RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <hepstyle AT gmail.com>]

Also, if you find yourself in or near Pittsboro Friday night, April 30, The
Kinksmen will be romping around City Tap for your enjoyment.  New songs!

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:15 AM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Thursday, April 29
> The Church    (http://www.thechurchband.com/)
> Lincoln Theater, Raleigh
>
> This is billed as "30th Anniversary Acoustic Tour 2010."
>
>
>
> Thursday, April 29
> Junior Brown    (http://www.juniorbrown.com/)
> John Howie, Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff
> (http://www.myspace.com/rosewoodbluff)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Thursday, April 29
> Evil Wiener    (http://www.evilwienerworld.com/)
> Puritan Rodeo    (http://www.thepuritanrodeoshow.blogspot.com/)
> Graveyard Fields
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> This is a CD-release show for Graveyard Fields, which is a band that
> teams up Brian Risk (a guy possibly best-known previously for his "It's
> Carrboro!" rap) with Pete & Andrea of Birds & Arrows, as well as some
> other folks. Andrea does the singing, so the end-result is closer to a
> much more lushly-arranged Birds & Arrows than to Brian's previous work.
>
> This is also an extraordinarily-rare appearance by Evil Weiner, who've
> nearly gotten to the point of being "Billy Sugarfix's old band." But not
> quite yet.
>
>
>
> Thursday, April 29
> A Rooster for the Masses    (http://www.myspace.com/aroosterforthemasses)
> I Was Totally Destroying It
> (http://www.reverbnation.com/iwastotallydestroyingit)
> Aminal    (http://www.myspace.com/theaminalmusic)
> Broad Street Cafe, Durham
>
> It's sometime BSC booker/soundguy Rusty Sutton's birthday, so he put
> together this lineup of a few of his favorite bands to help him celebrate.
>
>
>
> Thursday, April 29
> Simple    (http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomsimple)
> Pros & Cons
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Thursday, April 29
> The Moaners    (http://www.themoaners.com/)
> Raised By Wolves    (http://www.myspace.com/raisedbywolves1)
> Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
>
> It's the weekly Local Bands, Local Beers, tonight with the swampy
> stripped-down bloooz-grind-drone of the Moaners.
>
>
>
> Thursday, April 29
> The Toddlers    (http://www.myspace.com/thetoddlersmusic)
> Skylar    (http://www.myspace.com/skylargudasz)
> Royal Forest    (http://www.myspace.com/loxsly)
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
>
>
> Friday, April 30
> An Horse    (http://www.myspace.com/anhorse)
> Kaki King    (http://www.kakiking.com)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
>
>
> Friday, April 30
> Dead to Society    (http://www.myspace.com/deadtosociety101)
> Shoot First
> Raw Dog
> Mark Cool
> Marvell Building, Durham
>
>
>
> Friday, April 30
> Hammer No More the Fingers    (http://www.hnmtf.com)
> The Demon Beat
> Lille Bronze    (http://www.myspace.com/lillebronze)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
>
>
> Friday, April 30
> Greg Ginn & the Texas Corrugators    (http://www.myspace.com/txcorrugators
> )
> Brand New Life    (http://www.myspace.com/thebrandnewlife)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Yes, that Greg Ginn. His band currently makes some kind of odd Texan
> instrumental/jam/western-swing guitar music. I bet he'll still hit you
> over the head with his guitar if you heckle him, though.
>
>
>
> Friday, April 30
> Schooner    (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
> Lake Inferior    (http://www.myspace.com/lakeinferiormusic)
> Twin Tigers
> Gift Horse
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Schooner have regrouped after the departure of keyboardist and
> Reid's-sister Katharine, and have recently released what many folks have
> called their strongest material yet, their cytunes.org exclusive Duck
> Kee Sessions EP.
>
>
>
> Friday, April 30
> Maple Stave    (http://www.maplestave.com)
> Veronique Diabolique    (http://www.veroniquediabolique.com/)
> Jason Kutchma
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
> The Maple Stave have lately gone even further down the weird rabbit hole
> that some bands encounter when they spend a little bit too much time
> hanging out together in the practice space . . . though in their case
> it's a bit more literal.
>
> Frank, Harvey, whomever, whatever, they're still the tightest 3-piece
> post-whatever funny-time-signature rockband in town.
>
>
>
> Friday, April 30
> The Loners    (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
> The Royal Nites
> The Spring Collection
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
> This is the debut of the Spring Collection, which unites the Bleeding
> Hearts' Sam Madison with Greg Rice of the Cartridge Family in some kind
> of unholy rock-n-roll matrimony.
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 1
> Beach House    (http://www.myspace.com/beachhousemusic)
> Washed Out    (http://www.myspace.com/thebabeinthewoods)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> This show is Sold Out, but you can go stand outside & get a pretty good
> snapshot of the current state of indie-music blog readership for free.
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 1
> New Town Drunks    (http://www.newtowndrunks.com/)
> Pneurotics    (http://www.myspace.com/pneurotics)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> This has been billed as some kind of mega-rumble, a wrestling throwdown,
> a Thrilla in Chapel Hilla. I feel sadly confident when I predict,
> however, that no actual blood will be spilled.
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 1
> Inspector 22
> Josephine Foster    (http://www.100songsising.com)
> Humble Tripe    (http://www.myspace.com/shawnluby)
> The Cherry Blossoms    (http://www.myspace.com/thecherryblossomsnashville)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 1
> Big Fat Gap    (http://www.bigfatgap.com/)
> Ryan Gustafson    (http://www.myspace.com/ryangustafsonmusic)
> Mandolin Orange    (http://www.myspace.com/mandolinorange)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> This is a CD-release for Mandolin Orange.
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 1
> Fujiyama Roll    (http://www.myspace.com/fujiyamaroll)
> Where the Buffalo Roamed    (http://www.myspace.com/wherethebuffaloroamed)
> Fractal Farm    (http://www.myspace.com/fractalfarm)
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
>
>
> Saturday, May 1
> Bright Young Things
> Austin Collins
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
>
>
> Sunday, May 2
> John Harrison
> Settle, Ross & Bell
> Milltown, Carrboro
>
> 3/4ths of the amazing rockband Lud convene at Milltown to play, in their
> words, "Songs of the Great Recession and other musical numbers."
> Semi-acoustic, and presumably in that early-mid-evening timeframe that
> most Milltown shows are in.
>
>
>
> Sunday, May 2
> Chrome Plated Apostles    (http://www.demonbeach.com)
> Atomic Drops
> Jason Kutchma
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
> Fairly rare appearance from down-and-dirty Bad Checks spinoff band The
> Chrome Plated Apostles.
>
>
>
> Monday, May 3
> Dirty Little Heaters    (http://www.myspace.com/thedirtylittleheaters)
> Atomic Drops
> HOG
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
> Hog is Rich, Ryland & Noah, all formerly of Tooth, doing something a
> little different than their former band, but still heavy as hell.
>
> I don't have to explain the Dirty Little Heaters, right?
>
>
>
> Tuesday, May 4
> Future Islands    (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
> Lonnie Walker    (http://www.myspace.com/lonniewalker)
> Lower Dens
> Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
>
> Future Islands moved to Baltimore, and now they've released their first
> full-length for Thrill Jockey. Yet it seems like they still find the
> time to come home & play a local show at least once every month or two,
> god bless 'em.
>
>
>
> Tuesday, May 4
> Suckers    (http://www.myspace.com/suckerstheband)
> Local Natives    (http://www.thelocalnatives.com/home.html)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
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