This week's cool shows: Mike Scheidt & Nate Hall, Town Mountain and more

Lots of good shows happening this week, but I'm personally most looking forward to the solo acoustic show featuring Mike Scheidt of Yob and Nate Hall of U.S. Christmas, Wednesday, July 18, at Kings. If you're familiar with Yob's driving, mystical doom, then the uplifting AM Gold melodies on Scheidt's solo record "Stay Awake" (Thrill Jockey) might be a bit surprising. But if you free your mind of pre-conceived notions about heaviness, and just surrender yourself to the music, you'll find that "Stay Awake" is just as deep as anything Yob has created. Nate Hall's excellent solo record, "A Great River," is out now on Neurot. Looking forward to seeing both of these guys at Kings.  

Also this week: Up-and-coming Asheville bluegrass band Town Mountain will be at the Pour House on Thursday, July 19. On Friday, July 20, Valeint Thorr, Holy Grail, Royal Thunder and Caltrop will be at Cat's Cradle. All four of those bands put on some of the most amazing shows I saw last year, so this is going to be a killer show. Finally on Saturday, July 21, Hog, Sons of Tonatiuh, Man Will Destroy Himself, and Stampede will be at Casbah. Looking ahead, get ready for Agalloch at Kings on July 29!

Cool upcoming shows: The Rosebuds and more!

The Rosebuds' "Loud Planes Fly Low" was released today on Merge, and you can see them this Saturday at Kings. Surprisingly, this show is not currently sold out, but I feel certain it will be before the day of show, so get your tickets now. They won't be around here again until their July 29 show with Bon Iver at Raleigh Amphitheater. And as a side note, thanks to Frank Heath for booking that show, and The Decemberists show, also this Saturday, at the amphitheater. I truly hope both of these shows are major successes, and the city of Raleigh will finally understand that you can make money booking something besides washed-up classic rockers.


Other notable shows this week include Jack the Radio, Friday at Slim's, Make at Nightlight on Wednesday, and the CD-release party for Tom Maxwell's new CD, "Kingdom Come," Friday at Motorco.

There are also two non-show happenings you should know about: First, tickets for Kyuss' Sept. 25 show at Orange Peel in Asheville go on sale this Friday at noon. Second, The Independent Weekly is set to announce a new round of bands for Hopscotch tomorrow at 10 a.m.!

This week's cool shows: Mystery show and more!

This week's show of the week is undoubtedly the Thursday show at Tir na Nog that we've all been asked not to post on the Internet (after it was posted on Facebook). You probably know who it is already. If you're friends with Chris Tamplin on Facebook, then you definitely know who it is. The idea is that this should be a word-of-mouth only show, so I won't reveal it here, though I will say that I'm glad the band is making good on a favor they've owed Tamplin since January.


The other big show of the week is Megafaun and Mount Moriah at Cat's Cradle on Friday. Richmond's Great White Jenkins are opening. Greensboro's Citified will be at Slim's on Friday with Gray Young, and Broad Street Cafe on Saturday with Free Electric State. Static Minds are playing Abe Quinn's birthday blowout Saturday at Slim's so expect the alcohol to be flowing for that one. Future Islands are holding their CD-release show with Lonnie Walker TONIGHT at the Berkeley. And finally Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are at Cat's Cradle next Tuesday, May 11.

Finally, this isn't music-related, but I really love this particular organization and believe in what they do: The Coalition to Unchain Dogs is holding its Fashion Unchained fundraiser on Saturday at Marbles Kids Museum. Please check it out!

Cool shows this weekend: Benefits galore!

No doubt by now you've heard about the Double Barrel Benefit for WKNC at the Pour House this weekend.  Both nights will be great, but I'm most excited about seeing Roman Candle again, and checking out Spider Bags for the first time. If you want to know more about the bands, check out WKNC's blog.

Also at the Pour House on Thursday is a Haiti relief benefit with a stellar line-up: Chatham County Line,
A Rooster For The Masses, Filthybird, The Hotwires, Roger Gupton, The Debonzo Brothers and Andy Bilinski. Do not miss Filthybird. Seriously! The suggested donation is $12, and all proceeds go to the American Red Cross. Also, this is an early show with Andy Bilinski starting things off at 6:45, and Roosters wrapping it up at midnight.

