RTP-area local music and culture

[Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Thursday, February 16
Ezekiel Graves    (http://www.myspace.com/ezekielgraves)
Dust Busters
All Day Records, Carrboro



Thursday, February 16
Emilie Autumn    (http://www.emilieautumn.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Thursday, February 16
Al Strong & the Art of Cool Project
Kings, Raleigh

Says Kings: "LOCAL JAZZ SHOWCASE FEATURING MAVIS ‘SWAN’ POOLE, JEREMY
‘BEAN’ CLEMONS, SOUL UNDERSTATED AND DJ SPCLGST"



Thursday, February 16
Heads on Sticks    (http://www.thisisstrange.org/)
Lilac Shadows    (http://www.reverbnation.com/lilacshadows)
Airstrip    (http://airstrip.bandcamp.com)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Three bands to watch in 2012: Lilac Shadows is Sam Logan from the
Huguenots, and includes most of his bandmates from T0W3RS as well. Airstrip
is the new project from Matt Park (ex-Veelee) which features folks from
Monsonia, Caltrop & Gross Ghost rounding out the band. And Heads on Sticks
is the downright danceable side project of Birds of Avalon bassist Dave
Mueller.



Thursday, February 16
JPhono1    (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jphono1/145575478840041)
The Cave, Chapel Hill

This is an album/book release party for Jphono1, the solo alter-ego of John
Harrison of North Elementary.



Thursday, February 16
Gray Young    (http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung)
Free Electric State    (http://www.myspace.com/freeelectricstate)
Mittenfields
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh



Thursday, February 16
Simplified    (http://www.myspace.com/simplifiedband)
Of Good Nature    (http://www.ofgoodnature.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Thursday, February 16
Ascetic Parade    (http://www.asceticparade.com)
The Bamfs    (http://www.facebook.com/thebamfs)
The Fooligans    (http://www.myspace.com/thetruefooligans)
The Pinhook, Durham



Friday, February 17
Saint Anyway
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Friday, February 17
Lonnie Walker    (http://www.myspace.com/lonniewalker)
The Charming Youngsters    (http://thecharmingyoungsters.com/)
Airstrip    (http://airstrip.bandcamp.com)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh

You get a double-dose of Local Band, Local Beer this week, including a set
by Airstrip, the new combo headed by Matthew Park (ex-Veelee).



Friday, February 17
Antibubbles    (http://www.myspace.com/antibubblesss)
Trepak    (http://www.myspace.com/trepaktheband)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill

I'm told that this will be the last Antibubbles show before they go on
indefinite hiatus. In the spirit of evolution, change & renewal, Trepak is
a nearly brand-new band from Seamus Kinney (ex-snmnmnm).



Friday, February 17
Jack the Radio    (http://www.purevolume.com/jacktheradio)
Debonzo Brothers
Saints Apollo
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Saturday, February 18
Delta Rae    (http://www.myspace.com/theholljesbrothers)
Chris Hendricks Band    (http://www.myspace.com/chendricksmusic)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Saturday, February 18
DJ Chocolate Thunder
Cherub    (http://cargocollective.com/cherublamusica)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Saturday, February 18
David Allan Coe    (http://www.OfficialDavidAllanCoe.com/)
Rebel Son
Tonk
Lincoln Theater, Raleigh

I saw David Allan Coe when I was in college, which means a little over 20
years ago. I'm guessing his show this week will be more or less identical,
meaning an endless and kind of maddening medley of about 20 seconds apiece
of a whole bunch of his best-known songs.



Saturday, February 18
Mac McCaughan
Ted Leo
Duke Coffeehouse, Durham

I dunno what Ted Leo is up to on this tour, but I do know that Mac
McCaughan played a "solo" set at the Cave last weekend whose setlist was
summed up by these two tweets:

"Cave set last nt: Untied/ThroughWPpl/
SunnyBrixton/WaterWings/Isn'tThatTheWay/ HomeAtDawn/Digging/RopeLight/
SunsetArcade/NoisyNight (Cont'd)..

...(Cont'd) w/band: ACunningLatch/NakedPilseners/SanAndreas thanks
@RoundhouseKick, Ben & Jen! like being back at Mermaid Lounge..."

Meaning that part of the set was rounded out by the late-90s version of
Portastatic featuring Mac's brother Matt, plus Ben & Jennifer Barwick of
the Ashley Stove.



Saturday, February 18
Killer Filler    (http://www.myspace.com/killerfiller)
The Small Ponds
The Cave, Chapel Hill

Slightly nutty matchup, with the instrumental lounge/surf-a-billy of Killer
Filler and the wry, articulate & perhaps slightly bitter love ballads of
the Small Ponds.



