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Fri-Sat May 17-18 LIJApalooza: A Benefit for Elijah Von Cramon Slim's, Raleigh This is a two-night benefit for Elijah Von Cramon of the Charlotte-based band Paint Fumes. Elijah was hit by a car a few months ago & suffered a broken pelvis & a bunch of other injuries that put him in a wheelchair when he was supposed to be embarking on a tour with his band. In addition to this stellar lineup, there's also a benefit/tribute compilation of 18 mostly-local bands covering Paint Fumes songs. I'm listening to it now & it's awesome. Night 1: Whatever Brains Flesh Wounds Burglar Fucker Bitter Resolve Black Zinfandel The Nervous Ticks Night 2: Gross Ghost Barren Girls Last Year's Men Toddlers Nerve City Drag Sounds The Lollipops Critters Lost Tribe Mid-Century Modern Soul Dance Party permalink

Fri-Sat May 17-18 Savage Weekend Fest Nightlight, Chapel Hill This is the Nth annual Savage Weekend, which involves an insane number of noise bands wedged into an entirely over-optimistic schedule that generally winds up running late into the wee hours. Here's this year's: FRIDAY the 17th: 6PM-2AM (last-to-first) Contortionist Jazz Exotica (VA) Dungeon Broads (RI) Spiritual Recess (NY) Toe Ring (NY) Spirit Vault (NC) SHV (RI) Drums Like Machine Guns (PA) Pak (RI) Mr Transylvania (NY) Diagram A (MA) Clang Quartet (NC) Mincemeat or Tenspeed (RI) Ciccio Boy (NY) C. Lavender + Ellen Foster (NY) Medispa (FL) House Fire (NC) Counters (RI/GA) VVAQRT (NC) Lambskin (NC) PCRV (MT) Crank Sturgeon (ME) Bernard Herman (RI) Ama Divers (NC) Lazy Magnet (NC) Common Visions (NC) Rotten Milk (LA) Jeff Rehnlund (NC) Dromez (TX) Unguent (PA) Focus Group (NC) Diamond Hymen (FL) Language Sex Drug Violence (MA) Bad Algorithm (NC) Radiator Greys (DC) Microcephalic Superintendent (NC) America Reads (NC) Mirror Azure (NC) SATURDAY 5PM-2:30AM (last-to-first) Tinnitus Stimulus (PA) Rat Bastard (FL) Newton (PA) Vehement Caress (MA) Form A Log (RI/PA/TN) Unicorn Hard-On (RI) Father Finger (RI) Pvre Matrix (NY) Faster Detail (NC) Lazer Slut (TN) Moth Cock (OH) Andrea Pensado (MA) Kimberly (VA) Humanbeast (RI) Haves & Thirds (FL) Russian Tsarlag (RI) Farewell My Concubine (MA) Sam V (NC) Chemtrails (IL) The Waitress (NY) i_like_dog_face (FL) Arkm Foam (MA) Craow (FL) Outmode (FL) Hunnie Bunnies (MA/PA) Yohimbe (NC) Embarker (PA) Spare Child (NC) Sharlyn Evertsz (FL) Ironing (FL) Electric Cactus (NC) Radio Shock (NY) Sagan Youth Boys (NC) Suicide Magnets (PA) Viszk (NC) Cornelius F Von Straffin III (NC/CA) Sylvester Alone (SC) Roomdance (SC) Secret Boyfriend (NC) permalink

Saturday May 18 Asleep at the Wheel, The Magnolia Collective Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Saturday May 18 D-Town Brass, Dom Casual The Pinhook, Durham This show, a release party for D-Town Brass's second album (along with their first, actually, which languished unreleased until their recent Kickstarter), is such a special occasion that it lured the elusive Dom Casual out of retirement to play it. photo: D-Town Brass, Pinhook, October 23, 2009 music in the groovo.org player: Dom Casual permalink

Saturday May 18 Demon Eye, The Church of Zann The Cave, Chapel Hill Every time I think I've gotten too jaded to really care anymore, along comes something like Demon Eye's debut EP, which you can download for free from Bandcamp. RIYL Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, awesomeness. permalink

Sunday May 19 Morningstars, Melissa & The Swinglers, Bad Science, The Sex Towels The Cave, Chapel Hill

Sunday May 19 !!!, Sinkane, Robes Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Sunday May 19 The Features, Hey Rocco Local 506, Chapel Hill

Sunday May 19 The Mohawk Lodge, The Fight, The Sweets Slim's, Raleigh

Monday May 20 The Mohawk Lodge, The Fight, The Sweets The Cave, Chapel Hill

Monday May 20 Paper Route, Satellite, Jessica Long & The New Kind Local 506, Chapel Hill

Monday May 20 Andrew Mill, Keith Abbott, Drew Victor Slim's, Raleigh

Tuesday May 21 Arum Rae, Sarah Shook and the Devil, Shannon O'Connor Local 506, Chapel Hill

Tuesday May 21 Madonnas in a Field Slim's, Raleigh

Wednesday May 22 Darker Shades of Symphony, Skippy Skip Motorco Music Hall, Durham Not that we needed any more evidence that all the good band names are taken. permalink

Wednesday May 22 Melissa & The Swinglers, Twilighter The Station, Carrboro photo: Twilighter - The Cave - August 18, 2007

Wednesday May 22 Ola Podrida Local 506, Chapel Hill

Wednesday May 22 Madonnas in a Field, The Golden Country The Cave, Chapel Hill

Wednesday May 22 Rob Nance, Hill Hollars The Pinhook, Durham

Wednesday May 22 Henbrain, Spiralfire Slim's, Raleigh

Wednesday May 22 American Joy, David B. Dollar, Minor Stars Deep South (The Bar), Raleigh photo: Eric Wallen - Minor Stars - Pinhook - May 9, 2009

Thursday May 23 Sarah Shook and the Devil CCB Plaza, Durham This is part of a free summer concert series, and it begins at 7:00 p.m. permalink

Thursday May 23 Chuck Johnson, Jenks Miller The Pinhook, Durham Chuck Johnson lived around here for a long time, and played guitar in the crucial 90s Chapel Hill band Spatula. He has been living on the west coast for quite a few years now, but his ties to North Carolina still run deep, and they extend to the Triad label 3 Lobed, which just released Chuck's latest album, Crows in the Basilica, for which this is a release party. permalink

Thursday May 23 Patch, The Hereticks Local 506, Chapel Hill This is one of those free "Front Room Presents" shows. permalink

Thursday May 23 Jon Lindsay Slim's, Raleigh

Thursday May 23 Baobab, Sumner James Tir Na Nog, Raleigh

Thursday May 23 Birds & Arrows, Adron The Casbah, Durham

Thursday May 23 Black Masala, Archbishops of Blount Street Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Thursday May 23 Gabe Smiley and the Rejuvenators, Matt Phillips and the Philharmonic, Foreverends The Cave, 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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