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Tuesday May 22 William Tyler, Hiss Golden Messenger The Pinhook, Durham William Tyler is the adorable & brilliant guitarist for Lambchop, and he has been doing a solo-guitar thing long enough for me to have seen it 3-4 times. Hiss Golden Messenger put out one of the best albums of 2011. permalink

Tuesday May 22 Frank Smith, Mary Johnson Rockers & the Spark Local 506, Chapel Hill

Tuesday May 22 Damien Jurado, JBM Kings, Raleigh

Tuesday May 22 T0W3RS, Weed, Wesley Wolfe Nightlight, Chapel Hill The new T0W3RS album is a dark & swirly affair (as are their live shows). photo: T0W3RS at the Cave, September 1, 2011 permalink

Wednesday May 23 St. Vincent, Shearwater Cat's Cradle, Carrboro Loved that St. Vincent album from a couple of years ago. Still haven't warmed up to the latest one, which is perhaps because it's a darn chilly record. But live she is pretty freakin mindblowing. permalink

Wednesday May 23 Jeb Bishop/Tim Daisy Duo, Regina Hexaphone Motorco Music Hall, Durham Jeb Bishop used to live in Raleigh, years & years ago, and was in the freaky band Angels of Epistemology with Sara Bell of Regina Hexaphone. Now she lives here in Durham and Jeb lives in Chicago or someplace else that actually maybe supports jazz trombonists at least slightly. photo: Sara Bell - Regina Hexaphone - WXDU - Sept. 19, 1999 music in the groovo.org player: Regina Hexaphone permalink

Wednesday May 23 Black Dice, Prisms, Robes Local 506, Chapel Hill

Thursday May 24 Stag, Animal Alphabet The Station, Carrboro

Thursday May 24 Maps & Atlases, The Big Sleep, Sister Crayon Local 506, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: The Big Sleep

Thursday May 24 Wylie Hunter & the Cazadores, The Catch Fire Tir Na Nog, Raleigh This week's Local Bands, Local Beers. permalink

Thursday May 24 Diali Cissokho and Kairaba, Brand New Life The Casbah, Durham

Thursday May 24 Man Forever, Le Weekend, Conspicuous Convulsion Nightlight, Chapel Hill Man Forever is the drum-only side project of Kid Millions from Oneida. Le Weekend are the most "pop" band on this bill & even then it's a stretch to call them that. Conspicuous Convulsion is Jason Aylward (Valient Thorr), Drew Robertson, Kenneth Ells (Thunderlip, Church of Zann) and Crowmeat Bob (Savage Knights). photo: Le Weekend - debut show - Duke Coffeehouse - Nov. 11, 2006 music in the groovo.org player: Le Weekend video(s) on their page(s): Le Weekend permalink

Thursday May 24 Death of Hawn, HJMS, Dreams West, Brooklyn Airlift Kings, Raleigh

Friday May 25 Dexter Romweber, New Town Drunks, J Kutchma & the 5/5ths, Curtis Eller ArtsCenter, Carrboro 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 at the Pinhook in Durham on Saturday, and the Pour House in Raleigh on Sunday. photo: Curtis Eller - The Carrack - Feb 17, 2012 music in the groovo.org player: Dexter Romweber, New Town Drunks Facebook event page    permalink

Friday May 25 Yann Tiersen, Piano Chat Cat's Cradle, Carrboro Is it wrong for me to hope that Piano Chat is the French version of Keyboard Cat? permalink

Friday May 25 Blood Red River, The Riff Motorco Music Hall, Durham music in the groovo.org player: Blood Red River

Friday May 25 Katharine Whalen, Turntable Graveyard The Cave, Chapel Hill

Friday May 25 Mockingbird Sun, Sean Thomas Gerard Local 506, Chapel Hill

Friday May 25 Gollum, Swamp Raptor DIVEbar, Raleigh

Friday May 25 The Piedmontsmen, Natural Science, Miami Jet Ski Slim's, Raleigh

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. 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

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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