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  • From: andy fekete <andy.fekete AT gmail.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: stuff to do, week of July 17, 2010
  • Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:54:37 -0400

Another show of note this weekend:

This Sunday 7/25, BOAT BURNING w/ special guest guitarist Tim Carless will
be playing at FUSE in Chapel Hill.

Two sets, starting 10:00pm; Admission is free.

FUSE
403 West Rosemary Street
Chapel Hill, NC
map: http://tinyurl.com/2bs56k4

This performance is part of Boat Burnings's "LAST SUNDAYS @ FUSE" series, a
monthly celebration of / meditation on the connection between emotion and
pure musical improvisation, hosted THE LAST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH at FUSE in
downtown Chapel Hill.

BOAT BURNING - live improvisation, hard ambiance & slo-burn from Chapel Hill
NC
http://www.boatburning.com/

TIM CARLESS
http://www.myspace.com/timcarlessmusic


On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Mark Simonsen <fracas66 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Just wanted to recommend two upcoming shows:
>
> Thursday July 22nd Pourhouse in Raleigh
> Tom Maxwell and band (James Wallace, Jeff Crawford, Evans Nicholson, Mark
> Simonsen) and Roger Gupton opening.
>
> Friday July 23rd Papa Mojo's Roadhouse in Southern Durham County
> The Sundowners (featuring Ryan Gustafson, Carter Gaj, Nick Jaeger, Josh
> Moore, Jeff Crawford, James Wallace and Mark Simonsen)
>
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 6:42 PM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
> > Saturday, July 17
> > Bellafea (http://www.bellafea.com/)
> > The Curtains of Night (http://myspace.com/thecurtainsofnight)
> > Trophy Wife (http://trophywifetheband.blogspot.com/)
> > 307 Knox HQ, Durham
> >
> > This is a release party for the new Trophy Wife record, as well as a
> > celebration of 307 Knox's anniversary. It'll take place at their new HQ,
> > at 618 Foster St, just a half-block north of the Scrap Exchange. 7pm,
> > outdoors.
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 17
> > Luego (http://luegomusic.com/)
> > Brett Harris
> > Jessee's Coffee Shop, Carrboro
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 17
> > The Love Language (http://www.myspace.com/thelovelanguage)
> > Shithorse
> > The Light Pines (http://www.myspace.com/lightpines)
> > Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
> >
> > CD-release party for the new Love Language album, Libraries, which is
> > every bit as good as their first, and which seems poised to take the
> > summer by storm.
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 17
> > Red Collar (http://www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)
> > Death Becomes Even The Maiden (http://www.myspace.com/dbetm)
> > Free Electric State (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
> > The Pinhook, Durham
> >
> > The Pinhook says this is the first time that Red Collar have played
> > there, which is almost inconceivable, given how closely both entities
> > are entwined with the Durham music scene.
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 17
> > Spider Bags (http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
> > Last Year's Men (http://www.myspace.com/lastyearsmenband)
> > Fletcher (http://www.myspace.com/fletchercjohnson)
> > The Cave, Chapel Hill
> >
> > Last Year's Men are ripping up the house-show scene in Durham -- they've
> > gone from virtual unknowns to a lot of people's favorite band in the
> > space of about 7 months.
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 17
> > Juan Huevos (http://www.myspace.com/juanhuevos)
> > DJ One Duran
> > Menya (http://www.myspace.com/menyamusic)
> > Nightlight, Chapel Hill
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 17
> > Make (http://www.myspace.com/thebandmake)
> > Torch Runner (http://www.myspace.com/torchrunnernc)
> > Dickkicker (http://www.myspace.com/dickkickertlh)
> > Bleeder (http://bleeder.bandcamp.com/)
> > Reservoir, Carrboro
> >
> >
> >
> > Sunday, July 18
> > Chuck Johnson
> > Zeke Graves
> > Caboladies
> > Sam Goldberg
> > All Day Records, Carrboro
> >
> > All Day Records is a new/forthcoming record store in Carrboro, on Main
> > St, next to Acme & the OCSC. It used to be the mystery bar called Bert's
> > Smoke Shop. Chuck Johnson & Zeke Graves have both recorded many
> > different types of music under a variety of aliases; in this context,
> > they'll be playing traditional fingerstyle guitar (a la John Fahey,
> > etc).
> >
> >
> >
> > Monday, July 19
> > Left Outlet (http://www.myspace.com/leftoutlet)
> > Instead of Sleeping
> > Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
> >
> >
> >
> > Monday, July 19
> > Quitzow
> > Setting Sun
> > Reservoir, Carrboro
> >
> >
> >
> > Tuesday, July 20
> > Ben Davis + The Jetts (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/bendavis.html)
> > We Are Hex (http://www.myspace.com/wearehex)
