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Friday July 3 Skull Buckle, Left Outlet, The Ts, Birds of Avalon, American Aquarium Pour House, Raleigh Birds of Avalon just released their second full-length, Uncanny Valley, and the one song I've heard, "Your Downtime Is Up," moves them even more in the spacey-swirly-psych direction hinted at by the Outer Upper Inner EP of last year. Given what monster guitarists Paul & Cheetie are, I'm guessing the live show is still massive. music in the groovo.org player: Left Outlet, Birds of Avalon

Friday July 3 Tin Star, Birds & Arrows, Gray Young The Pinhook, Durham 12:00 - Tin Star 11:00 - Birds and Arrows 10:00 - Gray Young Tin Star are about to release an EP, Bettie Lane, which is an interesting mix of Louis Botta's chiming, arpeggiated guitar & Jamie Miyares's piano and high, precise vocals. They navigate (and master) the usually-deadly midtempo, by leaving just the right amount of space between the notes. photo: Tin Star - The Pinhook - May 20, 2009 music in the groovo.org player: Gray Young Facebook event page

Saturday July 4 Battle Rockets, Virgo 9, Free Electric State, Goodbye, Titan, Blag'ard Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh This is the Let Feedback Ring festival, an all-afternoon affair put together by the gtr/drums instrumental duo Battle Rockets. The complete lineup (probably not in order, but I'm unsure): Goodbye, Titan Irata The White Cascade Free Electric State Battle Rockets The Virgo 9 Blag’ard Once and Future Kings Spy Satellite Starts around 1:30; should be over in time to make it to the Red Collar show at Tir Na nOg. music in the groovo.org player: Virgo 9, Blag'ard Facebook event page

Saturday July 4 Evil Wiener The Cave, Chapel Hill It's the 8th Annual Evil Weiner Roast hosted by Evil Wiener (only 8th? seems like longer). There is nowhere I'd rather be on a July 4th than at the Cave, listening to Evil Wiener's skewed takes on all the patriotic classics, plus more. photo: Evil Wiener Facebook event page

Saturday July 4 Red Collar, Caverns, The Demon Beat Tir Na Nog, Raleigh Red Collar are a leaner, meaner rock&roll machine, thanks to a few months of near-nonstop touring. They are an American success story, regardless of how much "success" they actually attain. photo: Red Collar - 305 South - Feb 4, 2006 music in the groovo.org player: Red Collar Facebook event page

Sunday July 5 The Curtains of Night, Trophy Wife, Invisible Local 506, Chapel Hill Chapel Hill's Curtains of Night & DC's Trophy Wife are kindred spirits, for sure (or twins separated at birth): big screamy all-women guitar-drums duos. They're joined here by the bizarre/wonderful Greensboro band Invisible, whose homebrew instruments are equal parts musical instruments & art-objects. Here's a great flash slideshow from the N&O. photo: Curtains of Night, Bull City Headquarters, October 12, 2007 Facebook event page

Sunday July 5 Clang Quartet, Peter Woods, Instinct Control Nightlight, Chapel Hill   photo: Clang Quartet - Local 506, Chapel Hill - July 3, 2006 Facebook event page

Sunday July 5 Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls, The Cheats Slim's Downtown, Raleigh Richard Bacchus is a wicked elf, a denim-clad rock-n-roll showman, the kind of man who might just comb his hair with beer even when he's *not* onstage. photo: Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls, The Pinhook, April 30, 2009 Facebook event page

Monday July 6 Japandroids, Mount Weather Local 506, Chapel Hill Show of the week: Japandroids are from Vancouver. Yes, they're yet another gtr/drums duo, but you wouldn't know it from the great washes of guitar (and huge tom-heavy drum sounds) coming off their debut, Post-Nothing. It's summertime music (lotta songs about girls) but fuzzed-out, exploded, pushed through a filter of Vancouver drizzle and Sonic Youth crackle. Check out Heart Sweats for a taste of their more beat-heavy/aggro side (but note the strategic "oooh"s as well). Facebook event page

Tuesday July 7 Middle Distance Runner, Drink Up Buttercup Local 506, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

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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