good stuff this week
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Saturday May 26 The Polyphonic Spree, New Fumes, Sweet Lee Morrow Cat's Cradle, Carrboro The first time I saw the Polyphonic Spree, I was brought nearly to tears, like pretty much everyone else in the room. It was mindblowing. The second time it was a little less so, and I'm not 100% sure if that marks a difference in the set/vibe from one to the other, or just the inevitable non-repeatability of that kind of experience. But hell, it was still pretty awesome. It's weird that those great songs from their first album are still being used in Hollywood movies, and I hope some folks other than frontman/mastermind Tim DeLaughter are getting paid. But anyway. permalink

Saturday May 26 The Pinkerton Raid, Birds & Arrows The Casbah, Durham

Saturday May 26 New Town Drunks, Curtis Eller, J Kutchma & the 5/5ths, Dexter Romweber The Pinhook, Durham Direct from the Facebook event: "Chicago's Theater Oobleck presents, Baudelaire in a Box, a serial cantastoria project based on 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. Over the course of 7 years (culminating in 2017, the sesquicentennial of Baudelaire’s death), the project will adapt each poem from Les Fleurs du Mal as a unique cantastoria, featuring 'crankies' (scrolling images) designed and illustrated by Oobleck founding member Dave Buchen, paired with a musical adaptation. In this latest installment of Baudelaire in a Box, Theater Oobleck travels to join forces with some of North Carolina’s most vibrant musicians: Dexter Romweber, JKutchma, Curtis Eller, and New Town Drunks. Episode 4, titled 'Bad Luck,' will present twelve new cantastoria adapted from Charles Baudelaire’s epic book of poetry, plus some original music by the performers." If you can't make this show, the same performances will happen again at the Pour House in Raleigh on Sunday. photo: Curtis Eller - The Carrack - Feb 17, 2012 music in the groovo.org player: New Town Drunks, Dexter Romweber permalink

Saturday May 26 Old Bricks, Jane Jane Pollock, Zack Mexico Kings, Raleigh photo: Old Bricks - Pinhook - August 1, 2009

Saturday May 26 Rocky Votolato, CALLmeKAT Local 506, Chapel Hill

Saturday May 26 The Villians, Graveyard Boulevard DIVEbar, Raleigh music in the groovo.org player: Graveyard Boulevard

Saturday May 26 Revolutionary Sweethearts, Taylor Bays and the Laser Rays, The Old Quarter Slim's, Raleigh

Sunday May 27 Dexter Romweber, J Kutchma & the 5/5ths, Curtis Eller, New Town Drunks Pour House, Raleigh Direct from the Facebook event: "Chicago's Theater Oobleck presents, Baudelaire in a Box, a serial cantastoria project based on 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. Over the course of 7 years (culminating in 2017, the sesquicentennial of Baudelaire’s death), the project will adapt each poem from Les Fleurs du Mal as a unique cantastoria, featuring 'crankies' (scrolling images) designed and illustrated by Oobleck founding member Dave Buchen, paired with a musical adaptation. In this latest installment of Baudelaire in a Box, Theater Oobleck travels to join forces with some of North Carolina’s most vibrant musicians: Dexter Romweber, JKutchma, Curtis Eller, and New Town Drunks. Episode 4, titled 'Bad Luck,' will present twelve new cantastoria adapted from Charles Baudelaire’s epic book of poetry, plus some original music by the performers." music in the groovo.org player: Dexter Romweber, New Town Drunks permalink

Sunday May 27 La Bete Magique, Light and Sound The Pinhook, Durham

Sunday May 27 The Parlotones, Ryan Star, The Silent Comedy Local 506, Chapel Hill

Sunday May 27 Andrew Weathers, Bryce Clayton Eiman, Rachel Trapp, TJ Maiani, Crowmeat Bob Nightlight, Chapel Hill Andrew Weathers moved to northern California to go to school, so this is a fairly rare chance to get to see/hear his particular brand of avant/ambient/banjo/experimental/drone. permalink

Sunday May 27 Nonhorse, Pam Finch, Psycho Caitlins, Brian Corum, Nathan Price Kings, Raleigh More DiggUp Tapes-sponsored insanity. permalink

Monday May 28 Moon Hooch Local 506, Chapel Hill

Tuesday May 29 Brian Olive, The Piedmontsmen Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Tuesday May 29 Ghoul, Occultist, Backslider, Priapus Kings, Raleigh

Tuesday May 29 The Ill Family, Holy Wave, No Eyes Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Tuesday May 29 Bevel Summers, Suckers Local 506, Chapel Hill

Tuesday May 29 Dragged Into Sunlight, Cough, Make Slim's, Raleigh Dragged Into Sunlight are here from the UK, plus you get one great local metal band & one great Virginia metal band. permalink

Wednesday May 30 Shana Tucker Marsh Woodwinds, Raleigh

Wednesday May 30 The Bastard Suns Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Wednesday May 30 The Virgins, Alexander and the Grapes, Isaiah Hartsell Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Wednesday May 30 Phononova, Rocket Cottage Pour House, Raleigh

Thursday May 31 Noncanon, Twin Tigers, Alligator Indian Tir Na Nog, Raleigh DiggUp Tapes seems honor- & duty-bound to present crazy unheard-of lineups all over Raleigh. Like this one. photo: Noncanon - Duke Coffeehouse - November 11, 2006 music in the groovo.org player: Noncanon video(s) on their page(s): Noncanon permalink

Thursday May 31 The Hell No, Viva La Venus, Dudley Taft Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Thursday May 31 Cherub, The Big Picture, Toon, The Real Laww Kings, Raleigh

Not enough for you? There are fun interactive maps to the clubs via the Google Maps API. Other ways to get this info: 1) The handheld-optimized version of the site, or a new simplified text version of this page, for you lo-fi fans. 2) An RSS feed. AND! A weekly oggcast! (OK, it's just my WXDU radio show.) 3) An iCal feed of all the listed shows, updated nightly. 4) This listing is posted once or twice a week to ch-scene, the mailing list which is itself a mirror of alt.music.chapel-hill. 5) For you web 2.0 fans, we have a facebook app *and* a Twitter account. 6) This amuses me:

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