RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Ridiculously overbooked weekend of shows here:


Thursday, April 22
Toro Y Moi    (http://www.myspace.com/toroymoi)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham



Thursday, April 22
The Light Pines    (http://www.myspace.com/lightpines)
Kid Future
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh

This is part of the Local Bands, Local Beers series at Tir Na nOg. The 
Light Pines just spent a year or two on semi-hiatus while several of 
them enlisted in The Love Language -- so if you saw The Love Language 
anytime in 2009, you saw part of The Light Pines.

Now they've regrouped & are back to making their own music . . . and 
Karen Mann says they're one of her fave bands of the moment.
http://mannsworld.blogspot.com/2010/04/sometimes-balcony-offers-best-view.html



Thursday, April 22
Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
The Coathangers    (http://www.myspace.com/fuckthecoathangers)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Kind of a perfect combination. Cantwell Gomez & Jordan take a combined 
55+ years of playing-in-rock-bands experience & build tight, intricate 
postpunk/skronk that can sound, to the uninitiated, like total chaos. 
Usually because it *is* total chaos, right up until the moment they lock 
back into the groove, or stop on a dime.

Atlanta's Coathangers, on the other hand, may very well be nearly as 
inept as their music suggests, which is part of the point (I think). 
Their songs are profane, at times brutal in their simplicity, and 
generally catchy as hell.



Thursday, April 22
The Curtains
Kinoeye
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, April 22
1349
Skeletonwitch    (http://www.myspace.com/skeletonwitch)
Cannibal Corpse    (http://www.myspace.com/cannibalcorpse)
Lecherous Nocturne    (http://www.myspace.com/lecherousnocturne)
Volume 11 Tavern, Raleigh



Thursday, April 22
Joe Swank and the Zen Pirates 
(http://www.myspace.com/joeswankandthezenpirates)
John Howie & the Sweethearts
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Friday, April 23
Killer Filler    (http://www.myspace.com/killerfiller)
Weisstronauts    (http://www.weissy.com/weisstronauts/)
Blood Red River    (http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver)
Eszett    (http://www.myspace.com/eszettrock)
The Guns of El Borracho    (http://thegunsofelborracho.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is Night One of the 2nd Annual Instro Summit, hosted by Killer 
Filler, assembling a huge variety of surf & other rockin' instrumental 
bands, both local & otherwise. Tonight's complete lineup:

07:30 PM - Killer Filler
08:30 PM - The Guns of El Borracho
09:30 PM - The Aqualads
10:30 PM - Blood Red River
11:30 PM - The Weisstronauts
12:30 AM - Eszett



Friday, April 23
The Old Ceremony    (http://www.theoldceremony.com/)
Benji Hughes    (http://www.myspace.com/benjihughes)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Friday, April 23
Double Negative    (http://www.myspace.com/thedoublenegative)
Grids    (http://www.myspace.com/gridsnc)
Easy Action    (http://www.myspace.com/easyaction)
The Pinhook, Durham

Double Negative make hardcore that's so chaotic, yet so undeniably tight 
& powerful, that it should really probably cease to exist in a blinding 
matter/antimatter collision. That'd be fucking RAD.



Friday, April 23
Transportation    (http://www.myspace.com/transportation)
Inspector 22
Wes Wolfe
Waumiss    (http://www.myspace.com/waumiss)
Shithorse
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

This is night one of Odessa Fest, a big weekend celebration of the 
current & future Odessa Records roster. Tonight features 70s-influenced 
(from soft-rock to glam) rockers Transportation, the jangled-nerve 
freak-folk of Inspector 22, the glitchy lo-fi stoner-pop of Waumiss, and 
the all-out Chapel Hill/Carrboro freakout supergroup Shithorse. 2011 
blog sensation Wes Wolfe opens.



Friday, April 23
Simeon    (http://www.myspace.com/simeonberkley)
Decoration Ghost
Griffanzo    (www.griffanzo.com)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham

Decoration Ghost are from Greensboro; they're a 90s-style indierock 
supergroup featuring ex-members of Kudzu Wish, Manamid & Taija Rae. 
Simeon are from the Triangle; they're *also* a 90s-style indierock 
supergroup, featuring ex-members of Mind Sirens, Bobo the Amazing 
Rubberfaced Boy, and Ruebarb.



