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Monday May 12 Flicker Cat's Cradle, Carrboro Flicker is the monthly-ish festival of short films that has been happening in Chapel Hill for over a decade now. Under 20 minutes apiece, all originating on film, the perfect way to balance your Luddite tendencies against your short attention span.

Monday May 12 Government Warning, Invasion, Crossed Eyes, Under Pressure Double Down, Raleigh Hardcore. Invasion are apparently from Spain. Note that this was moved from BCHQ to the Double Down at Peace & Glenwood in Raleigh.

Monday May 12 Snowden, Colour Revolt, The Never Local 506, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Snowden, The Never

Monday May 12 Spider Bags, The Golden Boys, Girls of the Gravitron The Cave, Chapel Hill The perfect Monday-night show at the Cave, as both the Spider Bags and all their fans are the sort of people for whom Monday night is every bit as good a night to drink as the other six nights. Better, even, because the bars aren't as crowded with amateurs. music in the groovo.org player: Spider Bags, The Golden Boys

Tue-Wed May 13-14 Drive-By Truckers, Dexateens Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Tuesday May 13 Eberhardt, Empty Orchestra Nightlight, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Eberhardt video(s) on their page(s): Eberhardt

Tuesday May 13 Strange Faces, A Rooster for the Masses The Cave, Chapel Hill Spirit-of-'83 postpunk/dancepop from A Rooster For the Masses. 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

Tuesday May 13 Ladyhawk, Neva Dinova, A is Jump Local 506, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: A is Jump

Wednesday May 14 Dead to Society, Spotlight Effect Marvell Building, Durham music in the groovo.org player: Dead to Society

Wednesday May 14 Huguenots, Minipop The Cave, Chapel Hill

Wednesday May 14 Thrones, Caltrop, In the Year of the Pig Nightlight, Chapel Hill Thrones is Joe Preston, who was in Melvins, and has also done time/sat in with some of the classic names in west-coast stoner drone: Earth, High on Fire, Sunn O))). Caltrop & In the Year of the Pig come at things from opposite directions--meticulous massive filigreed riffage on the one hand, dual-drum/dual-bass freakout spazmoid sludge on the other--but they both manage to cut grooves so deep you'll be looking all Klingon in the morning. photo: Caltrop - Cat's Cradle - July 22, 2007 music in the groovo.org player: Thrones, Caltrop, In the Year of the Pig video(s) on their page(s): In the Year of the Pig

Wednesday May 14 Blood on the Wall, Americans in France, Dry Heathens Local 506, Chapel Hill   photo: Americans in France - The Cave - September 22, 2007 music in the groovo.org player: Blood on the Wall, Dry Heathens

Wednesday May 14 Frank Bang's Secret Stash Slim's Downtown, Raleigh

Thursday May 15 Indian Jewelry, Boyzone, Clang Quartet Local 506, Chapel Hill Indian Jewelry may or may not be from Texas, and may or may not be part of the sprawling Swarm of Angels collective. The songs I just listened to on MySpace were pretty great in a wall-of-drone kinda way. Anytime Clang Quartet are on the bill, you're guaranteed a mind-melting time anyway, so . . . photo: Clang Quartet - Local 506, Chapel Hill - July 3, 2006

Thursday May 15 The Cartridge Family Tir Na Nog, Raleigh Another local bands/local beers night, this time featuring one of my favorite Raleigh bands, the Cartridge Family. They live somewhere near the intersection of Blonde on Blonde and New York Dolls; they're so good you could bring yr clueless coworkers to this show (as long as you were willing to endure six months of workplace chatter about their new favorite band). music in the groovo.org player: The Cartridge Family

Thursday May 15 The Nothing Noise, Attached Hands, Satellite Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Thursday May 15 Mas y Mas Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill

Thursday May 15 Hammer No More the Fingers, Self-Evident Slim's Downtown, Raleigh   photo: Hammer No More the Fingers - Cat's Cradle - October 6, 2007 music in the groovo.org player: Hammer No More the Fingers video(s) on their page(s): Hammer No More the Fingers

Thursday May 15 Irata, The Bronzed Chorus Reservoir, Carrboro

Friday May 16 Kenny Roby's Mercy Filter Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh

Friday May 16 The Dead Science, The Hem of His Garment Bull City Headquarters, Durham The Hem of His Garment are a collective of varied size & membership, united in the pursuit of transcendent volume. photo: The Hem of His Garment, Chaz's Bull City Records, July 31, 2006

Friday May 16 Nathan Oliver, Dylan Gilbert, Pox Family Singers, Sweater Weather Broad Street Cafe, Durham This is the annual Pin Projekt show, which is a fundraiser for the Troika Music Festival. Various local artists decorate/modify bowling pins, which are then auctioned off. photo: Sweater Weather - Local 506 - March 10, 2007 music in the groovo.org player: Nathan Oliver, Sweater Weather video(s) on their page(s): Nathan Oliver

