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Thursday
June
20
Dark Water Rising
CCB Plaza, Durham
These free outdoor shows start at 7:00 p.m. Dark Water Rising are from Down East, down Lumberton way, and they are the Real Deal.
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Thursday
June
20
The Invisible Hand, Heads on Sticks, The Lollipops
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
Jam-packed lineup of double-skewed indie-pop-rock, with the added frisson of Heads on Sticks' busted dance beats.

photo: Invisible Hand - Hopscotch 2012 - Kings Barcade
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Thursday
June
20
Owen, Slingshot Dakota
Kings, Raleigh


Thursday
June
20
Dragonette, Nightbox
Local 506, Chapel Hill


Thursday
June
20
Daniel Ellsworth and the Great Lakes, The Weathervanes, Oarsmen, Little Bull Lee
The Casbah, Durham


Thursday
June
20
Spirit System, Virgins Family Band, The Piedmontsmen
The Cave, Chapel Hill


Thursday
June
20
Two Gallants, Broncho
Motorco Music Hall, Durham


Thursday
June
20
Supatight, Nomadic
The Pinhook, Durham


Thursday
June
20
Good Graeff, Brushy Rides
Slim's, Raleigh


Friday
June
21
Kim Arrington
Golden Belt, Durham
Third-Friday evening show.
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Friday
June
21
Sarah Shook and the Devil, Mary Johnson Rockers, Juniper Rising
Motorco Music Hall, Durham


Friday
June
21
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Overmountain Men
Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw


Friday
June
21
Steph Stewart & the Boyfriends, Bevel Summers
The Casbah, Durham


Friday
June
21
Bleeding Rainbow, Fat Creeps
Local 506, Chapel Hill


Friday
June
21
Grandchildren, Wool, The Fleeting Ends
Kings, Raleigh


Friday
June
21
The Hell No, Eight Bit Disaster
The Maywood, Raleigh


Friday
June
21
Airstrip, Shockwave Riderz, Heads on Sticks
The Cave, Chapel Hill
Airstrip manage to blend hypnotic & fun in a way that few bands find possible.

photo: Airstrip - Hopscotch Music Festival 2012
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Friday
June
21
Town Mountain, If Birds Could Fly
Pour House, Raleigh


Friday
June
21
The Clockwork Kids, Graph Rabbit, Gentle Robot
Nightlight, Chapel Hill


Friday
June
21
Inter Arma, Windhand, Horseskull
Slim's, Raleigh
Richmond's Inter Arma put out one of the great metal albums of 2013, so it's a huge treat that they live so nearby and play here so frequently. This can't last forever.
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Saturday
June
22
Katharine Whalen and Her Fascinators, Kyle Offidani
The Kraken, Chapel Hill


Saturday
June
22
Mike Cooley
Local 506, Chapel Hill


Saturday
June
22
Graph Rabbit, Baobab, Daughter Element
The Casbah, Durham


Saturday
June
22
Too Much Fun, The Swang Brothers
Motorco Music Hall, Durham


Saturday
June
22
Richard Devine, Subtle Body, Gabriel Duceppe, Mecanikill
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
This is the "Chapel Hill Synth Meet."
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Saturday
June
22
The Blank Tapes, Beach Day, Song Preservation Society
Pour House, Raleigh


Sunday
June
23
Greg Trooper
The Casbah, Durham
This one is house-show style, i.e. intimate, unamplified, and starting at 7:00.
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Sunday
June
23
Kendrick Lamar
Raleigh Amphitheater, Raleigh


Sunday
June
23
Birds & Arrows, Balto, June Star
Slim's, Raleigh


Sunday
June
23
Centerfield, Land Jaws, Dear Cousin Muscles
The Maywood, Raleigh


Sunday
June
23
Shana Falana, Prisms, Drag Sounds
The Pinhook, Durham
Drag Sounds are from Greensboro, and they make a nice nervous blend of Feelies / Pavement / Velvet Underground type rocknroll.
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Sunday
June
23
Grandchildren, The Fleeting Ends
The Cave, Chapel Hill


Monday
June
24
Kamara Thomas
The Casbah, Durham
Kamara Thomas is doing a monthlong Monday residency at the Casbah.
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Monday
June
24
Dax Riggs, Stella Lively
The Maywood, Raleigh
The Maywood has only been open for a couple of months at this point, and already they're branching out from their Fri/Sat routine into multiple weeknight shows as well. Go Maywood Go!
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Monday
June
24
Wool, Bellows, Focus Group, The Three-Brained Robot
Motorco Music Hall, Durham


Monday
June
24
Small Black, Heavenly Beat
Local 506, Chapel Hill


Monday
June
24
Jana and the Bailout Boys
The Cave, Chapel Hill


Monday
June
24
Paul Waggener, Lucas Quarantotto, Ben Delaurentis
Slim's, Raleigh


Tuesday
June
25
Johnny Staxx & the Dirty Boyz, Tyler Thigpen
Local 506, Chapel Hill


Tuesday
June
25
Sirens, Ovid's Withering, Aether Realm, Lorelei
The Maywood, Raleigh


Tuesday
June
25
Jacuzzi Boys, Octopus Jones
Pour House, Raleigh


Wednesday
June
26
Diali Cissokho and Kairaba
Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham
These shows are outdoors in the Gardens, and you can bring a picnic & a drink or two (or you can purchase both/either onsite). Shows get underway around 7:00.
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Wednesday
June
26
Fields of Mars, Henbrain, Twilighter
The Pinhook, Durham


photo: Twilighter - The Cave - August 18, 2007


Wednesday
June
26
Tav Falco and the Unapproachable Panther Burns, The Dex Romweber Duo, Last Year's Men
Local 506, Chapel Hill
Show of the month. The local openers are enough to earn it that distinction already, honestly, but then you factor in a rare appearance by the incomparable Tav Falco & his Panther Burns, and it rockets even further into the stratosphere.

photo: Dex Romweber Duo - Cat's Cradle - July 22, 2011
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Wednesday
June
26
Old Quarter
The Cave, Chapel Hill


Thursday
June
27
Kooley High, JSwiss
James C.Wallace Parking Deck Plaza, Chapel Hill
This is part of the summerlong Locally Grown concert/movie series; it starts at 6:00-ish. The plaza in question is the one on the top level of the city-owned Rosemary Street parking deck between Henderson & Columbia Streets.
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Thursday
June
27
Orquesta GarDel
CCB Plaza, Durham
These shows are outdoors, free, and take place shortly after work (around 7:00).
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Thursday
June
27
Cracker, Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes, Blanko Basnet, Blue Angel Blue
City Plaza, Raleigh
Raleigh's version of the free Thursday-night outdoor concert; here's hoping this one isn't thunderstormed out like last week's was.

photo: Justin Robinson & The Mary Annettes - Troika Music Festival, November 2010
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Thursday
June
27
Zigtebra, Effingham, Humon
The Casbah, Durham


Thursday
June
27
Wool, No Eyes
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh


Thursday
June
27
Kaze, The Real Laww, SkyBlew
Local 506, Chapel Hill


Thursday
June
27
Las Supper, Big Daddy Kane
Pour House, Raleigh
This is listed as "Las Supper featuring Big Daddy Kane," but I'm not schooled enough in hip-hop promotion terminology to be able to tell you whether [Triangle resident] Big Daddy Kane will be doing anything more than showing up, or sitting in on a half-verse, or what.
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Thursday
June
27
Sumner, Kryogen, Burnt Pizza
Kings, Raleigh


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