RTP-area local music and culture

[Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

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



Wednesday, November 9
Black Skies    (http://blackskies.us/)
Cough    (http://www.myspace.com/cough666)
Church of Wolves
Kings, Raleigh

This is a CD-release show for the brand new Black Skies CD.



Wednesday, November 9
Clang Quartet    (http://www.myspace.com/clangquartet)
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
Luego    (http://luegomusic.com/)
Skylar Gudasz and the Ugly Girls    (http://www.myspace.com/skylargudasz)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh



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



Thursday, November 10
The Bronzed Chorus    (http://www.myspace.com/thebronzedchorus)
Life in Vacuum    (http://lifeinvacuum.bandcamp.com/album/commander-clark)
Chapel Hill Underground, Chapel Hill



Friday, November 11
Shirlette    (http://www.stumphole.com)
Big Freedia & the Divas with Rusty Lazer    (http://www.bigfreedia.com/)
DJ Chocolate Thunder
The Casbah, Durham

Big Freedia is the 2nd titan of New Orleans Bounce music to pass through
the Triangle this fall (did anyone go to see Vockah Redu at Kings last
month?). This show is presented by Duke Performances. It's probably easier
for you to go watch some videos <http://bigfreedia.com/videos.php> than for
me to try to explain.



Friday, November 11
Chuck Johnson
Ezekiel Graves    (http://www.myspace.com/ezekielgraves)
All Day Records, Carrboro

Former Triangle resident, Spatula guitarist & Ivanovich/Pykrete noisemaker
Chuck Johnson stops in for a solo set with still-local compatriot Zeke
Graves.



Friday, November 11
Bowerbirds    (http://www.bowerbirds.org)
Megafaun    (http://www.myspace.com/megafaun)
Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw

The lovely Haw River Ballroom in the bucolic mill/river town of Saxapahaw
is almost certainly the best place in North Carolina to catch these two
bands. If only there were light rail between here & there.



Friday, November 11
Brand New Life    (http://www.myspace.com/thebrandnewlife)
Tree City    (http://www.myspace.com/treecity919)
Chit Nasty    (
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Chit-Nasty-Band/234464313258171)
Toon    (http://www.reverbnation.com/toon)
The Pinhook, Durham



Friday, November 11
Mandolin Orange    (http://www.myspace.com/mandolinorange)
Josh Oliver
Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh

This is an album-release party for the new Mandolin Orange double-album,
which is actually probably short enough to fit onto a single CD (albeit
just barely) but which resulted from two different sessions with two
different lineups, one more in an electric vein & the other their more
trad/stripped-down acoustic sound.



Friday, November 11
The Protomen    (http://www.myspace.com/theprotomen)
I Fight Dragons    (http://www.ifightdragons.com/)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Friday, November 11
It is Rain in My Face    (http://www.myspace.com/itisraininmyface)
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt    (http://theterrorpigeondancerevolt.com/hi.html
)
Pressed And    (http://crashsymbols.bandcamp.com/album/imbue-up)
Slim's, Raleigh



Friday, November 11
The Bronzed Chorus    (http://www.myspace.com/thebronzedchorus)
Man Ray
Fanghole    (http://www.reverbnation.com/fanghole)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham



Friday, November 11
The Loners    (http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/loners.html)
The Infamous Sugar    (http://www.myspace.com/theinfamoussugar)
Soundsystem 13
Kings, Raleigh



Friday, November 11
The Sea and Cake    (http://www.theseaandcake.com/)
Butterflies    (http://www.myspace.com/butterfliesnc)
Brokeback
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Friday, November 11
Colossus    (http://www.myspace.com/thecolossuswillcrushyou)
Swordmasters of Ginaz    (
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SWORDMASTERS-OF-GINAZ-aka-BATTLESTAR-CACKALACTICA/250835974932886
)
Boolow
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Saturday, November 12
Future Kings of Nowhere    (http://www.thefuturekings.net/)
Bombadil    (http://www.bombadilmusic.com/)
Jason Kutchma    (http://jkutchma.bandcamp.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is the CD-release for the long-awaited new Bombadil album, All That
the Rain Promises, which finds them a little older, a little more serious
than on their previous releases. As anyone who follows the band knows, a
lot has happened in the two years since their last record.

The same could actually be said for both Jason Kutchma & the Future Kings
of Nowhere . . . it has been a little while since their previous releases,
and that's due in large part to a whole lot of life intervening in the
art-making process. It's a fitting lineup.



Saturday, November 12
Thee Oh Sees    (http://panacherock.com/artists.php?id=86)
Total Control
Burglar Fucker    (http://burglarfucker.bandcamp.com/)
Krankies, Winston-Salem

Thee Oh Sees are the band formed by the endlessly prolific John Dwyer after
the dissolution of his amazing garage-rock-punk-psych force of nature the
Coachwhips. Thee Oh Sees are maybe slightly more "pop" than the Coachwhips
but they're still a total freak scene.



