RTP-area local music and culture

[Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Wednesday, February 2
Reese McHenry
We are the Willows
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Reese McHenry is the superstar frontwoman of the Dirty Little Heaters.



Wednesday, February 2
Point Break
Rob Allen
The Casbah, Durham



Wednesday, February 2
Dreamweapon II: An Evening of Contemporary Guitar Music
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

"featuring members of Goodbye Titan, Where the Buffalo Roamed, and White 
Cascade, and special guest Peripherals (solo project of Corbie Hill of 
Where the Buffalo Roamed)"



Thursday, February 3
Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
Maple Stave    (http://www.maplestave.com)
Pink Flag    (http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc)
The Casbah, Durham

The Casbah's website says doors at 8, show at 9. If there's even a slim 
chance of that being accurate, I'll be a happy man. These are three of 
my favorite Durham bands, and catching all three *and* being home by 
midnight-ish would make me swoon a little.



Thursday, February 3
Lizh    (http://www.lizhmusic.com)
YahZarah    (http://www.myspace.com/yahzarah)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

This is a fundraiser for Spirit House. http://www.spirithouse-nc.org/

Durham's own Yahzarah put out an excellent neo-soul album, The Ballad of 
Purple St. James, last year on +FE Music, the label of The Foreign Exchange.



Thursday, February 3
919Noise Showcase
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

This month's lineup: Subscape Annex / Andras Fekete (Boat Burning) / 
Nuss / Matt Northrup (member of Casual Curious)



Thursday, February 3
Monotonix    (http://www.monotonix.com/)
Pujol    (http://www.myspace.com/danielluccapujol)
Federation X    (http://www.blingcheese.com/video-13/hatchetman.htm)
Kings, Raleigh

Last tour for a while for crazed high-energy Israeli band Monotonix, who 
are getting ready to go on some kind of child-related hiatus.



Thursday, February 3
Thieves    (http://www.myspace.com/thievestildeath)
RBT
Shards    (http://www.myspace.com/shardsnc)
Squall    (http://www.myspace.com/squallband666)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh

Local Bands, Local Beers. I listened to a little bit of the Shards' 
debut album this afternoon. It was less hyper & more mean/AmRep sounding 
than I'd expected it to be.



Thursday, February 3
Malamondos    (http://www.malamondos.com/)
Thee Dirtybeats    (http://www.myspace.com/ampsdofurnisharoom)
Los Naturales
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Garage-rock a-go-go. Los Naturales just had a single-release party for a 
new 7", so hopefully they still have some left & you can pick it up at 
the show.



Thursday, February 3
The Drowning Lovers    (http://www.reverbnation.com/thedrowninglovers)
Curtis Eller    (http://www.myspace.com/curtiseller)
The Pinhook, Durham



Friday, February 4
Bull City Metal Fest 
(http://casbahdurham.com/2010/10/frisat-feb-4-and-5-bull-city-metal-fest/)
The Casbah, Durham

This is a massive two-day affair featuring 18 bands from NC and 
elsewhere in the southeast. I'm a huge fan of many of these bands, in 
particular locals MAKE, Lurch, In the Year of the Pig (not really metal, 
but loud as hell & throbbing with an unholy energy), Monsonia, 
Horseback, US Christmas, Hog & Caltrop. Latest/greatest lineup 
cut-n-pasted from the website is as follows:

Friday:
6pm     Systems
7pm     Mortal Man
8pm     Torch Runner
9pm     MAKE
10pm    Music Hates You
11pm    Graves of Valor
12pm    Lurch

Saturday:
2pm     In the Year of the Pig
3pm     Unholy Tongues
4pm     Monsonia
5pm     Horseback
6pm     Gollum
7pm     Colossus
8pm     Sons of Tonatiuh
9pm     Royal Thunder
10pm    US Christmas
11pm    Hog
12pm    Caltrop



Friday, February 4
Gambling the Muse    (http://www.myspace.com/gamblingthemuse)
Pneurotics    (http://www.myspace.com/pneurotics)
Steph Stewart & the Boyfriends    (http://stephstewartmusic.wordpress.com/)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Friday, February 4
The Old Ceremony    (http://www.theoldceremony.com/)
Luego    (http://luegomusic.com/)
Bright Young Things
Cassis Orange
Kings, Raleigh

This is night one of the 8th Annual WKNC Double Barrel Benefit. In 
addition to recruiting some great bands, this year they'll also have a 
compilation CD available, full of new recordings that some of the KNCers 
engineered in the lobby/lounge area of Caldwell Hall there at NCSU. 
Because their station is actually too small to comfortably accommodate a 
band performing live. I know. I've tried.



Saturday, February 5
The Bronzed Chorus    (http://www.myspace.com/thebronzedchorus)
Man Ray
Lazerwolf
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

This is a matinee (seriously, 4pm, don't be late) featuring Greensboro 
instrumental power-duo the Bronzed Chorus.



Saturday, February 5
Hammer No More the Fingers    (http://www.hnmtf.com)
Yardwork    (http://www.myspace.com/wetdigitalredstorm)
Kid Future
King Mez
HaLo    (http://mrbenready.tumblr.com)
Kings, Raleigh

Night Two of the WKNC Double Barrel benefit.



Saturday, February 5
Reese McHenry
Kate Edwards    (http://www.myspace.com/defak8)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

Dirty Little Heaters frontwoman Reese McHenry continues her tour of 
Triangle taverns.



Saturday, February 5
In the Year of the Pig    (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
Last Year's Men    (http://www.myspace.com/lastyearsmenband)
Defamiliar
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

It's a birthday party for Montgomery Morris, member of Los Naturales, 
occasional Last Year's Men guest, Nightlight Trivia Host. Soft-spoken 
but rock-solid.

Note that In the Year of the Pig will have already played one 
mega-groove of a set at 2pm at the Bull City Metal Fest. Noplace to go 
but deeper.



Saturday, February 5
Cantwell, Gomez, Jordan    (http://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com)
Vibrant Green    (http://vibrantgreen.iuma.com)
Soft Company    (http://www.myspace.com/softcompany)
Antibubbles
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

This is yr second chance this week to check out one of the weirdest+best 
bands in the Triangle, Cantwell Gomez & Jordan, along with the Roxy 
Music-influenced pop of Soft Company, who're the side trip of Love 
Language keyboardist Missy Thangs.



Saturday, February 5
Wild Wild Geese    (http://www.myspace.com/wildwildgeesemusic)
Twelve Thousand Armies    (http://www.myspace.com/12000armies)
Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters    (http://dmatwd.bandcamp.com/)
The Pinhook, Durham



Sunday, February 6
Hurray for the Riff Raff    (http://www.myspace.com/hurrayfortheriffraff)
Sam Doores and the Tumbleweeds
The Pinhook, Durham



Sunday, February 6
Deerhoof    (http://deerhoof.killrockstars.com/)
Le Weekend    (http://www.myspace.com/leweekendleband)
Ben Butler & Mousepad
Kings, Raleigh

There's actually a certain spastic angular similarity between Deerhoof 
and Le Weekend. If you're going, go early enough to catch 'em & you may 
go home with a new favorite local band.



Sunday, February 6
Left Outlet    (http://www.myspace.com/leftoutlet)
Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters    (http://dmatwd.bandcamp.com/)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



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