RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Saturday, August 16
The Sugar
Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh



Saturday, August 16
Thad Cockrell    (http://www.thadcockrell.com/)
Pour House, Raleigh

I read somewhere the other day (probably in N&O writer David Menconi's 
blog) that Thad Cockrell has moved back from Nashville. You can ask him 
yourself at this early (7:30?ish) show, with his full band.



Saturday, August 16
The Never    (http://www.trekkyrecords.com/never.html)
Un Deux Trois    (http://www.undeuxtroisband.com/)
Cary Ann Hearst    (http://www.caryannhearst.com)
ArtsCenter, Carrboro



Saturday, August 16
Melvins    (http://www.melvins.com)
Double Negative    (http://www.myspace.com/thedoublenegative)
Big Business    (http://www.bigbigbusiness.com)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Double Negative drummer Brian Walsby is good friends with the Melvins; 
he has been for years, and as I write this he's actually on the road 
with them, hauling gear & selling merch. Which helps to explain why the 
Melvins, reigning kings of lower-and-slower sludge, have asked Double 
Negative, current NC kings of louder/faster, to open this show.



Saturday, August 16
Straight 8s    (http://www.straight8s.com)
Jem Crossland & the Hypertonics    (http://www.jemandtonics.com)
Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh



Saturday, August 16
Veronique Diabolique    (http://www.veroniquediabolique.com/)
Veronica Blood    (http://www.myspace.com/veronicablood)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham

Post-makeover, there's now never any cover charge at the Broad St. Cafe.

If you were thinking that Veronica Blood must be Veronique Diabolique's 
identical American cousin, you were, sadly, mistaken.



Saturday, August 16
Killer Filler    (http://www.myspace.com/killerfiller)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Sunday, August 17
Fin Fang Foom    (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html)
Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
Polvo    (http://www.southern.com/southern/band/POLVO/index.html)
Double Negative    (http://www.myspace.com/thedoublenegative)
Magic Babies    (http://www.myspace.com/themagicbabies)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is a benefit for our friend Cy Rawls. Even if you don't know Cy, 
the fact that five of the best bands around (including one of the 
greatest NC bands of all time, Polvo) stepped up to play this benefit 
should tell you all you need to know.

If you didn't see Polvo's reunion show in May, let me just tell you: 
amazing. Everything you'd hoped it would be.



Sunday, August 17
Americans in France    (http://www.myspace.com/americansinfrance)
Witch Hats
The Cave, Chapel Hill





Monday, August 18
Instant Jones    (http://www.myspace.com/instantjonesrocks)
Jokes & Jokes & Jokes    (http://www.myspace.com/jokesjokesjokes)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, August 19
Cacaw
The Magnolia Mountains
Allison Polans
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, August 20
Royal Bangs    (http://www.theroyalbangs.com/)
Oh No! Oh My!    (http://www.myspace.com/ohnoohmyband)
Antenna Shoes    (http://www.myspace.com/antennashoes)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, August 21
The Cartridge Family    (http://www.cartridge-family.com/)
Birds of Avalon    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsofavalon)
Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies 
(http://www.myspace.com/violetvectorandthelovelylovelies)
Huguenots    (http://www.myspace.com/thehuguenotsmusic)
Outdoors, Downtown, Raleigh

Birds of Avalon sent along this info:

The venue is exactly in front of the Progress Energy Center for the 
Performing Arts located at Two East South Street in downtown Raleigh.

5:15-­6:00 The Huguenots
6:30-­7:30 The Cartridge Family
8:00-­9:00 Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies
9:30-­10:45 Birds of Avalon



Thursday, August 21
Savage Knights    (http://www.retroactivedynamics.com)
Future Kings of Nowhere    (http://www.thefuturekings.net/)
CCB Plaza (aka The Bull's Balls), Durham

These Thursday-afternoon shows at the CCB Plaza get started early, like 
around 5:30. Savage Knights are a Raleigh band who're equally at home 
covering the Melvins, and Ethiopian jazzman Mulatu Astatke. Future Kings 
of Nowhere are an acoustic pop-punk band from Durham, whose fans are 
tied with Red Collar's for the title of most-fanatic.



Thursday, August 21
Regina Hexaphone    (http://www.reginahexaphone.com)
Schooner    (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh

Regina Hexaphone & Schooner have been saving gas lately by touring 
together, and now they bring their tour all the way down I-40 to Raleigh.



Thursday, August 21
Oneida    (http://www.enemyhogs.com)
The Tiny Meteors    (http://www.myspace.com/thetinymeteors)
Bolmongani    (http://www.myspace.com/bolmongani)
Dirty Faces    (http://www.myspace.com/dirtyfacesrockband)
The Werehouse, Winston-Salem

In case you're gonna be busy on Friday night, and thus might miss Oneida 
at the Local 506, you can head to Winston-Salem tonight instead.



