RTP-area local music and culture

[casey cook <americansinfrance AT gmail.com>]

*Correction*
*This show will be Monday October 26th*
Americans in France
Rooftop Vigilantes
Shithorse
@Nightlight
9:30 pm
$5

It serve as a party for the official release of the Shithorse LP Cassette:
 "They Shit Horses...Don't They"



"Sunday, October 25
Americans in France    (http://www.myspace.com/americansinfrance)
Rooftop Vigilantes    (http://www.myspace.com/rooftopvigilantes)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill"

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 1:14 PM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

>
> Sunday, October 18
> Built to Spill    (http://www.builttospill.com/)
> Disco Doom    (http://www.discodoom.net)
> Violent Soho    (http://www.violentsoho.com)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 18
> Liza Kate    (http://www.myspace.com/lizakate)
> Josh Moore    (http://www.myspace.com/joshuamoore)
> Holopaw    (http://www.myspace.com/holopaw)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 18
> Japandroids    (http://www.myspace.com/japandroids)
> Real Estate    (http://www.myspace.com/letsrockthebeach)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> The first time Vancouver's Japandroids played the Local 506, earlier
> this year, they did so on a Monday night, and drew maybe 150 people.
> This despite having released only one proper album, and that one (at the
> time) only in Canada. (Yes, it had been well-reviewed by Pitchfork --
> proof, if you needed any, of p4k's actual power)
>
> I first heard Japandroids via an MP3 I downloaded from one blog or
> another. My strategy is to download everything, throw it into a folder,
> and then listen to it on shuffle to see what sticks. Japandroids' "Young
> Hearts Spark Fire" stuck in a MAJOR way. Equal parts fuzzy, catchy, and
> driving/heavy, it turned into enough of an obsession for me that I
> tracked down the aforementioned Canadian album, Post-Nothing (since
> released in the US by Polyvinyl).
>
> Which is how *I* wound up at that Monday-night show a few months ago.
> Yes, they're a guitar-drums duo, and lord knows I've seen enough of
> those to last a lifetime, but playing on a Monday night in a strange
> town on their first tour of the US, they freaking *brought it* in a
> major way.
>
> Which is why, for the second time in 2009, I'm going to sacrifice a
> night of sleep & head to Local 506 on a school night.
>
>
>
> Monday, October 19
> Ben Davis + The Jetts    (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/bendavis.html)
> Art Brut    (http://www.artbrut.org.uk/)
> Princeton    (http://www.myspace.com/princetonmusic)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Monday, October 19
> Dolorean    (http://www.dolorean.com/)
> Deer Tick    (http://www.myspace.com/deertick)
> Holy Sons    (http://www.myspace.com/holysons)
> Christopher Denny    (http://www.myspace.com/christopherdenny)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Tuesday, October 20
> We Landed on the Moon    (http://www.welandedonthemoon.com/)
> Death to the Details    (http://www.reverbnation.com/deathtothedetails)
> Lions at Lunchtime    (http://www.reverbnation.com/lionsatlunchtime)
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
> 11:00 - Death to Details
> 10:00 - We Landed on the Moon
> 9:00 - Lions at Lunchtime
>
>
>
> Tuesday, October 20
> The Drowning Lovers    (http://www.reverbnation.com/thedrowninglovers)
> Dent May and his Magnificent Ukelele    (http://www.myspace.com/dentmay)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Tuesday, October 20
> Gray Young    (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
> Americans in France    (http://www.myspace.com/americansinfrance)
> Veelee    (http://www.myspace.com/seeveelee)
> NAPS
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
> This is part of the weeklong Cherry Bounce festival in Raleigh. No, I
> have no idea why they named a weeklong music festival after an obscure
> fruity liqueur.
>
> Americans in France put out one of the truly great albums of 2009,
> "Pretzelvania." Veelee are a chilly pop duo who manage to pull of some
> fairly intricate gtr/bass/drums/synth stuff live.
>
>
>
> Tuesday, October 20
> Crash    (http://www.myspace.com/crashkills)
> Sunset    (http://www.myspace.com/lobosunset)
> City Center    (http://www.myspace.com/citycenternyc)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Wednesday, October 21
> Port O'Brien    (http://www.myspace.com/portobrien)
> Sea Wolf    (http://www.myspace.com/seawolf)
> Sarah Lov
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Wednesday, October 21
> Worn in Red    (http://www.myspace.com/worninred)
> Death Came Down the Mountain
> (http://www.myspace.com/deathcamedownthemountain)
> Blix
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Thursday, October 22
> Gross Ghost    (http://www.myspace.com/grossghost)
> Free Electric State    (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
> The Poles
> Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
>
> This is part of the weeklong Cherry Bounce festival. Gross Ghost is a
> 3-piece Stiff-records style pop/rock band. Free Electric State also
> sport a bit of UK influence, but more in the Jesus & Mary
> Chain/Siouxie/MBV mode.
>
>
>
> Friday, October 23
> Swagger
> Death to the Details    (http://www.reverbnation.com/deathtothedetails)
> River City Ransom
> Damona Waits    (http://www.damonawaits.com/)
> Right V. Real    (http://www.rightvreal.com/)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> This is a benefit for the American Foundation For Suicide Prevention.
>
>
>
> Friday, October 23
