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Friday May 9 The Old Ceremony, Tony Scherr Cat's Cradle, Carrboro music in the groovo.org player: The Old Ceremony

Friday May 9 The Gondoliers, Soft Company, Chops Nightlight, Chapel Hill Apparently Todd left town, bringing the Gondoliers to an untidy & premature end, so he's coming back for one last show, so everyone can give a proper sendoff to the best mid-60s-style garage-band to come out of Chapel Hill in years. Soft Company are just about my favorite live band currently working around here: a bunch of ringers from other bands (Hotel Motel, Piedmont Charisma, Erie Choir, Audubon Park) united to back the bizarro song stylings of Erin Ridings. They're like a loose southern reincarnation of early-70s Roxy Music. They're also too damn loud to keep playing clubs like Nightlight, where the PA will struggle to let the vocals be heard over the caterwauling of the rest of the band. photo: Soft Company - The Cave - September 22, 2007 music in the groovo.org player: The Gondoliers, Soft Company

Friday May 9 The Backbeat Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill

Friday May 9 The Cave Singers, Wil Donegan and the Apologies, Kapow! Music Local 506, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Kapow! Music

Friday May 9 American Aquarium Slim's Downtown, Raleigh

Saturday May 10 Killer Filler Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh Killer Filler is the knockout surf/instrumental combo fronted by former SCOTS keyboardist Crispy Bess, and featuring Bryon Settle (Lud, Pressure Boys, Trailer Bride, etc) on lead guitar. music in the groovo.org player: Killer Filler

Saturday May 10 Polvo, des_ark, Noncanon Cat's Cradle, Carrboro You either already have your ticket or you're SOL, so for those of you who're going: make sure you show up on time. These two openers are two of the best bands the region has to offer, so if you roll in late, you're just gonna tag yourself as one of those married-with-kids ex-scenesters who only goes to reunion shows to talk to their old friends they never see anymore. photo: des_ark - Cat's Cradle - June 19, 2007 music in the groovo.org player: des_ark, Noncanon video(s) on their page(s): des_ark, Noncanon

Saturday May 10 Bonde Do Role, The Death Set, Diamond Studs Local 506, Chapel Hill

Saturday May 10 Colossus, Thunderlip Slim's Downtown, Raleigh music in the groovo.org player: Colossus, Thunderlip

Sunday May 11 Lam! Lam! WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham Betsy-Shane felt all self-conscious about doing solo shows with just her guitar & her iPod, so she started doing elaborate dance routines & wearing fancy outfits & whatnot, none of which you'll be able to see over the radio, so just pull out that videotape you made when you were 13, the one with all the Madonna videos taped off of MTV, and play it on mute while you listen. 4:00 p.m. 88.7FM or wxdu.org. music in the groovo.org player: Lam! Lam!

Sunday May 11 Polynya, Glissade, If/When The Cave, Chapel Hill Shoegaze, in the form of Glissade, from the Triad, I believe. Plus our own Polynya, who aren't shoegaze but who *do* have a healthy appreciation of the Cure & Stereolab.

Monday May 12 Flicker Cat's Cradle, Carrboro Flicker is the monthly-ish festival of short films that has been happening in Chapel Hill for over a decade now. Under 20 minutes apiece, all originating on film, the perfect way to balance your Luddite tendencies against your short attention span.

Monday May 12 Under Pressure, Government Warning, Invasion, Crossed Eyes Bull City Headquarters, Durham Hardcore. Invasion are apparently from Spain.

Monday May 12 Snowden, Colour Revolt, The Never Local 506, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Snowden, The Never

Monday May 12 Spider Bags, The Golden Boys, Girls of the Gravitron The Cave, Chapel Hill The perfect Monday-night show at the Cave, as both the Spider Bags and all their fans are the sort of people for whom Monday night is every bit as good a night to drink as the other six nights. Better, even, because the bars aren't as crowded with amateurs. music in the groovo.org player: Spider Bags, The Golden Boys

Tuesday May 13 Eberhardt, Empty Orchestra Nightlight, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Eberhardt video(s) on their page(s): Eberhardt

Tuesday May 13 Strange Faces, A Rooster for the Masses The Cave, Chapel Hill Spirit-of-'83 postpunk/dancepop from A Rooster For the Masses. photo: A Rooster for the Masses - Troika Festival - Fall 2006 music in the groovo.org player: A Rooster for the Masses video(s) on their page(s): A Rooster for the Masses

Tuesday May 13 Ladyhawk, Neva Dinova, A is Jump Local 506, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: A is Jump

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) 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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