Finally, from Triangle Music comes word of another interesting Haiti benefit on Saturday, this one at Local 506. Apparently a group of local bands are covering Tom Petty and Bob Dylan songs, so check it out.

Cool shows this week: IWTDI, Valient Thorr and more!

I admit, this week's Show of the Week was almost a tie between I Was Totally Destroying It (Saturday at Cat's Cradle) and Valient Thorr (Wednesday at Pour House). I fully expect VT to put on a high-energy show, and I think the Pour House will be the perfect spot to see them (great sound, can watch the band from upstairs, plus Wednesday is mug night). But IWTDI sneaks ahead because I've been loving their new CD (which I'm now obligated to tell you I got for free -- more on that in another post), and Saturday's show is their CD-release party. Read the review at Triangle Music and see photographer Jason Arthurs' video of the photoshoot here. Admission gets you a free copy of the CD, so if you blog about it yourself, you might want to mention that. Lonnie Walker, Des Ark, Rat Jackson and the awesomely named Lake Inferior open.

Also this week: Dirty Little Heaters with Ricky Bacchus at Thursday at Tir na Nog, Gray Young at Friday  Nightlight, and Antiseen with KIFF and Prostitute Hostage Friday at the Berkeley

This week's cool shows: Tom Cushman Benefit!

There are lots of great shows happening this week, especially in Raleigh, where the offerings include Holy Ghost Tent Revival at the Pour House on Wednesday, Future Islands and Lonnie Walker at the Brewery on Wednesday, Future Kings of Nowhere at Tir na Nog on Thursday, and Max Indian at Slim's on Saturday.

CORRECTION: Max Indian is NOT playing at Slim's on Saturday, but they are at Busy Bee on Wednesday.

But the undisputed show of the week is the benefit for Raleigh punk icon Tom Cushman Sunday at White Collar Crime. The schedule is as follows: Gringo 3:30, The Trousers 4:30, Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest girls 5:30, Caitlin Cary 6:30, Kenny Roby 7:30, The Infamous Sugar 8:30, Bleeding Hearts 9:30, MWDH 10:30, Rocket Cottage 11:30, T’s 1:15, SeaLegs 12:30. I'll admit that I don't know Gringo or SeaLegs, but the rest of the schedule just can't be beat. So come out and donate some cash for Tom, who is battling a severe case of pneumonia and doesn't have health insurance.

This week's cool shows: Rollergirls afterparty at Tir na Nog!

(Red Collar) Lots of great shows this week, including Man Will Destroy Himself Friday at Slim's, Tooth, The Curtains of Night, Grappling Hook, The Claw at Duke Coffeehouse (also Friday) and Bugfest with The Rosebuds (who play at 4:30 p.m.) at the N.C. Museum of Natural Science on Saturday. But the can't-miss show of the weekend is the Carolina Rollergirls after party with Red Collar, I Was Totally Destroying It,The Demon Beat and Pink Flag. The after party is part of the Wicked Wheels of the East roller derby eastern regional championships, which pits the Carolina team against some of the best skaters in the nation.

Cool shows this week: Caltrop, Love Language, Bowerbirds/Megafaun

(Megafaun)

OK, this is going to be an amazing weekend for live, local music. Too amazing, unfortunately, particularly on Friday night when the calendar is just plain jammed up with great music.

Thursday's big show is an early, free show with The Love Language and Lost in the Trees at Wallace Plaza in Chapel Hill. Wallace Plaza is the amphitheater space on top of the parking deck off of Rosemary Street. Gates (so to speak) open at 6, and the music starts at 7.

Friday, as I've noted, is full of music, but if you're in Raleigh and you like your rock heavy, you need to see Caltrop and Decoration Ghost at Slim's. Decoration Ghost includes Scott Hicks who has been in a bunch of Greensboro bands, including Taija Rae. See my Five Questions interview with Caltrop here.

If you're in Chapel Hill on Friday, and your tastes run more toward alt-country, you should check out the Benefit for the Goathouse Cat Sanctuary, with Tres Chicas, Luego and Gambling the Muse at Cat's Cradle. It's for a great cause, and the music will be stellar.

