RTP-area local music and culture

[Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

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



Friday, November 18
Neil Diamond All-Stars
The Infidels
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Friday, November 18
Chris Hendricks Band    (http://www.myspace.com/chendricksmusic)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Friday, November 18
Dillon Fence    (http://www.dillonfence.com)
LowBröw    (http://www.facebook.com/pages/LowBrow/137052729703079)
Lincoln Theater, Raleigh



Friday, November 18
Hammer No More the Fingers    (http://www.hnmtf.com)
Lonnie Walker    (http://www.myspace.com/lonniewalker)
Free Electric State    (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Three different takes on the Triangle's most abundant indigenous artform,
indie-rock.



Friday, November 18
Gross Ghost    (http://www.myspace.com/grossghost)
Lachi    (http://www.reverbnation.com/lachi)
Meridian Gold
The Cave, Chapel Hill

Gross Ghost released a pair of super-catchy EPs in the first half of 2011,
but those didn't really prepare me for how awesome they were when I saw
them playing at Hopscotch. Super high-energy guitar-pop with just the right
amount of fuzzed-out edge.



Friday, November 18
Blood Red River    (http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver)
Bad Idea    (http://www.myspace.com/badidea09)
Dirt Vs Dust    (http://www.reverbnation.com/dirtvsdust)
DIVEbar, Raleigh



Friday, November 18
LiLa    (http://www.myspace.com/elijlamusic)
Toon    (http://www.reverbnation.com/toon)
Beatnam    (https://www.facebook.com/pages/BeatNam/105733734492)
The Casbah, Durham



Friday, November 18
Jack the Radio    (http://www.purevolume.com/jacktheradio)
Onward Soldiers    (http://www.myspace.com/onwardsoldiers)
Slim's, Raleigh



Saturday, November 19
Numero Group Eccentric Soul Revue    (http://www.numerogroup.com/esr.php)
Carolina Theatre, Durham



Saturday, November 19
Twilighter    (http://twilighter.net/)
Lake and Hennepin
La Salamandra, Durham

Another show booked by Craig of the Layabout: Twilighter are from Orange,
Chatham & Alamance Counties, and somehow bridge the gap between rural
southern indie-rock and the Velvet Underground. Lake & Hennepin are a side
project of Reese McHenry of the Dirty Little Heaters.



Saturday, November 19
Jeffrey Lewis    (http://www.thejeffreylewissite.com)
Matt Northup    (https://profiles.google.com/101233178316279097229)
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham

Local raconteur & antifolk expert Stephen Mullaney of the Wigg Report
consistently rants & raves at me regarding exactly two musicians: Hammell
on Trial and Jeffrey Lewis.



Saturday, November 19
Kingsbury Manx    (http://www.thekingsburymanx.com/)
Lilac Shadows    (http://www.reverbnation.com/lilacshadows)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

The Kingsbury Manx got turbocharged sometime in the last year or so,
converting their sleepy pastoral organ-pop into something more akin to
slightly Southern-inflected Deep Purple, in a [very] good way.

Lilac Shadows is ex-Huguenot Sam Logan & some of his T0W3RS bandmates.



Saturday, November 19
Guardian Alien    (http://www.myspace.com/theguardianalien)
Slim's, Raleigh

Guardian Alien are spearheaded by the amazing former Liturgy drummer Greg
Fox. Before most folks outside of their neighborhood had heard of them,
they'd received an excellent writeup in the NY
Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/arts/music/guardian-alien-at-shea-stadium-review.html>
.



Saturday, November 19
Jack the Radio    (http://www.purevolume.com/jacktheradio)
Onward Soldiers    (http://www.myspace.com/onwardsoldiers)
The Pinhook, Durham



Saturday, November 19
Caltrop    (http://www.myspace.com/caltropband)
The Fucking Wrath    (http://myspace.com/thefuckingwrath)
Hull    (http://www.myspace.com/hull)
Chapel Hill Underground, Chapel Hill



Saturday, November 19
New Town Drunks    (http://www.newtowndrunks.com/)
Gravity's Pull    (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000623855057)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, November 19
The Bleeding Hearts
The Ts    (http://www.myspace.com/thettttt)
DIVEbar, Raleigh

Rock-n-roll.



Sunday, November 20
9 Fingered Thug    (http://ninefingeredthug.com/)
WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham

Nine Fingered Thug are a truly dark & bizarre entity, consisting of Sam
Mauney (ex-Picasso Trigger), Scott Craddock (ex-Pine State, ex-BeatlesS)
and Irene Moon. They crash & clang & bellow & the whole thing is knit
together with Irene's demonic organ playing.

Live for your listening pleasure at 4:00 p.m. at 88.7 FM or wxdu.org.



Sunday, November 20
Chuck Johnson
Fan Modine    (http://www.grimsey.com/fanmodine.html)
Mark Holland
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Since former Spatula guitarist Chuck Johnson has been living in the SF Bay
Area for a few years now, a local show by him is a rare treat indeed &
should be treated as such.

I'm told that this is a full-band Fan Modine show, by the way.



Sunday, November 20
Greg Trooper    (http://www.gregtrooper.com/)
The Casbah, Durham



Sunday, November 20
The Knux    (http://www.theknux.com/splash/)
Jordy Towers    (https://www.facebook.com/pages/JORDY-TOWERS/378328975627)
Prefontaine    (http://www.reverbnation.com/theprefontaine)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, November 22
Maria Taylor    (http://www.saddle-creek.com/bands/mariataylor/)
The Grenadines    (http://www.facebook.com/TheGrenadines)
Dead Fingers    (http://www.deadfingers.com)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, November 22
No Eyes    (http://www.myspace.com/noeyesband)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, November 23
The Ill Family    (http://www.myspace.com/theillfamily)
DJ Chocolate Thunder
Allies Emerge    (http://www.alliesemerge.com/)
Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor    (
http://www.sistersofyoursunshinevapor.com/)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Wednesday, November 23
Gmish Klezmer Band    (http://philblank.com/gmish.html)
The Station, Carrboro



Wednesday, November 23
Gross Ghost    (http://www.myspace.com/grossghost)
Lilac Shadows    (http://www.reverbnation.com/lilacshadows)
Exquisite Corpse
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh

This week Local Bands, Local Beers is a day early. Gross Ghost & Lilac
Shadows are both great fuzzed-but-melodic indie-rock/pop/garage bands.



Wednesday, November 23
Honeychile
Blood Roots Barter    (http://www.bloodrootsbarter.com/)
The Pinhook, Durham



Wednesday, November 23
Cheap Time    (http://www.myspace.com/cheaptime)
Mannequin Men    (http://www.flameshovel.com/mannequinmen.php)
Drama Queens    (http://www.brandystearns.com/DramaQueens/bio.html)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, November 24
Pussy Mountain
The Station, Carrboro



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