Friday, April 23
Gray Young    (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
Mount Moriah    (http://www.myspace.com/mountmoriah)
Jew(s) & Catholic(s)    (http://www.myspace.com/jewsandcatholics)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham

This is a CD-release for the excellent new Jews & Catholics CD, Who Are? 
We Think We Are! It's a lean, edgy piece of guitar-driven indie-rock, 
set apart by Alanna Meltzer's upright bass & Eddie Garcia's 
organic-sounding drum-machine programs. (The classic loud-and-crisp 
Mitch Easter production job doesn't hurt either.)



Friday, April 23
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone 
(http://www.tomlab.com/front/index.php?action=artist_detail&artist_id=4)
Cassis Orange
Magical Beautiful    (http://www.myspace.com/magicalbeautiful)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Cassis Orange is the new-ish project from peripatetic UNC grad Autumn 
Ehinger. It's low-fi bedroom keyboard-pop with some really nice beats & 
textures. Here's a cool (and kinda goofy) video interview with her from 
WRAL's website. http://www.wral.com/entertainment/video/7341392/



Friday, April 23
Hearts and Daggers    (http://www.heartsanddaggers.com/ )
Malamondos    (http://www.malamondos.com/)
Pinche Gringo    (http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh

Garage-rock from Pinche Gringo & Malamondos, plus cowpunk courtesy of 
Hearts & Daggers, who recently released their first full-length, And 
Then There Was Dust ...



Friday, April 23
The Infamous Sugar    (http://www.myspace.com/theinfamoussugar)
Rocket Cottage
Torpor
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Saturday, April 24
X-Rayons    (http://home.nc.rr.com/mnick/xrayonshome.html)
The Surge    (http://www.myspace.com/thesurgeinstro)
Atomic Mosquitos    (http://www.myspace.com/atomicmosquitos)
The Mystery Men    (http://www.myspace.com/themysterymenofsurf)
9th Wave    (http://www.9thwavesurf.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is night 2 of the Instro Summit, assembled by the fine folks in 
Killer Filler. Here's the full lineup:

07:30 PM - The Mystery Men?
08:30 PM - The Surge
09:30 PM - 9th Wave
10:30 PM - The X-Rayons reunion
11:30 PM - Atomic Mosquitos
12:30 AM -Phatlynx's Link Wray jam session



Saturday, April 24
Bellafea    (http://www.bellafea.com/)
Red Collar    (http://www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
Lonnie Walker    (http://www.myspace.com/lonniewalker)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham

Semester-ending blowout at the Duke Coffeehouse, featuring the rare 
pan-Triangle bill: spastic, brilliant, Dylan-meets-Pavement indie-rock 
from Raleigh's Lonnie Walker; churning, roiling postpunk from Chapel 
Hill's Bellafea; and shout-along, know-every-word anthemic barroom 
punk/rock from Durham favorites Red Collar.



Saturday, April 24
Kingsbury Manx    (http://www.thekingsburymanx.com/)
Michael Holland    (http://www.bigjohnsrecords.com)
Americans in France    (http://www.myspace.com/americansinfrance)
Wild Wild Geese    (http://www.myspace.com/wildwildgeesemusic)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

This is Night Two of Odessa Fest, a celebration of the Odessa Records 
roster. Tonight it's the label's anchors, Kingsbury Manx and Americans 
in France, along with supergroup Wild Wild Geese, and longtime local 
mainstay Michael Holland.



Saturday, April 24
The Invisible Hand    (http://www.myspace.com/adamsmith)
Whatever Brains    (http://www.myspace.com/whateverbrains)
Gross Ghost    (http://www.myspace.com/grossghost)
The Alphabet
Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh

Whatever Brains have just released their third 7", and it's every bit as 
great as their first two. Fuzzed out to the point of total overload, it 
takes a few seconds before your ear catches the mighty, unstoppable pop 
hooks circulating down there below all the scuzz & noise.



Saturday, April 24
Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies 
(http://www.myspace.com/violetvectorandthelovelylovelies)
Huguenots    (http://www.myspace.com/thehuguenotsmusic)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

This is Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies' LAST SHOW EVER. Last chance 
to hear their exuberant, bell-heavy cross between girl-group pop and 
heavy-psych freakout.



