RTP-area local music and culture

["martin hall" <mdhall005 AT gmail.com>]

Shame on you all for scheduling these two great shows the weekend of the
Final 4!

(hey, someone had to say it)

-5er


On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 6:07 PM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

>
>
> Saturday, April 5
> Ben Davis + The Jetts    (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/bendavis.html)
> The Sames    (http://www.thesames.com)
> Schooner    (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
> Hammer No More the Fingers    (http://www.hnmtf.com)
> Wil Donegan and the Apologies
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> This is a farewell party for Schoolkids Records, which has left East
> Franklin Street after 33 years. In addition to the bands listed above,
> you've got North Elementary, Michael Rank & Mark E. Smith of Snatches of
> Pink, ColaSC's Heist & the Accomplice, and (apparently) more. All the
> proceeds go to Orange County Elementary Music Program.
>
> And yes, you read that correctly: The Sames are reuniting to play this
> show. Glory be!
>
>
>
> Saturday, April 5
> Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
> Beloved Binge    (http://www.myspace.com/belovedbinge)
> Eberhardt    (http://www.myspace.com/eberhardtnc)
> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>
> This is a triple-CD release party for Eberhardt, Beloved Binge &
> Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan. I've heard the latter two bands' CDs, and I
> have to say that in both cases it's their best work yet. Beloved Binge
> are really perfecting their weird cadences and their "we both sing
> different things at the same time" thing, and fewer of the songs sound
> like two dissimilar songs chopped up & Frankensteined back together.
>
> Cantwell Gomez & Jordan are so completely in control of their sound that
> there's never any doubt about who you're hearing, or about the
> intentionality of what they're playing, no matter how fucked-up it gets.
> Magisterial.
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