> > Supreme Fiction (http://www.myspace.com/supremefiction)
> > Nightlight, Chapel Hill
> >
> > Ben Davis has a busy week happening, between this Tuesday-night show
> > with his current band the Jett$, and a string of shows with the reunited
> > Bats & Mice this weekend.
> >
> >
> >
> > Wednesday, July 21
> > Max Indian (http://www.myspace.com/maxindian)
> > Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham
> >
> > Max Indian are probably the most overtly pop-oriented of the Drughorse
> > Collective bands. This is the next-to-final indierock show of this
> > summer's Duke Performances Music in the Gardens series, so get your fill
> > of sunset-time music down by the lily pond while the getting's good.
> >
> >
> >
> > Wednesday, July 21
> > The Butchies (http://www.thebutchies.com/)
> > Cuntry Kings (http://www.geocities.com/nc_kings/)
> > Pink Flag (http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc)
> > Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
> >
> > This, the first Butchies show in five years or so, is also a bit of a
> > fundraiser to help frontwoman Kaia Wilson achieve her dream of playing
> > Olympic-class Ping Pong at the Gay Games in Cologne. Yes, really. Arrive
> > promptly at 7:30 when the doors open & you can challenge Kaia to a game.
> > Yes, really.
> >
> >
> >
> > Wednesday, July 21
> > Medications (http://www.myspace.com/medications)
> > I Was Totally Destroying It
> > (http://www.reverbnation.com/iwastotallydestroyingit)
> > Deleted Scenes
> > The Pinhook, Durham
> >
> >
> >
> > Wednesday, July 21
> > In the Year of the Pig (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
> > Endless Boogie (http://www.noquarter.net/bands/eb.php)
> > Nightlight, Chapel Hill
> >
> > Endless Boogie are a weird hairy NYC record-store-clerk blooz/jam/boogie
> > band. They opened for Yo La Tengo at the Carolina Theatre last year, but
> > I'll confess I got detained at dinner and missed them. Judging from the
> > expressions on the faces of the large numbers of people standing outside
> > the venue as I walked up, however, I got the impression that they
> > weren't supremely appealing to 100% of Durham Yo La Tengo fans.
> >
> > Then again, In the Year of the Pig probably wouldn't thrill 100% of the
> > Triangle's YLT fans either, but their debut album, Jamon, is one of my
> > top-5 of 2010, so there you go.
> >
> >
> >
> > Wednesday, July 21
> > Red Dons (http://www.myspace.com/reddons)
> > Southside Stranglers
> > Dios Mio (http://www.myspace.com/diosmio715)
> > Sic Sensation
> > Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
> >
> >
> >
> > Wednesday, July 21
> > Dexter Romweber (http://www.dexterromweber.com)
> > The Cave, Chapel Hill
> >
> >
> >
> > Thursday, July 22
> > Jon Shain (http://www.jonshain.com)
> > John Hiatt (http://www.johnhiatt.com/)
> > Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
> >
> > I saw John Hiatt exactly once, in the winter of '88/'89, during a
> > hellacious ice storm in Houston. He was touring to support what was, in
> > retrospect, his best album, "Slow Turning," and his backing band, as on
> > the album, was Louisiana's Goners. I don't know if it was the near-death
> > experience of getting to the show, or the surreality of the ice covering
> > everything in a city where the average wintertime temperature is like 87
> > degrees, or guitarist Sonny Landreth's endlessly inventive slide
> > playing. Regardless: it was a memorable evening.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thursday, July 22
> > Wigg Report (http://www.synchronizedswim.org)
> > Jason Kutchma
> > Joy in Red (http://www.facebook.com/joyinred)
> > The Pinhook, Durham
> >
> > The Wigg Report are so integral a part of Durham that their name is set
> > into the concrete under the bridge where I-85 crosses Club Boulevard
> > near Northgate Park. Look anywhere, far & wide, and you'll never find a
> > band more obviously in love with playing music with one another.
> >
> > Jason Kutchma is the frontman for local high-octane, 100% anthemic
> > rockers Red Collar. Joy in Red are a new-ish band with Rob from Beloved
> > Binge & Matthew from Sequoya.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thursday, July 22
> > Lake Inferior (http://www.myspace.com/lakeinferiormusic)
> > Casual Curious (http://www.myspace.com/casualcurious)
> > Hidden Cat (http://www.myspace.com/hiddencat)
> > Nightlight, Chapel Hill
> >
> >
> >
> > Thursday, July 22
> > Blag'ard (http://www.blagard.com/)
> > Lonnie Walker (http://www.myspace.com/lonniewalker)
> > The Tomahawks (http://www.myspace.com/jeffcrawfordmusic)
> > Free Electric State (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
> > Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
> >
> > Another great & varied cross-section of the local indie-rock scene, from
> > the Pavement-meets-Dylan weirdness of Lonnie Walker, to the UK overdrive
> > of Free Electric State, to the abrasive squall-rock of Blag'ard.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thursday, July 22
