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- From: Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>
- To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: stuff to do, week of October 16, 2010
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:25:20 -0400
Saturday, October 16
Greg Humphreys
Mandolin Orange (http://www.myspace.com/mandolinorange)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Saturday, October 16
Pinche Gringo (http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
Mermaids (http://www.myspace.com/mermaidsatl)
Thee Conquerors (http://www.myspace.com/theeconquerors)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
It's night two of Thee Wild Weekend garage-rock mini-fest.
Saturday, October 16
Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
Maple Stave (http://www.maplestave.com)
Lurch
The Pinhook, Durham
It's a CD-release party for the new Maple Stave album, LP One (and/or Like Rain Freezing and Thawing Between Bricks Year After Year, This House Will Come Down, which is an Achewood reference, which is awesome). It sounds like the Maple Stave. A lot.
Also on the bill, the incomparable Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan, and the post-Tooth band Lurch.
Saturday, October 16
Veelee (http://www.myspace.com/seeveelee)
Old Bricks
Cassis Orange
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
This is an album-release party for the awesome new Veelee album "Future Sight." Top-10 of the year, for sure. With their Grip Tapes compadres Old Bricks and Cassis Orange.
Saturday, October 16
The Thermals (http://www.myspace.com/thethermals)
Cymbals Eat Guitars (http://www.myspace.com/cymbalseatguitars)
Kings, Raleigh
Saturday, October 16
Black Skies (http://blackskies.us/)
Minor Stars (http://www.myspace.com/minorstars)
Systems
Motorco Music Hall, Durham
Saturday, October 16
Sisters (http://myspace.com/sisterssound)
French Miami
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
Sunday, October 17
We Are Scientists (http://www.wearescientists.com/)
Twin Tigers
Rewards (http://aaronpfenning.tumblr.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
Sunday, October 17
Light Pollution (http://www.myspace.com/lightpollution)
Prince Rama (http://www.myspace.com/princeramaofayodhya)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Sunday, October 17
Two Cow Garage (http://www.twocowgarage.com/)
The Ts (http://www.myspace.com/thettttt)
Dave Hause
Kings, Raleigh
Monday, October 18
Los Campesinos (http://www.loscampesinos.com)
Johnny Foreigner (http://johnnyforeignerband.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
Monday, October 18
Mark Edwards 50th Birthday Party (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107728212624571)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Local musicians will cover My Dad Is Dead songs. Free! Party starts at 8 pm.
Monday, October 18
Woven Bones (http://www.wovenbones.com/)
Frankie and the Outs (http://www.myspace.com/saintoftherose)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Tuesday, October 19
Simple (http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomsimple)
Fan-Tan (http://www.myspace.com/fantanrock)
The Lovetones (http://www.myspace.com/thelovetones)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Tuesday, October 19
School of Seven Bells (http://www.myspace.com/schoolofsevenbells)
Active Child (http://www.myspace.com/activechild)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Wednesday, October 20
Hurray for the Riff Raff (http://www.myspace.com/hurrayfortheriffraff)
Wildegeeses
Sam Doores and the Tumbleweeds
Johnny's, Carrboro
This is an early (6-9pm) show. Wildegeeses is a local Michael Hurley cover band featuring Zeke Graves, Will Hackney, Emily Hilliard and Charlie Hearon. The other folks are from New Orleans.
Wednesday, October 20
Doug McCombs and David Danielle
Atorvastatin
Kings, Raleigh
This is actually taking place downstairs at Neptune's. McCombs and Danielle are Tortoise people; Atorvastatin involves Crowmeat Bob.
Wednesday, October 20
Brainstorm
Jeffrey Jerusalem
Ellie Carey
Jesse Malmed
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Wednesday, October 20
Kurt Vile and the Violators (http://www.myspace.com/kurtvileofphilly)
Purling Hiss (http://www.myspace.com/purlinghiss)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Thursday, October 21
Savage Knights (http://www.retroactivedynamics.com)
Doug McCombs and David Danielle
Ash Bowie & Rob Koegler
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Night two of the quick sweep through the Triangle by McCombs & Danielle. This is the debut (or something close to that) of an as-yet-unnamed collaboration between Ash Bowie & former Noncanon drummer Rob Koegler.
Thursday, October 21
Faun Fables (http://www.myspace.com/faunfablesmyspace)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Thursday, October 21
The Love Language (http://www.myspace.com/thelovelanguage)
Veelee (http://www.myspace.com/seeveelee)
Laughing Man
Kings, Raleigh
The Love Language have been doing some hard traveling lately, so be sure to give them a hearty welcome-home hipster nod.
Thursday, October 21
Hurray for the Riff Raff (http://www.myspace.com/hurrayfortheriffraff)
Animal Alphabet
Sam Doores and the Tumbleweeds
The Pinhook, Durham
Thursday, October 21
Filthybird (http://www.myspace.com/filthybird)
Mount Moriah (http://www.myspace.com/mountmoriah)
Old Bricks
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
Local Bands, Local Beers. Side One of the not-yet-released Mount Moriah album is a damn remarkable thing.
Thursday, October 21
Aden
The Eyes of Elders
Motorco Music Hall, Durham
Friday, October 22
Goner (http://www.gonertheband.com/)
Kings, Raleigh
Friday, October 22
Guided By Voices (http://www.gbv.com/)
Sweet Apple (http://sweetapplesongs.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
This show is Sold Out, meaning you'll have to go stand outside & wait for all the people with extra tickets to roll up. I'm guessing that canceled babysitters will put a major hurt on this particular audience demographic.