Thursday, August 21
Pariah Beat    (http://www.myspace.com/pariahbeat)
Teh Vodak    (http://www.reverbnation.com/vodak)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Thursday, August 21
Colossus    (http://www.myspace.com/thecolossuswillcrushyou)
Grappling Hook    (http://www.myspace.com/torchmaraudersgrapplinghook)
Tooth    (http://www.myspace.com/toothrocks)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Anybody who witnessed Cy's star turn as Glenn Danzig at the Kings 
Cover-Up a few years ago knows how much Rawls loves metal. Tonight metal 
returns the love; you've got NWOBHM lovers Colossus, avant-garde 
space-metallers Grappling Hook, and the finest metal band in the 
Triangle, Tooth, all playing to benefit Cy Rawls.



Thursday, August 21
The Trousers
Red Collar    (http://www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
Pour House, Raleigh



Friday, August 22
The Ghost of Saturday Nite 
(http://www.myspace.com/theghostofsaturdaynite)
Black River
Greg Rice
Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh



Friday, August 22
The Ex-Monkeys    (http://www.myspace.com/theexmonkeys)
Dollface    (http://www.reverbnation.com/dollface)
Pizza Palace, Durham

The Ex-Monkeys are 2/3rds of the '90s-era live trip-hop band Friend Side 
Monkey.



Friday, August 22
The Gates of Beauty    (http://www.myspace.com/gatesofbeauty)
The Scott Waite Debacle    (http://myspace.com/scottwaiteisbenevolent)
Cairo
Clawform
Bull City Headquarters, Durham

Anne Gomez outlined this show thusly:

The Gates of Beauty is me on bass, Wendy Spitzer (Lemming Malloy, Felix 
Obelix) on bass and Shannon Morrow (Scene of the Crime Rovers, 
Mahasamatman) on drums and occasional keyboard. We all 'sing,' sometimes 
simultaneously. We would like to think we sound something like the Ruins 
and the Slits having a drunken tea party, but that might be setting the 
bar a little too high.

The Debacle is a punk/prog trio headed by Seattle import Scott Waite 
[Rob and Eleni of Beloved Binge have been on a mission to move their 
friends here from Seattle after Beloved Binge relocated here a few years 
ago; they were successful with Scott, to our benefit]. The Debacle is 
definitely a 'punk rock' band, but it's got a King Crimson/Return to 
Forever/Mahavishnu Orchestra vibe going on that will satisfy your hidden 
love of jazz fusion. And I kinda hear a little Steely Dan in there too. 
How can you go wrong?

Cairo is a band containing another of Rob and Eleni's recent transplants 
from Seattle. I don't know what Cairo sounds like, but I'm hoping for 
some mixture of Beloved Binge and The Debacle, with a little Mudhoney 
and Stone Temple Pilots thrown in for good measure. I hear Eleni might 
be playing drums.

Clawform is Colin Booy's solo metal banjo project - not to be missed. 
And maybe, if we're lucky, he'll wear his hot pants. In fact, I'm making 
a special request.



Friday, August 22
International Grapevine 
(http://www.myspace.com/theinternationalgrapevine)
Blanket Truth
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Friday, August 22
Oneida    (http://www.enemyhogs.com)
Bolmongani    (http://www.myspace.com/bolmongani)
Dirty Faces    (http://www.myspace.com/dirtyfacesrockband)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Oneida are still the masters of Brooklyn freakout organ-drone spazzrock.



Saturday, August 23
Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
Maple Stave    (http://www.maplestave.com)
Red Collar    (http://www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
Bull City Headquarters, Durham

It says on the calendar that this is a Maple Stave CD-release show, but 
I swear it's only been maybe a year since the last Maple Stave EP, and I 
kinda thought they were on the 3-year plan. EP or not, these are three 
of the best bands in Durham, and all three are totally in their element 
onstage.



Saturday, August 23
Arrogance    (http://www.arrogance.us/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is billed as "an evening with," complete with both an acoustic and 
an electric set.



Saturday, August 23
Blag'ard    (http://www.blagard.com/)
Hate Prose    (http://www.myspace.com/hateprose)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, August 23
Love As Laughter
Oxford Collapse    (http://www.oxfordcollapse.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, August 23
Magic Babies    (http://www.myspace.com/themagicbabies)
Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies 
(http://www.myspace.com/violetvectorandthelovelylovelies)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh

This is a benefit for Cy Rawls, with the Badfingery Britrock of the 
Magic Babies and the wall-o-girl-group sound of Violet Vector & the 
Lovely Lovelies.



Monday, August 25
A/V Geeks    (http://www.avgeeks.com)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

The name of this show is "S is for Sissies," and it's also a benefit for 
Cy Rawls.



Monday, August 25
Blood Red River    (http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver)
The Howlies    (http://www.myspace.com/thehowlies)
The Barberries    (http://www.myspace.com/thebarberries)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



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