RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Also, due to the Pinhook's website NOT being up to date, I missed this 
one this morning, and was only apprised of its existence via flyer at 
Banh's:

Thursday, February 12
Spider Bags    (http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
Whatever Brains    (http://www.myspace.com/whateverbrains)
The Aints    (http://www.myspace.com/latterdayaints)
The Pinhook, Durham

This is a record-release party for the new Whatever Brains 7", "Mt. 
Whatever," which is fucking AWESOME, if you like things like the 
Buzzcocks, distortion, whistling, and people going "ooooh, ooooooh."



grady wrote:
> Saturday, February 7
> Cowboy Junkies    (http://www.cowboyjunkies.com/)
> Lincoln Theater, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 7
> Polvo    (http://www.southern.com/southern/band/POLVO/index.html)
> Birds of Avalon    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsofavalon)
> Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies 
> (http://www.myspace.com/violetvectorandthelovelylovelies)
> I Was Totally Destroying It 
> (http://www.reverbnation.com/iwastotallydestroyingit)
> Pour House, Raleigh
>
> Night two of the WKNC Double Barrel Benefit. Polvo hopefully require no 
> introduction, beyond perhaps quick verification that they're firing on 
> all cylinders & should be un-missable, if yr smart.
>
> Birds of Avalon are a massive rock machine; they oughta be packing the 
> RBC Center but the world sucks, so you're in luck, they're playing the 
> Pour House.
>
> Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies are kinda inexplicable, but it 
> involves dayglo minidresses and the Wall of Sound. Bells. Lots of bells.
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 7
> The Houstons
> Mark Holland's Rhythm Force    (http://www.myspace.com/mhollandsrhythmforce)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Mark Holland's former band Jule Brown burst into flames last month & was 
> completely destroyed; the Rhythm Force is the phoenix.
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 7
> Monsonia    (http://www.monsonia.com)
> In the Year of the Pig    (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
> Grappling Hook    (http://www.myspace.com/torchmaraudersgrapplinghook)
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
> Grappling Hook: extended space-prog bass/drums/organ jamz with Dave 
> Bjorkback/Torch Marauder's crazed scifi/fantasy vocals slathered overtop 
> it all.
>
> In the Year of the Pig: multi-bass, multi-drum deep/heavy groove mayhem.
>
> Monsonia: Shellac-style crankiness.
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 7
> Bull City    (http://www.bullcitytheband.com/)
> Rat Jackson    (http://www.myspace.com/ratjacksonmusic)
> Pneurotics    (http://www.myspace.com/pneurotics)
> Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 7
> Bellafea    (http://www.bellafea.com/)
> The Curtains of Night    (http://myspace.com/thecurtainsofnight)
> The Andalusians    (http://www.myspace.com/theandalusians)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Like standing in the path of a tornado that just flattened an icepick 
> factory.
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 7
> The Morning Benders    (http://www.myspace.com/themorningbenders)
> The Submarines    (http://www.myspace.com/thesubmarinesmusic)
> Kyle Andrews    (http://www.myspace.com/kyleandrews)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Monday, February 9
> Jew(s) & Catholic(s)    (http://www.myspace.com/jewsandcatholics)
> The Boxing Lesson    (http://www.myspace.com/theboxinglesson)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Monday, February 9
> Phon
> Human Adult Band    (http://www.myspace.com/humanadultband)
> Dead Man    (http://www.myspace.com/deadmansweden)
> Radio Moscow    (http://www.myspace.com/radiomoscow)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Dead Man: hippie jamz (folk to boogie to something heavier) from Sweden 
> (really!)
