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  • From: "David J. Zielinski" <djzielin AT gmail.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Stuff to do, week of May 16, 2009 - witch hunt on friday.
  • Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 18:44:55 -0400

Hello, sorry for any confusion. The witch hunt show is actually on Friday.

BCHQ:: Friday 5/22/2009 @ 9pm :: Witch Hunt, Plague, Shards,
Kakistocracy :: Punk Show!

Best,
-Dave


On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 7:21 PM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> If you haven't already been to the Bain Project
> (http://www.bainproject.com) in Raleigh, you *need* to go. Big old
> art-deco water-treatment plant, semi-decaying, half-cleaned-out and
> turned into art-installation/performance space. It's only open one more
> day (tomorrow, Sunday 5/17) from 1-5 p.m.
>
> I took some photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossgrady/tags/bain/
>
> You can stop by on your way to or from Rebus Fest III at Rebus Works in
> Boylan Heights.
>
>
> Otherwise:
>
>
> Saturday, May 16
> Wigg Report (http://www.synchronizedswim.org)
> Virgo 9 (http://www.myspace.com/thevirgonine)
> Pink Flag (http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc)
> Roxcetera (http://www.myspace.com/roxcetera)
> Free Electric State (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
> This is a big show/fest called Pick 'n' Bitch, put together by Kim from
> Misbehaved Records, highlighting bands that aren't all-boy, and
> benefiting local woman-focused organizations including Planned
> Parenthood. The full lineup:
>
> 7:00 - Scientific Superstar
> 7:45 - Roxcetera
> 8:30 - Pistil
> 9:15 - The Wigg Report
> 10:00 - Jews and Catholics
> 10:45 - Pink Flag
> 11:30 - Free Electric State
> 12:15 - The Virgo 9
> 1:00 - Princess and the Criminals
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 16
> Here Are the Young Men
> Mr. Suit
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Members of various local bands (including some chunks of that great
> long-defunct Chapel Hill band Cold Sides) assemble to cover/tributize
> Joy Division (HATYM) and Wire (Mr. Suit).
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 16
> The Moaners (http://www.themoaners.com/)
> In the Year of the Pig (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
> The Curtains of Night (http://myspace.com/thecurtainsofnight)
> Wizzerds of Rhyme
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> This is night 2 of the weekend-long Holidays for Quince Block Party.
> Heavy blues/swamp gtr/drums duo The Moaners are the latest HFQ signees.
> http://www.holidaysforquince.com/
>
>
> Saturday, May 16
> Tres Chicas (http://www.treschicas.org/)
> Whistlestop (http://www.myspace.com/whistlestop)
> Pour House, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Sunday, May 17
> The Loners (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
> Kenny Roby's Mercy Filter (http://www.kennyroby.com)
> Dirty Little Heaters (http://www.myspace.com/thedirtylittleheaters)
> Magic Babies (http://www.myspace.com/themagicbabies)
> Tin Star
> Rebus Works, Raleigh
>
> Rebus Works is an art gallery on the corner of Boylan Heights, next to
> the bridge; in addition to being great folks with a good eye for art,
> the owners have been involved in the local music scene for literally
> decades. Periodically they have outdoor festivals in the little
> cul-de-sac in front of their gallery. Here's the info about the latest:
>
> RebusFest3 will be here in just a few days, and we hope that you can
> join us! The big party takes place on Sunday, May 17, from 1-6 p.m.
> There will be music (see the band line-up below), art, kid’s crafts,
> Locopops, beer (from Carolina Brewing Company), and food, too!
>
> MUSIC
> 1-2 / Tin Star
> 2-3 / Magic Babies
> 3-4 / Dirty Little Heaters
> 4-5 / Kenny Roby’s Mercy Filter
> 5-6 / The Loners
>
> DJ Midnite Cowbwoy will be spinning between the sets.
>
> ART: Julie Armbruster, Matthew Barton, Gabriella Corter, Captive
> Collective, Johanna Ely, Sivana Gur, Celia Gray, Abie Harris, Emily
> Soldin Howard, Curtis Krueger, Clifton May, Sonya Coulson Rook, Ronnie
> Tomany, and Lauren Turner.