Friday May 16 Les Dudek, Jule Brown Cat's Cradle, Carrboro music in the groovo.org player: Jule Brown

Friday May 16 Joe Romeo & the Orange County Volunteers, Brendan Rice, Scarlet Rider Local 506, Chapel Hill Joe Romeo & his Orange County Volunteers have a record mostly done, but there was apparently a little trouble with a label, or something that initially appeared to be a label but turned out not to be, so for now your best chance to hear it is to ask Joe when you see him at Weaver Street, or just go to the show. music in the groovo.org player: Joe Romeo & the Orange County Volunteers video(s) on their page(s): Joe Romeo & the Orange County Volunteers

Friday May 16 The Cartridge Family The Cave, Chapel Hill In saying good things a moment ago about the Cartridge Family, I neglected to single out Greg Rice's electric piano as a high point, nor did I mention that I still haven't heard their second album, Shine Like a Bottle, because there's some sort of embargo on exporting it out of Wake County. Hopefully they can smuggle some over the line for this show. music in the groovo.org player: The Cartridge Family

Friday May 16 The Bleeding Hearts, Magic Babies, Sir Arthur and His Royal Knights Pour House, Raleigh This is a CD-release party for the Bleeding Hearts.

Friday May 16 *SONS Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill

Friday May 16 Gray Young, Citified Slim's Downtown, Raleigh Shoegaze/dreampop. music in the groovo.org player: Gray Young

Saturday May 17 Rachel Van Slyke, All Your Science, Fictional Detectives Bull City Headquarters, Durham This show is at 3:00 p.m; BCHQ says "Benefit for the Durham Bike Co-op! Afternoon show followed by bike ride. Rachel is currently touring the country on her bike!!"

Saturday May 17 The Delta Drift Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh

Saturday May 17 S.C.O.T.S., Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies Cat's Cradle, Carrboro It's still more than a month until Summer, but this show feels like the official kickoff of the season. VVLL bring the breezy, bell-heavy girl-group pop, and SCOTS (of course) crank up the humidity with their swampy originals & choice covers. music in the groovo.org player: S.C.O.T.S., Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies

Saturday May 17 Midnite Sun, Velvet Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Midnite Sun, Velvet

Saturday May 17 Red Collar, Pneurotics, Hammer No More the Fingers, The Proclivities Local 506, Chapel Hill This is a CD-release party for the Pneurotics. photo: Red Collar - 305 South - Feb 4, 2006 music in the groovo.org player: Red Collar, Hammer No More the Fingers video(s) on their page(s): Hammer No More the Fingers

Saturday May 17 Jooklo Duo, Rahdunes, Clearvoiant, Todos Somos Ninjas, Black Yeti Nightlight, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Rahdunes

Saturday May 17 Jimmy & The Teasers, Table Slim's Downtown, Raleigh music in the groovo.org player: Table

Saturday May 17 Dexter Romweber and the New Romans Reservoir, Carrboro Dexter Romweber and the New Roman's are Dex's large band, generally featuring 2 drummers, 2 guitars, bass, keyboards, and a horn section. For Dexter, a man whose love of Louis Prima goes back to early childhood, the New Romans must be a chance to hear the songs onstage the way they sound in his head. photo: Dexter Romweber and the New Romans - Local 506 - Feb 17, 2006 video(s) on their page(s): Dexter Romweber and the New Romans

Sunday May 18 Dexter Romweber, The Tremors, Killer Filler, Billy Sugarfix The Cave, Chapel Hill This is a Zombie Party (!), hosted by local cable-access Monster Creature Feature host Ormon Grimsby. Charlotte's Tremors were an obvious choice, as they routinely rock the monster/zombie makeup shtick already. music in the groovo.org player: Dexter Romweber, The Tremors, Killer Filler, Billy Sugarfix

Sunday May 18 My Dad is Dead, Argyle Denial, Hundred Air Local 506, Chapel Hill If you google My Dad is Dead Cleveland, you get 1.1 million hits. If you google My Dad is Dead Carrboro, you only get 2300. Yet he lives in Carrboro, and has for most of this century. He moved here for love, which may explain why all the songs on the last MDID album were so damn lovey-dovey and happy-sounding. Argyle Denial are Cleveland-ites, and the song I heard on MySpace was a pretty freaking rippin' garage-surf rocker. Hundred Air are the countryish mope-pop band of Adam Price, who was in the Comas & the Mayflies USA back in the '90s. music in the groovo.org player: Hundred Air

Sunday May 18 Tooth, Javelina, Horsefang Hell, Chapel Hill There is no better metal band in North Carolina than Tooth. Period. Full stop.

Monday May 19 Yo Majesty, Dutchess Headbangerr, Rosetta Stoned Local 506, Chapel Hill

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