> > Midtown Dickens (http://www.myspace.com/midtowndickens)
> > Kid Future
> > Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
> >
> > Yet another Local Bands, Local Beers, with the shambolic antifolk of
> > Durham's Midtown Dickens & brand-new Raleigh band Kid Future.
> >
> >
> >
> > Friday, July 23
> > Fluff Chick
> > (http://www.duke.edu/~alangley/fluffchick2.htm<http://www.duke.edu/%7Ealangley/fluffchick2.htm>
> )
> > Actual Persons (Living or Dead)
> > (http://www.myspace.com/actualpersonslivingordead)
> > The Cave, Chapel Hill
> >
> > Last show ever for Fluff Chick, who trace their origins to a
> > supposed-to-be one-off pickup Rock Lotto band sometime in the last
> > millennium.
> >
> >
> >
> > Friday, July 23
> > Tres Chicas (http://www.treschicas.org/)
> > Chuck Prophet
> > Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
> >
> >
> >
> > Friday, July 23
> > Tiny Concept (http://www.myspace.com/tinyconcept)
> > Big Nuss
> > Ca$h $lave Clique (http://www.myspace.com/cashslaveclique)
> > America Reads (http://www.myspace.com/americareads)
> > Saytoothsay
> > Nightlight, Chapel Hill
> >
> >
> >
> > Friday, July 23
> > The Infamous Sugar (http://www.myspace.com/theinfamoussugar)
> > The Royal Nites
> > The Oscar Gambles
> > Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 24
> > Girls Rock NC (http://www.girlsrocknc.org/)
> > Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
> >
> > This is the annual end-of-term showcase for the [middle-school-aged]
> > girls of the Girls Rock NC summer camp. It's a weeklong program, in
> > which the girls choose instruments, form bands, and write & rehearse at
> > least one original song.
> >
> > It has been going on for so long (this is the 7th year) that some of
> > these girls are multi-year veterans, which I hope means wonderful things
> > are in store for the local music scene for years & years to come.
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 24
> > Birds & Arrows (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
> > The Stars Explode (http://www.myspace.com/thestarsexplode)
> > Jessee's Coffee Shop, Carrboro
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 24
> > Fashion Design (http://fashiondesignband.com/)
> > Local 506, Chapel Hill
> >
> > This is a reunion of the comparatively short-lived UK-influenced Chapel
> > Hill band Fashion Design. Half the band are currently living in NYC &
> > playing in Fan-Tan, so I wouldn't expect this to be an oft-repeated
> > event.
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 24
> > Mark Holland's Rhythm Force
> > (http://www.myspace.com/mhollandsrhythmforce)
> > The Cave, Chapel Hill
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 24
> > DJ Nasty Boots
> > Pykrete (http://www.bullfightparty.org/cirox/pykrete)
> > Kinoeye
> > Nightlight, Chapel Hill
> >
> > 2xLP release for Pykrete, the avant/electronic/noise/drone brainchild of
> > Chapel Hill -> Oakland ex-pat Chuck Johnson.
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, July 24
> > The Manics (http://www.myspace.com/themanicsrock)
> > Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls
> > (http://www.myspace.com/richardbacchus)
> > Cherry Case
> > Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
> >
> >
> >
> > Sunday, July 25
> > Shipwrecker (http://www.myspace.com/shipwreckermuzak)
> > WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
> >
> > Shipwrecker are sort of a "country" band, if country music were made
> > exclusively by pirates. Half-drunk, somewhat remorseful pirates. 4:00
> > p.m. at 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sunday, July 25
> > Just Friends (http://www.myspace.com/justfriendssounds)
> > Tradition (http://www.myspace.com/tradition)
> > Dirty Fist (http://www.myspace.com/dirtyfist)
> > Damnsels (http://www.myspace.com/thedamnselssecretlove)
> > The Pinhook, Durham
> >
> > This show starts at 6:00 p.m.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sunday, July 25
> > Bats and Mice (http://www.batsandmice.com/)
> > Monsonia (http://www.monsonia.com)
> > Cinemechanica (http://www.cinemechanica.com/)
> > Local 506, Chapel Hill
> >
> > Third in a short run of live dates for a reunited Bats & Mice, the
> > early-00s Lovitt Records band that included Chapel Hill's Ben Davis.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sunday, July 25
> > The Loners (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
> > The Vents (http://www.myspace.com/thevents)
> > The Ts (http://www.myspace.com/thettttt)
> > Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls
> > (http://www.myspace.com/richardbacchus)
> > Static Minds
> > Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
> >
> > Five subtly different facets of that massive beer-scented beast known as
> > Raleigh Rock.
> >
> >
> >
> > Monday, July 26
> > Wild Wild Geese (http://www.myspace.com/wildwildgeesemusic)
> > Savages (http://www.myspace.com/letsbesavages)
> > The Cave, Chapel Hill
> >
> >
> >
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