Hockey, the band not the sport (I wonder how many times a day they hear that), is playing at The Grey Eagle tonight. Pitchfork nails it saying they sound like “the precise midpoint between the Strokes and LCD Soundsystem.” I’m not sure if they meant it in a good way or bad, but for $8 I’m tempted to check it out.
Looks like they are the only band playing tonight so you could definitely check it out and then do something else afterwards.
Lost in the Trees, a folk orchestra from Chapel Hill, is playing the Rocket Club tonight. From a quick listen they remind me of a film score to an quirky indie drama directed by Tim Burton that doesn’t actually exist. This promises to be an interesting show to say the least.
While the Rocket Club predictably has little information about the show, the dude on the phone said the show would start around 10pm and cost about $8.
Despite the snow freakout, Justin Townes Earle and Dawn Landes will be playing The Grey Eagle tonight. Put on some long underwear and strap on your snow shoes. I think it’ll be an awesome intimate night of music.
Sure, Urban Outfitters rips off independent artists and is generally evil, but today is their grand opening and shouldn’t we all go and support them eat their free food and see some bands.
Southern rockers Drive-By Truckers are coming back to The Orange Peel for two nights in April, specifically Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th. They sold out two nights in January 2009 and I’m betting it’ll happen again. Get your tickets early, but not this early because it’s not even posted to the Peel’s site yet. Langhorne Slim will open those shows.
DBT is also coming out with a new album, The Big To-Do, on March 16 so you can memorize all the songs and get ready to sing along. Listen to a new track over at Blurt.
In about 30 minutes, Abigail Washburn will be doing an intimate performance at Laurey’s Catering (near the Orange Peel and Mamacita’s). You may know her better as Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet that featured Ben Sollee and Bela Fleck.
Looks like she’s doing a series of these small, pass-the-hat shows around the region and will be back next Monday for an encore performance.
Bowerbirds are back tonight at The Grey Eagle. Since they were last in town, they came out with an amazing album, Upper Air. The new songs seem fuller and more intimate, but lack some of the rawness I liked about Hymns For A Dark Horse.
Jagjaguwar artist Julie Doiron will open the show. I don’t know about her, but the couple tracks I’ve heard sound good, she collaborated with Mount Eerie (ex-Microphones) in 2008 on Lost Wisdom, and her 2007 album, Woke Myself Up, was nominated for a Polaris Prize!
You’ve probably got at least $7 to your name so you should go see Those Darlins at The Grey Eagle tonight (Thurs, Jan 7). The bio of these ladies suggests that they like to defy convention and labels, but I’d call it country-twinged garage rock and they are suppose to put on an awesome live show.
If you miss them tonight, you can come with me to see them at Down Home in Johnson City on January 28th.
Also appearing tonight are locals Kovacs & The Polar Bear and If You Wannas. I’ve somehow missed seeing either of them before, but they both sound like a welcome addition to the night.
A girl riding her bike around downtown last night said she had extra tickets to see The Avett Brothers at the Civic Center. We didn’t take her up on the offer, but we would have seen Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside open the show if we had.
If you missed that show as well, you can check out Sallie and her band at Harvest Records on Saturday night. She’s originally from Asheville, but moved to Portland, OR a few years back. I think her laid-back old-timey jazz stylings will suit an in-store much better than an arena show.
As with most Harvest in-stores, it’s a $5 donation at the door and you can get some tasty brews at Gas Up across the street. (We’ll have to talk about how a gas station has it’s own website on another day.)
