RTP-area local music and culture

["James Hepler" <hepstyle AT gmail.com>]

Yes yes yes!  Come out wednesday night!  Debate at 9, IWTDI at 10:30,
Sinister Archetype after that, and then Huzzah! The Informants.  Buy me a
drink!  Reservoir has the cheapest booze in town.

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Saturday, October 11
> Sequoya    (http://www.myspace.com/sequoya)
> Virgo 9    (http://www.myspace.com/thevirgonine)
> Slow Gun Shogun    (http://www.myspace.com/slowgunshogun)
> Bull City Headquarters, Durham
>
>
>
> Saturday, October 11
> Kaia    (http://www.mrlady.com)
> Birds & Arrows    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
> The Antlers    (http://www.myspace.com/theantlers)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> First pass through town in a while for Kaia Wilson, who used to live
> here & fronted the Butchies, before moving back west a few years ago.
>
>
>
> Saturday, October 11
> Walter Meego    (http://www.myspace.com/waltermeego)
> Ra Ra Riot    (http://www.myspace.com/rarariot)
> The Morning Benders    (http://www.myspace.com/themorningbenders)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 12
> Goner    (http://www.gonertheband.com/)
> WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
>
> Goner are from Raleigh, and they've been together in one form or another
> for nearly as long as I've lived here. They've just released a new
> album, "Rock and Roll Always Forgets," and it's their best yet: bitter,
> passionate, detailed songs about getting old in a college town while all
> the kids stay the same age.
>
> 4:00 p.m. at 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 12
> The Wedding Present    (http://www.scopitones.co.uk/index.html)
> The Jealous Girlfriends    (http://www.myspace.com/thejealousgirlfriends)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 12
> Can Kickers    (http://www.myspace.com/cankickers)
> Teh Vodak    (http://www.reverbnation.com/vodak)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Teh Vodak are a new band with Ben Donnelly (ex-Blackstrap) and
> Betsy-Shane (Lam! Lam!, Pink Flag). Can Kickers are a raggedy doubletime
> bluegrass/oldtime band (kin to the Avetts, I guess) from up north; one
> of their members moved to the Triangle earlier this year to work for the
> Music Maker Relief Foundation, so welcome.
>
>
>
> Monday, October 13
> Shawn Deena    (http://www.myspace.com/shawndeena)
> The Magnolia Mountains    (http://www.myspace.com/themagnoliamountains)
> Drew Danburry    (http://www.drewdanburry.com)
> Marvell Building, Durham
>
>
>
> Monday, October 13
> Grand Buffet    (http://www.grandbuffet.com/)
> Girl Talk    (http://girl-talk.net/)
> Hearts of Darknesses    (http://www.myspace.com/heartsofdarknesses)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> Superhyped celebrity copyright-violator Gregg Gillis brings his
> hi-energy Girl Talk show (Gregg, his laptop, and half the audience,
> onstage dancing) to Cat's Cradle. You've read about him in every
> mainstream publication around, so it's a miracle he hasn't been sued out
> of existence yet.
>
>
>
> Monday, October 13
> Boyzone    (http://www.myspace.com/boyszone)
> Ironing    (http://www.myspace.com/ironing)
> Hal McGee    (http://www.halmcgee.com)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Monday, October 13
> Talkdemonic    (http://www.myspace.com/talkdemonicmusicmaking)
> Thomas Kieffer    (http://www.myspace.com/thomaskieffer)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Tuesday, October 14
> The Heartless Bastards    (http://www.theheartlessbastards.com/)
> Dead Confederate    (http://www.deadconfederate.com)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Tuesday, October 14
> Pattern is Movement    (http://www.patternismovement.com/)
> Delta Spirit    (http://www.deltaspirit.net)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> The first time I saw South Philly's Pattern Is Movement, I found them
> incredibly annoying. The second time I saw them, I found them both
> annoying and really compelling. Then I met their irritating singer/bass
> player, and learned that he's a genuine weirdo (and elementary-school
> gym teacher), not just onstage. Now I'm quite fond of them. RIYL strange
> stories, weird falsetto singing, and prog.