Finally on Saturday, the big show (and in fact the show of the week) is Bowerbirds and Megafaun at the ArtsCenter. Check out stories and some really nice photos from the bands' co-tour here.

This week's cool shows: Pipe and more!

This week's Show of the week is Pipe and the Dry Heathens Saturday at Broad Street Cafe in Durham. Due to illness on the band's part, and bad scheduling on mine, I still haven't seen the reunited version. Hoping to change that this weekend. Other notable shows include The Infamous Sugar, Dirty Hookers and The Kickass, also on Saturday at Slim's. This show is notable in part for having such a popular flyer that at least one other local show is using it too! Also, Dirty Hookers is the new side project The Sugar himself and Joel from Static Minds. Also happening this Thursday, Erectus Monotone, The Loners and Rocket Cottage at Tir na Nog. Rocket Cottage will sell their new record at the show. Check New Raleigh soon for my interview with Erectus Monotone.

This week's cool shows: BOA!

OK, this is the short and sweet version since I've been called out of town on yet another family emergency. This week's big show is Birds of Avalon's CD-release show at Pour House on Saturday, plain and simple. Read my Five Questions interview with BOA's Dave Mueller on New Raleigh. Other cool shows this weekend include: Static Minds, Magic Babies and DJ Midnight Cowboy tonight at Tir na Nog; The T's with a Stones tribute band called Some Girls Friday at Slim's (have heard Some Girls is really good), and Unknown Hinson Saturday at the Berkeley.

This week's cool shows: Righteous Fool, Pipe and Hopeline Benefit!

If you're in Raleigh tomorrow night, you have at least two great shows to choose from. First off is Righteous Fool with Black Skies at Dive Bar. Righteous Fool, you'll remember, is the new trio with former COC members Reed Mullin and Mike Dean. I had to miss them when they played The Pour House last month, and had to hear everyone who was there tell me what a great show I missed out on. Since I don't have to be up early Saturday morning, this is most likely where I'll be. Black Skies, of course, is always great. If your tastes run more toward pop-punk and indie-Americana, you really need to be at the Hopeline Benefit at Tir na Nog, which will feature Lonnie Walker, I Was Totally Destroying It, Hammer No More the Fingers and more. It's only $5, and it's for a very good cause. I'm actually going to try and make this show too. Not sure how that's going to happen, but I'm going to try.(Pipe) If you are in Chapel Hill, or remember the Chapel Hill scene of the 1990s, you absolutely MUST be at The Cave, for the reunion of Pipe. They're also playing next week at xxMerge. Normally I would be at this show, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen, so I'm hoping that they will continue to play together.

This week's cool shows: Joan Jett and The Club is Open!

I admit, I have had some unkind things to say about the Downtown Live music series, but I have to applaud Deep South for getting one of the true legends of rock to play outdoors for free this Saturday at Moore Square. And I have to applaud them for getting a slew of fine local bands to support her. T's drummer Gary Poole, whose band is among those slated to play Saturday, was kind enough to answer Five Questions for me on New Raleigh, so check that out too. Here's the line-up for the evening. Panyelo, by the way, is a steel-band from Morehead City, which includes Bob Marley and Jimmy Buffett in its repertoire. I don't know how that's going to go over after the Bleeding Hearts. 9 p.m.: Joan Jet 7:30 p.m.: I Was Totally Destroying It 6:30 p.m.: The T’s 5:30 p.m.: Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies 4:30 p.m.: The Beast 3:30 p.m.: Schooner 2 p.m.: Panyelo 1:45 p.m.: The Bleeding Hearts Just to tide you over until Friday, here's Joan at her snotty best:  Over in Chapel Hill beginning TONIGHT is the multi-day, multi-venue The Club is Open Festival, with an all-local line-up including, among others, Pink Flag, Red Collar, Pinche Gringo and Future Kings of Nowhere. I can't say which night is best, because they all have great line-ups, but if I go, I am most likely to be at the Red Collar show at Local 506 on Friday.

This week's cool shows: Weese Fest and more!