Saturday, April 24
Hearts and Daggers    (http://www.heartsanddaggers.com/ )
The Tremors    (http://www.tremorsrockabilly.com/)
Destroyed Tradition    (http://destroyedtradition.com)
The Dirty South Revolutionaries 
(http://www.myspace.com/thedirtysouthrevolutionaries)
Shoot First
Volume 11 Tavern, Raleigh

In what's becoming an annual tradition, it's Volume 11's 2nd "Punks Vs. 
Greasers" show.



Saturday, April 24
Chip Robinson
Kasey Anderson
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Sunday, April 25
Free Electric State    (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham

Free Electric State have just released their debut album, "Caress," on 
Durham label Churchkey Records. It's a massive slab of UK-influenced 
overdriven guitar-pop, blown into the stratosphere by bassist Shirlé 
Hale Koslowski's rich, distinctive vocals.

Tune in at 4:00 p.m., at 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.



Sunday, April 25
Jaafar
The Noseriders    (http://www.myspace.com/thenoseriders)
The Atom Bumz    (http://www.myspace.com/atombumz)
The Krektones    (http://www.myspace.com/krektones)
Daikaiju    (http://www.myspace.com/daikaiju)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

Night THREE of the Instro Summit. Your lineup:

07:00 PM - The Atom Bumz
08:00 PM - Jaafar!
09:00 PM - The Noseriders
10:00 PM - The Krektones
11:00 PM - Daikaiju



Sunday, April 25
Hiss Golden Messenger
Viking Moses    (http://www.myspace.com/vikingmoses)
Golden Ghost    (http://www.myspace.com/heygoldenghost)
2702 Lawndale, Durham

It's another house show at 2702 Lawndale. This one features Missouri's 
Viking Moses (aka Brendon Massei), NYC's Golden Ghost (aka Laura Goetz), 
and NC's Hiss Golden Messenger (aka MC Taylor).



Sunday, April 25
Embarrassing Fruits    (http://www.myspace.com/embarrassingfruitsband)
These United States    (http://www.theseunitedstates.net)
The Last Track    (http://www.myspace.com/thelasttrack)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Monday, April 26
Soundpainting Orchestra
Central Park, Durham

Here's what it says in the Facebook event:

"Take it to the bridge"
We WILL play the bridge.

And that's all it says.



Monday, April 26
Quasi    (http://www.uprecords.com/artists/quasi/)
Let's Wrestle    (http://www.myspace.com/letsfuckingwrestle)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

The new Quasi album, American Gong, is a hugely fun record. They began 
life in the 90s as a keyboard/drums duo (refresher: drummer Janet Weiss 
was also in Sleater-Kinney), but for the past few years they've had a 
bassist, and singer Sam Coomes has switched between organ and Neil 
Young-meets-Thurston Moore electric guitar. American Gong is their first 
record with bassist Joanna Bolme, and it's a joyous mix of overblown 
dirty guitar rock, and ever so slightly more introspective psychedelia, 
that reminds me a bit of Flaming Lips, in a good way.



Monday, April 26
Owen Pallett    (http://www.myspace.com/owenpallettmusic)
Snowblink    (http://www.myspace.com/snowblink)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Owen Pallett used to record and tour as Final Fantasy.



Tuesday, April 27
Mandolin Orange    (http://www.myspace.com/mandolinorange)
Jim Brantley
Broad Street Cafe, Durham

This is the latest installment of the Public Nudity Songwriters Night, 
hosted by Greg Humphreys. Mandolin Orange are a young acoustic duo 
who've been getting a lot of attention lately. Jim Brantley is one of 
the masterminds behind the Durham rockband Bull City; he's getting ready 
to move to California, so check him out while you can.



Tuesday, April 27
Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes
Bess Rogers    (http://www.myspace.com/bessrogers)
Lelia Broussard    (http://www.myspace.com/leliabroussard)
The Pinhook, Durham

Justin Robinson is one-third of the Carolina Chocolate Drops.



Tuesday, April 27
Zeke Graves
The Cellar Seas    (http://www.myspace.com/thecellarseas)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, April 27
Amon Amarth    (http://www.myspace.com/amonamarth)
Tyr    (http://www.myspace.com/tyr1)
Holy Grail    (http://www.myspace.com/holygrail)
Pandah    (http://www.myspace.com/pandahmetal)
Volume 11 Tavern, Raleigh



Tuesday, April 27
Juan Huevos    (http://www.myspace.com/juanhuevos)
Bermuda Triangles
Dunbar and Santiago
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



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