RTP-area local music and culture

[Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Wednesday, June 8
Brett Harris
The Hounds Below    (http://thehoundsbelow.bandcamp.com/)
Cowboy and Indian    (http://www.facebook.com/CowboyandIndian)
The Pinhook, Durham



Wednesday, June 8
Subscape Annex    (http://www.subscapeannex.com)
Rat Babies    (http://www.myspace.com/ratbabies)
Make    (http://www.myspace.com/thebandmake)
MUtX
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

I'm really loving Make's ability to wedge both gruff cookiemonster
death vocals & more traditional sung vocals into their music,
sometimes even in the space of a single song. Plus they're more than
heavy & loud enough to hold my attention anyway.



Wednesday, June 8
Fairweather Friends
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Thursday, June 9
Casual Curious    (http://www.myspace.com/casualcurious)
The Big Picture
Jenny Besetzt
The Pinhook, Durham



Thursday, June 9
Phil Cook and his Feat
Shedding
All Tiny Creatures    (http://alltinycreatures.com/)
Kings, Raleigh

All Tiny Creatures & Shedding are both on Hometapes, the label home of
Phil Cook's other band Megafaun.



Thursday, June 9
Birds & Arrows    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Skylar Gudasz and the Ugly Girls    (http://www.myspace.com/skylargudasz)
Bird Lips    (http://www.myspace.com/birdlipsmusic)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Friday, June 10
Tom Maxwell    (http://www.tommaxwell.com)
Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Friday, June 10
Kingsbury Manx    (http://www.thekingsburymanx.com/)
Birds & Arrows    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Kings, Raleigh

All it takes to rekindle your love affair with the Kingsbury Manx is
to put on one of their records -- any one, doesn't matter. Trust me, I
know.



Friday, June 10
Supreme Fiction    (http://www.myspace.com/supremefiction)
Jessica Long    (http://www.reverbnation.com/jessicalong)
Vess    (http://www.facebook.com/thevessband)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Friday, June 10
Beloved Binge    (http://www.myspace.com/belovedbinge)
Bad Cop    (http://www.myspace.com/badcopnashville)
2702 Lawndale, Durham

House show at the Layabout! Bring gas money for the out-of-town band,
and vegan treats for Beloved Binge.



Friday, June 10
Secular Joy
The Cave, Chapel Hill

Secular Joy was Mark & Billy from My Dad is Dead plus Rob Koegler &
Zeno Gill. Now that Zeno has moved back to Brooklyn, I'm guessing the
lineup has changed, at least slightly.



Friday, June 10
Blag'ard    (http://www.blagard.com/)
Harco
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Saturday, June 11
Django Haskins    (http://www.djangohaskins.com/)
Heather McEntire    (http://www.bellafea.com/)
Randy Bickford    (http://www.thestrugglers.org)
Lee Waters
Phil Cook and his Feat
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is an album release for the new Brice Randall Bickford album on
Trekky, his first under his own name (vs. his band the Strugglers).



Saturday, June 11
The Rosebuds    (http://www.therosebuds.com/)
Charlie the Horse
Kings, Raleigh

This is about three hot seconds away from selling out, if it hasn't
already. The new Rosebuds album, Loud Planes Fly Low, is utterly
gorgeous, by the way, and it carries an emotional intensity that their
earlier work didn't, for reasons that their bio is very upfront about
(i.e. Kelly & Ivan's breakup).



Saturday, June 11
Breaking Laces    (http://www.breakinglaces.com)
Monoslang
The Record    (http://www.thisistherecord.com/)
The Casbah, Durham



Saturday, June 11
A Rooster for the Masses    (http://www.myspace.com/aroosterforthemasses)
Wembley    (http://www.myspace.com/wembleystadium)
The Pinhook, Durham

Wembley are consistently one of the most devastatingly lovely bands in
the Triangle.



Saturday, June 11
Thao & Mirah
Led to Sea    (http://www.myspace.com/ledtosea)
Bobby    (http://www.bobbytheband.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, June 11
Orquesta GarDel
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Saturday, June 11
Ear Pwr    (http://www.myspace.com/earpwr)
Sagan Youth Boys    (http://lmgrovllum.org/sybss.html)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Ear Pwr just released their second album on Carpark, after moving back
to Asheville from their adopted/temporary home of Baltimore. All the
songs are about trees and lakes and bushes and parks. Do they make
lightsticks in earth tones?



Saturday, June 11
Blood Red River    (http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver)
Virgo 9    (http://www.myspace.com/thevirgonine)
Fujiyama Roll    (http://www.myspace.com/fujiyamaroll)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, June 11
Secret Cities
The Spacemen
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Sunday, June 12
Last Year's Men    (http://www.myspace.com/lastyearsmenband)
WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham

Were Last Year's Men my favorite local band of 2010? Probably -- I
intentionally left my list unordered, but revisiting it now, it seems
pretty clear to me.

This is their first visit to WXDU, and given the amount of traveling
they're doing lately (just last month they played two shows with the
Reigning Sound, one in Chicago & one in Austin) it may be a while
before they're able to make a return visit.

So don't sleep on this one! 4pm at 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.



Sunday, June 12
Shipwrecker    (http://www.myspace.com/shipwreckermuzak)
Phil Cook and his Feat
Doug Paisley    (http://www.myspace.com/dougpaisley)
The Pinhook, Durham



Sunday, June 12
Mishka    (http://www.myspace.com/mishka)
Anuhea    (http://www.myspace.com/anuheajams)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Sunday, June 12
Some Army
Stanah
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh



Monday, June 13
Spirit Family Reunion    (http://www.myspace.com/spiritfamilyreunionusa)
Curtis Eller    (http://www.myspace.com/curtiseller)
The Pinhook, Durham



Monday, June 13
Jordan & the Sphinx    (http://www.myspace.com/servant4good)
Brian McGee
PJ Bond    (http://www.facebook.com/pjbondmusic)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Monday, June 13
Alberta Cross    (http://www.myspace.com/albertacross)
Cory Chisel    (http://www.myspace.com/thewanderingsons)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, June 14
Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands
(http://www.crystalbrightandthesilverhands.com/)
Yourself and the Air    (http://www.handsorganics.com/new_yata_full_002.htm)
Alessi's Ark    (http://www.alessisark.com/)
The Casbah, Durham



Tuesday, June 14
The Loners    (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
Thieves    (http://www.myspace.com/thievestildeath)
White Lung    (http://www.myspace.com/whitelungwhitelung)
Nu Sensae
Fuss
Kings, Raleigh



Tuesday, June 14
The Parlotones    (http://www.myspace.com/theparlotones)
The Daylights    (http://www.myspace.com/thedaylights)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



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