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  • From: Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: stuff to do, week of October 26, 2011
  • Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:18:30 -0400

Wednesday, October 26
Tift Merritt (http://www.tiftmerritt.com)
The Jayhawks (http://www.jayhawksofficial.com/)
Carolina Theatre, Durham

The Jayhawks have reformed with both Gary Louris and Mark Olson back in the
fold. I haven't heard the new one, Mockingbird Time, but what little I've
read said essentially "if you liked Tomorrow the Green Grass, you'll like
this one."

Since TTGG is one of the great rock albums of the 90s, I'd say that's a
reasonably good sign.



Wednesday, October 26
Goner (http://www.gonertheband.com/)
Ted Leo + Pharmacists (http://www.gernblandsten.com/ted/intro)
Pujol (http://www.myspace.com/danielluccapujol)
Kings, Raleigh

Somebody call Kings a few dozen times on Wednesday & ask them to tell you
who's playing.



Wednesday, October 26
Carolyn Wonderland (http://www.carolynwonderland.com/)
The Poison Oaks (http://thepoisonoaks.tumblr.com/)
The Casbah, Durham

Carolyn Wonderland was a wunderkind blues guitarist back in Texas when I was
in college, 20 years ago. So I'm not sure whether I'm pleased or a little
sad to see that she's still slogging it out in the midsize Wednesday-night
clubs of America, two decades on.



Wednesday, October 26
The Bamfs (http://www.facebook.com/thebamfs)
Rvivr (http://rvivr.wordpress.com/)
The Pinhook, Durham



Wednesday, October 26
Honeychile
Fresh Millions (http://freshmillions.bandcamp.com/)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, October 26
Jamie McLean Band (http://jamiemcleanband.com/)
Drunk on Crutches (http://www.reverbnation.com/drunkoncrutches)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, October 26
The Infamous Sugar (http://www.myspace.com/theinfamoussugar)
Paint Fumes (http://www.myspace.com/paintfumesnc)
The Piedmontsmen (
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Piedmontsmen/167899443264574)
DJ Lord Redbyrd (http://www.facebook.com/LordRedbyrd?ref=ts)
Slim's, Raleigh



Thursday, October 27
Primate Fiasco (http://primatefiasco.com)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

This show takes place in the MotorCo Garage & starts at 9pm.



Thursday, October 27
Ezekiel Graves (http://www.myspace.com/ezekielgraves)
Black Twig Pickers
Glenn Jones
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, October 27
The Field
Brad Cook
Kings, Raleigh

Brad Cook of Megafaun will be opening this show with a granular
synthesis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granular_synthesis>
set.



Thursday, October 27
Birds & Arrows (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands (
http://www.crystalbrightandthesilverhands.com/)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh



Thursday, October 27
Hope for Agoldensummer (http://www.hopeforagoldensummer.com/)
Anna Rose Beck
Effingham
The Pinhook, Durham



Thursday, October 27
Dylan LeBlanc (http://www.dylanleblanc.com/)
Rich Robinson (http://www.facebook.com/richrobinsonmusic)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, October 27
Pussy Mountain
Stag (http://www.snatchesofpink.com/stag/)
The Station, Carrboro



Thursday, October 27
Rio Bravo (http://www.myspace.com/riobravorock)
First Person Plural (http://www.reverbnation.com/firstpersonplural)
Mutts (http://muttsmusic.com/)
Slim's, Raleigh



Friday, October 28
Jeff Rowe (http://www.myspace.com/jeffrowemusic)
Brett Adams
One Win Choice (http://www.jumpstartrecords.com/onewinchoice/news.html)
Astpai (http://www.astpai.org/)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

This show starts at SEVEN p.m.



Friday, October 28
Spider Bags (http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
Wax Idols (http://hozacrecords.com/wax-idols)
Terry Malts (http://facebook.com/terrymalts)
Plowman
La Salamandra, Durham

Could this be a win-win-win for Durham rock-n-roll fans, the nice folks who
own La Salmandra, and the neighbors of 2702 Lawndale, aka the Layabout? We
get more rock (with Mexican food & beer!), La Salamandra gets some new
customers (seriously, I recommend the huitlacoche quesadilla), and Craig's
neighbors get some peace & quiet.

This is Craig's first show at La Salamandra -- let them all know you
appreciate it, assuming you do.