Saturday, February 18
Fin Fang Foom    (http://www.lovitt.com/artists/finfangfoom.html)
Ben Davis + The Jetts    (http://www.myspace.com/bendavisrock)
Pipe    (http://www.mrg2000.com/merge/bio.html?id=pipe)
Local 506, Chapel Hill

The amazing thing about Pipe isn't that they're back together, 20 years
(more or less) from their inception. It's that they're so totally amazing.



Saturday, February 18
Gmish Klezmer Band    (http://philblank.com/gmish.html)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Saturday, February 18
Savage Knights    (http://www.retroactivedynamics.com)
Man Forever
Plasma Expander
Kings, Raleigh

Man Forever is the new nearly-all-percussion ensemble assembled by Kid
Millions of Oneida.



Saturday, February 18
Melissa Swingle
Michael Rank    (http://www.sleazegrinder.com/teensleazehanoi.htm)
Marc E. Smith
The Pinhook, Durham



Sunday, February 19
Bess Rogers    (http://www.myspace.com/bessrogers)
Rachel Platten    (http://www.rachelplatten.com/)
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Sunday, February 19
Steph Stewart & the Boyfriends    (http://stephstewartmusic.wordpress.com/)
David Mayfield Parade    (http://www.myspace.com/davidmayfield)
E-S Guthrie    (http://www.reverbnation.com/esguthrie)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Sunday, February 19
Completely Off Balance    (http://www.facebook.com/CompletelyOffBalance)
The Shy Guys    (
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Shy-Guys-Chapel-Hill-NC/256275071108163)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Monday, February 20
The Dean's List    (http://www.itsthedeanslist.com/)
K.O. Kid    (http://kokidnc.com/)
Styles & Complete    (http://www.facebook.com/StylesAndComplete)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Tuesday, February 21
Mountains
Nests    (http://digguptapes.com/nests)
Amen Dunes
Kings, Raleigh

Do you like Moons? Do you like drugs? And Moons? OK<http://vimeo.com/23056908>
.



Tuesday, February 21
Turchi    (http://www.facebook.com/TurchiMusic)
Clock Work Kids
Supercolliders
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, February 21
Islands    (http://www.myspace.com/islandsareforever)
Idiot Glee    (http://www.idiotglee.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Tuesday, February 21
Attack Attack!    (http://www.attackattackoh.com/)
The Ghost Inside
Chunk! No Captain Chunk!
Ever After
Wealth in Water
Lincoln Theater, Raleigh

I lack the words to explain Attack
Attack!<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDzt6yI3Dw8>,
so while I wouldn't necessarily recommend clicking that link & watching
that video, it's basically all I have to offer you.



Wednesday, February 22
Lynn Blakey
Kevn Kinney Band    (http://www.kevnkinney.com/)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



Wednesday, February 22
Mates of State    (http://www.matesofstate.com)
Sean Bones    (http://www.seanbones.com/)
The Casbah, Durham



Thursday, February 23
Lam! Lam!    (http://www.myspace.com/lamlamband)
Boykiller    (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boykiller/298192606861242)
All Day Records, Carrboro

Boykiller are insane music for our insane times. Pure id unfurled and flown
like a flag.



Thursday, February 23
Corey Smith    (http://www.coreysmith.com/)
The Piedmont Boys    (http://www.thepiedmontboys.com/)
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro



Thursday, February 23
Diali Cissokho and Kairaba    (
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Diali-Cissokho-Kairaba/173915469321405)
The Pinhook, Durham



Thursday, February 23
Dexter Romweber and the New Romans    (http://www.myspace.com/dexterromweber
)
John Howie, Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff    (
http://www.myspace.com/rosewoodbluff)
The Third Expression    (http://www.reverbnation.com/thethirdexpression)
The Casbah, Durham

The New Romans are Dex Romweber's large band, and they are awesome,
although if you think he looks befuddled when playing with his sister Sara,
you should see him onstage with 8 other players.



Thursday, February 23
Birds & Arrows    (http://www.myspace.com/birdsandarrows)
Jeff Crawford
Skylar Gudasz
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh



Thursday, February 23
Courtney Marie Andrews
Motorco Music Hall, Durham



Thursday, February 23
The Ends    (http://www.myspace.com/theendsband)
Sunshine Riot
Nightlight, Chapel Hill



Thursday, February 23
A Haunted Mantra    (
https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Haunted-Mantra/169989586376289)
Polygons    (http://www.facebook.com/polygonsband)
Naomi Wise    (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Naomi-Wise/210462499009803)
Local 506, Chapel Hill



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