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  • From: grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: stuff to do, week of April 26, 2008
  • Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:37:38 -0400 (EDT)

Saturday, April 26
Dexter Romweber (http://www.dexterromweber.com)
Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh



Saturday, April 26
Do the Twist, Hedgehog (http://www.myspace.com/dothetwisthedgehog)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham



Saturday, April 26
Future Kings of Nowhere (http://www.thefuturekings.net/)
Hammer No More the Fingers (http://www.hnmtf.com)
The Graves of Fairmount (http://www.myspace.com/thegravesoffairmount)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

This is a show presented by the weekly Diversions arts & entertainment section of the Daily Tar Heel. Once again they've assembled a lineup featuring a couple of bands who could easily take the iPods of the entire UNC student body by storm, Hammer No More the Fingers & Future Kings of Nowhere.



Saturday, April 26
Dom Casual (http://www.myspace.com/domcasual)
Dirty Little Heaters (http://www.thedirtylittleheaters.com)
Shipwrecker (http://www.myspace.com/shipwreckermuzak)
Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill

You probably recall the Dirty Little Heaters, and the surf/pop/garage sounds of Dom Casual. But do you remember the ramshackle fall-apart country of Shipwrecker? Even if you do remember, forget it, because unless you've seen 'em with ex-Jaguaro drummer Maria Brubeck, you don't even know. (I haven't, and *I* don't even know.)



Saturday, April 26
Dry Heathens (http://www.myspace.com/dryheathens)
Rat Jackson (http://www.myspace.com/ratjacksonmusic)
Blackhook (http://www.myspace.com/blackhookmusic)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, April 26
The Hem of His Garment (http://www.myspace.com/thehemofhisgarment)
Pacific Before Tiger
Ouraboros
Twin Tigers
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Sunday, April 27
Transportation (http://www.myspace.com/transportation)
WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham

Transportation moved here from Amherst, MA, a decade or so ago. Most transplant bands don't even last 10 months around here, so they're truly remarkable just for that. Even moreso for their sound, which mines some sonics of the mid-70s that *aren't* currently fashionable (Wings, Queen, Billy Joel). Tune in & see how they put them together to make power-trio rock. 4:00 p.m. 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.



Sunday, April 27
The Sugar
Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh

The Sugar is a one-man keyboard explosion who recently moved here from Portland.



Sunday, April 27
Work Clothes (http://www.workclothesmusic.com/)
Destroyer (http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?bio=true&band_id=29)
Andre Ethier (http://www.myspace.com/andreethier)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Rare public appearance from Work Clothes, whose priorities probably always include making hushed gorgeous music, just not often in front of other people. Lee & Jenny have been in a ton of bands (Bevel, Clok-Lok, Panzer, Cobra Khan, Lud, just for starters) but when they make music together, it sounds less like any of those, and more like the bond between them.



Sunday, April 27
Opening Flower Happy Bird (http://www.myspace.com/openingflowerhappybird)
Velella Velella (http://www.myspace.com/velellavelella)
Elf Owl
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Monday, April 28
Carter Gaj (http://www.myspace.com/cartergaj)
Mount Weather
The Chuttesville Speak
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, April 29
Gray Young (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
Luego (http://luegomusic.com/)
Birds & Arrows (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is another in the Cat's Cradle's "The Club is Open" free local-music series, now sponsored by Wootini. Gray Young are a shoegazey band from Chapel Hill. Luego are a Durham band, Americana, with strings. Birds & Arrows are a new-ish boy/girl duo in which Andrea Nell's vocals are front-and-center.



Tuesday, April 29
International Noise Conference (http://www.nightlightclub.com/blog/news.html)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

This is what Nightlight's website says:

In lieu of a No Future Fest this year, one stream-lined night of regionals curated by Scotty Irving + Ryan Martin, plus the famous Squelchers. There's NO COVER but you are encouraged to bring donations for the Squelchers astronomical travel expenses!

17 acts / 15 minutes or less sets / one full night of NOISE / NO LAPTOPS / NO MIXING BOARDS / NO DRONES

THE LAUNDRY ROOM SQUELCHERS / THE BRAMBLE RAMBLERS (Todd Emmert of Inspector 22, C+C of Waumiss...) / JIM CAPPS / CLANG QUARTET / LEE COUNTS (of American Band) / CROWMEAT BOB / BRYCE CLAYTON EIMAN / DOUG FERGUSON / FLIPPIN IDIOTS / I AM OK / LOPEZ ATTITUDE / RELAY FOR DEATH / SECRET BOYFRIEND + JEFF REHNLUND / SUBSCAPE ANNEX / THIRTEEN FINGERS / TODOS SOMOS NINJAS (members of In The Year of The Pig) / VAGINATEETH/JESUSTEETH / YOHIMBE



Thursday, May 1
Polynya (http://www.myspace.com/polynyapolynya)
Veronique Diabolique (http://www.veroniquediabolique.com/)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham



Thursday, May 1
Birds & Arrows (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Nightstick (http://www.myspace.com/nightstickband)
Mystery Road (http://mysteryroadband.com)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Thursday, May 1
Lonesome Departed
Griffin House (http://www.myspace.com/griffinhouse)
Sons of William (http://www.myspace.com/sonsofwilliam)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, May 1
Doom Bunny
Acorn
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Friday, May 2
Superchunk (http://www.superchunk.com)
Arcade Fire (http://www.arcadefire.com/)
Town Commons, Carrboro

You've probably heard about this by now, but just in case. The Barack Obama campaign is running a huge early-voting push in North Carolina, and this show is part of it. Tickets have been available for a couple of days now at Obama tables near early-voting sites in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Durham and Raleigh. It's unclear how many people the Carrboro Town Commons will actually hold--initial reports were that they were planning for 3-4000, but later I heard 6000.

