but to answer the question:

That bar across the street, Milltown, has delicious and tremendo sandwiches that two people can split and a pretty wonderful beer menu and like $1.5/2 PBRs for your budget. Before Of Montreal this past spring I had a Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter. That is a weird sentence. BUT, I have no idea if they have a TV.

Honestly, you could probably slide into any place on Rosemary or Franklin (one of those pizza places, or Four Corners, or whatever) and park on the side of the road, grab two beers, and then head down and jostle for a spot before parking 4 blocks away. I've done that before.

11/5/2009 6:37:06 PM

they have a tv or two in there. or at least they did the last time i was there.

11/5/2009 6:52:07 PM

just realized that Growing/Fuck Buttons show was tonight, might head up there after work

11/5/2009 7:21:49 PM

anyone see Islands sunday at the duke coffeehouse? apparently that place is BYOB.

11/5/2009 11:39:35 PM

just got back from get up kids at the trocadero in philly

pretty good

they're playing really tight

good range of songs, from woodson to a new one

however, as expected, you could barely hear matt pryor over the crowd singing every word to every song off played off of four minute mile, red letter day, and something to write home about...

only one or two from on a wire or guilt show, and during those, the crowd was basically mulling around waiting for older stuff

they've got another show in philly tomorrow at another venue (which is kinda strange).

11/5/2009 11:59:37 PM

man, that show ruled (aside from the sound problems, thanks again 506)

too many hipsters though. most of them looked confused. i guess good pitchfork reviews will always bring those dudes out though

11/6/2009 12:30:49 AM

Pixies tonight on the Tonight Show

11/6/2009 12:39:20 PM

Quote :

"anyone see Islands sunday at the duke coffeehouse? apparently that place is BYOB."

i was there. solid show - they played most of the new album with a few good oldies thrown in (swans, rough gem, creeper). and yes, it is BYOB. we rolled in with a cooler.

[Edited on November 6, 2009 at 5:22 PM. Reason : -]

11/6/2009 5:21:35 PM

I just got on facebook and look what showed up in the news feed:

....is attending Felix The Drum Machine, NAPS at Slim's.

NICE

11/6/2009 5:25:46 PM

Quote :

"It’s no surprise if you’ve never heard of Felix the Drum Machine. After all, they don’t have a MySpace page and they’ve played once since 2000. Some may say Felix is as elusive as Jandek — sans 61 self-released albums. To that effect, here is a quick initiation: Felix is a band formed of members of Lonnie Walker, Future Islands and Annuals while they were still in high school. To say the least, they were a band ahead of their indie electronica time as they combined elements of drum loops, live instruments and brooding vocals."

http://music.mync.com/2009/11/naps-add-thanksgiving-show-with-felix-the-drum-machine/

11/6/2009 5:44:34 PM

Quote :

"Just saw Florence and the Machine in NYC last night. It was their first show on US soil. Her voice is "

one of my best friends just saw them open for Passion Pit in France and she says they were absolutely amazing

11/6/2009 6:59:29 PM

event page
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=152846464066&index=1

[Edited on November 8, 2009 at 1:31 AM. Reason : .]

11/8/2009 1:30:08 AM

i'm fucking tired of these starmount posters

they don't need to all look the same

not your fault, just sayin'

11/8/2009 5:13:02 AM

Quote :

"Pixies tonight on the Tonight Show"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2EvWrO3i2A

[Edited on November 9, 2009 at 3:22 PM. Reason : .]

11/9/2009 3:21:38 PM

that box set is comically large

i still want one

11/9/2009 3:22:17 PM

i think the starmount posters come from one primary source of authentic memorabilia of some sort. some old curious looking book. oh yeah bump for a sonic treat tonight!

Nightlight
9:30pm $5
starmount, boat burning, white cascade

some lounge, some psychedelia, and some noise, and plenty of rain for sure

11/11/2009 4:54:38 PM

Went and saw The Get Up Kids last night. Mansions and Kevin Devine opened up. Good show.

TGUK's set was fantastic:

3 songs off red letter day/woodson EPs
3 songs off Four Minute Mile
6 songs off Something to Write Home About
2 songs off Eudora
4 songs off On A Wire
3 songs off Guilt Show
2 new songs

[Edited on November 12, 2009 at 8:27 AM. Reason : ]

11/12/2009 8:26:32 AM

saw minus the bear in orlando last night...great show. i do recommend catching them at cat's cradle for you NC'ers. set included songs from highly refined pirates, beer commercials, menos el oso, planet of ice, and a couple new ones.


thought the opener twin tigers were pretty good too, even tho their sound was terribly mixed at the venue. probably sound better at the cradle

11/12/2009 10:36:01 AM

^ really wanted to go see that at the Cradle, but I waffled on whether I was going to Raleigh that weekend or not and didn't get tix

11/12/2009 10:40:30 AM

that Love Language/Foreign Exchange "battle" was one of the coolest things i've seen in a while. both bands killed it

11/13/2009 1:48:55 AM

went to the Minus the Bear at the cradle...it was fucking phenomenal!!!!

