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  • From: Kyle Miller <kyle AT churchkeyrecords.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Durham House Shows!! - This Fri. 9/18 + Sun. 9/27
  • Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:42:02 -0400

I haven't had a chance to see them live yet (I don't think they've
made it closer than Asheville), but Thomas Function comes highly
recommended from me as well. "Celebration!" was absolutely my favorite
album of last year.

-Kyle

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Craig Powell <craigpowell AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey folks!
>
> I just wanted to send out a reminder that I'll be having a late night house
> show/Yo La Tengo after-party at my place in Durham (2702 Lawndale Ave.) this
> Friday, 9/18!
>
> Durham's own anti-folk superheroes Midtown Dickens will be playing! Make
> sure to pick up a copy of their brand new LP "Lanterns" (at Chaz's Bull City
> Records / CD Alley / Schoolkids Raleigh - or at the house show!) I guarantee
> you will not regret it!   http://myspace.com/midtowndickens
>
> Also on the bill is Box Elders, a "cave pop" band from Omaha, NE. They just
> released an amaaaazing LP of their own on Goner Records (Jay Reatard, King
> Khan & BBQ, Reigning Sound, etc.)   http://myspace.com/boxelders
>
> The party starts at 11ish and the 1st band will start approximately 45-60
> minutes after Yo La Tengo finish up over at Carolina Theatre, so you'll have
> plenty of time to get to my house if you're planning on seeing both shows
> (like me!)  The address is 2702 Lawndale Ave. (right off of Hillsborough Rd.
> near the Food Lion) only a 5 minute drive from Carolina Theatre/downtown.
> You can park curbside or at the Food Lion. I'll have some cheap beer and
> some spiked punch on hand but it won't last all night, so feel free to
> BYOB!  And please bring whatever $$ you can spare for the bands -- I
> recommend a $3-5 donation. Here's the event page -- feel free to invite
> friendly, music-loving people!
> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121562238986&index=1
>
>
> I'm also VERY excited to announce that on Sunday, 9/27 I'll have 3 of my
> favorite garage bands playing here at the house!
>
> Thomas Function are responsible for my favorite LP of 2008 - "Celebration!"
> on Alive Naturalsound, and my favorite live show of 2008 (at the inaugural
> Bamalama festival in their hometown of Hunstville, AL.)  I can't recommend
> these guys highly enough - so please do yourselves a favor and check out
> this show!!  They have a new LP coming out on Fat Possum (Black Keys,
> Wavves, etc.) next month - I got an advance copy and the new songs sound
> great! I can't wait to see them played live...
> http://myspace.com/thomasfunction
>
> Spider Bags y'all probably already know about... They're the Triangle's
> finest purveyors of Southern-style garage rock and one of the best live
> bands in NC (or anywhere!)  I'm excited to have them play here at the house
> for the first time... They have a new LP out too - "Goodbye Cruel World,
> Hello Crueler World" on Birdman Records (Howlin Rain, The Warlocks, etc.)
> that's surely gonna be one of the best local releases of the year!
> http://myspace.com/spiderbags
>
> Yussuf Jerusalem are from France and I'm pretty sure this is their first
> U.S. tour... They have an LP on the small but amazing Florida's Dying label
> that veers from black metal to psych-pop to lo-fi garage rock...I'm pretty
> intrigued/excited about this one!!  http://myspace.com/ridersofallah
>
> Since this show is on a Sunday it'll start EARLY - around 8ish - so c'mon
> out and rest assured you'll still get enough sleep to feel alright waking up
> for work/school on Monday!  I'll provide some drinks, but as per usual it's
> never a bad idea to BYOB too... I'm recommending a $4-6 donation for this
> show - all cash going to the bands!  The address once again is 2702 Lawndale
> Ave. DURHAM!
> Check out the event page here, and feel free to invite anyone who you think
> might dig the show!
> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125737751589&index=1
>
> Yrs,
> Craig Austin Layabout
> 919.632.5314
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