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Wednesday April 16 Bobby Bare Jr., Cory Branan Cat's Cradle Back Room, Carrboro music in the groovo.org player: Bobby Bare Jr.

Wednesday April 16 The Vibe Killers, The Bleeding Hearts, El Dealer, Backsliders Slim's, Raleigh The second night of the massive Slim's 15th Anniversary celebration. These bands are easily capable of selling the place out, so look for tickets online, or plan on arriving early. permalink

Wednesday April 16 Bohica Sheiks, Criminal Code Nightlight, Chapel Hill Bohica Sheiks are a brand new garage-rock band featuring current/former members of Last Year's Men and Flesh Wounds. permalink

Wednesday April 16 Odonis Odonis, Yandrew, Tiny Williams The Pinhook, Durham

Wednesday April 16 Jay Manley The Cave, Chapel Hill

Thursday April 17 Cloud Nothings, Ryley Walker Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Thursday April 17 The Bronzed Chorus, No Eyes, Goodbye, Titan Tir Na Nog, Raleigh This week's Local Band, Local Beers brings you some titans of local post-rock. permalink

Thursday April 17 Breath and Bow Cat's Cradle Back Room, Carrboro

Thursday April 17 Lonnie Walker, Paperhaus, Ghostt Bllonde Kings, Raleigh photo: Lonnie Walker - The Pinhook - July 31, 2009

Thursday April 17 Campfires and Constellations, Sinners & Saints, Ellis Dyson and the Shambles Local 506, Chapel Hill

Thursday April 17 Protomartyr, Whatever Brains, Spray Paint Slim's, Raleigh I was literally the only person at Hopscotch last year who thought Protomartyr's first two songs were so boring that I left. Everybody else can't stop gushing about them & their new record. photo: Rich Ivey - Whatever Brains - Layabout House - Sept. 25, 2010 permalink

Thursday April 17 The Ends The Cave, Chapel Hill

Thursday April 17 Yaddatu, Cracker and the Doctor, Casey Clark Deep South (The Bar), Raleigh

Friday April 18 The Zombies, Pat Sansone Cat's Cradle, Carrboro Like literally zombies. permalink

Friday April 18 American Aquarium, Gross Ghost, Left Outlet, Paint Fumes Slim's, Raleigh This is part of Slim's giant 15th Anniversary week. It has also been sold out for weeks (not that difficult, given that Slim's has a capacity of 99 people). photo: Mike Dillon, Gross Ghost - Pinhook, Sept 12, 2009 music in the groovo.org player: Left Outlet permalink

Friday April 18 Dexter Romweber, Tom Maxwell, Carrie Lynn & Darion Local 506, Chapel Hill photo: Dexter Romweber music in the groovo.org player: Dexter Romweber

Friday April 18 Zambamboogee The Kraken, Chapel Hill

Friday April 18 Ignatz, Dave Heumann, Nathan Golub Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Friday April 18 Hammer No More the Fingers, Lilac Shadows, Paperhaus Cat's Cradle Back Room, Carrboro photo: Hammer No More the Fingers - Cat's Cradle - October 6, 2007 music in the groovo.org player: Hammer No More the Fingers video(s) on their page(s): Hammer No More the Fingers

Friday April 18 Beautiful Distraction, Back Seat Confidential, Henbrain, Gimme Shelter Pour House, Raleigh

Friday April 18 Nannerhead The Cave, Chapel Hill

Friday April 18 The Potter's Field, The Alexander Effect, In This World, Take Heart The Maywood, Raleigh

Friday April 18 Behind the Wheel, Mechabull, Needlemouse, Raid the Quarry Deep South (The Bar), Raleigh

Not enough for you? There are fun interactive maps to the clubs via the Google Maps API. 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) 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. 5) For you web 2.0 fans, we have a facebook app *and* a Twitter account. 6) This amuses me:

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