>
>
>
> Tuesday, October 14
> Jordan    (http://www.myspace.com/jordanmusic)
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Wednesday, October 15
> Death to the Details    (http://www.reverbnation.com/deathtothedetails)
> Marvell Building, Durham
>
>
>
> Wednesday, October 15
> The Sea    (http://www.myspace.com/theseasounds)
> GST Cardinals    (http://www.myspace.com/gstcardinals)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Wednesday, October 15
> I Was Totally Destroying It
> (http://www.reverbnation.com/iwastotallydestroyingit)
> Huzzah! The Informants    (http://www.myspace.com/huzzahtheinformants)
> Sinister Archetype
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
> It's Hep!ler's birthday, so be prepared for frivolity . . . though it's
> hard to imagine him behaving any goofier than he already does, so
> nevermind, just go kiss him.
>
>
>
> Thursday, October 16
> Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
> Le Weekend    (http://www.myspace.com/leweekendleband)
> Minchia    (http://www.myspace.com/minchianc)
> Bull City Headquarters, Durham
>
> At least two of these bands are big Steely Dan fans, but unless yr
> wavelength is pretty dang advanced, you might be hard-pressed to pick up
> on it. Although the other day I was watching this live Steely Dan video
> of "Black Friday" and Le Weekend actually did start making a bit more
> sense to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ZV4Mx7tw8
>
>
>
> Thursday, October 16
> Blood on the Wall    (http://www.bloodonthewall.com)
> Resist Not    (http://myspace.com/resistnot)
> The Homewreckers    (http://www.myspace.com/jackandjillhomewrecker)
> Broad Street Cafe, Durham
>
>
>
> Thursday, October 16
> Cary Ann Hearst    (http://www.caryannhearst.com)
> Max Indian    (http://www.myspace.com/maxindian)
> Justin Williams    (http://www.myspace.com/12000armies)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> This is part of the "Club is Open" free local show series.
>
>
>
> Thursday, October 16
> Magic Babies    (http://www.myspace.com/themagicbabies)
> Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies
> (http://www.myspace.com/violetvectorandthelovelylovelies)
> Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
>
> Pop with teeth. Magic Babies contain a couple of ex-members of The
> Weather, and they bring the Badfingery rock-with-vocal-harmonies (and
> guitar solos). Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies take a pretty
> serious shot at recreating the [studio-only] Spectorian wall-of-sound in
> a live setting. Bells!
>
>
>
> Thursday, October 16
> Hammer No More the Fingers    (http://www.hnmtf.com)
> Auxes    (http://www.myspace.com/auxes)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Hammer No More the Fingers are one of those bands who, had they been
> playing these songs in '94, would've been the subject of a bidding war.
> Do they even *have* those anymore?
>
>
>
> Thursday, October 16
> Nathan Oliver    (http://www.nathan-oliver.com)
> Brass Bed    (http://www.myspace.com/brassbed)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Thursday, October 16
> Magnetic Morning    (http://www.myspace.com/magneticmorning)
> Springhouse    (http://www.myspace.com/springhouse)
> Julie Ocean    (http://www.myspace.com/julieoceandc)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Springhouse are from NYC, and they've got Jack Rabid, longtime
> editor/publisher of venerable zine The Big Takeover. The song I heard on
> MySpace sounded like west-coast psych-pop, like, I dunno, Flop.
>
>
>
> Friday, October 17
> Veronique Diabolique    (http://www.veroniquediabolique.com/)
> The Sammies    (http://www.myspace.com/thesammies)
> The If You Wannas    (http://www.myspace.com/theifuwannas)
> Armadillo Grill @ the Bryan Center, Duke W. Campus, Durham
>
> These Campus Concert Series shows start around 5:00, so knock off work
> early. The Sammies are a kinda crazy rockband from Charlotte who seem
> equally enamored of the Allman Brothers and the Cure. Veronique
> Diabolique, of course, are French Goths from Durham, who never met a
> tempo they didn't like, as long as it was mid.
>
>
>
> Friday, October 17
> Chatham County Line    (http://www.chathamcountyline.com/)
> Thad Cockrell    (http://www.thadcockrell.com/)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> This is a party to celebrate the relaunch of the canonical alt-country
> magazine No Depression as a web-only concern
> (http://www.nodepression.com/). I believe it's also a benefit for
> MusiCares, which helps musicians with healthcare needs, since our
> government is apparenly way too fucked in the head to do that.
