RTP-area local music and culture

[Craig Powell <craigpowell AT gmail.com>]

Hey y'all!

I'm throwing another 4th of July party at The Layabout house (taking place
ON the 4th!) this year! Since the 4th is on a Monday this year, the show
will have an EARLY START TIME - with food/hangin' at 6 PM and the 1st band
at around 7ish. Last year's 4th of July house show was one of my all-time
favorites and looking at this stacked lineup, I think this year is gonna be
just as rad!!!

The Layabout is 2702 Lawndale Ave. in Durham. There's a recommended donation
of $6 - please remember to bring paper money! Also BYOB and
BYO grill-ables (although earlybirds will get some FREE beer *and* food!)
I'll have a grill going for vegetarians/vegans and one for meat! We'll also
be setting off fireworks after the bands, so bring some of those if you've
got 'em!

and of course, we've got an AMAZING lineup of AMERICAN rock'n'roll bands!

- Chapel Hill's SPIDER BAGS (Birdman Recs.) making a return performance to
play us their punk-and-country-tinged garage rock (their 6th time playing
the house!)  http://myspace.com/spiderbags

- Chicago's MICKEY who just released an LP on HoZac Records (Dum Dum Girls,
Smith Westerns, etc.) and who have a live show that rivals Nobunny's (last
year's July 4th headliners!) on the rock-insanity-meter!
http://myspace.com/iamyour
<http://myspace.com/iamyourtrash>trash<http://myspace.com/iamyourtrash>

- BRAINBOWS, who are now officially a Durham band! and also Layabout
regulars whose mix of artpop+garagepunk keeps getting more and more amazing
each time I see 'em!  
http://brainbows.bandcamp.<http://brainbows.bandcamp.com/>
com <http://brainbows.bandcamp.com/>

- and JUST ADDED to the bill... local pyrotechnics experts/patriots/Southern
rock'n'roll gentlemen - LAST YEAR'S MEN!
http://myspace.com/lastyea<http://myspace.com/lastyearsmenband>
rsmenband <http://myspace.com/lastyearsmenband>

We'll be grilling out starting at around 6PM and the show will then start,
EARLY! Like by 7ish! so come hang out, have a beer and a hot (or soy) dog
and thoroughly enjoy yr all-American day off!!!

Here's the Facebook event if you wanna see the cool flyer and the cool kids
who RSVP'd: http://on.fb.me/iFal5u

AMERICA!!!!

yrs,
Craig Layabout

http://the-layabout.com
http://moderncountryrecords.com
http://triangleshowlist.com