RTP-area local music and culture

[Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Tuesday, March 15
Plume Giant    (http://www.plumegiant.com/)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Tuesday, March 15
No Eyes    (http://www.myspace.com/noeyesband)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

No Eyes are from Raleigh/Boone/Raleigh, and at least one of them is kin 
to Robert Kirkland of Arrogance. The demo they sent me sort of 
tightropes between straight college pop & something altogether darker, 
weirder & more psych. Check out Endless Sea for a good example of the 
latter. http://www.myspace.com/noeyesband/music/songs/Endless-Sea-79843927



Wednesday, March 16
The Tranny Roadshow    (http://www.trannyroadshow.org/)
Henbrain
Flavor Savers    (http://www.flavorsaversmusic.com/)
Modern Day Pinocchio    (http://www.myspace.com/moderndaypinocchio)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, March 17
Steve Reich & David Harrington: In Conversation
The Pinhook, Durham

This is an onstage conversation at 6:30 p.m. as part of the lead-up to 
the Kronos Quartet performance on Saturday of Reich's only three string 
quartets (all three written for Kronos) including the world premiere of 
his "WTC 9/11."



Thursday, March 17
The Breaks    (http://www.reverbnation.com/thebreaksofpittsboro)
The Alcazar Hotel    (http://www.myspace.com/thealcazarhotel)
Bustello    (http://www.myspace.com/bustellomusic)
Reese McHenry
Spiralfire    (http://www.reverbnation.com/spiralfire)
Kings, Raleigh

This is The Often Awesome Benefit, to support Greensboro musician Tim 
LaFollette in his struggle with ALS, and to support & promote the Often 
Awesome Army, an organization of Tim's friends that has grown to much 
more than support for Tim. They'll be screening an episode of the 
award-winning web documentary/video diary about Tim.

And, in addition to the bands listed above, there will also be a 
performance by Johnny Paul Jason & Jeff Hart, the songwriting team from 
the excellent late-80s Raleigh band The Hanks.



Thursday, March 17
SLÀINTE! Paddy's Irish Cover Band Party
The Casbah, Durham

OK, it's probably fairly obvious, but this was originally conceived to 
showcase I Was Totally Destroying It's U2 tribute project, but they 
couldn't make it, so the Casbah pressed on anyway. So you'll get THIN 
LIZZY (by Decoration Ghost), STIFF LITTLE FINGERS (by The Bastages), THE 
POGUES (Magnolia Collective) and Karaoke.



Thursday, March 17
USA Baby
Yohimbe    (http://www.myspace.com/partywithyohimbe)
Abraxis Jenks
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, March 17
Twilighter    (http://twilighter.net/)
Pros & Cons
Chapel Hill Underground, Chapel Hill



Thursday, March 17
Static Minds
The Royal Nites
Heron    (http://www.reverbnation.com/heronrock)
Reservoir, Carrboro



Friday, March 18 - Saturday, March 19
Chatham County Line    (http://www.chathamcountyline.com/)
The Casbah, Durham

Both nights of this 2-night stand are sold out, but someone always can't 
go at the last minute. For instance, I don't have tickets for this show, 
but if I did it's a safe bet I'd wind up giving them away on Twitter the 
afternoon of the show.



Friday, March 18
Straight 8s    (http://www.straight8s.com)
The Bo-Stevens    (http://www.thebostevens.com/)
Thee Dirtybeats    (http://www.myspace.com/ampsdofurnisharoom)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

It's being billed as a one-night capsule history of rock-n-roll, with 
the doghouse-bass-fueled rockabilly of the Straight 8s, the hard 
honky-tonk of the Bo-Stevens, and the 60s-vintage garage sounds of Thee 
Dirtybeats.