> Clawform
> Jay Cartwright
> Jon Thompson
> James Joyce, Durham
>
> This is billed as an "evening of outlying music," and features Jay
> Cartwright (Eyes to Space, Lemming Malloy) on accordion, Jon Thompson on
> guitar & electric oud, and then Colin Booy's amazing black-metal banjo
> project Clawform
>
>
>
> Friday, October 23
> A Rooster for the Masses    (http://www.myspace.com/aroosterforthemasses)
> Colossus    (http://www.myspace.com/thecolossuswillcrushyou)
> The Ts    (http://www.myspace.com/thettttt)
> The Infamous Sugar    (http://www.myspace.com/theinfamoussugar)
> Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
>
> This is part of the Cherry Bounce festival, and is presented by the blog
> New Raleigh. A Rooster for the Masses make political dance-rock.
> Colossus are somewhere between metal band and "metal band." The Ts are a
> straight-ahead rock-and-roll band, and the Infamous Sugar is sort of
> uncategorizable. And dirty.
>
>
>
> Friday, October 23
> Dexter Romweber and the New Romans
> (http://www.myspace.com/dexterromweber)
> Bustello
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
> Dexter Romweber's New Romans are the large band assembled by his
> longtime friend & engineer Dave Schmidt in order to present Dex's music
> in a more classic/vintage "pop" format -- horns, keys, percussion,
> backing vocalists, the whole 9 yards. A definite must-see.
>
>
>
> Friday, October 23
> Reid Johnson
> Simple    (http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomsimple)
> Nathan Oliver    (http://www.nathan-oliver.com)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> This is a CD-release for the new Simple CD.
>
>
>
> Friday, October 23
> Tavo Carbone    (http://www.myspace.com/tavocarboneband)
> NAPS
> Trevor Wilson    (http://www.myspace.com/tvwilson)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Friday, October 23
> Man Will Destroy Himself
> Javelina    (http://www.myspace.com/javelinaphiladelphia)
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Saturday, October 24
> Fin Fang Foom    (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html)
> Schooner    (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
> Man Man    (http://www.wearemanman.com)
> The Hood Internet
> Raleigh Times Bar, Raleigh
>
> This is a big outdoor culminating event for the Cherry Bounce festival,
> and it's being held on a stage on the street in front of the Raleigh
> Times Bar. Here's a full lineup:
>
> 1. Peggy Sue
> 2. Schooner
> 3. Sky Larkin
> 4. The Balance
> 5. Old Avenue
> 6. Fin Fang Foom
> 7. The Hood Internet
> 8. Man Man
>
> It's not entirely clear from this listing as to when it all gets
> underway. I suppose one could assume Man Man towards midnight or so and
> then count backwards.
>
>
>
> Saturday, October 24
> The Moaners    (http://www.themoaners.com/)
> Weatherkings    (http://www.myspace.com/weatherkingsband)
> The Toddlers    (http://www.myspace.com/thetoddlersmusic)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, October 24
> New Town Drunks    (http://www.newtowndrunks.com/)
> Benji Hughes    (http://www.myspace.com/benjihughes)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 25
> Le Weekend    (http://www.myspace.com/leweekendleband)
> WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
>
> Le Weekend began as a sort of Audubon Park offshoot, to accomodate Matt
> Kalb's more esoteric songwriting endeavors, I guess. With the indefinite
> location-related hiatus of Audubon Park, LW has become Matt's primary
> musical outlet. Lately they're a trio, down from a peak of five, which
> has turned out to be a pretty good thing, as Matt's ideas are
> complicated enough without having to deal with all those *instruments*.
> Plus there's more room to focus yr attention on Bob Wall's out-and-out
> phenomenal bass playing.
>
> 4:00 p.m. 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 25
> Princess and the Criminals    (http://myspace.com/princessandthecriminals)
> TacocaT    (http://www.myspace.com/tacocattacocattacocat)
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
> TacocaT are a west-coast band whose giant smash hit "Pony" is an endless
> source of dance-party entertainment around our house. Our only worry is
> that they're probably only going to want to play it once, or at most
> twice, and it's the sort of thing that you really want to hear about 8
> times in rapid succession.
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 25
> Americans in France    (http://www.myspace.com/americansinfrance)
> Rooftop Vigilantes    (http://www.myspace.com/rooftopvigilantes)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Sunday, October 25
> Spinto Band    (http://www.spintoband.com/)
> Pepi Ginsberg    (http://www.myspace.com/pepiginsberg)
> Generationals    (http://www.myspace.com/generationals)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Monday, October 26
> Headlights    (http://www.headlightsmusic.com/)
> Shaky Hands    (http://www.myspace.com/shakyhands)
> Pomegranates    (http://www.myspace.com/pomegranatesart)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Tuesday, October 27
> The Ex-Monkeys    (http://www.myspace.com/theexmonkeys)
> James Husband    (http://www.myspace.com/jameshusband)
> Sugar and Gold    (http://www.myspace.com/sugarandgold)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> The Ex-Monkeys are a live-electronic duo who mix trip-hop beats and
> turntablism with heavy distorted guitar & bass. They used to be 2/3rds
> of Friend Side Monkey, and guitarist Ian Shannon was also in 90s
> Wifflefist bands such as BeatlesS.
>
>
>
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