RTP-area local music and culture

[Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

TOO MANY SHOWS. Did an extra 500,000 people move into the Triangle in 
the past 8 months?


Wednesday, March 23
Spirit Family Reunion    (http://www.myspace.com/spiritfamilyreunionusa)
Amor De Cosmos
The Magnolia Collective
The Pinhook, Durham



Wednesday, March 23
Double Negative    (http://www.myspace.com/thedoublenegative)
Off!    (http://www.myspace.com/off)
Trash Talk    (http://www.myspace.com/trashtalkfu)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

I watched some Off! videos on Teh Internet -- they're pretty intense for 
a bunch of old dudes. Not as intense as Raleigh's own Double Negative, 
who also happen to be a bunch of old dudes, but don't require the 
conditional.

Glenn wants you to know that Double Negative are first, Off! second, and 
Trash Talk last.



Wednesday, March 23
Big Hell    (http://www.myspace.com/bighell)
Mecanikill
Brahms    (http://brahmsband.com/)
The Casbah, Durham



Wednesday, March 23
Arbor Myst
Moon Duo
Kings, Raleigh



Wednesday, March 23
Embarrassing Fruits    (http://www.myspace.com/embarrassingfruitsband)
Carol Bui    (http://www.myspace.com/carolbui)
Tereu Tereu    (http://www.myspace.com/tereutereu)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, March 23
Caltrop    (http://www.myspace.com/caltropband)
Hull    (http://www.myspace.com/hull)
Batillus    (http://www.myspace.com/batillus)
Reservoir, Carrboro



Thursday, March 24
Firewall of Sound    (http://www.firewallofsound.com/)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Firewall of Sound is an NC-produced documentary about the current state 
(or lack thereof) of The Music Industry, featuring a mix of interviews 
with some usual suspects and some bigger names as well. This is a free 
screening & it starts at 8pm.



Thursday, March 24
Dan Peck Trio
Conspicuous Convulsion
All Day Records, Carrboro



Thursday, March 24
I Was Totally Destroying It 
(http://www.reverbnation.com/iwastotallydestroyingit)
The Future is Me
State Champion
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh



Thursday, March 24
The Joy Formidable    (http://www.myspace.com/thejoyformidable)
The Lonely Forest    (http://www.myspace.com/thelonelyforest)
Mona    (http://www.myspace.com/monatheband)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham



Thursday, March 24
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion    (http://www.sarahleeandjohnny.com)
Vetiver    (http://www.vetiverse.com)
The Pinhook, Durham

The NC '90s recontextualized in an odder-than-usual fashion: San Fran 
freak-folkers Vetiver are fronted by Andy Cabic, who is from Greensboro 
& was in scruffy '90s indie-fuzz-poppers the Raymond Brake. And Johnny 
Irion (now forever the less-famous partner of Woody's granddaughter) was 
once in the Durham pop outfit Queen Sarah Saturday.



Thursday, March 24
The Dogwood Deddy    (http://www.reverbnation.com/thedogwooddeddy)
Mipso Trio    (http://mipsomusic.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, March 24
Mecanikill
Orgavin    (http://www.myspace.com/orgavin7)
Headstone Hollow    (http://www.reverbnation.com/headstonehollow)
The Dirt Worshippers    (http://www.reverbnation.com/thedirtworshippers)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, March 24
Fujiyama Roll    (http://www.myspace.com/fujiyamaroll)
Torpor
Estocada
Kings, Raleigh



Thursday, March 24
Blag'ard    (http://www.blagard.com/)
Lollipop Factory    (http://www.myspace.com/lollipopfactory)
Mikingmihrab    (http://www.mikingmihrab.com/)
Reservoir, Carrboro



Thursday, March 24
Man Will Destroy Himself
RBT
Mutilation Rites
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Friday, March 25
Pinche Gringo    (http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
Timmy Tumble and the Tumblers    (http://myspace.com/timmytumble)
Trompo Loco    (http://reverbnation.com/thewiggreport)
The Pinhook, Durham

This is one of a series of shows booked by Craig Layabout this weekend 
to take advantage of the post-SXSW exodus of talent. Timmy Tumble is 
from out of town. Pinche Gringo is either a 1-man band or a 1-man, 
1-woman band or occasionally a 3-piece. Trompo Loco is Stephen from the 
Wigg Report going all solo on us. He'll improvise a killer birthday song 
for you.