Folks, I'm doing something different with the calendar now. Instead of putting a big long list of shows in a blog entry, I'm going to write a few words about the best show (s) of the week, then direct your attention to the handy Google calendar over in that left-hand rail. There you can click on a show to learn more about it, and even add it to your own Google calendar. I all about getting rid of stress in my life these days, and the calendar had become more stressful for me than it needed to be. This is a lot easier on me, and hopefully a lot easier on you. In the meantime I'd like to take the opportunity to plug Ross Grady's blog, Triangle Rock, which is a lot more in depth than mine, and also covers Chapel Hill and Durham more extensively than I do. Even though Mann's World is a Triangle-wide blog, it is Raleigh-centric. Ross is there to balance things out. Now, for the shows of the week! Since this is Fourth of July weekend, you have quite a bit to choose from. First off is the 30th Annual Festival for the Eno, which features a bevy of local bands in a family-friendly environment. If you're in Raleigh, you probably already have plans to go to Weese Fest, which is the annual birthday party for Pour House doorman Benton Weese. Birds of Avalon, the T's and Skullbuckle are on the bill, with headliners American Aquarium replacing Patty Hurst Shifter, who were originally on the bill. Make sure to get there early because there will be no advance ticket sales, and this one WILL sell out early. Apparently there's also food involved. Finally, on the Fourth itself, hit up the Let Feedback Ring Fest at Sadlacks, starting at 1 p.m. and featuring The Virgo Nine, Free Electric State and more. This show ends at 9 so everyone can head downtown for Red Collar at Tir na Nog.

This week's cool shows: IWTD U2 and more!

THIS WEEK'S SHOWS

Thursday, June 18:

Citified and Gray Young, Tir na Nog

Read Scott's article for New Raleigh on this show.

SHOW OF THE WEEK!

Friday, June 19:

I Was Totally Destroying It covers U2 at Tir na Nog

Yes, you read that right. They're doing all U2 covers for the evening. Read my interview with the band for New Raleigh.

Citified, Pinhook

Sourwood Mountain, Seaboard Music on the Porch

The Connells with Mayflies USA, Cat's Cradle

Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20:

1st Annual Mountain Aid, Shakori Hills

"A concert to end mountaintop removal and create a clean energy future." With Kathy Mattea and more.

Saturday, June 20:

Colossus with Static Minds, Slim's

Rock & Shop with Bright Young Things and Wembly, Tir na Nog

From the organizers: 1-5pm at the Tir Na Nog in Downtown Raleigh. Bright Young Things and Wembley will be playing live plus over 30 emerging & local vendors will be selling their wares: silk-screened apparel, band posters, handbags, jewelry, dog collars and more. This is the 9th biannual Rock & Shop Market and is produced by indieNC a hip online boutique & blog that features North Carolina designers & doers (www.indieNC.com & www.blog.indieNC.com). Admission is $3, first 50 attendees get a free tote.

John Dee Holman, Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park, Cary

3 p.m. show, Free!

From the PineCone press release

Born in Orange County, North Carolina in 1929 and celebrating his 80th birthday this year, John Dee Holeman grew up on a small farm and began playing the blues at the age of 14. Though he never met Blind Boy Fuller, Holeman credits Fuller with teaching him to play guitar. He says he learned to play by listening to Fuller's records and by playing with musicians who had learned directly from Fuller. Holeman uses both the Piedmont and Texas guitar styles in his playing.

Sunday, June 21:

The Duhks w/ Sam & Ruby, Berkeley Cafe

Tuesday, June 23:
Yarn, The Pour House

Wednesday, June 24:

Alina Simone, Duke Gardens

Hearts & Daggers, Slim's

NEXT WEEK'S SHOWS
Thursday, June 25:
Holy Ghost Tent Revival, The Pour House

Friday, June 26:

Widow, with Here Lies and Hellrazor, Volume 11

All-star local metal show.

