RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Tuesday, December 8
Americans in France    (http://www.myspace.com/americansinfrance)
A Sunny Day in Glasgow    (http://asunnydayinglasgow.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

A Sunny Day in Glasgow are not, in fact, Scottish. They're from 
Philadelphia. Don't hold that against them.

Americans in France put out one of the great albums of 2009, their 
debut, Pretzelvania.



Wednesday, December 9
New Town Drunks    (http://www.newtowndrunks.com/)
Tenderhooks    (http://www.myspace.com/tenderhooks)
The Pinhook, Durham



Wednesday, December 9
Bill Callahan    (http://www.myspace.com/toomuchtolove)
Lights    (http://www.myspace.com/lightsmakemusic)
Neal Morgan    (http://www.myspace.com/nealmorganmusic)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, December 9
Birds & Arrows    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Delta Rae    (http://www.myspace.com/theholljesbrothers)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Thursday, December 10
Birds & Arrows    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Where the Buffalo Roamed    (http://www.myspace.com/wherethebuffaloroamed)
Lionlimb    (http://www.myspace.com/lionlimb)
The Pinhook, Durham

11:00 - Birds and Arrows
10:00 - Lionlimb
9:00 - Where the Buffalo Roamed



Thursday, December 10
Hammer No More the Fingers    (http://www.hnmtf.com)
Gift Horse
Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun 
(http://www.myspace.com/todaythemoontomorrowthesun)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh

This is the weekly Local Bands, Local Beers.



Thursday, December 10
The New Familiars    (http://www.myspace.com/fedorandguthrie)
Cornmeal    (http://www.myspace.com/cornmealinthekitchen)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, December 10
Blag'ard    (http://www.blagard.com/)
Spider Bags    (http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
John Wesley Coleman
Psychonaut    (http://www.myspace.com/psychonautband)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill





Friday, December 11
Mount Moriah    (http://www.myspace.com/mountmoriah)
The Love Language    (http://www.myspace.com/thelovelanguage)
Max Indian    (http://www.myspace.com/maxindian)
The Sundowners
The Tomahawks    (http://www.myspace.com/jeffcrawfordmusic)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

This is the Drug Horse Holiday Show & if you're not entirely clear on 
what the Drug Horse Collective is, don't worry, you're not the only one. 
It seems to involve that Max Indian - Jeff Crawford - Sundowners - 
Tomahawks axis, but beyond that I don't know. Don't know that it 
matters, either.

I'm guessing that, like the Trekky Christmas show coming up next 
Tuesday, this one will be extremely short sets of holiday-themed music, 
at least judging from the posted timing:

THE SUNDOWNERS 12:40 - 1:10
MAX INDIAN 12:05 - 12:30
RYAN GUSTAFSON 11:40 - 12:00
MOUNT MORIAH 11:20 - 11:35
THE LOVE LANGUAGE 11:00 - 11:15
THE LIGHT PINES 10:45 - 10:50
JEFF CRAWFORD 10:15 - 10:30
JOSH MOORE 9:55 - 10:10
TWEVE THOUSAND ARMIES 9:35 - 9:50
THE TOMAHAWKS 9:15 - 9:30
With Special Guest DJ STEPH RUSS



Friday, December 11
The Physics of Meaning    (http://www.thephysicsofmeaning.com/)
Perry Wright
Wild Wild Geese
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

FYI: Perry Wright used to record & play under the name The Prayers and 
Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers.



Friday, December 11
Big Fat Gap    (http://www.bigfatgap.com/)
Mandolin Orange    (http://www.myspace.com/mandolinorange)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, December 12
Luego    (http://luegomusic.com/)
Benji Hughes    (http://www.myspace.com/benjihughes)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, December 12
Birds of Avalon    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsofavalon)
Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies 
(http://www.myspace.com/violetvectorandthelovelylovelies)
The Pinhook, Durham

A perfect pairing, actually: at the same time the Birds of Avalon 
starting diving deeper into the thickets of psychedelia, the sweethearts 
of Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies recorded a second EP with a 
much harder acid-psych edge to it. They may not meet in the middle just 
yet, but they've certainly split the difference.



Saturday, December 12
Embarrassing Fruits    (http://www.myspace.com/embarrassingfruitsband)
Bambara
Reed Benjamin
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, December 12
The Ex-Monkeys    (http://www.myspace.com/theexmonkeys)
DJ Nasty Boots
Juan Huevos    (http://www.myspace.com/juanhuevos)
Andy the Doorbum
Wet Mango
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Sunday, December 13
The Cartridge Family    (http://www.cartridge-family.com/)
Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh



Sunday, December 13
Jucifer    (http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Vine/6452/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Monday, December 14
The Whigs    (http://www.thewhigs.com)
The Features    (http://www.myspace.com/thefeatures)
Mean Creek    (http://www.myspace.com/meancreek)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, December 15
Dexter Romweber    (http://www.dexterromweber.com)
des_ark    (http://www.des-ark.org)
The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra 
(http://www.trekkyrecords.com/xmasfront.html)
Whatever Brains    (http://www.myspace.com/whateverbrains)
Veelee    (http://www.myspace.com/seeveelee)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra have been hosting this annual holiday show 
at the Cradle for 4-5 years now, and every year it's the highlight of 
the season. A great mix of bands goofing it up with a mix of holiday 
classics & original winter-themed material. Here's the full lineup (not 
necessarily in order):

Hosted by Billy Sugarfix
Trekky Yuletide Orchestra
Dexter Romweber
Stuart McLamb (of The Love Language)
Des Ark
Whatever Brains
Organos
Veelee
Birds and Arrows
Mount Weather
Lonnie Walker



Tuesday, December 15
Big Hell    (http://www.myspace.com/bighell)
Cage    (http://www.myspace.com/cagekennylz)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



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