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Tuesday February 9 Jonathan Richman Cat's Cradle, Carrboro Facebook event page

Tuesday February 9 Barton Carroll, Wood Ear The Pinhook, Durham 10:00 - Barton Carrol 9:00 - Wood Ear Facebook event page

Tuesday February 9 Screaming Crayons, The Second Take Local 506, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

Tuesday February 9 One Wolf, John Howie, Jokes & Jokes & Jokes Reservoir, Carrboro Facebook event page

Wednesday February 10 Panda's Matzah Shop, The Real Deal, The Breaks The Pinhook, Durham The Breaks are a sort of Pittsboro-based supergroup of [gracefully aging] local rockers. Guitarist Steve Carr is better known nowadays for his high-end custom amps than for his guitar-slinging, but he's been playing in bands around Chapel Hill since the 80s, including in the Emperors of Ice Cream with Breaks drummer Brunson Hoole. And of course singer John Ensslin was in the incomparable What Peggy Wants, who had the balls to go Glam when everyone else in town was going Grunge, circa 1991. Facebook event page

Wednesday February 10 The Small Ponds, Laura Cortese The Cave, Chapel Hill The Small Ponds is the latest project from Caitlin Cary (ex-Whiskeytown, Tres Chicas). Facebook event page

Wednesday February 10 Marlo Eggplant, America Reads Nightlight, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

Wednesday February 10 Birds & Arrows, Deleted Scenes, Oblio Slim's Downtown, Raleigh Facebook event page

Thursday February 11 Ghost Cats of the South, One Wolf, Pros & Cons The Pinhook, Durham 11 - Ghost Cats 10 - One Wolf 9 - Pros and Cons Facebook event page

Thursday February 11 Naked Gods, Luego, Bright Young Things Tir Na Nog, Raleigh Naked Gods are a Southern Rock band from up near Boone, who inject a healthy amount of psychedelia & mountain weirdness into the mix. Facebook event page

Thursday February 11 Graveyard Fields, The Alcazar Hotel, Come Hell or High Water Nightlight, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

Thursday February 11 Jimbo Mathus & Tri-State Coalition The Cave, Chapel Hill Jimbo Mathus was in The Squirrel Nut Zippers (and before that the weird swamprockabilly outfit Metal Flake Mother), but for the past dozen or so years, starting with his Knocked Down Society, he's been working closer to his native Mississippi delta blues & country. Facebook event page

Friday February 12 Proof, Torch Marauder Local 506, Chapel Hill This is kind of complicated. To wit: NC Comedy Arts Festival Presents COMICS & CHORDS Featuring: COMICS @ 9:00: Chris Fox (Greensboro, NC) Trent Bowles (Raleigh, NC) Ghuffran Ali (Chicago, IL) Carolyn Castiglia (New York, NY) CHORDS @ 10:00: Proof The Torch Marauder Yes, you read that right, the caped, blue-skinned crusader has re-united with his video alter-ego (um, I guess . . . I can't imagine him putting on a show without himself) and has plotted his triumphant return to local stages. Viva Torch! photo: Proof - Go! Studios - Fall 2000(?) music in the groovo.org player: Proof, Torch Marauder video(s) on their page(s): Torch Marauder Facebook event page

Friday February 12 Spider Bags, The Weight, The Fox Hunt, The Goddamn Rattlesnake 2702 Lawndale, Durham Last-minute house show booking. Here's what Craig said: We've got some GREAT bands passing through town on Friday and when they needed a last minute show in the area, I knew it was up to me and good ol' 2702 Lawndale (Layabout House) to step up to the plate!! SPIDER BAGS are the good citizens who brought this opportunity to my attention, and they probably need no introduction - this will be their THIRD (!!!) time playing here at the house, edging up on Reid from Schooner for the title of "Most 2702 Lawndale House Show Appearances." They're one of the best live bands in the Triangle or anywhere and their LP from last year "Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World" (Birdman Recs.) was amongst my favorites of '09! http://myspace.com/spiderbags THE WEIGHT are an NYC (by way of GA) beer-soaked big country-rock band with classic rock tendencies - think The Band (duh), The Stones, Gram Parsons, Uncle Tupelo, etc. Their most recent LP "The Weight Are Men" came out on the always awesome The Colonel Records back in '08. http://www.myspace.com/theweightnyc THE FOX HUNT (from their website) "meld the bright harmonies and acoustic instruments characteristic of early country/folk with rough, smoky, rock and roll lyrics and arrangements." On tour from W. Virginia! http://thefoxhunt.net + http://myspace.com/lefoxhunt THE GODDAMN RATTLESNAKE are also NYC-based and share some members with The Weight. They play some sweet banjo/mandolin/fiddle driven country-folk. Lots of drinkin' and heartbreak, lots of great harmonies! http://www.myspace.com/thegoddamnrattlesnake This one will start at 9PM and since it's a Friday we'll be partying a bit after the bands! BYOB and bring some loot for the touring bands if you have some to spare! photo: Spider Bags - Pinhook - August 21, 2009 music in the groovo.org player: Spider Bags Facebook event page