Left Outlet with Goner, Slim's

Boys From Carolina, Seaboard Music on the Porch

Saturday, June 27:
Raleigh Downtown Live with The Tubes, Moore Squre
Also playing:Cracker, The Loners, Mosadi Music, Balsa Gliders, Acella Vega, Do It To Julia

Holsapple and Stamey with American Aquarium, Cat's Cradle

Urban Sophisticates, The Pour House

UPCOMING IN GENERAL

Thursday, July 2:

Town Mountain, Berkeley Cafe

Marianne's birthday celebration

Friday, July 3:
Weese Fest, The Pour House
With Patty Hurst Shifter, The T's, Birds of Avalon, Left Outlet, Skullbuckle

Saturday, July 4:

Let Feedback Ring, Sadlack's

1:30 - Spy Satellite (Asheville)
2:00 - Once and Future Kings (Raleigh)
3:00 - Blag'ard (Chapel Hill)
4:00 - the Virgo Nine (Durham)
5:00 - Battle Rockets (Raleigh/Pittsboro)
6:00 - Free Electric State (Durham)
7:00 - the White Cascade (Raleigh)
8:00 - Irata (Greensboro)
9:00 - Goodbye, Titan (Raleigh)

4th of July Blowout w/ Red Collar, Caverns, & The Demon Beat, Tir na Nog

Sunday, July 5:

Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls, Slim's

Thursday, July 9

The Loners with Multiples and The Last TallboyTir na Nog

Multiples is a new band by Matt from Braille Party.

Jeanne Jolly, Berkeley Cafe

From promoter Marianne Taylor: Jeanne Jolly has taken her golden voice down a road to a sound we haven’t heard yet - country. A Master of Vocal Performance in opera from the New England Conservatory in Boston and known to the public as a jazz artist, Jolly has taken a new and different direction entirely with her new EP – to us at least. Her performances as a guest singer with highly regarded trumpeter Chris Botti a few years ago proved that in a virtual sea of singers, she is more than a catch. But that was just jazz.

After living in Los Angeles for a few years, Jolly has chosen to make the music she adores the most. Growing up cultivating her voice she says she “always loved country, bluegrass, Americana, folk, honky tonk, rock, and roots music”. Within her initial five country songs - now accessible online but later part of an album - Jolly shares a piece of her conscience and the experience of a broken heart, maybe a heart that was smashed to smithereens, and quite possibly a reawakening into a fulfilling existence. “Desert of my Mind” draws from a truly solemn and forlorn place in her memory, while “Don’t Say I’m Sorry” assures us that she won’t be licking her wounds for long. But, it’s not Hank Williams. It has a rock likeability which certainly leans toward the alternative country genre.

Jeanne will be backed an all-star band of Greg Humphreys, John Teer, Roger Gupton, and David Burke.

Friday, July 10:

Filmore Valley Boys, Seaboard Music on the Porch

Saturday, July 11:
Raleigh Downtown Live with Joan Jett, Moore Square
Also playing: The T's, Violet Vector, The Beast, Schooner, Panyelo, The Bleeding Hearts

The Club is Open Festival, Cat's Cradle

With American Aquarium

The Future Kings of Nowhere

Filthybird

Nathan Oliver

This week's cool shows: TRK Fest and more!

THIS WEEK'S SHOWS

Thursday, June 11

The Whalewatchers, Starmount, & The Story Changes, Tir na Nog

See this show's Facebook page.

Des Ark with Naked Gods, Slim's

Friday, June 12:

Dirty Little Heaters, Dry Heathens, Rat Jackson and Naked Gods at Broad St

Zydecopious, Seaboard Music on the Porch

Saturday June 13:

SHOW OF THE WEEK

Trekky Music Fest, Piedmont Biofuels

Great local music fest way out in Pittsboro on the Piedmont Biofuels campus. Learn about converting your diesel engine in the process. Read my interview with Brad from Megafaun.

with: Megafaun

Lost in the Trees Ivan Rosebud Embarrassing Fruits Hammer No More The Fingers Des Ark Midtown Dickens The Never The Strugglers Mount Moriah Vibrant Green

Dark Meat, Local 506

Crazy, shamanistic Athens, Ga., collective that has to be seen to be believed.

The Kinksmen, Slim's

Kinks tribute band led by Jeff Hart

Wednesday June 17:

Megafaun, Duke Gardens

Sex Slaves with Left Outlet and Phoebe's Carousel, Pour House

NEXT WEEK'S SHOWS

Friday, June 19:

I Was Totally Destroying It covers U2 at Tir na Nog

Yes, you read that right. They're doing all U2 covers for the evening.

