RTP-area local music and culture

[Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

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?



Friday, November 4
Fitz and the Tantrums    (http://fitzandthetantrums.com/)
Walk the Moon    (http://walkthemoonband.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Friday, November 4
Melt-Banana    (http://www.southern.com/southern/band/MELTB/)
Remora    (http://www.silbermedia.com/remora/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Melt-Banana are always insanely fun. Period. Their insane noise-bursts with
singer Yasuko Onuki's rapid-fire singsong vocals overtop explode into 4-D
in a live context.



Friday, November 4
Crystal Antlers    (http://www.myspace.com/crystalantlers)
Free Electric State    (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
Old Bricks
The Pinhook, Durham

Old Bricks have a brand new record out, "City Lights," which sounds a fair
bit like their first record, only maybe moreso.

This is the 2nd day of the big Pinhook 3rd-anniversary weekend celebration
(and also the ongoing celebration of them reaching their $15,000
Kickstarter goal to revamp their stage & PA).



Friday, November 4
Bad Checks    (http://demonbeach.com/checks.htm)
Leadfoot    (http://www.leadfoot.net/)
Hank Sinatra    (http://www.hank-sinatra.com/)
The Ts    (http://www.myspace.com/thettttt)
Pour House, Raleigh

The Bad Checks are still one of the rowdiest & most memorable garage-rock
bands around, 25+ years on down the line.



Friday, November 4
On The Take    (http://www.myspace.com/onthetakeband)
The Evil Tenors    (http://www.myspace.com/theeviltenors)
Joe Norkus    (http://www.myspace.com/joenorkus)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

On the Take are an Asheville new-wave/noisepop/garage band who would
probably make the perfect aperitif before the Melt-Banana show.



Friday, November 4
Matt Hires
Rachel Platten    (http://www.rachelplatten.com/)
Alexander and the Grapes    (
http://grapes.bandcamp.com/album/alexander-the-grapes)
The Casbah, Durham



Friday, November 4
MC Frontalot    (http://www.frontalot.com/)
Juan Huevos    (http://www.myspace.com/juanhuevos)
Brandon Patton    (http://www.brandonpatton.com)
Thought Criminals
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Saturday, November 5
In the Year of the Pig    (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
Make    (http://www.myspace.com/thebandmake)
HOG    (http://www.myspace.com/hoggnogg)
The Casbah, Durham

This is an EARLY show -- the plan is to start no later than 8:30, and to
have all three bands play short sets, so that the whole thing will be over
around 10:15. Then everyone can abandon ship & jet over to MotorCo for the
Lurch/Torche show.

Oh yeah, this is a CD-release for the new Make album, Trephine.



Saturday, November 5
The Beets    (http://myspace.com/thebeetsbeat)
Christmas    (http://christmas.bandcamp.com/)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham

Not to be confused with the Teen-Beets, a rockin' garage-rock band from
Winston-Salem in the 60s. Check out that dyed
hair!<http://www.garagehangover.com/?q=TeenBeets>
.



Saturday, November 5
Organos
Javelin    (http://www.myspace.com/hotjamzofjavelin)
The Pinhook, Durham

Part of the Pinhook's 3rd-anniversary weekend of mega-shows.



Saturday, November 5
Part Chimp
Torche    (http://www.myspace.com/Torche)
Lurch    (http://www.reverbnation.com/lurchdurham)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

This show is theoretically intended to start shortly after the Make
CD-release party at the Casbah has ended, enabling all the Durham
metalheads to make it to both shows.



Saturday, November 5
Holy Ghost Tent Revival    (http://www.myspace.com/hgtr)
Onward Soldiers    (http://www.myspace.com/onwardsoldiers)
Tin Can Sailor
Pour House, Raleigh



Saturday, November 5
Shark Quest    (http://www.mrg2000.com/merge/bio.html?id=sharkquest)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is listed as Shark Quest with "super special guest" but seriously,
anytime Shark Quest plays it's already super-special.



Sunday, November 6
Reese McHenry
Todd Warner    (http://www.reverbnation.com/themercators)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

This is the Bloody Brunch so it'll get underway around 1:30 or so. The
other night Reese showed me her pacemaker scar. SO HARDCORE.



Sunday, November 6
Katastrophe    (http://www.katastropherap.com/)
Athens Boys Choir    (http://www.myspace.com/athensboyschoir)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham



Sunday, November 6
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue    (http://tromboneshorty.com/)
Kids These Days    (http://www.facebook.com/kidsthesedaysband)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Sunday, November 6
Noncanon    (http://www.myspace.com/noncanon)
Oulipo    (http://oulipo.bandcamp.com)
Ladies Auxiliary
Kings, Raleigh

Noncanon = Daniel Vaughn, who is back in town after a stint living in
Philadelphia. Noncanon used to be Danny & one Mr. Rob Koegler on drums, but
last I heard it's currently just Danny & probably that string of bells he
ties around his ankle. Total mindblown out-there blues-raga-electric-guitar
jams with singing.



Sunday, November 6
Mister Heavenly    (http://www.misterheavenly.com/)
Mr. Dream    (http://mrdreamland.us/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Sunday, November 6
Dirty Names
Slim's, Raleigh



Monday, November 7
Secret Boyfriend    (http://www.myspace.com/scrtboyfriend)
AIDS Wolf
Unicorn Hard-On
Tooth Ache
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, November 8
Caitlin Rose    (http://www.thecaitlinrose.com/)
Hayes Carll    (http://www.hayescarll.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Tuesday, November 8
The Coathangers    (http://www.myspace.com/fuckthecoathangers)
Girl in a Coma    (http://girlinacoma.com/)
Brothers of Brazil    (http://brothersofbrazil.uol.com.br/punkanova/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Atlanta's Coathangers put out an amazingly dirty-mouthed & incredibly
catchy garage-punk debut a few years back, and then followed it with a
couple of slightly less amazing releases. Still, their all-woman
keyboard-fueled shriek-and-roll is totally made for a live setting.



Tuesday, November 8
Icarus Himself    (http://www.myspace.com/icarushimself)
Corbie Hill    (http://wherethebuffaloroamed.bandcamp.com/)
Eric Jennings    (http://www.geishahitsquad.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, November 8
The Glands    (http://www.velocetterecords.com/)
North Elementary    (http://www.northelementary.com)
Kings, Raleigh



Wednesday, November 9
Cloud Nothings    (http://www.facebook.com/cloudnothings)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, November 9
Skoal Kodiak
Goldmouth
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, November 9
The Bronzed Chorus    (http://www.myspace.com/thebronzedchorus)
The White Cascade    (http://www.myspace.com/thewhitecascade)
Life in Vacuum    (http://lifeinvacuum.bandcamp.com/album/commander-clark)
Slim's, Raleigh



Thursday, November 10
Indian Jewelry    (http://www.myspace.com/indianjewelry)
Prisms    (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prisms/149546605087293)
Music Workers
The Pinhook, Durham



Thursday, November 10
Simplified    (http://www.myspace.com/simplifiedband)
Word on the Street    (http://wordonthestreetband.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, November 10
Salt to Bitters    (http://www.myspace.com/salttobitters)
Maldora
Stag    (http://www.snatchesofpink.com/stag/)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



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