Friday, October 22
Elizabeth Cook (http://www.elizabeth-cook.com/)
Jonathan Byrd (http://www.jonathanbyrd.com/)
The Casbah, Durham
Friday, October 22
Bad Checks (http://demonbeach.com/checks.htm)
Leadfoot (http://www.leadfoot.net/)
Bitter Resolve (http://www.myspace.com/bitterresolve)
Slurpeee
Pour House, Raleigh
It's an anniversary party for Jac and Lutie Cain, including a reunion of Jac's late-80s/early-90s band Slurpeee. But is Jac going to grow out his hair into that Spicoli cut he used to sport?
Friday, October 22
Fin Fang Foom (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html)
Caltrop (http://www.myspace.com/caltropband)
Ritual (http://www.myspace.com/ritualband)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Heavy + Heavy = Heavy
Friday, October 22
North Elementary (http://www.northelementary.com)
Honored Guests (http://www.thehonoredguests.com/)
Butterflies (http://www.myspace.com/butterfliesnc)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Both North Elementary and the Honored Guests have brand-new records out; I think Butterflies are due one in the next month or so as well.
Friday, October 22
Impossible Hair (http://www.myspace.com/impossiblehair)
The Spring Collection
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
Friday, October 22
Lamb Handler
River City Ransom (http://www.myspace.com/rivercityransomband)
DIVEbar, Raleigh
Saturday, October 23
Impossible Hair (http://www.myspace.com/impossiblehair)
All Day Records, Carrboro
This is a daytime (midday? afternoon? no idea) in-store with Impossible Hair.
Saturday, October 23
Railroad Earth (http://www.railroadearth.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
Saturday, October 23
The Love Language (http://www.myspace.com/thelovelanguage)
Twelve Thousand Armies (http://www.myspace.com/12000armies)
Cashes Rivers
Motorco Music Hall, Durham
The Love Language have been out on the road supporting "Libraries" for much of the past few months, so don't fault them if they look bewildered to be home.
Saturday, October 23
Spider Bags (http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
Americans in France (http://www.myspace.com/americansinfrance)
Last Year's Men (http://www.myspace.com/lastyearsmenband)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
This is a release party for the new Spider Bags 7" *and* the excellent debut album from Last Year's Men, who'll be taking my year-end award for Best New Band of 2010.
Saturday, October 23
Gray Young (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
Invasion (http://www.myspace.com/invasionmusic)
Free Electric State (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
Pour House, Raleigh
Because no weekend is complete without 3 or 4 CD release parties, this is one for Gray Young.
Saturday, October 23
Keegan DeWitt (http://www.keegandewitt.com/)
Impossible Hair (http://www.myspace.com/impossiblehair)
Brett Harris
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Saturday, October 23
Tea & Tempests (http://www.myspace.com/teatempests)
Michael and His Garden (http://www.myspace.com/michaelandhisgarden)
The Eno Mountain Boys (http://www.myspace.com/theenomountainboys)
The Pinhook, Durham
Saturday, October 23
Grand Champeen (http://mpcrow.home.texas.net/)
The Moaners (http://www.themoaners.com/)
Embarrassing Fruits (http://www.myspace.com/embarrassingfruitsband)
Kings, Raleigh
Both the Moaners and Embarrassing Fruits released new albums within the past 3 weeks or so.
Saturday, October 23
Billy Sugarfix (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/billysugarfix.htm)
Actual Persons (Living or Dead) (http://www.myspace.com/actualpersonslivingordead)
The Cave, Chapel Hill
Sunday, October 24
Secret Boyfriend (http://www.myspace.com/scrtboyfriend)
Horaflora (http://horaflora.blogspot.com/)
All Day Records, Carrboro
Release party for the new Jeff Rehnlund LP and the new Secret Boyfriend/Horaflora split. Starts "when it gets dark."
Sunday, October 24
Fake Problems (http://www.fakeproblems.com)
The Gay Blades (http://www.myspace.com/gayblades)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Sunday, October 24
Hope for a Golden Summer (http://www.hopeforagoldensummer.com/)
Midtown Dickens (http://www.myspace.com/midtowndickens)
Christy Smith (http://www.myspace.com/thetenderfruit)
The Pinhook, Durham
Christy Smith used to be half of a band called The Tender Fruit who put out one of my favorite albums of this year (and since it was primarily Christy playing guitar & singing, her solo show should be similarly awesome).
Sunday, October 24
Cheezface
Nuss (http://nuss.detournemont.net)
Comparative Anatomy (http://www.myspace.com/comparativeanatomy)
The Letdowns (http://www.myspace.com/theletdownspunk)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
Monday, October 25
The Riot Before (http://theriotbefore.com/)
Ascetic Parade (http://www.asceticparade.com)
Jason Kutchma
Red City Radio (http://www.myspace.com/redcityradio)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham
Monday, October 25
Bettie Serveert (http://www.bettieserveert.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Tuesday, October 26
Rocky Votolato
Ha Ha Tonka (http://www.myspace.com/hahatonka)
Local 506, Chapel Hill
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- stuff to do, week of October 16, 2010, Ross Grady, 10/16/2010
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