11/16/2009 3:21:46 PM

Anyone seen Badfish the Sublime tribute band? Are they any good? Show on thurs at Cats Cradle for $15

11/16/2009 4:44:03 PM

The xx are at the Local 506 tonight

11/16/2009 4:55:05 PM

of course they are

11/16/2009 4:56:04 PM

for the first time in awhile, I don't really have an upcoming show on my calendar for several months.

11/16/2009 4:57:30 PM

I don't either, because I live in live music hell.

that's a lie, I'm seeing Awesome New Republic saturday, but that's about it.

11/16/2009 4:58:09 PM

^yea that has a lot to do with it for me now. If I lived somewhere that had more of a local music scene, I'd be out to a lot more shows. Nothing at all stops by Greenville, SC (except for ex jam band members and classic rock cover bands). Luckily I am a reasonable distance from Charlotte (1.5), Atlanta (2.5), Asheville (1hr15). It still gets old having to drive that round trip for any decent show, especially on a week night.

[Edited on November 16, 2009 at 5:25 PM. Reason : ]

11/16/2009 5:14:29 PM

Quote :

"The xx are at the Local 506 tonight"

3/4 of them are.

11/16/2009 5:16:47 PM

^what's the deal with the missing quarter?

11/16/2009 6:38:03 PM

The guitar player quit.

11/16/2009 7:23:51 PM

Future Islands this weekend

V snap, where are they playing?

11/16/2009 7:28:50 PM

Felix the Drum Machine on Thanksgiving

11/16/2009 7:34:27 PM

^^
@Slim's with NAPS ... drummer for both bands is out on tour with one of his other bands ... so last I heard Raymond from Lonnie Walker would fill in ... not sure if that's still the case, though.

11/16/2009 10:31:04 PM

future islands haven't had a drummer for a year and a half

11/16/2009 10:36:16 PM

Anyone going to Eyedea & Abilities/Themselves/Dow Jones at Local 506 on the 24th? I should be shipping out to that one.

11/16/2009 11:19:10 PM

Not really for NC people, but if you at all like Tegan and Sarah, they're touring for Sainthood (presumably with a full band as opposed to when I saw them in Atlanta in 05 when noone knew who they were and they were just acoustic) and coming to DC Feb. 17 and Richmond the 18th. Me and the other half are excited for the Richmond show, which is as close as anything good comes to Western Va.

If you haven't heard their new stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxdK0sR6Vhg

11/17/2009 12:20:22 AM

I think maybe I should have posted this in here for everyone to see.

Advance tickets available at http://www.etix.com .

11/17/2009 6:58:29 AM

Quote :

"future islands haven't had a drummer for a year and a half"

he meant felix and naps

annuals are gonna be on the road on thanksgiving, so raymond from LW and maybe chris from motor skills are filling in

11/17/2009 10:23:26 AM

Pretty Lights tonight at Cat's Cradle!

11/17/2009 1:50:27 PM

Quote :

"The xx are at the Local 506 tonight"

seems like months ago everyone on this board was going to this show

then it just kinda, happened.

i thought it was.... just ok.

loud annoying fucker screaming "you've got the love" behind me the whole time and talking on his cell phone (and dropping and breaking 3 beer bottles) pretty much did me in and i ended up taking perch at the bar.

jon hopkins drew my attention though.

11/18/2009 8:43:52 AM

If you aren't busy tonight, there's an awesome show at Slim's...

LUEGO

and

BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS

and

PONDEROSA

(Who the slim's crowd is hell-bent convinced are going to be playing in front of 5,000 people someday.)

Also, LUEGO and BYT sounded great at Troika a few weeks ago. Very very good bands all around.

11/19/2009 5:15:36 PM

WHICH OF YOU AM I SEEING AT BERKELEY TOMORROW

11/26/2009 11:37:19 PM

^I should be there at some point

11/27/2009 7:17:32 PM

seeing do make say think play a show in the sanctuary are first unitarian church in philly tonight.

11/30/2009 9:55:56 AM

^awesome. they kick ass live. hope they make it down to NC soon.

11/30/2009 7:09:32 PM

You were right.

That was amazing.

12/1/2009 12:18:02 AM

The Mantras at The Pour House tomorrow night

12/3/2009 11:25:37 PM

Playing at Slim's tonight with Irata and Free Electric State. music starts at 10:30pm. $3

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176023872589&ref=nf

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A406505

http://www.myspace.com/thewhitecascade

12/4/2009 2:51:24 PM

Anyone going to the xmas jam?

12/7/2009 4:56:19 PM

Julian Koster (ex-NMH) will be playing singing saw and caroling with the rest of the Music Tapes in Chapel Hill on the 21st. Don't ask me how or why, but PM if you want more specific location info.

12/9/2009 7:46:03 AM