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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

Friday May 24 Kenny Roby Motorco Music Hall, Durham Kenny Roby's new album, "Memories and Birds," is at once more richly executed & also more esoteric than any of his previous work -- the lyrics and arrangements are precise & evocative, and Kenny's voice is at times baroque in its tonality & phrasing. Add Scott Walker to the list of touchstones/comparisons that people use to try to classify Kenny, who has been defying classification since he was a hip-hop obsessed teenager fronting a high school punkrock band. Even his most overtly "country/roots" band, Six String Drag, brought in horns & embraced influences from Elvis Costello to New Orleans second-line jazz/funk when most of their peers were still trying to channel Buck Owens. permalink

Friday May 24 The Old Ceremony, Dead Tongues Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw Two Triangle bands making transcendent artful rock music for adults. photo: Django Haskins of The Old Ceremony - Hopscotch Music Festival - September 11, 2010 music in the groovo.org player: The Old Ceremony permalink

Friday May 24 Magician's Hand Practice, Night Yoga, Psychedelic Fleurs, Lonely Latte Kings, Raleigh

Friday May 24 Blood Red River, Deadly Lo-Fi, Phatlynx The Cave, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Blood Red River

Friday May 24 Corn and the Colonels, Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands The Pinhook, Durham

Friday May 24 The Blue Suits, Light the Atlantic, On the Record Local 506, Chapel Hill

Friday May 24 The Woggles, Lee Gildersleeve & Bad Dog Blues Band The Station, Carrboro

Friday May 24 Sons of Tonatiuh, Old Codger, The Royal Nites Slim's, Raleigh

Saturday May 25 Durham Ukelele Orchestra Marsh Woodwinds, Raleigh

Saturday May 25 Dege Legg, Anders & Kendall, Caroline Mamoulides Kings, Raleigh That's Anders as in Anders Parker, former Varnaline mainman & ex-Raleighite. permalink

Saturday May 25 Bad Veins, Canine Heart Sounds Local 506, Chapel Hill

Saturday May 25 The Pinkerton Raid, The Fair and the Foul, Lowland Hum The Cave, Chapel Hill

Saturday May 25 Hindugrass, Prypyat, Jay Manley Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Saturday May 25 Black Tusk, Bedowyn, Stampede Pour House, Raleigh

Saturday May 25 Estocada, Pie Face Girls Slim's, Raleigh

Sunday May 26 Hoax, NASA Space Universe, The Coltranes, Double Negative Kings, Raleigh Double Negative have been burning through the drummers lately, so I dunno who you might see behind the kit at this one. photo: Epic Warfare - Double Negative - Cat's Cradle - August 17, 2008 music in the groovo.org player: Double Negative permalink

Sunday May 26 Wylie Hunter & the Cazadores, Justin Lacy & The Swimming Machine, Circus Mutt The Station, Carrboro These bands may or may not be appearing as part of the Southern Rail Spring Moto Rally. permalink

Sunday May 26 Vandaveer, The Mike Roy Show Local 506, Chapel Hill

Sunday May 26 The Lollipops, Casual Curious The Cave, Chapel Hill The Lollipops make insanely catchy lo-fi rock from Raleigh. Casual Curious are doing the 80s synth-pop revival thing. permalink

Sunday May 26 The Deads, Sub X Slim's, Raleigh

Monday May 27 Rotten Sound, Abigail, Speedwolf, No Tomorrow, Occultist Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh Finnish grindcore, Japanese satanic metal, thrash from Denver, plus folks from Richmond & Wilmington -- literally what more could you ask for? permalink

Monday May 27 Coliseum, Brokeback, Motorist The Pinhook, Durham

Monday May 27 Sarah Lou Richards, Anna Rose Beck The Casbah, Durham

Monday May 27 Sub X, Shadows 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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