RTP-area local music and culture

["bcrews AT gmail.com" <bcrews AT gmail.com>]

That's right, tonight is your chance to see the best show of the
year.  You may have heard of the Ladybug Transistor (http://
www.theladybugtransistor.com.  Their newest record is excellent!
Also, you may have heard of the Lucksmiths (http://www.myspace.com/
lucksmiths).  These Aussie's know how to write some popsongs.  They
played a house show at my house in athens about 10 years ago and so
many people were there bopping along that the floor caved in.
Awesome.  Now I want to tell you about Still Flyin' (http://
www.myspace.com/stillflyin).  They are the band that you might not
know, but you definitely should, and at some point you will, so be
there early and don't miss this rare opportunity to see them.  I've
attached a bit about them further down.

So, if you've been waiting for the right show to get you inspired.
This is it.  Come to the Coffeehouse (http://www.dukecoffeehouse.org)
tonight!!!!  Its super cheap! $8!  I promise that you will love it.

-Brian.



some more info about Still Flyin'...

The San Francisco-based supergroup Still Flyin' was assembled in late
2004 by singer/songwriter Sean
Rawls. By the time he arrived on the West Coast he was already a
veteran of several Athens, GA bands,
including Masters of the Hemisphere and Je Suis France.
Still Flyin' was originally inspired by a song written by Rawls in his
time with Je Suis France.  The song was
titled "Never Gonna Touch the Ground," and quickly became a live show
staple and crowd favorite. After
relocating to San Francisco, the song seemed to have a life of its own
and demanded to be jammed. Rawls
decided he needed to form a band based on that song and the dream of
Still Flyin' was born. He asked
virtually everyone he knew in his new city to join the rocksteady-
inspired project, and to everyone's surprise
the first practice had 15 people at it.
Soon the band was taking it's good vibes message to the people. Using
rocksteady as a starting point for
their uptempo pop, without any pretension of playing "authentic
reggae", Still Flyin' crafted upbeat and
danceable jams naturally suited to the huge crowd sing-a-longs that
followed. After a series of successful
shows, Rawls was ready to take things to the next level. In April of
2005, Still Flyin' organized the Mind Zap
festival, an all-day party in SF's McLaren Park featuring makeshift
hot tubs, beer helmets, a mystery tent and
a bar shaped like a joint....as well as performances by Still Flyin'
and scenemates Erase Errata, Okay, Je Suis
France, Chicken on a Raft, and Whysp, amongst others. Following the
Zap things began to take off for Still
Flyin, and the band was soon on a West Coast tour opening for
Architecture in Helsinki.
And what might have begun as a lighthearted nod to good times soon
evolved into a large, ever-shifting
international collective, boasting members of bands such as The
Aislers Set, Ladybug Transistor, Love Is
All, Maserati, Dear Nora, Trackstar, and many more.
But even without the stellar indie-rock pedigree, Still Flyin' would
be a force to be reckoned with. The band's
hybrid of Rocksteady and danceable pop plays out in energetic and
joyfully chaotic live shows that have
gotten even the most skeptical and frumpy indie rock asses shaking.
The party atmosphere is infectious
and their ever-shifting live lineup has included Jens Lekman as well
as Isobel Knowles and Tara Shacknell
(formerly of Architecture In Helsinki) plus countless others who
simply couldn't resist the jam.