Citified, Pinhook

Sourwood Mountain, Seaboard Music on the Porch

Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20:

1st Annual Mountain Aid, Shakori Hills

"A concert to end mountaintop removal and create a clean energy future." With Kathy Mattea and more.

Saturday, June 20:

Colossus with Static Minds, Slim's

Rock & Shop with Bright Young Things and Wembly, Tir na Nog

From the organizers: 1-5pm at the Tir Na Nog in Downtown Raleigh. Bright Young Things and Wembley will be playing live plus over 30 emerging & local vendors will be selling their wares: silk-screened apparel, band posters, handbags, jewelry, dog collars and more. This is the 9th biannual Rock & Shop Market and is produced by indieNC a hip online boutique & blog that features North Carolina designers & doers (www.indieNC.com & www.blog.indieNC.com). Admission is $3, first 50 attendees get a free tote.

John Dee Holman, Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park, Cary

3 p.m. show, Free!

From the PineCone press release

Born in Orange County, North Carolina in 1929 and celebrating his 80th birthday this year, John Dee Holeman grew up on a small farm and began playing the blues at the age of 14. Though he never met Blind Boy Fuller, Holeman credits Fuller with teaching him to play guitar. He says he learned to play by listening to Fuller's records and by playing with musicians who had learned directly from Fuller. Holeman uses both the Piedmont and Texas guitar styles in his playing.

Tuesday, June 23: Yarn, The Pour House

Wednesday, June 24:

Alina Simone, Duke Gardens

Hearts & Daggers, Slim's

Thursday, June 25: Holy Ghost Tent Revival, The Pour House

Friday, June 26:

Widow, with Here Lies and Hellrazor, Volume 11

All-star local metal show.

Left Outlet with Goner, Slim's

Boys From Carolina, Seaboard Music on the Porch

Saturday, June 27: Raleigh Downtown Live with The Tubes, Moore Squre Also playing:Cracker, The Loners, Mosadi Music, Balsa Gliders, Acella Vega, Do It To Julia, Urban Sophisticates, The Pour House

UPCOMING IN GENERAL

Thursday, July 2:

Town Mountain, Berkeley Cafe

Marianne's birthday celebration

Friday, July 3: Weese Fest, The Pour House With Patty Hurst Shifter, The T's, Birds of Avalon, Left Outlet, Skullbuckle

Saturday, July 4:

4th of July Blowout w/ Red Collar, Caverns, & The Demon Beat, Tir na Nog

Thursday, July 9

The Loners with Multiples and The Last TallboyTir na Nog

Multiples is a new band by Matt from Braille Party.

Friday, July 10:

Filmore Valley Boys, Seaboard Music on the Porch

Saturday, July 11: Raleigh Downtown Live with Joan Jett, Moore Square Also playing: The T's, Violet Vector, The Beast, Schooner, Panyelo, The Bleeding Hearts

This week's cool shows: Righteous Fool and more!

THIS WEEK'S SHOWS

SHOW OF THE WEEK

Wednesday, June 3:
Righteous Fool with Ghost of Saturday Night and Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls, Pour House

Righteous Fool is a new band with Reed Mullin and Mike Dean of COC and Jason Browning of HR's solo project. Read the interview I did with Mike on New Raleigh.

Thad Cockrell, Duke Gardens

Thursday, June 4:
Hammer No More the Fingers with born Empty and Parachute Musical, The Station

Regina Hexaphone with Stars Explode, Tir na Nog

Friday, June 5:
CPSFC's Save Our Arts benefit

Starts at 6 p.m.: Trotter Building (410 West Geer St, Bull City)

Phil Cook (Megafaun) and His Feet Tin Star (Durham) Tender Fruit (Christy Smith of Nola) Sweet By and By (Durham) The Great White Jenkins (Richmond, VA) The Never (Chapel Hill) with NC Dance Institute Dancers Language Arts (Durham)

Anvil! The Story of Anvil opens at Colony Theatre in Raleigh and Carolina in Durham

OK, not a show, and not local, but from what I hear it's worth going to see, even if you don't even like metal.

Saturday, June 6:

The Trousers, Slim's

For fans of British blues. A rare treat because they don't play out very often.

