Thursday, January 18, 2007

Volume 11 hosting shows again

Evidently they've worked through the permit issues. Here's the Myspace bulletin from Volume 11:

Slaves To Addiction, Faith In Ashes, & Viper on Friday Jan.19.Come out & support the local metal scene, their will be plenty of cold beer available at the bar. Thanks & tell your friends.

Comboland on Youtube!

Two people e-mailed me about this recently. It's the "Welcome to Comboland" segment that aired on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1985! Also, Rob Keller, who used to play in Six String Drag, and is now living and playing around Athens, Ga., sent me some videos him him and Kenny Roby recently. Check them out!

Monday, January 15, 2007

Check out these blogs

Here are links to a few blogs I've discovered lately. Check 'em out!

The Mill: Blog by former Indy music editor and local musician Kirk Ross. All about Carrboro. Thanks to Kirk for linking back to my videos!

www.pontiak.net/: Blog by Baltimore band Pontiak, who were on my TMT Top 25 of the year.

Music is Free Now: Music and writing by Cesar Alvarez

Blackstrap: Kind of a band site, with rock writing by Ben Donnelly.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Videos from a free show at Cat's Cradle

Schooner (Myspace), North Elementary (Myspace) and Un Deux Trois (Myspace) were all part of a free show Friday evening at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro. Schooner were great as always, and I'm very glad I gave North Elementary a proper listen. The evening's big surprise for me was Un Deux Trois, a trio with a winsome girl guitarist/singer that just blew me away. Check out the pics and videos. See more pics here.

Sunday, January 07, 2007

ElvisFest, night one at Local 506

Night one of ElvisFest (at Local 506) was a lot less crowded than I anticipated. I suppose the rain could have driven some folks away; I was soaked when I got there. Whatever the reason, those who weren't there missed some good performances by The Bo-Stevens (much better than the last time I saw them), Malamondos (ballsy female-led rock), TCB 56 and, of course, Dexter Romweber and the New Romans (pictured above). Enjoy! Dexter opens the show with some weird naughty joke. See some photos here.