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Thursday May 17 Rhett Miller, Cheyenne Marie Mize ArtsCenter, Carrboro Cheyenne Mize toured with Bonnie Prince Billy on his "Beware" tour and stole the whole show, basically. permalink

Thursday May 17 Steph Stewart & the Boyfriends, Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands, Django Haskins The Carrack, Durham This is part of a 4-day rolling opening "calabash" for a new show of poster art by Jamie Wolcott. Music starts at 8:00. permalink

Thursday May 17 Lilac Shadows, Jenny Besetzt, Oulipo Tir Na Nog, Raleigh This week's Local Bands, Local Beers features Lilac Shadows, whose new EP is one of the early hits of the summer. permalink

Thursday May 17 The Honeycutters, Lizzy Ross Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Thursday May 17 Jordan & the Sphinx, River Whyless, Jessica Long & The New Kind Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Thursday May 17 Church of Wolves, Utah The Cave, Chapel Hill Utah are a metal band from Athens, and not the great ex-band from Raleigh from a decade ago. photo: Church of Wolves - Bull City Metal Fest 2012 permalink

Thursday May 17 Phil Cook and his Feat, Goat and Faun, The Fooligans The Pinhook, Durham Phil just appeared on a split cassette, shared with his utterly different yet like-minded friends Cantwell Gomez & Jordan. permalink

Thursday May 17 World Line, Coastal Vision, The Spacemen Slim's, Raleigh

Friday May 18 Savage Weekend Fest Nightlight, Chapel Hill The most brutal festival imaginable. Even with the supposedly minuscule short sets, last year I'm told they didn't get out of there until like 4:30 a.m. each night. Tonight's lineup: EPAULETTES (NY) COREPHALLISM (MA) SHARPWAIST (MA) ZACK KOUNS (USA) CLANG QUARTET (NC) KNIGHT HOWLS (MA) THE BODY (RI/NC) HUMANBEAST (RI) VVAQRT (NC/MA) LAZER SLUT (TN) BLUE SABBATH BLACK FIJI (GLASGOW) SON OF SALAMI (VT) TOOTHE ACHE (VT) TEAADORA (IN) VISZK (NC) MINCEMEAT OR TENSPEED (RI) FATHER FINGER (RI) LAMB SKIN (PA/NC) DIRTY MOUTH (MD) TOE RING (NY) CANTWELL GOMEZ & JORDAN (NC) ELECTRIC CACTUS (NC) PONY PAYROLL BONES (GA) CAVE BEARS (ME) FOCUS GROUP (NC) BODY DOUBLE (NC) PALATHEDA (TN) HEM OF HIS GARMENT (NC) CORNELIUS F VON STRAFFIN III (NC/CA) SPARE CHILD (NC) CHANNEL (NC) permalink

Friday May 18 Magic Mike, Wigg Report, Curtis Eller The Carrack, Durham Second night of the show-opening "calabash" for Jamie Wolcott -- music (and magic!) again starts at 8:00 p.m. photo: Wigg Report (2/3rds anyway), CCB Plaza, Sept. 11, 2008 music in the groovo.org player: Wigg Report video(s) on their page(s): Wigg Report permalink

Friday May 18 Thrice, Animals as Leaders, O'Brother Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Friday May 18 Confessor, Parasite Drag, Jonin Lincoln Theater, Raleigh Confessor are an oldschool Raleigh metal band from the late 80s who mixed fairly technical metal with some truly earsplitting high-pitched singing in a way that was definitely an acquired taste. Amazing drummer, though. permalink

Friday May 18 Brice Randall Bickford, Some Army, World Line The Casbah, Durham C'mon everybody, welcome prodigal son Brice Randall Bickford back home to NC! He & Lara quite rightly concluded that DC sucks if you're actually trying to live & work there. Also on the bill, Chapel Hill supergroup Some Army, who are about to release an album that I'm hoping will utterly blow my mind. permalink

Friday May 18 Free Electric State, Filthybird, Last Remaining Pinnacle The Pinhook, Durham Half of Free Electric State may have just moved [back] to Baltimore, but damn right they're still having their CD-release party at the bar where they were initially dreamed up. photo: Filthybird - The Cave - October 6, 2007 music in the groovo.org player: Filthybird permalink

Friday May 18 Toon, The Real Laww, Miss Eaves, SkyBlew, Luego Local 506, Chapel Hill

