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Tuesday
February
9
Jonathan Richman
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
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Tuesday
February
9
Barton Carroll, Wood Ear
The Pinhook, Durham
10:00 - Barton Carrol
9:00 - Wood Ear
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Tuesday
February
9
Screaming Crayons, The Second Take
Local 506, Chapel Hill
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Tuesday
February
9
One Wolf, John Howie, Jokes & Jokes & Jokes
Reservoir, Carrboro
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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.
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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).
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Wednesday
February
10
Marlo Eggplant, America Reads
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
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Wednesday
February
10
Birds & Arrows, Deleted Scenes, Oblio
Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
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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
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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.
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Thursday
February
11
Graveyard Fields, The Alcazar Hotel, Come Hell or High Water
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
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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.
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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
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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
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Friday
February
12
Sequoya, Jeremy Blair from Effingham
Broad Street Cafe, Durham
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Friday
February
12
Zardoz, Ruscha
Nightlight, Chapel Hill
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Friday
February
12
Demolition String Band, The Moaners, Pneurotics
The Cave, Chapel Hill
music in the groovo.org player: The Moaners
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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
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Saturday
February
13
Lonnie Walker, Gross Ghost, Onward Soldiers
Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
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Saturday
February
13
The Mugs, Graveyard Fields, Butterflies
Local 506, Chapel Hill
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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
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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
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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.
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Sunday
February
14
Jason Anderson, Cassis Orange
2702 Lawndale, Durham
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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).
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Sunday
February
14
We Landed on the Moon, Lake Inferior, Elsinore, Lions at Lunchtime
Local 506, Chapel Hill
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Monday
February
15
Tortoise, Disappears
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
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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.
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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 
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Tuesday
February
16
Jokes & Jokes & Jokes
The Cave, Chapel Hill
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Tuesday
February
16
Joe Hero
Local 506, Chapel Hill
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