RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

I've been screwing around with Facebook & last.fm integration. At the 
moment, if one goes to http://www.trianglerock.com, one will see links 
to Facebook and last.fm event listings for each show, which might be 
handy if you use those services to manage your social life or something.

In the case of last.fm, it's also kinda cool because they've got a 
reciprocal-tagging thing going on with flickr, so *after* an event, you 
can tag your photos of that event in flickr with a last.fm tag, and 
they'll show up on that show's last.fm event page.

For those shows that don't already have Facebook or last.fm events 
created by venues/bands, I'm creating them, but it's a freaking drag, so 
I'd encourage venues/bands to create their own events before I get tired 
of doing it.

Anyway, on with the plain-old-ascii list:

Saturday, January 3
Jakk Hogan
Bass Invadurrz    (http://www.myspace.com/bassinvadurrz)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Nightlight sez: FrequeNC Records Night - First Saturday of every month - 
Dance party, dj's, fog lights and video



Sunday, January 4
Inspector 22
Polynya    (http://www.myspace.com/polynyapolynya)
Pompeii    (http://www.myspace.com/pompeii)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Sunday, January 4
Clothing and Shoes    (http://www.myspace.com/clothingandshoesmusic)
Bright Young Things
Rocket Surgeon
Geoff Register
Pour House, Raleigh



Sunday, January 4
The Busy World    (http://www.myspace.com/thebusyworld)
Timbre    (http://www.myspace.com/timbre)
Owl-Eyed Allies
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Sunday, January 4
Perkasie    (http://www.myspace.com/perkasieband)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Monday, January 5
Spider Bags    (http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
Girls of the Gravitron    (http://www.myspace.com/girlsofthegravitron)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

There's a level of frantic desperation to every Spider Bags show that 
seems like it'd be impossible to maintain for long. Yet there it is. 
Note also that they continue their streak of pros-only shows: the Monday 
night after an overlong holiday, when most folks are either sick, pissed 
about work, or heavily de-toxing.



Tuesday, January 6
Porcelain Smile
Corpus Christi
Blood Drunk    (http://www.myspace.com/blooddrunknc)
Casta    (http://www.myspace.com/casta1)
Marvell Building, Durham



Tuesday, January 6
Embarrassing Fruits    (http://www.myspace.com/embarrassingfruitsband)
Butterflies    (http://www.myspace.com/butterfliesnc)
Deleted Scenes
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, January 7
The Aints    (http://www.myspace.com/latterdayaints)
Highway Magic    (http://www.myspace.com/highwaymagic)
Phase Zero
Girls Make Messes
Marvell Building, Durham



Wednesday, January 7
Jucifer    (http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Vine/6452/)
Body Soil    (http://www.myspace.com/bodysoilband)
Uzzard    (http://www.myspace.com/uzzard)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, January 7
Velvet    (http://www.velvetpop.com)
The Sour Notes    (http://www.myspace.com/thesournotes)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Thursday, January 8
Dillon Fence    (http://www.dillonfence.com)
Pico vs Island Trees    (http://www.picomusic.com/)
Lincoln Theater, Raleigh

Dillon Fence's first records came out in '91-'92, but they'd been 
gigging around for a few years before that, so we're in the ballpark of 
a 20th anniversary (or maybe a couple of years past it). They broke up 
in '95, but have reunited off & on over the past 8 years. Now that Greg 
Humphreys' Hobex is on indefinite hiatus, might those occasional 
reunions come more frequently?



Thursday, January 8
Blood Red River    (http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver)
Pinche Gringo    (http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
Zebralesque    (http://profile.myspace.com/430800295)
Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh

The Burlesque revival is still on its upswing here in the Triangle, at 
least judging by the slowly (but steadily) increasing number of 
rockshows that feature a burlesque troupe on the bill.



Thursday, January 8
Pink Flag    (http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc)
Death to the Details    (http://www.reverbnation.com/deathtothedetails)
Ecstasy the Flower
The Pinhook, Durham

Pink Flag are an all-woman three-piece who merge punkrock bluster with 
some more avant/atonal tendencies, to excellent effect. The lineup as 
per Pinhook:

12:00 - Pink Flag
11:00 - Death to Details
10:00 - Extacy the Flower



Thursday, January 8
Whatever Brains    (http://www.myspace.com/whateverbrains)
Box Elders    (http://www.myspace.com/boxelders)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Whatever Brains have a brand-new 7" out on Chaz's Bull City Records (as 
with other venerable labels like Shangri-La and Crunchy Music Stuff, the 
label & store share a name, and probably everything else as well). It's 
great; I've listened to it 37 times so far today. Just the right mix of 
punkrock fuzz/spazz & pop hook, with some excellent whistling thrown in 
for good measure.

Are Box Elders named for the early Pavement song, the 90s-era Raleigh 
'zine (great pen-and-ink art in that thing), or the tree?



Thursday, January 8
Christabel & the Jons    (http://www.myspace.com/christabelmusic)
The Jackets    (http://www.reverbnation.com/TheJackets)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, January 8
Waumiss    (http://www.myspace.com/waumiss)
Tin Star
The Cave, Chapel Hill

Waumiss are Clarque & Caroline; in 2008 they put out a great LP of their 
mid-fi bleep/loop indie-pop. Tin Star are a new-ish band from Durham 
featuring Jamie from tommygun and Louis from William Christ Supercarr.