>
>
>
> Friday, October 17
> Jimmy & The Teasers    (http://www.geocities.com/booze1031/teasers.html)
> Thee Crucials    (http://www.theecrucials.com/)
> Rob the Throb, One Man Band
> (http://www.myspace.com/robthethrobonemanband)
> Los Rudos    (http://www.myspace.com/vabandlosrudos)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> This is the 5th Annual Blackbeard's Lost Weekend, which was originally
> founded as a way for the [now-defunct] Spinns to showcase outta-town
> garage-rock bands they'd met on their travels around the country. That's
> still more or less the plan.
>
>
>
> Friday, October 17
> Transportation    (http://www.myspace.com/transportation)
> Chrome Plated Apostles    (http://www.demonbeach.com)
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
> Transportation are a crazy 70s-influenced power trio from Chapel Hill --
> they seem to steal equally from the bloodlines of Queen and Wings.
>
> Chrome Plated Apostles are sort of a realignment of the Bad Checks --
> Hunter stays on vocals, harmonica and falling down, Clif moves to guitar
> (after stints in Pipe & the Ghost of Rock, he's spent more time on
> guitar than bass at this point), Greg Adams (Pipe) steps in on bass, and
> a rotating who's-who of local drummers seal the deal. Dirty nasty
> raunchy rock n roll.
>
>
>
> Saturday, October 18
> Bull City    (http://www.bullcitytheband.com/)
> Lost in the Trees    (http://www.lostinthetrees.com)
> Stella By Starlight    (http://www.myspace.com/stellabystarlightband)
> Down River
> The Beast
> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>
> This is a grand-reopening party for the Duke Coffeehouse, who've
> undergone some major renovations over the past few months. The show is
> free, and it runs from 2 til 7, so you can catch a wide range of local
> talent and still make it out to whatever else you wanna do later.
>
>
>
> Saturday, October 18
> The Loners    (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
> Pinche Gringo    (http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
> The Barberries    (http://www.myspace.com/thebarberries)
> The Holy Ghosts
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> This is night two of the 5th Annual Blackbeard's Lost Weekend, which was
> originally founded as a way for the [now-defunct] Spinns to showcase
> outta-town garage-rock bands they'd met on their travels around the
> country. Tonight includes the definitive Raleigh gtr/drums garage-stomp
> duo the Loners, and ex-Spinn Josh Johnson's one-man-band Pinche Gringo
> (who are now actually a two-piece, Pinche Gringo & the Lovely Sarita).
>
>
>
> Saturday, October 18
> Jessica Lea Mayfield    (http://www.myspace.com/jlmayfield)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, October 18
> The Shondes    (http://www.myspace.com/theshondes)
> Guitar Bomb    (http://www.guitarbomb.com)
> Sweet Ones
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 19
> Monsonia    (http://www.monsonia.com)
> WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
>
> Monsonia have been around for a few years now, during which time they've
> oscillated between 2- and 3-piece incarnations. They're currently a
> 3-piece, with Chapel Hill recordist Nick Petersen taking care of bass
> duties. Sound-wise, they're kinda Shellacky, with Carter Browning's
> abrasive tones (guitar *and* vocals) riding along atop Andy Willard's
> muscular drumming and Nick's taut low end..
>
> 4:00 p.m. @ 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 19
> Awesome Color    (http://awesomecolor.net)
> Rongorongo
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 19
> Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls
> (http://www.myspace.com/richardbacchus)
> GST Cardinals    (http://www.myspace.com/gstcardinals)
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Monday, October 20
> Dirty Little Heaters    (http://www.myspace.com/thedirtylittleheaters)
> Pierced Arrows    (http://www.myspace.com/piercedarrowspdx)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> The greatest garage band in the world, Dead Moon, broke up a couple of
> years ago, but it only took Fred & Toody Cole a few months to get bored
> of retirement. Pierced Arrows is their new band, with a new drummer, and
> a setlist that sounds, on record anyway, like a slightly mellower Dead
> Moon.
>
> The Dirty Little Heaters no doubt had a collective heartattack when
> asked to open this show. Or, if they didn't, they damn well should've.
> Not that they don't deserve it, but still, we're talking about Fred &
> Toody here.
>
>
>
> Tuesday, October 21
> All the Saints    (http://www.myspace.com/allthesaints)
> A Place to Bury Strangers    (http://www.myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers
> )
> Sian Alice Group    (http://www.myspace.com/sianalicegroup)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
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