>
> Radio Moscow: ditto, but from Iowa
>
>
>
> Tuesday, February 10
> Bull City    (http://www.bullcitytheband.com/)
> The Parlor Mob    (http://www.myspace.com/theparlormob)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Tuesday, February 10
> Panda Force    (http://www.myspace.com/pandaforceband)
> Precore    (http://precoreband.com)
> The Calamity Jane    (http://myspace.com/thecalamityjane)
> Marvell Building, Durham
>
>
>
> Tuesday, February 10
> Cool Ethan    (http://www.myspace.com/coolethanrock)
> Farewell Flight    (http://www.myspace.com/farewellflight)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Tuesday, February 10
> Americans in France    (http://www.myspace.com/americansinfrance)
> Rooftop Vigilantes    (http://www.myspace.com/rooftopvigilantes)
> Wild Wild Geese
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Wednesday, February 11
> Shawn Deena    (http://www.myspace.com/shawndeena)
> Veronica Blood    (http://www.myspace.com/veronicablood)
> Mr. Reddy    (http://www.myspace.com/reddysauls)
> Marvell Building, Durham
>
>
>
> Wednesday, February 11
> Mark Olson    (http://www.victoriawilliams.com/)
> Gary Louris    (http://www.myspace.com/garylouris)
> ArtsCenter, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Wednesday, February 11
> Boyzone    (http://www.myspace.com/boyszone)
> The Hem of His Garment    (http://www.myspace.com/thehemofhisgarment)
> Diagram A
> Shallow Waters    (http://www.myspace.com/shallowwatersprov)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Somewhat rare[r] appearance by massive local noise/drone supergroup The 
> Hem of His Garment; they had a run early on of what seemed like weekly 
> shows, but lately they've been largely absent from local stages, 
> presumably due to intense woodshedding in preparation for altering the 
> orbit of the moon around the earth via pure tones.
>
>
>
> Thursday, February 12
> Chatham County Line    (http://www.chathamcountyline.com/)
> Jonas Fjeld    (http://theband.hiof.no/articles/JonasFjeldBandBite8.html)
> Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
>
> Jonas Fjeld is some kind of Norwegian roots-rock superstar, who has 
> toured & recorded with both Rick Danko and Garth Hudson (yes, as with so 
> many others, it appears The Band are bigger stars in Norway than here). 
> In 2005 he invited NC bluegrass hotshots Chatham County Line to come to 
> Norway to play some shows with him; the subsequent live album, 
> Amerikabesøk, went the Norwegian equivalent of gold. Thus began a 
> collaboration that continues with these US shows in preparation for 
> another CCL trip to Norway.
>
>
>
> Thursday, February 12
> Blag'ard    (http://www.blagard.com/)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Thursday, February 12
> The Houstons
> The Catch Fire
> Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Thursday, February 12
> Goodbye, Titan    (http://www.myspace.com/loudestsilenceever)
> Gunslinger    (http://www.myspace.com/deathofthegunslinger)
> Jenny Wood    (http://www.myspace.com/jennywoodnashville)
> FURrrrr    (http://www.myspace.com/furrrrrtheband)
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Friday, February 13
> Virgo 9    (http://www.myspace.com/thevirgonine)
> Fujiyama Roll    (http://www.myspace.com/fujiyamaroll)
> Pistil    (http://myspace.com/pistilband)
> Armadillo Grill @ the Bryan Center, Duke W. Campus, Durham
>
> This is another in the free Campus Concert Series, which means it starts 
> at 5:30 and features, in addition to the rock, free chips & salsa.
>
>
>
> Friday, February 13
> Double Negative    (http://www.myspace.com/thedoublenegative)
> Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies 
> (http://www.myspace.com/violetvectorandthelovelylovelies)
> Hammer No More the Fingers    (http://www.hnmtf.com)
> Lonnie Walker    (http://www.myspace.com/lonniewalker)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> This is a showcase for four of the eight artists featured in this year's 
> News & Observer Great 8, which is an annual feature spotlighting eight 
> local bands to watch in the coming year. It's always a mix of poppier 
> bands whom the average N&O music-section reader might dig, and a few 
> wild-cards (here, blistering hardcore band Double Negative) who've 
> achieved a level of prominence big enough to qualify as news. (In the 
> case of Double Negative, being invited to play the UK All Tomorrow's 
> Parties curated by the Melvins certainly counts.)