Thursday, January 8
The Ex-Monkeys    (http://www.myspace.com/theexmonkeys)
Juan Huevos    (http://www.myspace.com/juanhuevos)
Sonic Death Rabbit
Pour House, Raleigh

Ex-Monkeys are Eddie and Ian from Friend Side Monkey, newly armed with 
the latest in laptop/sequencey technology, but still as burbley as ever.



Thursday, January 8
Goner    (http://www.gonertheband.com/)
Tin Djinn
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh

Thus commences another year of the Thursday-night Local Bands, Local 
Beers series at Tir Na nOg. My eyes having been seared quite enough by 
recent listings for bands Blood Djinn and now Tin Djinn, I'd like to 
propose a moratorium on any further use of the word "Djinn" in band 
names. Like forever.

p.s. Goner rule.



Thursday, January 8
Social Memory Complex    (http://www.myspace.com/socialmemorycomplex)
Studio Gangsters    (http://www.myspace.com/studiogangsters)
Most High
Reservoir, Carrboro



Friday, January 9
The New Familiars    (http://www.myspace.com/fedorandguthrie)
The Secret Theatre    (http://www.myspace.com/thesecrettheatre)
Christabel & the Jons    (http://www.myspace.com/christabelmusic)
Armadillo Grill @ the Bryan Center, Duke W. Campus, Durham



Friday, January 9
Hooverville    (http://www.duckonbike.com)
Dashawn Hickman & Steel Moven    (http://profile.myspace.com/126992824)
ArtsCenter, Carrboro

I saw Dashawn Hickman this summer with his sacred steel band The Allen 
Boys, and make no mistake: the guy is one amazing pedal-steel player.



Friday, January 9
Kingsbury Manx    (http://www.thekingsburymanx.com/)
Erie Choir    (http://www.eriechoir.com)
North Elementary    (http://www.northelementary.com)
The Popular Kids
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is a CD-release for the new North Elementary album "Not for 
Everyone Just for You." Also on the bill: the gorgeous pastoral 
folk/drone-pop of the Kingsbury Manx, and the brilliant, morose 
indie-rock of Erie Choir (as well as standup by The Popular Kids).



Friday, January 9
Mighty Zorgon    (http://www.myspace.com/mightyzorgon)
Best When Tipsy
Ecstasy the Flower
Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill



Friday, January 9
Pykrete    (http://www.bullfightparty.org/cirox/pykrete)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

This is listed as a 919Noise Showcase, but the biggest draw has to be 
Chuck Johnson's Pykrete, if only because Chuck's currently attending 
Mills College in Oakland, so Pykrete shows are rare commodities. Chuck 
split his time between indie-rock (Spatula, Shark Quest) and 
noise/musique concrete (Ivanovich, Pykrete) for most of the '90s, but 
the oughts have seen him moving more firmly in the noisy direction 
(though with his background, you never know when a more pop/trad element 
will sneak itself in).



Friday, January 9
Firehouse Rhythm Kings    (http://www.myspace.com/firehouserhythmkings)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Friday, January 9
Thunderlip    (http://www.thunderlip.com/)
Hell Razor    (http://www.myspace.com/hellrazornc)
Armored Uprise    (http://www.reverbnation.com/armoreduprise)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Friday, January 9
Leaving TX
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Saturday, January 10
Joe Romeo & the Orange County Volunteers 
(http://www.myspace.com/joeromeomusic)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

Joe Romeo & his Orange County Volunteers are holding down both the early 
& late slots at the Cave with their brand of quirky, character-rich 
literary country-rock.



Saturday, January 10
Shawn Luby
The Pinhook, Durham



Saturday, January 10
Cool Ethan    (http://www.myspace.com/coolethanrock)
Hey Euphony    (http://www.myspace.com/heyeuphony)
Left on Cates    (http://www.myspace.com/leftoncates)
New Resolution    (http://www.myspace.com/newresolutionmusic)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, January 10
Kolyma    (http://www.myspace.com/kolyma)
The Trousers
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh

As unholy rackets go, the one created by Kolyma is hard to beat.



Sunday, January 11
Flicker    (http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/flicker)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

It's the first 2009 installment of the semi-regular local film festival 
Flicker. Short films, door prizes, and cookies!



Sunday, January 11
Billy Joe Winghead    (http://www.winghead.com/)
Jimmy & The Teasers    (http://www.geocities.com/booze1031/teasers.html)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Monday, January 12
Tauri Wind    (http://www.myspace.com/tauriwind)
Starfish HQ    (http://www.myspace.com/starfishhq)
Mark Belk
Marvell Building, Durham



Monday, January 12
The Movement    (http://www.themovementvibe.com)
Wu-Tang Clan    (http://wutangclan.com/)
Lincoln Theater, Raleigh

A couple of things: just because it says the Wu-Tang Clan, this does not 
mean that you will actually get to see the Wu-Tang Clan.

There is *one* guarantee: the 8:00 p.m. listed start time is, ahem, 
overly optimistic. Add about 6 hours to that & you'll be getting closer.



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