Friday May 18 Randy Whitt, The Bo-Stevens The Cave, Chapel Hill

Friday May 18 Man Will Destroy Himself, Six Brew Bantha Slim's, Raleigh

Saturday May 19 Savage Weekend Fest Nightlight, Chapel Hill Night two of the most intentionally exhausting noise/avant fest around. Tonight's lineup: CONTORTIONIST JAZZ EXOTICA (VA) NEWTON (PA) HEAD MOLT (VA) SPIRITUAL RECESS (RI) RAT BASTARD (FL) VEHEMENT CARESS (MA) WOLF ANUS (ROME) RAPHAEL (NC) MEAGER SUNLIGHT (RI) FASTER DETAIL (NC) SHV (RI) PROFLIGATE (PA) OUTMODE (FL) BLOODHUFF (RI) ANDREA PENSADO (MA) PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT (CA) HORSEBLADDER (MA) THE WAITRESS (NY) HUNNIE BUNNIES (MA) IRENE MOON (NYC) IRONING (FL) EMBARKER (PA) YOHIMBE (NC) WALL WYMYN (PA) TIME GHOST (RI) SLASHER RISK (NC) CRAOW (FL) JIMMY SANCHEZ & HIS CRYSTAL BALLS (FL) DIAMOND HYMEN (FL) HITHERDAXODES (NC) MICROCEPHALIC SUPERINTENDENT (NC) SUICIDE MAGNETS (PA) SAGAN YOUTH BOYS (NC) RADIO SHOCK (NY) HYPNIC JERK (MA) GOLDMUND (NC) SECRET BOYFRIEND (NC) permalink

Saturday May 19 New Town Drunks, Beloved Binge The Carrack, Durham Music starts at 8:00 p.m. photo: Beloved Binge - Ringside - Troika Music Festival 2006 music in the groovo.org player: New Town Drunks, Beloved Binge video(s) on their page(s): Beloved Binge permalink

Saturday May 19 David Allan Coe, Rebel Son Lincoln Theater, Raleigh Reschedule from an earlier cancellation. Even odds that this one will also be rescheduled. Also, hope you like medleys. permalink

Saturday May 19 Red Collar, Maple Stave, Restorations, Signals Midwest Motorco Music Hall, Durham This is the release party for the it's-about-damn-time new Red Collar album. Maple Stave have been on hiatus due to one member moving all over the damn country, so this is a double-rare double-special show. photo: Red Collar - 305 South - Feb 4, 2006 music in the groovo.org player: Red Collar, Maple Stave video(s) on their page(s): Maple Stave permalink

Saturday May 19 Ty Segall, White Fence, The Super Vacations Kings, Raleigh Regardless of how you feel about Ty Segall's ultra-fuzzy west-coast garage-pop vibe, I gotta tell you: The man brings it live. photo: Super Vacations - Layabout House, Sept 24, 2010 permalink

Saturday May 19 Pierced Arrows, Don't The Cave, Chapel Hill Yes, *the* Pierced Arrows, aka 2/3rds of Dead Moon, aka the hardest-working band in show business. permalink

Saturday May 19 A Rooster for the Masses, The White Cascade, The Oatmeal Conspiracy Pour House, Raleigh I actually kinda like the White Cascade, and A Rooster for the Masses too, for that matter. How they wound up playing with a band with a name that bad, I guess I'll never know. photo: A Rooster for the Masses - Troika Festival - Fall 2006 music in the groovo.org player: A Rooster for the Masses video(s) on their page(s): A Rooster for the Masses permalink

Saturday May 19 Jessica Long & The New Kind, River Whyless, Chris Pickering Slim's, Raleigh

Saturday May 19 Ruscha, Utah DIVEbar, Raleigh Ruscha are a riff-heavy instrumetal band from Carrboro. Utah are a metal band from Athens (i.e. *not* the artpop band from Raleigh of a few years back). permalink

Sunday May 20 Penguin Prison, Class Actress, Omar & Tanaka Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Sunday May 20 White Life, Cassis Orange, Habitat Kings, Raleigh Another in the DiggUp Tapes Presents . . . series. permalink

Sunday May 20 P-90s, Sal Bando Slim's, Raleigh

Monday May 21 William Beckett, The Mansions Local 506, Chapel Hill

Monday May 21 Donkeys, Buxton, Troy Hancock Kings, Raleigh

Monday May 21 Swampcandy, Alesana Slim's, Raleigh I can't even remember the special name Alesana coined for their brand of dyed-black-hair crabcore/screamo hybrid, but it's irrelevant in this instance anyway because they're playing this show "acoustic." permalink

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, The Cellar Seas 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

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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