>
>
>
> Sunday, May 17
> Bellafea (http://www.bellafea.com/)
> Caltrop (http://www.myspace.com/caltropband)
> Screaming Females (http://www.screamingfemales.com)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Night 3 of the Holidays for Quince Block Party, including NJ's Screaming
> Females, and HFQ mainstays Caltrop (as well as label co-owner Heather
> McEntire's Bellafea). http://www.holidaysforquince.com/
>
>
>
> Monday, May 18
> her space holiday (http://www.aiprecords.com/artists/her-bio.html)
> City Light (http://www.myspace.com/citylightproject)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Monday, May 18
> Goes Cube (http://www.myspace.com/goescube)
> Rocket Cottage
> Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Tuesday, May 19
> Teh Vodak (http://www.reverbnation.com/vodak)
> The Burning Hotels (http://www.myspace.com/theburninghotels)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Tuesday, May 19
> Blag'ard (http://www.blagard.com/)
> Wizardry (http://www.myspace.com/wizardrylives)
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Tuesday, May 19
> Goes Cube (http://www.myspace.com/goescube)
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Wednesday, May 20
> Regina Hexaphone (http://www.reginahexaphone.com)
> Tin Star
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
> This is a benefit for the Coalition to Unchain Dogs, and is an EARLY
> show. Seriously, Regina Hexaphone goes on at 7:00 p.m. Two great bands,
> on a weeknight, at a worker-friendly hour, in a nonsmoking venue with
> great beers on tap? HEAVEN.
>
>
>
> Wednesday, May 20
> Max Indian (http://www.myspace.com/maxindian)
> Floating Action (http://www.myspace.com/floatingaction)
> Pour House, Raleigh
>
> Seth Kauffman put out a pair of solo albums -- "Ting" and "Research" --
> which were great out-of-nowhere home-recorded mini-masterpieces of
> mid-fi 60s soul/ska retro-ism. Loose-limbed, full of great slack
> drumming, organ, shoop-shoop backing vocals; they were some of my
> favorite things over the past few years.
>
> For his third album, he adopted a band name, Floating Action, but still
> recorded the whole thing at home, mostly by himself. It's entirely of a
> piece with his first two albums, which is to say it's great.
>
> He *does* have a band nowadays, and they'll be playing at the Pour
> House. Seth's from the Asheville area, so he doesn't get to the Triangle
> all that often. Don't sleep on this one.
>
>
>
> Wednesday, May 20
> Mixel Pixel (http://www.mixelpixel.com/)
> The Alcazar Hotel (http://www.myspace.com/thealcazarhotel)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> I picked up the Alcazar Hotel album, Come On! Dig the Unified Theory!,
> the other day. It's popmuzik run through a heavy dirty southern
> blooz/scuzz filter. I haven't seen them yet, but if they can pull it off
> live without getting too Jon Spencery, I think we'll have a winner.
>
>
>
> Wednesday, May 20
> The Kick Ass (http://bifocalmedia.com/ourbands/thekickass.html)
> Adam's Castle
> Me You Us Them
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Thursday, May 21
> Mr Lif (http://www.mrlif.com/)
> Social Memory Complex (http://www.myspace.com/socialmemorycomplex)
> Grieves (http://www.myspace.com/grieves)
> Willie Evans Jr (http://www.myspace.com/willieev)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Thursday, May 21
> The Never (http://www.trekkyrecords.com/never.html)
> Lost in the Trees (http://www.lostinthetrees.com)
> Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
>
> This is another in the Local Bands, Local Beers series.
>
>
>
> Thursday, May 21
> Husky (http://www.huskyrock.com)
> Battle Rockets (http://www.myspace.com/battlerockets)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Thursday, May 21
> Monologue Bombs (http://www.myspace.com/themonologuebombs)
> Geisha Hit Squad
> Jeremy Gilchrist
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
> Monologue Bombs is the solo (accordion or piano & vox) project of Scott
> Phillips, who plays keyboards & sings in Goner. I like Monologue Bombs
> because it pushes Scott's excellent songwriting more to the fore.
