RTP-area local music and culture

[Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

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

This is a garage show & it starts at 8pm. There is another show in the
show-room which starts at 10pm.



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
P-90s
Almost People    (http://www.facebook.com/almostpeople?sk=info)
B-Side Project    (http://www.facebook.com/bsideproject)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

This is in the main show-room and begins at 10pm.



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



Thursday, November 24
Hammer No More the Fingers    (http://www.hnmtf.com)
The Cellar Seas    (http://www.myspace.com/thecellarseas)
Airstrip    (http://airstrip.bandcamp.com)
Kings, Raleigh

Airstrip is the brand-new band from Matt Park (ex-Veelee, ex-Opening Flower
Happy Bird). He has recruited quite the lineup, including Tre Acklen from
Gross Ghost, John Crouch from Caltrop & Horseback, and Nick Petersen from
Monsonia et al. This is their first show.



Friday, November 25
Jon Shain    (http://www.jonshain.com)
Tom Maxwell    (http://www.tommaxwell.com)
Mark Simonsen
Greg Humphreys
Lizzy Ross    (http://www.reverbnation.com/lizzyross)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is the long-running traditional post-Thanksgiving jam organized each
year by Jon Shain.



Friday, November 25
The Jackets    (http://www.reverbnation.com/TheJackets)
Peter Lamb & the Wolves    (http://www.peterlambandthewolves.com/)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Two Raleigh crowd-pleasers, with the tight upbeat alt-country of the
Jackets & the loose vocal party-jazz of Peter Lamb & the Wolves.



Friday, November 25
Storm Front    (http://www.stormfrontlive.com/)
The Gonzo Symphonic Presents    (
http://www.facebook.com/thegonzosymphonicpresents)
The Pinhook, Durham

This is a 100th-issue party for The Blotter, that weird little Durham
newsprint litmag that prints whatever it wants & somehow has found a niche
for itself by so doing.



Friday, November 25
Kenny Roby    (http://www.kennyroby.com)
Stephen Simmons    (http://www.stephensimmonsmusic.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Friday, November 25
Static Minds
Revolutionary Sweethearts
The Hell No    (http://www.reverbnation.com/thehellno)
Bad Mr. Viswas and the Family
Kings, Raleigh

This is the Static Minds' last show ever.



Friday, November 25
Lake and Hennepin
Phatlynx
500 Miles to Memphis    (http://www.500mtm.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

Lake & Hennepin is an on-again, off-again side project of Reese McHenry
from the Dirty Little Heaters. Lately it has been very much on again.



Friday, November 25
The Moderate
Joe Hall
Motion Pictures
Pour House, Raleigh



Saturday, November 26
The Dex Romweber Duo    (
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/dex-romweber-duo)
Phil Cook and his Feat    (http://philcookandhisfeat.bandcamp.com/)
The Dogwoods
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

The Dex Duo are basically the ultimate Romweber experience, with sister
Sara's loose-limbed hyperkinetic syncopation perfectly attuned to Dex's
crazed flights of fancy.



Saturday, November 26
Puritan Rodeo    (http://www.thepuritanrodeoshow.blogspot.com/)
Blood Roots Barter    (http://www.bloodrootsbarter.com/)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Saturday, November 26
El Malito
B-Nice
Kings, Raleigh



Saturday, November 26
Chip Robinson & the Heavy Beat Outfit
Slim's, Raleigh



Sunday, November 27
Future Islands    (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands)
Lonnie Walker    (http://www.myspace.com/lonniewalker)
Ed Schrader's Music Beat    (http://www.myspace.com/edschradersmusicbeat)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Sunday, November 27
Bubba Joe and the Bruisers    (
http://www.reverbnation.com/bubbajoeandthebruisers)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Monday, November 28
Brown Sugar
Cruddy
Mom's
Kings, Raleigh

This is a good old-fashioned punkrock show & it starts at 7pm so that we
can all be at home & washed up by bedtime.



Tuesday, November 29
Secret Boyfriend    (http://www.myspace.com/scrtboyfriend)
Rind
Visk
Isabel Gun
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, November 30
Parafilm    (http://www.reverbnation.com/parafilm)
Viva DeConcini    (http://www.electricviva.com/live)
The Cave, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, November 30
Bevel Summers
Nature Films
Steve Kruger
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, December 1
Bibis Ellison    (http://www.myspace.com/bibisellison)
Holy Ghost Tent Revival    (http://www.myspace.com/hgtr)
Animal Alphabet
Stranger Day    (http://strangerday.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

This is the 2nd Annual HearNC Music & Film Festival which I think means a
mix of live bands & music video screenings.



Thursday, December 1
Backwoods Payback    (http://www.backwoodspayback.net/)
Akris    (http://www.myspace.com/akrisband)
Bitter Resolve    (http://www.myspace.com/bitterresolve)
Church of Wolves
The Casbah, Durham

M E T A L



Thursday, December 1
Eric & The Dimarzios    (https://www.facebook.com/EricAndTheDiMarzios)
Campfires and Constellations    (
https://www.facebook.com/CampfiresandConstellations)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, December 1
Morningstars
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This was billed as "The Morningstars are: Thee Gay Tornadoes" and I have no
idea what that means.



Thursday, December 1
Orgavin    (http://www.myspace.com/orgavin7)
Hendecatope    (http://www.reverbnation.com/hendecatope)
Ani Stark    (http://www.reverbnation.com/anistark)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, December 1
Supreme Fiction    (http://www.myspace.com/supremefiction)
Patrick Phelan
Mothra
The Pinhook, Durham



Thursday, December 1
Wylie Hunter    (http://www.myspace.com/wyliehunter)
Jon Lindsay
Slim's, Raleigh



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