RTP-area local music and culture

[Jews and Catholics <jewsandcatholics AT gmail.com>]

On Aug 3, 3:28=A0pm, montgomery.mor... AT gmail.com (Montgomery Morris)
wrote:
> *Tues 08/03* True Womanhood <http://www.myspace.com/truewomanhood>
> (DC) / Mutant
> League <http://www.myspace.com/mutantleague> (Greensboro) / The Toddlers =
/
> Hidden Cat <http://www.myspace.com/hiddencat>*
> *(Raleigh) - 9:30 PM $5
>
> DC industrial post-punk dream-pop trio True Womanhood headline this diver=
se
> night of rock and dance. Gate City synth post-punks Mutant League channel
> The Swell Maps with a lo-fi approach reminiscent of Haunted House or thos=
e
> early Art Lord tapes, good stuff. Locals, The Toddlers play a blues-tinge=
d
> indie rock with crooning swagger. DJ Hidden Cat will keep the dance floor
> popping with his electro house jams.
>
> *Thurs 08/05* 919 Noise Night- monthly showcase of experimental music, ar=
t
> and who knows what else??
>
> 9:30 PM :: $5 donation
>
> Andrew Weathers's <http://www.myspace.com/pacificbeforetiger> Quintet
> -(fresh from their triumphant take-no-prisoners nation-wide tour)
>
> Pointless Forest <http://www.myspace.com/thepointlessforestnc>- Guitar-ba=
sed
> duo-drone echoing from Hillsborough. Dark-- but with a light at the end o=
f
> the tunnel of love...which could be a freight train....
>
> Fantom Hands <http://www.myspace.com/fantomhand>- Straight Outta Clevelan=
d
> (nc). tapes (muddied), beats (mangled), melodies (misshapen)
>
> *
> *
>
> *Fri 08/06* Dirty Little
> Heaters<http://www.myspace.com/thedirtylittleheaters>/ Jews
> and Catholics <http://www.myspace.com/jewsandcatholics> / Love
> Craft<http://www.myspace.com/lovecraftnc>- 10 PM $5
>
> Anybody who's seen Reese McHenry on stage can attest to the experience of
> being back in the Big War, hearing a sarge howling over the Howitzers,
> telling you shit to do with the utmost clarity and you don't know if it's
> him or the enemy you're more scared of. Such is the reality of the Dirty
> Little Heaters, playing the raunchiest ear-bleeding capital-R ROCK and fa=
r
> be it from me if it ain't Reese you find yourself "yes, ma'am"-ing over a=
nd
> over again until their set's finished. Winston-Salem's Jews and Catholics
> make a similarly loud racket for a three-piece, and they've got that 80's
> postpunk guitar sound and pop songwriting sensibility going for them. Fel=
low
> Winstonite synth-pop romantics (and slight nutjobs) Love Craft open.
>
> *
> *
>
> *Sat 08/07 *"Take 1 at Bedtime/Wasted" Dance Performance
> <http://www.facebook.com/?sk=3Devents#%21/video/video.php?v=3D41368698894=
0...>-
> 9 PM : $5
>
> On Saturday, August 7th at 9pm, Renay Aumiller will present the danced wo=
rk
> TAKE 1 AT BEDTIME/WASTED. This evening length dance is the result of an 8
> week long residency at the Nightlight featuring five professional dancers
> from across the Triangle. Focusing on the raw and eclectic space of
> Nightlight, Aumiller's choreographed site-specific work is based around t=
he
> themes of night life and small intimate spaces.
>
> The first part of the evening, TAKE 1 AT BEDTIME, is a collaboration with
> musician extraordinaire Dave Yarwood (Devour, Antibubbles, Holy Bouquet).
> Both the movement and Yarwood's original sound composition explore impuls=
ive
> initiations of and by different layers of the body. Each dancer will inha=
bit
> various corners of dimly lit intimate spaces, inviting the audience to
> venture through various modes of visceral intent along with the dancers.
>
> WASTED, part two of the event, offers a humorous exaggeration of night
> living. Paired with pop music excerpts, Aumiller experiments with a
> vocabulary of distorted vogueing, absurd repetition, out of control rompi=
ng
> and rolling, and juxtaposed solitude. Behind every joke lies truth =96 wa=
tch
> out for the punch line.
>
> *
> *
>
> *Mon 08/09* Blag'ard <http://www.myspace.com/blagard> / Poison
> Arrows<http://www.myspace.com/thepoisonarrows>(Chiacago) - 9:30 PM $3
> Note: Chest Pains cannot play this show anymore...
>
> Poison Arrows is the groove-heavy post/minimalist-rock project from o.g. =
Don
> Caballero bassist Patrick Morris. Local 70's/90's psych-rock guitar/drum
> gods Blag'ard headline.