>
>
>
> Friday, May 22
> Don Dixon (http://www.myspace.com/dondixonsmusic)
> Mitch Easter (http://www.mitcheaster.com/)
> Jew(s) & Catholic(s) (http://www.myspace.com/jewsandcatholics)
> The Garage, Winston-Salem
>
> Garage says:
>
> Revolve Music Night featuring The Making of REM's Murmur record: A
> conversation with producers Mitch Easter and Don Dixon
>
> Lyrics 101, live performance by Dixon with autographed copies of his new
> lyric book available
>
> Also:
> Mitch Easter
> Jews & Catholics
>
>
>
> Friday, May 22
> Adam Sampieri (http://www.reverbnation.com/adamsampieri)
> The Kinksmen (http://www.myspace.com/jeffhoo)
> Broad Street Cafe, Durham
>
> The Kinksmen are the Kings tribute/cover band assembled by Jeff Hart,
> who could probably lay legitimate claim to being the #1 Kinks fan in the
> Triangle.
>
>
>
> Friday, May 22
> Huguenots (http://www.myspace.com/thehuguenotsmusic)
> Rosewood Thieves (http://www.myspace.com/therosewoodthieves)
> True Womanhood
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> I wasn't sold on Huguenots before I saw 'em. Their early demos were
> Beatlesy in a prim, mannered way.
>
> Live, however, it's a whole other story. The songs are still 100%
> classic pop, but the way they fling themselves into their songs (not to
> mention all over the stage) verges on anarchy.
>
>
>
> Friday, May 22
> Gray Young (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
> I Was Totally Destroying It
> (http://www.reverbnation.com/iwastotallydestroyingit)
> Lemming Malloy (http://www.myspace.com/lemmingmalloymusic)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> The unchartedness of the current music-industry terrain is a commonplace
> by now; it has been done to death in every blog & publication in the
> land. Nevertheless, it must be invoked again, albeit briefly, as it's
> the only way to explain the existence and business plan (not to mention
> blog) of Neckbeard Records, whose showcase this is [sort of: IWTDI left
> the label recently (after releasing nothing) but is still playing the show].
>
>
>
> Friday, May 22
> Gospel Years
> The Groves
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Friday, May 22
> Colossus (http://www.myspace.com/thecolossuswillcrushyou)
> Blackholicus (http://www.myspace.com/blackholicustheband)
> Gollum (http://www.myspace.com/gollum)
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 23
> Witch Hunt
> Bull City Headquarters, Durham
>
> The website says: 'Heavy, melodic DIY punk outta Philly.'
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 23
> The Old Ceremony (http://www.theoldceremony.com/)
> The Love Language (http://www.myspace.com/thelovelanguage)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> Two local bands who've both developed quite the rabid local followings
> -- true passion, lusty singalongs, the whole package -- while still
> making smart, complex, well-played music that's radio-friendly (but only
> in that alternate universe where commercial radio loves great pop and
> doesn't suck ass). If you're the sort of person who likes to check out
> Next Big Things so you can reminisce about that one Cradle show, years
> later, you'd better jump quickly.
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 23
> The Loners (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
> Dirty Little Heaters (http://www.myspace.com/thedirtylittleheaters)
> Basalt (http://www.myspace.com/nickyisbasalt)
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
> The Loners & the Dirty Little Heaters you know about by now; only thing
> I need to add is that the DLH have become even *more* unstoppable with
> the addition of Doug White on organ. I know, it didn't seem possible.
>
> Basalt you may not know about: Singer/guitarist Nicky Trimiar was in the
> original, swirlier version of Greensboro's Mercury Birds; later on she
> was in an excellent psych/pop band called Taija Rae. Basalt is a
> gtr/drums duo, and the emphasis is again psych/pop, but stripped *way* down.
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 23
> Boxbomb
> Barbarella (www.myspace.com/barbarellach)
> En Serenade (http://www.myspace.com/enserenade)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 23
> The Bleeding Hearts (http://www.thebleedinghearts.net/home.html)
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Sunday, May 24
> Gross Ghost (http://www.myspace.com/grossghost)
> Ponytail (http://www.myspace.com/jreamteam)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Gross Ghost is the new outfit of Mike Dillon (ex-Spader).
>
>
>
> Tuesday, May 26
> Crash (http://www.myspace.com/crashkills)
> Sunset (http://www.myspace.com/lobosunset)
> The Soul Band
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
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