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Tuesday October 7 Of Montreal Carolina Theatre, Durham music in the groovo.org player: Of Montreal

Tuesday October 7 Midtown Dickens, A Collective of Dirt, The Hail Seizures, Chin Up Meriwether, Southern Skies Bull City Headquarters, Durham If there weren't five bands on a Tuesday night, it wouldn't be Bull City Headquarters, now would it? photo: Catherine Edgerton - Midtown Dickens - Great Band Swap - Duke Coffeehouse - Dec. 1, 2007 music in the groovo.org player: Midtown Dickens video(s) on their page(s): Midtown Dickens

Tuesday October 7 Sunburned Hand of the Man, Clang Quartet, Climax Denial, Secret Boyfriend, Secret Woods Nightlight, Chapel Hill There's actually also a sixth band, Still Born. Because 5 bands on a Tuesday may be how they rock it in Durham, but in Chapel Hill everything's PLUS ONE! photo: Clang Quartet - Local 506, Chapel Hill - July 3, 2006 music in the groovo.org player: Secret Boyfriend

Tuesday October 7 Wovenhand, Tin Star Local 506, Chapel Hill Tin Star are a new-ish Durham band made up of Louis & Bart from that great mid-90s Chapel Hill band William Christ Supercarr, and Jamie Miyares, formerly of the Winston-Salem band Tommygun.

Wednesday October 8 Alternate Routes, Katie Herzig Local 506, Chapel Hill

Wednesday October 8 Franz Fjodor, Promute, Staplerfahrer Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Wednesday October 8 New Town Drunks, The Alcazar Hotel Reservoir, Carrboro music in the groovo.org player: New Town Drunks

Thursday October 9 The Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour Local 506, Chapel Hill The web says: "Featuring Julian Koster, William Cullen Hart, Scott Spillane, Laura Carter, Eric Harris and more performing the music of The Music Tapes, Circulatory System, Scott Spillane, The Gerbils, Elf Power, Olivia Tremor Control, Nesey Gallons and more. Includes the world premiere of the movie "Major Organ and the Adding Machine."

Thursday October 9 Butterflies, Husband and Wife, Rodeo Ruby Love Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Thursday October 9 I Was Totally Destroying It, Rongorongo Tir Na Nog, Raleigh music in the groovo.org player: I Was Totally Destroying It video(s) on their page(s): I Was Totally Destroying It

Thursday October 9 Antarctic, The Bronzed Chorus, Saint Peter Pocket Veto Reservoir, Carrboro

Friday October 10 Kapow! Music, Citified, Grappling Hook Armadillo Grill @ the Bryan Center, Duke W. Campus, Durham These Friday-afternoon shows at the Armadillo Grill are sponsored by a new-ish campus group; they're sorta happy-hour timed (5:30-ish), and in addition to local bands, there's free chips & salsa. All you gotta do is get yourself to Duke West Campus at 5:30 on a Friday. Note that the lineup for this has changed, and the Grappling Hook are now on the bill. I've seen the Grappling Hook in a variety of odd places, but I think this is the first time I will have experienced their massive wall of space-metal while eating free chips & salsa. photo: Grappling Hook - Bull City HQ - June 14, 2008 music in the groovo.org player: Kapow! Music, Grappling Hook video(s) on their page(s): Grappling Hook

Friday October 10 Jonathan Richman Local 506, Chapel Hill

Friday October 10 Simple, Doly Toro, Death to the Details The Cave, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Simple

Friday October 10 Joe Swank and the Zen Pirates Slim's Downtown, Raleigh music in the groovo.org player: Joe Swank and the Zen Pirates

Saturday October 11 Virgo 9, Slow Gun Shogun, Sequoya Bull City Headquarters, Durham music in the groovo.org player: Virgo 9

Saturday October 11 Kaia, Birds & Arrows, The Antlers Nightlight, Chapel Hill First pass through town in a while for Kaia Wilson, who used to live here & fronted the Butchies, before moving back west a few years ago.

Saturday October 11 Ra Ra Riot, Walter Meego, The Morning Benders Local 506, Chapel Hill

Sunday October 12 Goner WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham Goner are from Raleigh, and they've been together in one form or another for nearly as long as I've lived here. They've just released a new album, "Rock and Roll Always Forgets," and it's their best yet: bitter, passionate, detailed songs about getting old in a college town while all the kids stay the same age. 4:00 p.m. at 88.7 FM or wxdu.org. photo: Goner - Boylan Heights - 2007

Sunday October 12 The Wedding Present, The Jealous Girlfriends Local 506, Chapel Hill

Sunday October 12 Teh Vodak, Can Kickers The Cave, Chapel Hill Teh Vodak are a new band with Ben Donnelly (ex-Blackstrap) and Betsy-Shane (Lam! Lam!, Pink Flag). Can Kickers are a raggedy doubletime bluegrass/oldtime band (kin to the Avetts, I guess) from up north; one of their members moved to the Triangle earlier this year to work for the Music Maker Relief Foundation, so welcome.

Monday October 13 Girl Talk, Grand Buffet, Hearts of Darknesses Cat's Cradle, Carrboro Superhyped celebrity copyright-violator Gregg Gillis brings his hi-energy Girl Talk show (Gregg, his laptop, and half the audience, onstage dancing) to Cat's Cradle. You've read about him in every mainstream publication around, so it's a miracle he hasn't been sued out of existence yet. music in the groovo.org player: Girl Talk

Monday October 13 Ironing, Boyzone, Hal McGee Nightlight, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Ironing

Monday October 13 Talkdemonic Local 506, Chapel Hill

Tuesday October 14 The Heartless Bastards, Dead Confederate Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Tuesday October 14 Delta Spirit, Pattern is Movement Local 506, Chapel Hill The first time I saw South Philly's Pattern Is Movement, I found them incredibly annoying. The second time I saw them, I found them both annoying and really compelling. Then I met their irritating singer/bass player, and learned that he's a genuine weirdo (and elementary-school gym teacher), not just onstage. Now I'm quite fond of them. RIYL strange stories, weird falsetto singing, and prog.

Tuesday October 14 Jordan Reservoir, Carrboro

Not enough for you? There are fun interactive maps to the clubs via the Google Maps API. (Last time I checked, it worked everywhere except for IE. It even halfway works in IE, except for the really kewl "get directions" part, which is broken. Maybe one day I'll care enough to fix it. Until then, get a better browser.) 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) NEW! 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.

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