Friday, March 18
Once and Future Kings    (http://www.myspace.com/onceandfuturekings)
Martha Ann Motel    (http://www.myspace.com/marthaannmotel)
No Eyes    (http://www.myspace.com/noeyesband)
Hustle, Hustle, Korea!    (http://www.reverbnation.com/hustlehustlekorea)
Sam Robinson    (http://www.reverbnation.com/samrobinsonguitar)
Pour House, Raleigh



Friday, March 18
Randy Whitt    (http://www.randywhitt.com/)
Studio Gangsters    (http://www.myspace.com/studiogangsters)
Titanium Rex    (http://jackwenberg.com/)
Burke    (http://www.reverbnation.com/burkehilburn)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

All of this weekend's shows at the Cave are listed as "CAVEAID PA Party" 
which leads me to believe that the Cave's decrepit, permanently 
beer-sodden PA may have finally given up the ghost.



Friday, March 18
Kolyma    (http://www.myspace.com/kolyma)
Systems
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Saturday, March 19
Polvo    (http://www.southern.com/southern/band/POLVO/index.html)
Wild Wild Geese    (http://www.myspace.com/wildwildgeesemusic)
Free Electric State    (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
Kings, Raleigh

Polvo came flying out of the gate when they reformed, playing a series 
of innovative & incendiary shows & releasing one of the best records of 
their career, In Prism. Since then they've slowed down a little, and 
this is their first local show since the tail-end of 2009 (really? 
that's what my database says, but that can't be right, can it?)



Saturday, March 19
Kerbloki    (http://www.kerbloki.com/)
Motor Skills
Local 506, Chapel Hill

It's a reunion after a 2-3 year hiatus for local hip-hop crew Kerbloki, 
whose members have been busy opening Bowbarr and holding down the rhythm 
end of local stoner/sludge metallists Caltrop.



Saturday, March 19
Urban Sophisticates    (http://www.urbansophisticates.com/)
The Beast
Big Hell    (http://www.myspace.com/bighell)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

This is the party *after* the big afternoon/evening block party called 
Marry Durham.



Saturday, March 19
Huguenots    (http://www.myspace.com/thehuguenotsmusic)
Bright Young Things
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham

Great night for Beatlesy/Badfingery pop with an appealing scruff around 
the edges, from these two young-ish local bands (Huguenots from 
Carrboro, and Bright Young Things from Raleigh).



Saturday, March 19
Shipwrecker    (http://www.myspace.com/shipwreckermuzak)
Wembley    (http://www.myspace.com/wembleystadium)
Actual Persons (Living or Dead) 
(http://www.myspace.com/actualpersonslivingordead)
The Pinhook, Durham

EP release for the latest 4-song micro-epic from Wembley. There's no 
other band in North Carolina who sound anything like Wembley -- woozy 
yet elegant, breezy yet deeply emotionally resonant. Any year they 
manage to release a couplea songs is a good year indeed.



Saturday, March 19
Puritan Rodeo    (http://www.thepuritanrodeoshow.blogspot.com/)
Blood Red River    (http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver)
Turntable Graveyard    (http://www.reverbnation.com/turntablegraveyard)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

CAVEAID PA Party weekend continues.



Saturday, March 19
Savage Knights    (http://www.retroactivedynamics.com)
Phantascist
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Sunday, March 20
Agalloch    (http://www.myspace.com/agalloch)
Worm Ouroboros    (http://www.myspace.com/wormouroboros)
Aerial Ruin    (http://www.myspace.com/aerialruin)
Kings, Raleigh



Sunday, March 20
New Town Drunks    (http://www.newtowndrunks.com/)
Birds & Arrows    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Pinche Gringo    (http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

CAVEAID PA Party weekend crashes to a close with a buncha bangs, all in 
a row.



Monday, March 21
Minor Stars    (http://www.myspace.com/minorstars)
The Wicked Tomorrow    (http://www.thewickedtomorrow.com/)
Black Bells    (http://www.myspace.com/blackbellsband)
The Casbah, Durham



Tuesday, March 22
Reid Johnson
Actual Persons (Living or Dead) 
(http://www.myspace.com/actualpersonslivingordead)
School
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, March 22
Oberhofer    (http://www.myspace.com/oberhofermusic)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



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