Friday, October 28
Ra Ra Riot (http://www.myspace.com/rarariot)
Delicate Steve (http://delicatesteve.com/)
Yellow Ostrich
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Friday, October 28
Humble Tripe (http://www.humbletripe.com/)
The Fooligans (http://www.myspace.com/thetruefooligans)
The Front Bottoms (http://www.facebook.com/thefrontbottoms)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Friday, October 28
S.C.O.T.S. (http://www.scots.com/)
Straight 8s (http://www.straight8s.com)
The Tremors (http://www.tremorsrockabilly.com/)
The Wiley Fosters (
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wiley-Fosters/148313531903827)
Ormon Grimsby's 3D movie
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

MotorCo kick off their weekend of Halloween festivities with Southern
Culture on the Skids, whose most recent release, Zombified, is tailor-made
for the holiday.



Friday, October 28
The Beast
YahZarah (http://www.myspace.com/yahzarah)
Zakee (http://greenowl.com/artist/zakee)
The Casbah, Durham



Friday, October 28
Adam's Castle
Wesley Wolfe
Spaghetti Western (http://www.myspace.com/theleonardcohencoverband)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Friday, October 28
Widow
Salvacion (http://www.myspace.com/salvacionrocks)
DIVEbar, Raleigh

Widow are a Raleigh metal band who remain true to the classic metal of the
80s, both the NWOBHM and Southern California strains. They're actually
pretty damn good at it -- think of them as Raleigh's Anvil, I guess.



Friday, October 28
Bobby's Fever (http://www.myspace.com/bobbysfever)
Estocada
Slim's, Raleigh



Saturday, October 29
Supersuckers (http://www.supersuckers.com/)
Reverend Horton Heat (http://www.reverendhortonheat.com/)
Dan Sartain (http://www.swamirecords.com/bands/002.html)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Saturday, October 29
Janzig (http://www.facebook.com/janzigxo)
Fanghole
Knives (
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Knives/174937729208146#!/pages/Knives/174937729208146?sk=wall
)
The Pinhook, Durham

Another giant ball of craziness brought on by the kids of Durty Durham.
Crazy-ass metal/pseudo-metal/covers-metal/etc followed by dance party
action.



Saturday, October 29
Active Child (http://www.myspace.com/activechild)
M83
Kings, Raleigh

This show is sold out, so much so that Kings was actually trying to spread
the word the other day that people should be seriously wary of out-of-town
scalpers selling faked tickets on the Internet. Watch out!



Saturday, October 29
Ani Stark (http://www.reverbnation.com/anistark)
The Chain Gang of 1974 (http://www.thechaingangof1974.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, October 29
Swordmasters of Ginaz (
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SWORDMASTERS-OF-GINAZ-aka-BATTLESTAR-CACKALACTICA/250835974932886
)
England's Plagueground
Sibannac
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

This is actually a 4-band tribute bill, with one each of the above bands
covering Nirvana, Choking Victim & Depeche Mode, as well as a pickup band
covering the queercore band Limp Wrist.



Sunday, October 30
The Moaners (http://www.themoaners.com/)
Celebration (http://www.beggars.com/us/news/?read=new-4ad-signing)
Arbouretum (http://www.myspace.com/arbouretum)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Thrill Jockey's Arbouretum are one of those bands a lot of my friends like,
and whom I've been meaning to get around to listening to, but haven't yet.
Sorry! I was gonna listen to some tonight but I got sucked back into this
awesome Hiss Golden Messenger album instead.



Sunday, October 30
Asobi Seksu (http://www.asobiseksu.com/)
Boris (http://homepage1.nifty.com/boris)
True Widow (http://www.myspace.com/truewidow)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

You'll have to make your own peace with the weird Boris collaboration EP
with Ian Astbury; in any case, as far as I know, Ian won't be at this show.



Sunday, October 30
Left Outlet (http://www.myspace.com/leftoutlet)
Whatever Brains (http://whateverbrains.bandcamp.com/)
Grohg
Kings, Raleigh

Grohg is a new heavy metal project from BJ & Stu of the Love Language, plus
a couple of other Raleigh guys. Um, yeah. In any case, Whatever Brains are
always amazing.