>
> *
> *
>
> *Tues 08/10* Savage Knights <http://www.myspace.com/savageknights> / Vamp=
ire
> Squid <http://www.myspace.com/vampiresquid> / Phantascist (CH) / Prehisto=
ric
> Horse - 9:30 PM $5
>
> Ever-newer waters flow onto those who step into the same rivers. Crowmeat
> Bob-helmed jazz-travelers Savage Knights embody that ol' chestnut about t=
he
> mutability of things, gracing these hollowed halls with death-jazz,
> life-jazz, Ethio-jazz, jazz drone, 90.7 "straight-ahead" jazz, and fusion=
s
> of said styles. Who knows what we'll get tonight? Louisville's Vampire Sq=
uid
> play a jazz-rock equally influenced by those 90's polyrhythmic dark rock
> bands and decades of out-jazz history. Phantascist is Carrboro's Boogie a=
nd
> Sara doing a drums and sax/vocal duo that sounds like Linda Sharrock jamm=
ing
> with Buddy Miles. NYC free-improv trio Prehistoric Horse will appeal to f=
ans
> of the Ambiances Magnetiques crew as they collectively undo expectations =
of
> guitar, drums, and cello.
>
> *
> *
>
> *Wed 08/11* Spermcount / Leeches of
> Lore<http://www.myspace.com/leechesoflore>/ Bitter
> Resolve <http://www.myspace.com/bitterresolve> (members of Dirty Little
> Heaters)- 9:30 PM $5
>
> Refrain from illicit drug use, quit smoking, cut down your alcohol intake=
,
> avoid processed foods, eat a diet higher in protein, avoid hot tubs and
> close-fitting underwear, exercise regularly, but particularly avoid
> exercises that may impact or strain the testicles. Why? Spermcount is bac=
k
> in town and ready to hard core fuck your shit up. Albuquerque genre-jumpi=
ng
> thrash/C&W/metalcore/wtf duo Leeches of Lore and Rob Walsh's stoner-rock
> trio Bitter Resolve open.
>
> *
> *
>
> *Thurs 08/12* Noveller <http://www.myspace.com/noveller> (members of Cold
> Cave <http://www.myspace.com/coldcave>/ Parts and Labor) /
> Horseback<http://www.myspace.com/horsebacknoise>/
> UnFact <http://www.myspace.com/unfact> (members of Jesus Lizard)::: 9:30 =
PM
> $6
>
> Here's a righteous evening of experimental guitar and bass as these two v=
ets
> of Rhys Chatham's guitar army come down for solo shows. Noveller is Sarah
> Lipstate, who's played with Cold Cave, Parts and Labor, and Carla Bozulic=
h,
> among others, and had a notable disc of textured guitar drones out on No =
Fun
> last fall. UnFact is David Wm. Sims, o.g. bassist for Scratch Acid and th=
e
> Jesus Lizard, now doing some very Chatham/Kane minimalist pieces among ot=
her
> noisier work for the bass guitar. Good and good for you. Chapel Hill's ow=
n
> Horseback will be playing a semi-rare show as the four-piece incarnation
> (Jenks/John Crouch/Nick Peterson/Nora Rogers) sandwiched between Sarah an=
d
> David. HEAVY. Rounding out the bill is Elaine Carey's guitar improv proje=
ct,
> Tonos. Certainly starting on time for this show.
>
> *
> *
>
> *Fri 08/13* CD Release Party for Alcazar
> Hotel<http://www.myspace.com/thealcazarhotel>(Grip Tapes release) /
>
> Justin Robinson (Carolina Chocolate Drops) and Mary Annettes / Birds and
> Arrows - 10 PM
>
> To celebrate their new disc, the Will Dawson (Squirrel Nut Zippers)- fron=
ted
> Alcazar Hotel bring their quirky brand of literate indie rock to the
> Nightlight. Justin Robinson's work with the string-band revivalists Carol=
ina
> Chocolate Drops is legendary; with the Mary Annettes, he continues to wor=
k
> within the early-American music framework but also incorporates sounds of
> New Orleans jazz, cabaret, and traditional European styles. Local duo Bir=
ds
> and Arrows bring two of the best singing voices in town back to the
> Nightlight for their indie-Americana pop stylings.
>
> *
> *
>
> *Sat 08/14* Danny Mason and the Fuse Band featuring Lizh / Lizh / aden
> darity (Durham) - 9:30 PM $5
>
> Nightlight Bar & Club
> 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St.
> Chapel Hill, NC 27516
> (919) 960.6101http://www.nightlightclub.com
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Jews and Catholics are a two piece, just sayin! Although our drum
machine has a lot of personality, so maybe we are a three piece?
-eddie