Anyone checking out Anamanaguchi tonight at Pinhook?

(chiptune, BTW)

1/12/2011 4:20:55 PM

Seems interesting, but with Obits at Kings and Lower Dens at CC, there's too much other stuff to do.

1/12/2011 8:05:51 PM

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"Then the bands you were seeing are probably shit."

Surely you can't argue that you'll get the chance to see the same amount of bands in/around Raleigh as you would in/around NYC...right?

1/12/2011 8:18:58 PM

Casbah is also another good one that just opened.

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1/12/2011 8:56:19 PM

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"Surely you can't argue that you'll get the chance to see the same amount of bands in/around Raleigh as you would in/around NYC...right?"

At the same frequency? No. I recognize the fact that on any night in NYC I could easily find at least two or three shows I'd like to go to.

However, I'd say 90% of the national acts I'd like to see in any given year play at least one show in the Triangle.

1/12/2011 9:48:45 PM

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"Go out and support Motorco. They put a lot of work into that place, and the atmosphere is pretty great. The sound isn't bad, either. If I had to rank it next to the Pour House, Tir Na Nog (a joke), etc, I'd say it's the best venue for all things considered, though they're not close to Lincoln on the acoustics, in my opinion... PS - the service is also good (unlike Tir Na Nog), and it's right across from Fullsteam Brewery. Good, tucked-away location, and all-in-all, no complaints here..."

Yeah, it is a nice venue. I got tickets for the DTFH fest going on out there next weekend, should be cool. Today's LTJ isn't the LTJ I grew up with, but whatever. There are a lot of good bands booked for this, especially if you like punk/pop punk.

1/12/2011 9:57:54 PM

i met Sean Lennon last night at Local506. it was freaking incredible

1/13/2011 8:58:29 AM

^^^ I agree 100% and if you include Asheville and Charlotte that goes up to a 100% success rate.

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1/13/2011 9:19:25 AM

It depends on how big the band is. A lot of the really big touring acts (Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Pavement are recent examples) skip the triangle on tours, due in large part to the fact that there aren't very many great, established venues around here that are big enough for artists like that (but we'll see what happens with the downtown amphitheatre). There is Koka Booth and Walnut Creek, but Walnut gets a lot of crappy artists and a few good ones and it is the worst kept secret in town that most artists hate playing Koka.

However, with these kinds of artists that skip the triangle, if you want to see them THAT bad, you can drive 3.5 hours west to Asheville or 4 hours north to the DC/Baltimore area to get an opportunity to see that artist more often than not. That's what I did with Pavement, Arcade Fire, AND LCD in the past year. Sufjan Stevens and The Pixies as well, plus Moogfest.

Also, the bigger to mid-level indie bands (along the lines of Deerhunter, Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo, Beach House, etc.) are, like VB said, about 90% likely to stop by the triangle. And, since this tier makes up about 60-80% of the bands I want to see on tour, I'm consistently pretty happy with live music around here.

[Edited on January 13, 2011 at 3:31 PM. Reason : .]

1/13/2011 3:27:06 PM

AND some of those "big" bands (ie: arcade fire, pixies, etc) have been here (more than once and also somewhat recently) before...so i wouldn't discount them coming back. especially w/ the ever growing music scene. and things like hopscotch helping to publicize the area (not that it wasn't already well known in the indie circuit)

just sayin.



[Edited on January 13, 2011 at 5:23 PM. Reason : and.]

1/13/2011 5:22:07 PM

^that, and also having one of the most successful indie labels in the country, merge records, in durham certainly makes the triangle more visible to good bands.

1/13/2011 5:32:05 PM

anyone go to the walkmen/lower dens show at cradle the other night? i'm catching the asheville version tomorrow.

1/13/2011 5:40:37 PM

son of a bitch it's Archers of Loaf

(I guess I've been living under a rock)

1/14/2011 2:18:07 PM

Looking for 2 tickets for the love language tomorrow

1/14/2011 6:52:06 PM

Make show tonight at Divebar in 30 minutes... If ya got nothing better to do they're pretty good if you like post metal type music.

They'll also be playing at the durham metal fest with a bunch of my favorite bands (in el mundo) Feb 4th and 5th at the casbah

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1/14/2011 9:35:22 PM

Have an extra ticket for the love language tonight

1/15/2011 11:57:14 AM

okay

so archers of loaf completely, totally, unequivocally killed it last night

holy shit

1/16/2011 12:55:53 PM

^I am both completely unsurprised and incredibly sad to have not been there.

1/16/2011 6:02:25 PM

The Dismemberment Plan are playing live on Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, January 20th.

what!? Best news I've read all day. I normally never watch Fallon but I will definitely tune in for the end of his show on Thursday.