Sunday, October 30
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (http://www.sslyby.com/)
Trepak (http://www.myspace.com/trepaktheband)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Sunday, October 30
Transistor Zen
Of Whiskey and Blood (http://www.reverbnation.com/ofwhiskeyandblood)
B-Side Project (http://www.facebook.com/bsideproject)
The Casbah, Durham



Monday, October 31
P-90s
London Dungeon
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

London Dungeon is a pick-up band of local music veterans, including John
Ensslin and Tom Maxwell of What Peggy Wants, doing suitably gothy &
generally seasonally appropriate covers.



Monday, October 31
Clang Quartet (http://www.myspace.com/clangquartet)
Cheezface
Mecanikill
Orgavin (http://www.myspace.com/orgavin7)
Powercloud (http://www.facebook.com/POWERCLOUD)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is the "Chapel Hell Electro Halloween Ball" and the terrifying full
lineup is as follows:

12:00am Mecanikill
11:30pm Weather Machine
11:00pm Headstone Hollow
10:30pm Clang Quartet
10:00pm Cheezface
9:30pm Orgavin
9:00pm Powercloud
8:30pm Surrealia
8:00pm Baptizer
7:30pm Hendecatope
7:00pm Tesla Recoils



Monday, October 31
Zen Frisbee (
http://www.ncmusichistory.com/2006/02/zen-frisbee-crazy-steven-1994-from-cd.html
)
Shithorse
Local 506, Chapel Hill

There may be some of you who still think that Shithorse are a joke band. You
may yet be about 10% right, but the other 90% of them are a crazy awesome &
hardworking rock-n-roll band. They are TIGHT, people, and spectacular in
every sense of that word.

Zen Frisbee are also pretty spectacular, though I'm obliged to inform you
that they will NOT be recreating their 90s-era Halloween show that involved
flaming pumpkin heads.



Monday, October 31
Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes
Corn and the Colonels (http://www.reverbnation.com/cornandthecolonels)
Andrea & Pete Connolly (http://www.birdsandarrows.com/)
The Casbah, Durham



Monday, October 31
Screaming Females (http://www.screamingfemales.com)
USA Baby
Big Easy
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Monday, October 31
Astronautalis (http://www.myspace.com/astronautalis)
HaLo (http://mrbenready.tumblr.com)
Kings, Raleigh



Tuesday, November 1
Gods of Harvest (http://www.myspace.com/godsofharvest)
The Lumineers (http://www.thelumineers.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, November 2
Ron Pope (http://www.ronpopemusic.com/)
Zach Berkman
Alexis Babini
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

This show begins at 7:30 in the MotorCo Garage.



Wednesday, November 2
Scratch Acid (http://www.touchandgorecords.com/bands/band.php?id=66)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Yes, THE Scratch Acid. I no longer know what to do about reunion tours. My
firm policy used to be to avoid them at all costs, but they've simply become
too numerous to apply a single global rule to.



Wednesday, November 2
Chuck Prophet
The Casbah, Durham



Wednesday, November 2
Whatever Brains (http://whateverbrains.bandcamp.com/)
Sex Church
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, November 2
Slow Death (http://www.myspace.com/prettyboythorson)
Elway
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

The website says 11pm. On a Wednesday.



Thursday, November 3
Kaki King (http://www.kakiking.com)
ArtsCenter, Carrboro

Pretty much all I know about Kaki King is that she's a powerhouse guitarist
& is friendly enough with The Mountain Goats to have toured with them & to
have collaborated with them on a limited-edition EP, Black Pear Tree, which
was too limited for me to have heard.



Thursday, November 3
Men (http://www.myspace.com/mrandmrsmen)
Tayisha Busay (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tayisha-Busay)
The Pinhook, Durham

This show kicks off the weekend of 3rd-anniversary celebrations at The
Pinhook. MEN are the post-Le Tigre avant/queer/dance outfit of JD Samson.



Thursday, November 3
Rasputina (http://www.rasputina.com/)
Wilderness of Manitoba
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Thursday, November 3
Animal Alphabet
Pripyat
Shenandoah
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, November 3
Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds (http://sistersparrow.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, November 3
Calico Haunts (http://www.myspace.com/calicohaunts)
The Ill Family (http://www.myspace.com/theillfamily)
The Station, Carrboro

Does anyone know whatever happened to Calico Haunts in the wake of the theft
of the recorder that housed the only copy of their mostly-completed next
album? Did they start over on the same batch of songs? Write new ones?
Neither?



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