Sea Cow, Sadlack's

Early show. Celebrating guitar player Andrew Snee's 40th b-day

TGWY, The Great White Jenkins, Phil Cool of Megafaun, Bull City Headquarters

From the Facebook events page: Richmond's TGWY specialize in a beautifully ramshackle, indie-rock take on blue-eyed soul. The ingredients include cathartic organ, plaintive melodies, stirring arrangements, subtle exotica, even a healthy blast of skronky noise. With able backing from the Hollywood Cemetery Horns, the groups new EP is lo-fi delight.

-Virginia Living Magazine

The Great White Jenkins of Richmond, Virginia
Phil Cook of Megafaun (and his feet)
and another rad band (for real.)...tba!

Band Together concert, Lincoln Theatre

9th annual concert to benefit the Lucy Daniels Center with Rusted Root, The Rosebuds, Chatham County Line, and Hobex will play. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show.

NEXT WEEK'S SHOWS
Wednesday, June 10:

Citified,Local 506

The Rosebuds, Duke Gardens

Thursday, June 11

The Whalewatchers, Starmount, & The Story Changes, Tir na Nog

See this show's Facebook page.

Friday, June 12:

Dirty Little Heaters, Dry Heathens, Rat Jackson and Naked Gods at Broad St

Saturday June 13:

Trekky Music Fest, Piedmont Biofuels

Great local music fest way out in Pittsboro on the Piedmont Biofuels campus. Learn about converting your diesel engine in the process.

with: Megafaun

Lost in the Trees
Ivan Rosebud
Embarrassing Fruits
Hammer No More The Fingers
Des Ark
Midtown Dickens
The Never
The Strugglers
Mount Moriah
Vibrant Green

Dark Meat, Local 506

Crazy, shamanistic Athens, Ga., collective that has to be seen to be believed.

Wednesday June 17:
Sex Slaves with Left Outlet and Phoebe's Carousel, Pour House

UPCOMING IN GENERAL

June 20:
John Dee Holman, Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park, Cary

3 p.m. show, Free!

From the PineCone press release

Born in Orange County, North Carolina in 1929 and celebrating his 80th birthday this year, John Dee Holeman grew up on a small farm and began playing the blues at the age of 14. Though he never met Blind Boy Fuller, Holeman credits Fuller with teaching him to play guitar. He says he learned to play by listening to Fuller's records and by playing with musicians who had learned directly from Fuller. Holeman uses both the Piedmont and Texas guitar styles in his playing.

June 23:
Yarn, The Pour House

June 25:
Holy Ghost Tent Revival, The Pour House

June 27:
Raleigh Downtown Live with The Tubes, Moore Squre
Also playing:Cracker, The Loners, Mosadi Music, Balsa Gliders, Acella Vega, Do It To Julia,

Urban Sophisticates, The Pour House

July 3:
Weese Fest, The Pour House
With Patty Hurst Shifter, The T's, Birds of Avalon, Left Outlet, Skullbuckle

July 11:
Raleigh Downtown Live with Joan Jett, Moore Square
Also playing: The T's, Violet Vector, The Beast, Schooner, Panyelo, The Bleeding Hearts,

This week's cool shows: Heaviness at the Pour House, plus the Bee Ball

THIS WEEK'S SHOWS

Wednesday, May 27: Man Will Destroy Himself, with Rotten Sound, Maruta and Bile Nephresis Slim's

SHOW OF THE WEEK (tie!)
Wednesday, May 27: Colossus with Caltrop and Black Skies, Pour House
A dream show for fans of heavy, sludgy music. Read my Five Questions article with Colossus on New Raleigh.

Thursday, May 28: The National, Lincoln Theatre

SHOW OF THE WEEK (tie!)
Friday, May 29: The Bee Ball with Atomic Rhythm All-Stars, Berkeley Cafe
What would you do if you could go back and have a prom the way you REALLY want it? Likely you'd have a good band, cool people and alcohol that wasn't chugged in the back seat of a car before going in the venue. The Beehive presents a grown-up version of the prom complete with a great band, alcohol and the knowledge that your cash is going to local organizations that are making a difference in the lives of others. Full disclosure: I am a member of the Beehive. Come see me, because I will be working the door during the first part of the evening.

