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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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