Friday, March 25
Brand New Life    (http://www.myspace.com/thebrandnewlife)
Skylar Gudasz and the Ugly Girls    (http://www.myspace.com/skylargudasz)
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra    (http://www.myspace.com/jonathanscales)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Friday, March 25
Tim Barry    (http://www.myspace.com/timbarryrva)
Jenny Owen Youngs    (http://www.myspace.com/jennyowenyoungs)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Friday, March 25
The Bleeding Hearts    (http://www.thebleedinghearts.net/home.html)
P-90s
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Friday, March 25
Thieves    (http://www.myspace.com/thievestildeath)
Devour
Årabrot    (http://www.myspace.com/arabrot)
Wizard Rifle    (http://www.myspace.com/wizardrifle)
Kings, Raleigh



Friday, March 25
Cloudlines    (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cloudlines/127287017334676)
Hexagon
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Friday, March 25
Champion Of The Sun
Pilots    (http://myspace.com/pilotsband)
DIVEbar, Raleigh



Saturday, March 26
Countdown Quartet    (http://www.countdownq.com/)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings 
(http://www.daptonerecords.com/pages/stable_sharon.html)
Lincoln Theater, Raleigh



Saturday, March 26
Spider Bags    (http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
DJ Family Vacation    (http://1200problems.org)
Pigeons
D. Charles Speer    (http://www.myspace.com/dcharlesspeer)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

It's Nightlight's 8th Anniversary. I know, I totally can't believe it 
either. Where the hell have the past 8 years gone?

I have to confess I still miss the African Tuna, though.



Saturday, March 26
Superhumanoids    (http://www.myspace.com/superhumanoidsss)
The Pinhook, Durham

Another in this string of post-SXSW Layabout-booked rockshows. Don't 
know anything about Superhumanoids but if you pretend the show is 
actually at the Layabout I'm guessing you can figure it out.



Saturday, March 26
Systems
The Body
Whitehorse    (http://www.getonthehorse.blogspot.com/)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Yeah, it's sort of a dream come true, having a venue within walking 
distance of my house that'll book crazy-ass heavy Providence RI bands. 
Also, apparently Whitehorse are from Australia, which is, yeah, still 
kind of a novelty.



Saturday, March 26
Honored Guests    (http://www.thehonoredguests.com/)
The Pinkerton Raid
Goldenboy    (http://www.goldenboyband.com/)
The Casbah, Durham



Saturday, March 26
Fleshtones    (http://www.fleshtones.org/)
Blood Red River    (http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, March 26
Jeff Hart & The Ruins    (http://www.jeffhartweb.com/)
Sad Magazine    (http://www.reverbnation.com/sadmagazine)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, March 26
Pneurotics    (http://www.myspace.com/pneurotics)
Onward Soldiers    (http://www.myspace.com/onwardsoldiers)
Broad Street Cafe, Durham



Saturday, March 26
Suki-T
Bad Idea
The Hell No    (http://www.reverbnation.com/thehellno)
DIVEbar, Raleigh



Sunday, March 27
Richard Buckner    (http://www.richardbuckner.com/)
Sebadoh    (http://www.sebadoh.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Have I ever seen Sebadoh? You'd think it would've been inevitable but 
I'm not sure I ever did. Loved those early albums, though.

The thing about Richard Buckner is that at some point in the past 
half-dozen/dozen years he got bored with just being that 
singer-songwriter guy with the really distinctive voice, and he started 
morphing into that singer-songwriter guy who lays down massive gorgeous 
sheets of guitar noise and then scatters the songs in amongst it. I've 
absolutely loved the last couple of times I've seen him.



Sunday, March 27
Curtis Eller    (http://www.myspace.com/curtiseller)
Pearl and the Beard    (http://pearlandthebeard.com/)
The Pinhook, Durham



Sunday, March 27
Aloud
Reese McHenry
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Sunday, March 27
The Tomahawks    (http://www.myspace.com/jeffcrawfordmusic)
J. Roddy Walston and The Business
The Mike Roy Show
Kings, Raleigh



Sunday, March 27
Ron Pope    (http://www.ronpopemusic.com/)
Ari Herstand    (http://www.ariherstand.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Sunday, March 27
Gray Young    (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
NAPS
Grandchildren    (http://www.myspace.com/grandchildren)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Sunday, March 27
John Calvin    (http://www.myspace.com/thehitleristicdarwinists)
This City Defects 
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/This-City-Defects/110865557193)
Reservoir, Carrboro



Monday, March 28
Mike Watt & the Missingmen    (http://hootpage.com/hoot_missingmen2006.html)
Free Electric State    (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Monday, March 28
The Cave Singers    (http://www.myspace.com/thecavesingers)
Lia Ices
Kings, Raleigh



Monday, March 28
BIg Tree    (http://www.myspace.com/bigtreesings)
Cracker Creeptacular    (http://www.myspace.com/crackercreeptacular)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Monday, March 28
Ben Davis + The Jetts    (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/bendavis.html)
The Winter Sounds    (http://www.thewintersounds.com)
Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun 
(http://www.myspace.com/todaythemoontomorrowthesun)
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Tuesday, March 29
Pinche Gringo    (http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
Brainbows    (http://myspace.com/wearebrainbows)
Jacuzzi Boys    (http://www.myspace.com/jacuzziboys)
The Casbah, Durham

All I know about this show is that Chaz is really really excited about 
it. That's kind of all you really need to know, honestly.



Tuesday, March 29
Starfucker    (http://www.myspace.com/strfkrmusic)
Casiokids    (http://www.myspace.com/casiokids)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, March 29
The Horns of Happiness    (http://www.myspace.com/thehornsofhappiness)
Ani Stark
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, March 29
The Damnwells    (http://www.thedamnwells.com/)
Harper Blynn
Howard Jennings
Kings, Raleigh



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