>
> If one still believed that daily papers had any real power or authority, 
> one could spend a bit too much time analyzing the selection, and/or 
> griping about all the bands who got left out. But it's 2009, and given 
> the modern landscape of daily print journalism, it's pretty amazing that 
> the paper's editors were willing to devote the column-inches at all, let 
> alone provide the resources to put together such a snazzy multimedia 
> package.
>
> It has clearly crossed over from "journalistic obligation" to "crazy 
> labor of love," and that just proves what I've already known for the 17 
> years that I've lived in the Triangle: the N&O's David Menconi is a 
> kindred spirit.
>
>
>
> Friday, February 13
> Hearts and Daggers    (http://www.heartsanddaggers.com/ )
> Whistlestop    (http://www.myspace.com/whistlestop)
> Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Friday, February 13
> Strange Faces    (http://www.myspace.com/strangefacestheband)
> Aloud
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> Roman Candle    (http://www.romancandlemusic.com/)
> The Old Ceremony    (http://www.theoldceremony.com/)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> This is a CD-release party for the damnfine new Old Ceremony CD "Walk on 
> Thin Air." There's a emotional directness to the new material that 
> wasn't as present on their earlier CDs; it was perhaps masked by 
> Django's former insistence on making every song a perfectly-formed 
> narrative, including unreliable narrator. These songs are a little more 
> direct, a little more heartfelt, and that, in combination with the 
> obvious joy of the musicians in playing together, makes this their best 
> album yet, by far.
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> Straight 8s    (http://www.straight8s.com)
> The Antagonizers    (http://www.antagonizers.com/)
> The Tremors    (http://www.tremorsrockabilly.com/)
> The Shotdowns    (http://www.myspace.com/theshotdowns)
> Shoot First
> Volume 11 Tavern, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> The Dex Romweber Duo 
> (http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/dex-romweber-duo)
> Killer Filler    (http://www.myspace.com/killerfiller)
> Michael Rank    (http://www.sleazegrinder.com/teensleazehanoi.htm)
> Marc E. Smith
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> This is a CD-release party for the new Dex Romweber Duo CD, "Ruins of 
> Berlin," their first for Bloodshot Records. One perk of recording for 
> Bloodshot is that yr CD gets to feature guest appearances from Bloodshot 
> labelmates like Neko Case, Kelly Hogan and Exene Cervenk[ov]a, not to 
> mention [non-labelmate but] longtime fan Chan Marshall.
>
> None of whom, presumably, will be in attendance tonight, which is all 
> right, because when it comes to Dexter Romweber, 2 people onstage is all 
> you need, especially when the 2nd is Dex's sister Sara (Let's Active, 
> Snatches of Pink) on drums.
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> The Nothing Noise    (http://www.myspace.com/thenothingnoise)
> Battle Rockets    (http://www.myspace.com/battlerockets)
> King Tut
> Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, February 14
> Chip Robinson & the Heavy Beat Outfit
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Sunday, February 15
> Love Hangover
> Pour House, Raleigh
>
> This is the 10th annual Love Hangover, in which various local singers 
> assemble into male/female duos & sing duets about anything but love (or 
> at least about its thorny backside).
>
>
>
> Monday, February 16
> Mahjongg    (http://www.arc6ery.org/)
> Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
>
>
>
> Monday, February 16
> Pink Flag    (http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc)
> Let Me Crazy    (http://www.myspace.com/lessthancrazy)
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Tuesday, February 17
> Born Empty    (http://bornempty.com)
> Marvell Building, Durham
>
>
>
> Tuesday, February 17
> The Belleville Outfit    (http://www.bellevilleoutfit.com)
> Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Tuesday, February 17
> A Rooster for the Masses    (http://www.myspace.com/aroosterforthemasses)
> Zelazowa    (http://www.myspace.com/zelazowa)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
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