RTP-area local music and culture

[Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

 Friday, July 30
Schooner    (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
The Old Ceremony    (http://www.theoldceremony.com/)
Pour House, Raleigh

The Old Ceremony have a new album coming out this September, so I'd 
think you could expect to hear some of it in their set by now.



Friday, July 30
Sinful Savage Tigers    (http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers)
The Tell    (http://www.myspace.com/thetellmusic)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Friday, July 30
Pistil    (http://myspace.com/pistilband)
Humble Tripe    (http://www.myspace.com/shawnluby)
The Big Picture
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Friday, July 30
J. Roddy Walston and The Business
The Trillions
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Saturday, July 31
The Drowning Lovers    (http://www.reverbnation.com/thedrowninglovers)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham



Saturday, July 31
Corrosion of Conformity    (http://www.corrosivecabaal.com/)
US Christmas    (http://www.uschristmas.net)
Black Tusk    (http://www.myspace.com/blacktusk)
Righteous Fool
Pour House, Raleigh

Quite a combination: one of my favorite heavy bands of my teenage years, 
Corrosion of Conformity, reunited in their now-considered-most-"classic" 
trio lineup. And one of my favorite heavy bands of right-fucking-now, 
U.S. Christmas, who write these amazing endless swirling psych epics 
that are equal parts multiple guitars, theremin/synth/violin noises, and 
the choked-off, paranoid-as-fuck yowls of frontman Nate Hall.



Saturday, July 31
Calico Haunts    (http://www.myspace.com/calicohaunts)
The Deadstring Brothers    (http://www.myspace.com/deadstringbrothers)
Whitey Morgan    (http://whiteymorgan.com/)
Rachel Koontz & The Morning After
Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh

Calico Haunts put out one of my top-3 albums of 2009, "After All," 
which, at its best, came off as some kind of unholy collaboration 
between Leonard Cohen & Crazy Horse.



Saturday, July 31
The Mountain Goats    (http://www.themountaingoats.net/)
Mount Moriah    (http://www.myspace.com/mountmoriah)
Midtown Dickens    (http://www.myspace.com/midtowndickens)
The Pinhook, Durham

This show is SOLD OUT, as it is a benefit for the damnfine local record 
label Holidays for Quince, and they sold advance tickets on their 
website. And the [solo, "classic edition"] Mountain Goats are playing. 
And it's a one-sided 12" EP release party for Mount Moriah, whose debut 
full-length will be one of your favorite albums of whatever year it 
winds up getting released in.

It appears that the Friends With Benefits folks have a limited number of 
passes that they're giving away on Twitter, so follow them 
<http://twitter.com/fwithb>.



Saturday, July 31
Aminal    (http://www.myspace.com/theaminalmusic)
Pros & Cons
Wages    (http://www.myspace.co/wageswages)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, July 31
The Bronzed Chorus    (http://www.myspace.com/thebronzedchorus)
Goodbye, Titan    (http://www.myspace.com/loudestsilenceever)
Prawn
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Sunday, August 1
Antibubbles
Cassis Orange
Good Kids Sprouting Horns
The Pinhook, Durham

This is an early (6:00 pm!) show. Cassis Orange are a catchy new mid-fi 
bedroom synth-pop outfit whose debut EP got a lot of love from WXDU DJs 
a few months back.



Monday, August 2
Boris    (http://homepage1.nifty.com/boris)
Russian Circles    (http://www.myspace.com/russiancircles)
SAADE    (http://www.myspace.com/sadesongs)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Tuesday, August 3
Black Cobra    (http://www.myspace.com/blackcobra)
Howl    (http://www.myspace.com/howlheavymetal)
HOG
Struck By Lightning    (http://www.myspace.com/struckbyfuckinglightning)
Volume 11 Tavern, Raleigh

HOG are a Durham trio who sprung from the ashes of the awesome metal 
band Tooth.



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