Saturday, November 12
Birds of Avalon    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsofavalon)
Savage Knights    (http://www.retroactivedynamics.com)
Wooden Shjips
Kings, Raleigh

Three sides of the 21st-century psych movement.



Saturday, November 12
Schooner    (http://www.schoonermusic.com)
Floating Action    (http://www.myspace.com/floatingaction)
The Fling    (http://thefling.us/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Floating Action & Schooner are two of the most immediately distinctive pop
outfits in North Carolina, due in large part to the vocal idiosyncracies &
general hooky weirdness of their frontmen, Seth Kaufmann and Reid Johnson,
respectively.



Saturday, November 12
Youth Lagoon    (http://facebook.com/youthlagoon)
Young Magic    (http://www.facebook.com/youngmagicsounds?sk=info)
Robes    (http://robessound.com/)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Robes = longtime Carrboro home-recordist/secret popstar Pat Cudahy + former
Joby's Opinion multi-instrumentalist Chris Williams. They just put out a
pretty New Ordery 7".



Saturday, November 12
In the Year of the Pig    (http://www.southernloveprod.com/ityotp.htm)
HOG    (http://www.myspace.com/hoggnogg)
Bitter Resolve    (http://www.myspace.com/bitterresolve)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This metal/fuzz/drone show is way too big & loud to possibly fit into the
tiny "stage" area at the Cave. This is just insanity.



Saturday, November 12
Glass Witch    (http://www.myspace.com/glasswitch)
Microkingdom    (http://www.myspace.com/microkingdom)
Dolce Nirvana
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Saturday, November 12
Big Daddy Love    (http://www.bigdaddylove.com/)
The Casbah, Durham



Saturday, November 12
Gray Young    (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
Slim's, Raleigh



Sunday, November 13
Tinariwen    (http://www.tinariwen.com/)
Sophie Hunger    (http://www.sophiehunger.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Sunday, November 13
Chris Stamey    (http://www.chrisstamey.com/)
Marti Jones    (http://www.dixonjonesmusic.com/)
Don Dixon    (http://www.myspace.com/dondixonsmusic)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Sunday, November 13
MV&EE
Snake
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Snake = members of In the Year of the Pig & Hiss Golden Messenger.



Sunday, November 13
Jordan & the Sphinx    (http://www.reverbnation.com/jordanandthesphinx)
Skylar Gudasz and the Ugly Girls    (http://www.myspace.com/skylargudasz)
You Won't    (http://youwontyouwont.com/)
The Pinhook, Durham



Monday, November 14
Dom    (http://www.wearedom.com/)
Architecture in Helsinki    (http://www.architectureinhelsinki.com/)
Lo Fi Fnk    (http://www.lo-fi-fnk.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Monday, November 14
The Toddlers    (http://www.myspace.com/thetoddlersmusic)
Ganglian    (http://www.myspace.com/ganglian)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, November 15
Nocturnals
Crazy Velvet Downpour
Undecided
The Pinhook, Durham

This is a showcase of bands put together during the Girls Rock NC
after-school program that has been running this fall. It starts at 6:30 and
in addition to the three camper bands, there will be a raffle.



Tuesday, November 15
Phantogram    (http://www.phantogram.net/)
Exitmusic    (http://exitmusic.bandcamp.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Tuesday, November 15
Gringo Star    (http://www.gringostar.net/)
The Spacemen
Slim's, Raleigh



Wednesday, November 16
The Piedmontsmen    (
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Piedmontsmen/167899443264574)
Tandoori Knights    (http://www.myspace.com/tandooriknights)
Bloodshot Bill    (http://www.bloodshotbill.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

The Tandoori Knights are Bloodshot Bill (who I guess is also doing a solo
set) and legendary garage-rock madman King Khan.



Wednesday, November 16
Jason Kutchma    (http://jkutchma.bandcamp.com/)
Mutant League    (http://www.myspace.com/mutantleague)
Estrangers    (http://estrangers.tumblr.com/)
The Pinhook, Durham



Thursday, November 17
Manchester Orchestra    (http://www.themanchesterorchestra.com/)
White Denim    (http://www.myspace.com/bopenglish)
The Dear Hunter    (http://www.thedearhunter.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Thursday, November 17
I Was Totally Destroying It    (
http://www.reverbnation.com/iwastotallydestroyingit)
The Ethnographers    (http://www.myspace.com/theethnographers)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh



Thursday, November 17
The Loom
Cat Martino    (http://catmartino.com/)
The Pinhook, Durham



Thursday, November 17
Stripmall Ballads    (http://www.stripmallballads.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Thursday, November 17
Dark Water Rising    (http://www.reverbnation.com/darkwaterrising)
Big Daddy Love    (http://www.bigdaddylove.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, November 17
The Bastages    (http://www.reverbnation.com/thebastages)
The Fooligans    (http://www.myspace.com/thetruefooligans)
Almost People    (http://www.facebook.com/almostpeople?sk=info)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



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