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Spencer Griffith ·
17 Jul 2009, 3:24 PM ·
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Sure, there are plenty of great shows you could catch around the Triangle tonight, but none deserve your attendance more than a five-deep bill of top-notch local indie rock at Tir Na Nog. It’s more than just another great line-up trotted out by the downtown Raleigh pub that has become known for its weekly Local Band-Local Beer series: all proceeds from the $5 cover charge—totally a bargain for this stacked roster—benefit HopeLine of North Carolina, a twenty-four hour crisis line that fields calls on suicide, child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault and substance abuse, amongst other issues. The non-profit also lends an ear to teenagers through a round-the-clock hotline and makes daily check-in calls to senior citizens who live alone.
Tir Na Nog’s Chris Tamplin explains the non-profit’s urgent need for funds: “Hopeline relies on public funding as well as private donations, and with the economy the way it is, a lot of people aren’t opening up their wallets to charities.” Tamplin added that Hopeline representatives will be in attendance to provide information about the organization’s programs, answer questions, and collect donations above and beyond the five-spot collected at the door. “Hopeline really needs the help. They’ve been around since 1970, and to lose an organization like this would be devastating to our community.”
Even if it wasn’t a benefit, this event would still deserve your attention. In the second spot, bouncy pro-pop/anti-folk scene leaders The Future Kings of Nowhere plays its last full-band show in the area before frontman Shayne O’Neill moves to New York City. They’re bookended by a pair of indie pop sets: synth-centric Terpsikhore noobs On Photon bats leadoff at 9:30 p.m., while Chapel Hill’s power-pop princes (and princess) I Was Totally Destroying It follows the Future Kings. Durham’s Hammer No More The Fingers are in the penultimate slot, pulverizing its pogo rhythms with power trio crunch, while Lonnie Walker wraps the night up, blending ramshackle Americana with raring indie rock.
You Should Do This Future Kings of Nowhere, Hammer No More the Fingers, I Was Totally Destroying It, Lonnie Walker, on photon, Tir Na Nog
Grayson Currin ·
24 Apr 2009, 10:44 AM ·
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If you’re hoping to see a band tonight in these parts, your choices are pretty, well, choice: Aside from traveling acts playing the usual suspects (Mogwai and The Twilight Sad @ Cat’s Cradle; Napalm Death @ Volume 11; Starfucker and DJs @ Local 506), five strong local bills put the tunes in unusual places: Continue reading »
Live Actions: New Bills, News flashes, You Should Do This Annuals, Big Fat Gap, George Higgs, John Dee Holeman, Lonnie Walker, Lost in the Trees, Midtown Dickens, The Rosebuds
Grayson Currin ·
15 Apr 2009, 10:53 AM ·
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That's what we'll all do when Bono comes to town, goddammit.
Briefly: Ben Folds, Girl Talk, etc; Lonnie Walker, Annuals & the Coug; big shows; Robert Sledge’s new flashlight; no way to Natalie Portman; Mann’s World on New Raleigh Continue reading »
Briefly A Rooster for the Masses, Annuals, Ben Folds, Cougar Magnum, Girl Talk, Lonnie Walker, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, New Raleigh, Steely Dan, Steve Miller Band, U2
Spencer Griffith ·
2 Apr 2009, 3:24 PM ·
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While Artsplosure has yet to officially release its lineup musical performers for this year’s 30th incarnation of the annual Raleigh street festival (scheduled for May 16 and 17), a slight tweak to the URL for last year’s fest yields a not-quite-live site for this year, schedule included. Internet sleuthing, y’all.
Amongst Saturday’s highlights are Bayou accordion slinger Buckwheat Zydeco, Terpsikhore indie rockers Lonnie Walker, and Eve Cornelious and pianist husband Chip Crawford’s swinging jazz. Sunday’s choice picks include swing revivalists Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Annuals alter-ego Sunfold, and the alternately silky and gritty rhythm & blues of The Soul of John Black. Full (tentative) schedule below.
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Live Actions: New Bills artsplosure, Lonnie Walker, sunfold
Andrew Ritchey ·
11 Feb 2009, 7:55 AM ·
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Double Barrel Benefit Night One: Bowerbirds, Lost in the Trees
The Pour House, Raleigh
Friday, Feb. 6, 2009
A couple songs into his band’s headlining set at The Pour House Friday, Bowerbirds’ Phil Moore said, “This is what we call a party.” A few cheers followed. “Just continue to party,” he said. “Maybe in a more subdued way,” Moore’s bandmate, Beth Tacular, pleaded from across the stage.
The vibe was happy for the first night of WKNC’s sixth-annual Double Barrel Benefit, but people seemed more interested in hanging out than hearing Bowerbirds. Constant conversation filled the air, delicate vocal harmonies and guitar picking struggling versus the storm. It made for quite the contrast with the set the band played through an actual rainstorm in Duke Gardens this past summer. Continue reading »
Live Actions: Reviews Bowerbirds, Lonnie Walker, Lost in the Trees, Megafaun, Schooner, The Rosebuds, WKNC