Friday, May 29: Pin Projekt 2009: A fundraiser for the Troika Music Festival, with Cool John Ferguson, Pinhook


Friday, May 29: Black Skies with Pride Parade and Dirty Little Heaters, Reservoir Bar

Friday, May 29: Viper with ,Doom Syndicate Volume 11

Friday, May 29: Tin Djinn, The Last Tallboy and The Revolutionary Sweethearts, Slim's
The Last Tallboy is a new band with the following local folks: Bill McKelvey, Bass: Joey Chorley (Trousers, Savage Nights, Formerly Another Toomstone Dreem.), Drums: Terry Ford (Savage Nights, formerly Another Toomstone Dreem) and Bart Tomlin, (A Rooster for the Masses) vocals.

Bart also sent me the following info on the other two bands:

A Tin Djinn is riffy, 70s-esque glam pop rock (think Marc Bolan, David Bowie).

The Revolutionary Sweethearts Vocals and Guitar: Brandy Tanner (Bright Boy), Bass Guitar: Rich Flickinger and Drums: Rob Lackey (A Rooster For The Masses, occasionally The Rosebuds).


Saturday, May 30: "The Voltaic Festival version 1.0 with 6 bands and a hot fashion show,"Volume 11

Saturday, May 30: Impossible Arms, Schooner, Woody Sullender, Actual Persons (Living or Dead) at Nightlight
Triangle Music event page.

Saturday, May 30: Kennebec, Pour House

Saturday, May 30: Lonnie Walker CD-release party at Ahpeele Warehouse
The band will also play an in-store at Schoolkids at 5 p.m. Read about the show and the AWESOME new Raleigh tees being made by Ahpeele.


Sunday, May 31: RebusFest
Rescheduled from when it was rained out a couple of weeks ago. Let's hope that doesn't happen again! This year's fest includes The Loners, Dirty Little Heaters, Kenny Roby's Mercy Filter, The Magic Babies, Tin Star and DJ Midnight Cowboy.


NEXT WEEK'S SHOWS
Wednesday, June 3:Thad Cockrell, Duke Gardens

Thursday, June 4: Hammer No More the Fingers, The Station


Saturday, June 6: Band Together concert, Lincoln Theatre

9th annual concert to benefit the Lucy Daniels Center with Rusted Root, The Rosebuds, Chatham County Line, and Hobex will play. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show.


Friday, June 5: CPSFC's Save Our Arts benefit
Starts at 6 p.m.: Trotter Building (410 West Geer St, Bull City)
Phil Cook (Megafaun) and His Feet Tin Star (Durham) Tender Fruit (Christy Smith of Nola) Sweet By and By (Durham) The Great White Jenkins (Richmond, VA) The Never (Chapel Hill) with NC Dance Institute Dancers Language Arts (Durham)

Saturday, June 6:TGWY, The Great White Jenkins, Phil Cool of MegafaunBull City Headquarters
From the Facebook events page: Richmond's TGWY specialize in a beautifully ramshackle, indie-rock take on blue-eyed soul. The ingredients include cathartic organ, plaintive melodies, stirring arrangements, subtle exotica, even a healthy blast of skronky noise. With able backing from the Hollywood Cemetery Horns, the groups new EP is lo-fi delight.
-Virginia Living Magazine

The Great White Jenkins of Richmond, Virginia
Phil Cook of Megafaun (and his feet)
and another rad band (for real.)...tba!

UPCOMING IN GENERAL

June 13: Dark Meat, Local 506
Crazy, shamanistic Athens, Ga., collective that has to be seen to be believed.

June 20: John Dee Holman, Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park, Cary
3 p.m. show, Free!
From the PineCone press release
Born in Orange County, North Carolina in 1929 and celebrating his 80th birthday this year, John Dee Holeman grew up on a small farm and began playing the blues at the age of 14. Though he never met Blind Boy Fuller, Holeman credits Fuller with teaching him to play guitar. He says he learned to play by listening to Fuller's records and by playing with musicians who had learned directly from Fuller. Holeman uses both the Piedmont and Texas guitar styles in his playing.