The Curtains of Night, Saturday, BCHQ
Friday, June 6: Plastic CameraWorks, Rebus WorksThis is non-musical, but looks cool anyway: Please join us this Friday for the opening reception of Plastic CameraWorks on Friday, June 6 from 6-10 p.m. The exhibition continues through July 26.
Plastic Camera Works features the work of thirty photographers from across the country. All photographs in the exhibition were taken by plastic cameras, including those considered “toy cameras” like the Holga, the early affordable point-and-shoot cameras like the Brownie and Diana, and the instantly-gratifying Polaroid. Photographers selected for this open-call, juried exhibition range from the lifelong photographers, for whom the film camera is their first love, to young artists. The jurors for the exhibition are Nicole Welch, Raleigh artist and the Curator of Education at the Contemporary Art Museum, and Shonna Greenwell, Raleigh photographer and owner of Rebus Works.
Exhibiting photographers:
Tom Winstead, Alison Overton, Kurt Fassett-Meyer, Vignettes of Our Lives, Geoff Wood, Ron Flory, Dakota Keck, Todd Brantley, Sarah Maltais, Sarah Powers, Louanne Watley, Abby Nardo, Nicole Bivins, Janeile Egbert, Rachael Lebron, Seanette Broughton, Nick Pironio, Jenn Halter Prenda, Bliss Alexander-Smith, Eric Schneider, Lindsay Lynch, MC Byrne, RK Oliver, Byron Browne, James Giotta, David Walser, Charlotte Vaughn, Miranda Maynard, Lisa Quatrale, Ronnie Tomany
Friday, June 6:
Swervedriver with
The Nein,
Cat's CradleEnglish shoegaze band with locals The Nein, who have undergone a bit of a lineup change since I last saw them.
See video of The Nein.
Saturday, June 7: The Infamous Sugar, SlimsApparently The Sugar has had to amend his name because someone else is claiming it. But they won't be as sweet, or as totally nasty. Two sets.
SHOW OF THE WEEKSaturday, June 7: DuoFest, Bull City HeadquartersThanks to Eleni Binge from Beloved Binge for e-mailing me the details about this awesome show this Saturday:
Hi Karen,
I hope all is well with you. We're busy getting ready to hit the road for an entire year both with our band & my documentary. whew. Meanwhile, I wanted to let you know about the 2nd annual duofest...amazing lineup this year with so, so many two-piecers.
RIP to the duos that died since last year, and become trios, solos, or quartets. But thank duo, this year's fest celebrates many new two-pieces you might not have discovered.
It's taking place June 7th, 3:00 pm at Bull City Headquarters, Durham, NC:
Here, in no particular order, are the bands playing. A few are still being confirmed, but the final lineup will be here:
http://www.myspace.com/durhamduofest 2013 Wolves (Charlotte, Milestone folks)
Resist Not! (Duo including Shayne, FKON on Drums)
Sawteeth McTweedy
Fortress of Swatches
All Your Science (featuring the backpack drumset)
Speedsquare
Scientific Superstar (devo?)
Horned Goat Cookie Party (Anne Gomez & Joyce V's new project)
The Saint Peter Pocket Veto
Manblossom (oh, yeah)
DINNER (veg potluck) BREAK!
Beloved Binge
Sequoya (album coming out soon)
The Whole World Laughing
SpaceLab
Jew(s) & Catholic(s) (You're classically trained, aren't you?" said my mom after a show)
Opening Flower Happy Bird
Apis Bull
Curtains of Night
Robo Sapien (need to confirm)
Sunday, June 8: Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls with The Hot Pursuit, Slim'sIt's Ricky's birthday, so come drink some tequila with him to celebrate.
Tuesday, June 10: Mudhoney with Birds of Avalon, Cat's CradleLegendary grunge masters. Birds of Avalon tour so much now you'd do well to catch them while you can.
COMING UP NEXT WEEK
Friday, June 13: Goner CD-release party at Slim's
Friday, June 13: Killer Filler (CD-relase) with Dom Casual, Local 505
Hillsborough surf rockers with Pressure Boys guitar player Bryon Settle on guitar.
Saturday, June 14: Shake It Like a Caveman, Sadlack's (early! and free!)
Raw one-man blues machine. Check out the video from April.
UPCOMING IN GENERAL
Friday, June 20: Teenage Prayers with Hymns at Slim's
I saw both these bands back in March, mainly because Teenage Prayers had been talked up so much to me. I ended up liking Hymns more. Here's what I wrote about them back then.
Saturday, June 21: Milemarker with Fin Fang Foom and Bellefea, Local 506
Legendary semi-local band returns.
Saturday, June 21: the T's at Slim's
July 4-6: Heavy Rebel Weekend
If you love hot rods and rockabilly, you might want to take a road trip to Winston-Salem this weekend.
July 12 & 13: The Club is Open Festival, Cat's Cradle
Featuring, among others, Red Collar, Future Kings of Nowhere and I Was Totally Destroying It.