Gates (what gates?) open at 1:00 p.m., with Superchunk tentatively scheduled to go on at 2:00 & the Arcade Fire at 3:00. Nobody is promising an Obama appearance (and since he's at the Dean Dome on Monday . . .) but it'd be amusing to see him drop in via helicopter or something.

But I daresay most folks in possession of tickets--even folks like me who've been rocking Obama bumper-stickers for years now--are more excited about the chance to see Superchunk (or the Arcade Fire, anyway).



Friday, May 2 + Saturday, May 3
The Pressure Boys (http://www.pressureboys.com/)
Sneakers (http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=chris_stamey)
Greg Humphreys
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

The Pressure Boys were a hugely popular Chapel Hill ska band, back before American ska became the enormous cottage industry/joke that it has been for the past 20 years or so. They broke up in '88, and the original lineup have since been scattered to the four winds, with drummer Rob Ladd enjoying a successful career as a west coast session drummer, and bassist Jack Campbell relocated to New York (after the sad end of his Durham record store Poindexter Records).

A few years ago, PB frontman John Plymale's daughter Allie was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Plymale, now a busy local record producer, put together the "Songs for Sixty-Five Roses" compilation to benefit CF research. This reunion was the next logical avenue for CF consciousness/fund-raising, I guess.

Lest you be left wondering about the enduring popularity of the Pressure Boys, this show was originally slated for just one night, but it sold out quickly enough that they decided to add a second night. Helped, perhaps, by the addition of a Sneakers reunion: Chris Stamey and Mitch Easter's short-lived late-70s new wave band never got more than 1% of the attention directed at the dBs and Let's Active, but listening from 2008, there's a freshness & anarchy present in the Sneakers' recordings that seems inexhaustible.



Friday, May 2
Half-Handed Cloud (http://www.halfhandedcloud.com/)
Butterflies (http://www.myspace.com/butterfliesnc)
Lake
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Friday, May 2
Sleepsound (http://www.sleepsound.org/)
Harmute (http://www.myspace.com/harmute)
Transmission Fields
Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill



Friday, May 2
Langhorne Slim (http://www.langhorneslim.com/)
American Aquarium (http://www.americanaquarium.com/)
The New Familiars (http://www.myspace.com/fedorandguthrie)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Friday, May 2
The Saving Graces (http://www.myspace.com/thesavinggraces)
Aminal
Hell, Chapel Hill



Saturday, May 3
Chip Robinson
Patty Hurst Shifter (http://www.pattyhurstshifter.com)
Tres Chicas (http://www.treschicas.org/)
Glory Fountain (http://gloryfountain.home.mindspring.com)
The Silos (http://www.thesilos.net)
Pour House, Raleigh

Silos bassist Drew Glackin died earlier this year, of a previously-undiagnosed thyroid condition. This show is a memorial and also a fundraiser for the Future of Music Coalition's HINT, the Health Insurance Navigation Tool, which was set up to help musicians deal with the difficulties of getting health coverage in 2008 America.

Here's a full lineup:

Tres Chicas (+ Hazeldine reunion)
Chip Robinson
Glory FOuntain
Chris Mills
the Silos
Quarry Hill
Tandy
BJ Barham
Patty Hurst Shifter



Saturday, May 3
Sequoya (http://www.myspace.com/sequoya)
Sawteeth McTweedy and the Particles (http://www.myspace.com/sawteethmctweedy)
Scientific Superstar (http://www.myspace.com/scientificsuperstar)
Veronica Blood (http://www.myspace.com/veronicablood)
Bull City Headquarters, Durham

Future generations looked back on it as "the day the good band names ran out."



Saturday, May 3
Earth (http://www.southernlord.com/band_EAR.php)
Downtown Event Center, Raleigh

Yes, the "if Ennio Morricone had a metal band" metal band, Southern Lord label stalwarts Earth, are gonna be playing the hexed/doomed club space on Martin St. Seems somehow fitting.



Saturday, May 3
I Was Totally Destroying It (http://www.reverbnation.com/iwastotallydestroyingit)
Tripp (http://www.myspace.com/trippband)
Mumpsy (http://www.myspace.com/mumpsy )
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, May 3
Tom Meltzer Combo (http://www.myspace.com/tommeltzer)
Jeff Hart
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, May 3
Man Will Destroy Himself
Suburban Sweethearts
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Sunday, May 4
Chip Robinson
Kenny Roby (http://www.kennyroby.com)
Lou Ford (http://www.louford.com/)
The Cartridge Family (http://www.cartridge-family.com/)
Joe Swank and the Zen Pirates (http://www.myspace.com/joeswankandthezenpirates)
Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh

This is the second half of the Drew Glackin Memorial/HINT fundraiser. Chip always did play better hung over.



Sunday, May 4
Man Man (http://www.wearemanman.com)
Yeasayer (http://www.myspace.com/yeasayer)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Sunday, May 4
The Men (http://www.myspace.com/themenproject1)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

This is a 506 Free For All show.



Sunday, May 4
Polynya (http://www.myspace.com/polynyapolynya)
The Bright Lights (http://www.myspace.com/spynovel)
Reservoir, Carrboro



Monday, May 5
Leslie (http://www.myspace.com/leslierock)
Airbourne (http://www.myspace.com/airbourne)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, May 6
The Rosebuds (http://www.therosebuds.com/)
British Sea Power (http://www.britishseapower.co.uk/)
Jeffrey Lewis (http://www.thejeffreylewissite.com)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Tuesday, May 6
Sea Cow
Local 506, Chapel Hill

This is a 506 Free For All show.



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