it's a fairly long way from Austin (home of The Golden 
Boys) to Dallas (home of The Strange Boys), so maybe they really did 
both pick their names independently of each other. On the other hand, I 
would've thought that the towering legacy of The Big Boys would've been 
enough to make any Texan garage band shy away from the "The XXXX Boys" 
moniker construction.

Anyway: garage-rock from Texas, which my brief internet listening 
suggests fits squarely in the tradition of The 13th Floor Elevator Boys.

Dan Melchior und das Menace are the garage-blooz-psych outfit of British 
expat/Durhamite Dan Melchior, who did time with Holly Golightly a while 
back.

The flyer for this show says 9pm; if we take 'em at their word & show up 
then, maybe it'll start then. Worth a try, anyway.



Friday, August 3
Black Skies    (http://www.myspace.com/losblackskies)
*SONS    (http://www.myspace.com/sonsofthesun)
The Rho Band
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Black Skies are a big ol' hardrock band, featuring Cat's Cradle doorman 
Kevin Clark on guitar and suitably hoarse bellow. *SONS are a psych-rock 
band who can space out Syd Barrett style one minute, and bring down the 
18-guitar wah-wah deluge the next.

This is the debut of the Rho Band, which is what happens when local 
rockers get dayjobs: suddenly the company pickup band has Chuck Garrison 
on drums.



Friday, August 3
Future Islands    (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
Ear Pwr    (http://www.myspace.com/earpwr)
The Show is the Rainbow    (http://www.myspace.com/theshowistherainbow)
Tron Valdez
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Saturday, August 4
Dom Casual    (http://www.myspace.com/domcasual)
The Turnpikes    (http://theturnpikes.net)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Sunday, August 5
Legion of the Fallen    (http://www.myspace.com/legionofthefallen)
The Gusto    (http://myspace.com/thegusto)
Reservoir, Carrboro



Monday, August 6
des_ark    (http://www.des-ark.org)
In the Year of the Pig    (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
Daitro    (http://www.daitro.com/)
Ampere    (http://www.myspace.com/amperepunx)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

des_ark are back from a monthlong tour that took them all the way to the 
west coast & back, and they're freaking *huge* now, sound-wise. I shot 
video of them at last Monday's BCHQ show, and though it's (typically for 
BCHQ) nearly totally dark, I think you'll still get the idea: Jesus 
Loves You But You're Still Coming Home With Me Tonight. [ 
http://video.groovo.org/oediv/?flvfile=http://video.groovo.org/oediv/desark-bchq-jesus-jul30-2007.flv 
]



Monday, August 6
Calla    (http://users.vei.net/eacherhundreds/eh101-calla.htm)
Can Joann    (http://www.canjoann.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, August 8
Phon
Ray's Vast Basement    (http://www.myspace.com/raysvastbasement)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, August 8
North Elementary    (http://www.northelementary.com)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



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