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Saturday March 8 Las Rosas, Black Zinfandel, Paint Fumes, Daddy Issues Ninth Street Bakery, Durham This show is being co-presented by the Layabout and Burger Records. I'm so happy that Paint Fumes are back in action. I'm also happy that Black Zinfandel have written some new songs that don't all rip the same riff from "Rise Above," even though their old songs that did were pretty great. photo: Black Zinfandel, Hopscotch Music Festival 2013 permalink

Saturday March 8 Positive No The Cave, Chapel Hill Positive No are from Richmond, and were already coming down for Friday's Let Feedback Ring show in Raleigh, so I guess they decided to make a weekend of it. permalink

Saturday March 8 Matt Phillips and the Philharmonic, Rebekah Todd and the Odyssey, John Marshall Local 506, Chapel Hill

Saturday March 8 Grandchildren, Motor Skills, Jazz Tapes Kings, Raleigh

Saturday March 8 Tab Benoit, Tommy Malone, Mel Melton and the Wicked Mojos Lincoln Theater, Raleigh

Saturday March 8 Hayvyn, Atma Weapon, RBT The Maywood, Raleigh

Saturday March 8 The Everymen Slim's, Raleigh

Saturday March 8 Killer Filler The Kraken, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Killer Filler

Saturday March 8 Sun Brother, Days in May, Burns Like Fire, Seagulls Deep South (The Bar), Raleigh

Sunday March 9 Hurricanes of Love, Snake, Felt Battery All Day Records, Carrboro

Sunday March 9 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Sunday March 9 Great Good Fine OK, Body Games, Iggy Cosky Kings, Raleigh The Chapel Hill synth-pop band Body Games made one of my favorite singles of 2013, "Lords". photo: Body Games - Hopscotch Music Fest 2013 permalink

Sunday March 9 Raccoon Fighter The Cave, Chapel Hill

Sunday March 9 Ringo Deathstarr, Purple, The White Cascade The Pinhook, Durham In early March, all roads lead to SXSW, and quite a few of those roads pass through the Triangle. permalink

Sunday March 9 Jack Name, No Eyes Local 506, Chapel Hill

Sunday March 9 Absent Boundaries, Stammerings Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Sunday March 9 Rivers of Nihil Chapel Hill Underground, Chapel Hill

Monday March 10 Raccoon Fighter Slim's, Raleigh

Monday March 10 Fleshtones, Phatlynx Local 506, Chapel Hill Deathless. permalink

Tuesday March 11 Green River Ordinance, Elenowen, Emily Hearn Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Tuesday March 11 Moonface, Saltland Cat's Cradle, Carrboro

Tuesday March 11 Com Truise, Phantoms Kings, Raleigh

Tuesday March 11 The Highway Pour House, Raleigh

Tuesday March 11 D. Charles Speer and the Helix Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Wednesday March 12 Estrangers, Eston & the Outs, Gross Ghost Kings, Raleigh This is a Phuzz Showcase, i.e. a teaser for Phuzz Phest, which takes place in Winston-Salem the first weekend in April. photo: Mike Dillon, Gross Ghost - Pinhook, Sept 12, 2009 permalink

Wednesday March 12 The Royal Noise, Teacup Gin Pour House, Raleigh

Thursday March 13 Brave Combo, Boneslinger Pour House, Raleigh Brave Combo are a quirky little band from Denton, TX, who have been playing a weird mix of polka, klezmer & "world music" since the late 70s. They were big college radio hits in the mid-late 80s, riding the (admittedly pretty slim) wave of quirky worldbeat-ism that also boosted Camper Van Beethoven to semi-stardom. Boneslinger are the new funky New Orleans jazz/boogie/dance band led by David Wright, formerly of Countdown Quartet. permalink

Thursday March 13 The Clockwork Kids, Lilac Shadows, Zack Mexico The Pinhook, Durham The Clockwork Kids have played roughly 400 shows in the Triangle in the past 18 months, yet I still haven't seen them. Maybe this time's the charm? permalink

Thursday March 13 Cracker and the Doctor, Emily Musolino, Barrett Brooks Local 506, Chapel Hill

Thursday March 13 The Infamous Stringdusters, Fruition Lincoln Theater, Raleigh

Thursday March 13 Spiralfire, Olympic Ass Kicking Team, Erica Blinn, Dylan Michael Deep South (The Bar), Raleigh

Thursday March 13 Octopus Jones, Curtin, Dear Blanca, Small Sanctions Slim's, 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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