Friday February 12 Sequoya, Jeremy Blair from Effingham Broad Street Cafe, Durham Facebook event page

Friday February 12 Zardoz, Ruscha Nightlight, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

Friday February 12 Demolition String Band, The Moaners, Pneurotics The Cave, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: The Moaners Facebook event page

Saturday February 13 New Town Drunks, The Kinksmen, The Squares, Children of the Horn The Pinhook, Durham 1 - Mardi Gras Dance Party 12 - The New Town Drunks 11 - The Kinksmen 10 - The Squares 9 - Children of the Horn music in the groovo.org player: New Town Drunks

Saturday February 13 Lonnie Walker, Gross Ghost, Onward Soldiers Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh Facebook event page

Saturday February 13 The Mugs, Graveyard Fields, Butterflies Local 506, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

Saturday February 13 The Moaners, Demolition String Band, Chip Robinson Slim's Downtown, Raleigh Chip Robinson used to be in an amazing Raleigh alt-country/cowpunk band called The Backsliders; nowadays he lives in NYC. music in the groovo.org player: The Moaners Facebook event page

Sunday February 14 Schooner WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham Schooner are releasing a download-only EP, The Duck-Kee Sessions, this week via cytunes.org. Though you won't be able to see it via radio, one of the cool aspects of the EP (apart from the music itself) is that local artists & musicians have done a bunch of custom "cover art" that you'll be able to buy at the release party (2/19, The Pinhook). So you can have your digital cake & eat it too. In the meantime, tune in at 4:00 to hear Schooner playing their world-famous Valentines Day Medley live on the air. 88.7 FM or wxdu.org music in the groovo.org player: Schooner Facebook event page

Sunday February 14 Wanda Jackson, The Lustre Kings Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh Yes, *the* Wanda Jackson, originator of such vintage rockabilly insanity as "Hard Headed Woman" and "Funnel of Love." Apparently she's not only still alive, but was recently inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. And she's playing in Raleigh at the Berkeley at 7:00 p.m. I'm a huge fan of Wanda's vintage 50s/60s output & I suppose I would suggest that one might want to do some judicious YouTube searches before heading out to check out the now 72-year-old queen of rockabilly. Facebook event page

Sunday February 14 Jason Anderson, Cassis Orange 2702 Lawndale, Durham Facebook event page

Sunday February 14 The Foreign Exchange Cat's Cradle, Carrboro The Triangle may be a musical hotbed, but our talent isn't always of the variety that attracts Grammy attention. So it's worth mentioning that recent Grammy nominees The Foreign Exchange are half the brainchild of NC's own Phonte Coleman (soon-to-be-ex-Little Brother). Facebook event page

Sunday February 14 We Landed on the Moon, Lake Inferior, Elsinore, Lions at Lunchtime Local 506, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: We Landed on the Moon

Monday February 15 Tortoise, Disappears Cat's Cradle, Carrboro Facebook event page

Monday February 15 Triangle Soundpainting Orchestra Nightlight, Chapel Hill Every Monday in February, the Triangle Soundpainting Orchestra are holding a combination open rehearsal/performance/master class in the basics of soundpainting, which is a form of gesture-based collective improvisation. Facebook event page

Monday February 15 Love Hangover Pour House, Raleigh The Love Hangover is a long-running (geez, it seems like it has been most of a decade) post-Valentines Day Raleigh tradition, originally started by Richard Alwyn of The Luxuries. The basic idea: male/female duets, a little bitterness, a little heartbreak, a little reality-check. Caitlin Cary & Matt Douglas Sara Bell & Phil Cook Alexandra Day and Hunter MacDermut Karen Kletter & Aly Khalifa Rachel Hirsh & John Booker  Facebook event page

Tuesday February 16 Jokes & Jokes & Jokes The Cave, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

Tuesday February 16 Joe Hero Local 506, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

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