For those who never listened to them in their day (though I suspect most people here did for better or for worse), check out this review for Emergency & I:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14979-emergency-i-vinyl-reissue/

1/18/2011 8:27:33 AM

Fuck yes!

That is an incredible album.

1/18/2011 8:31:41 AM

glad you agree, but I'm not surprised.

Especially as a drummer. I just told the bass player in my SC band to pick up this album because I can't imagine a bassist or drummer not enjoying their songs.

[Edited on January 18, 2011 at 8:49 AM. Reason : .]

1/18/2011 8:40:58 AM

Some days I love that album and sometimes I hate it.

1/18/2011 11:44:43 AM

Interpol

Disco Rodeo

1/20/2011 3:25:34 PM

I saw them the last time they played there

one of the worst shows I've ever been to

1/20/2011 4:03:04 PM

Archers of Loaf???

Plz tour.

1/21/2011 9:59:57 AM

not very many tickets to either Megafaun show left this weekend

(anyone that hasn't seen them probably should. best live local band (by far))

1/21/2011 10:09:33 AM

I wonder if they are planning on playing some new album stuff

1/21/2011 10:14:25 AM

not yet

1/21/2011 10:22:04 AM

i agree w/ megafaun being the best live local band. Well, maybe them and spider bags

goin tomorrow night for megafaun

1/21/2011 10:36:08 AM

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"(anyone that hasn't seen them probably should. best live local band (by far))"

agreed.

i bought 4 for the Saturday show yesterday. can't wait.

1/21/2011 10:36:34 AM

^ yay you're going to saturday? us, too! see you there! should be so so so much fun.

and the more i listen to the new destroyer album the more i want to do drugs i get excited about the show in april!!!!



[Edited on January 21, 2011 at 1:11 PM. Reason : new.]

1/21/2011 1:11:31 PM

I, too, will be seeing Megafaun on Saturday

1/21/2011 1:19:50 PM

cool people go on saturday, duh

1/21/2011 1:20:27 PM

Shit I better go get tickets. For Saturday, duh.

1/21/2011 1:36:17 PM

Saturday tickets are sold out btw (they'll have some at the door)

1/21/2011 1:57:25 PM

YES

finally made it into the cool people club

[Edited on January 21, 2011 at 2:27 PM. Reason : assuming this stupid sickness doesn't hold me back]

1/21/2011 2:26:42 PM

^^ this is my new name btw

was tired of having my last name associated with TWW

all Megafaun tickets now sold out

[Edited on January 21, 2011 at 4:14 PM. Reason : ]

1/21/2011 4:14:09 PM

hahahahaha

I knew it was you before I read that post

1/21/2011 4:19:04 PM

YOU AHRE TEAHRING ME APAHT ERIKCCK

1/21/2011 4:26:23 PM

in for tonights show
cant wait

1/22/2011 6:07:12 PM

THEY'LL BEAT US WITH THEIR GUNZZ
THEY'LL MEET US WITH THEIR GUNZZ

too easy?

1/22/2011 6:23:39 PM

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" I knew it was you before I read that post "

i know who was he really fooling anyway.

^^ SEE YOU TONIGHT

1/22/2011 6:24:46 PM

megafaun completely destroyed it last night, incredible show

ending w/a capella sing-along of "worried mind"=epic

further confirms what tschudi said, best local band (live AND on record) by far

i will say that towards the middle of the show, i was a little frustrated with the chattiness of the crowd. reminded me of being at the pour house when the crowd is louder than the band. i hate that.

[Edited on January 23, 2011 at 11:33 AM. Reason : .]

1/23/2011 11:33:09 AM

psyched that they're coming to columbus with mtn goats in april.

1/23/2011 11:50:41 AM

mtn goats dude came out for first encore

1/23/2011 12:00:14 PM

yeah people need to learn when to shut the fuck up for real

show was great though

1/23/2011 12:15:27 PM

yea the chattiness of the crowd pissed me off. i really really really had to pee in the middle of the show and i squeezed through from near the front and when i was in the back trying to squeeze back through, i could barely hear the band because of the chatter.

i ALSO don't get where drunk ass bitches come from that squeeze through the crowd toward the front of the stage, yell to each other, and attempt to dance provocatively (note the word "attempt") to songs they clearly don't know. like...how do those people even know to buy tickets for the show?

other than the loud crowd complaint i obviously enjoyed the show. they're always great.

[Edited on January 23, 2011 at 7:24 PM. Reason : .]

1/23/2011 7:23:48 PM

I don't get why certain girls have to be giants

1/23/2011 7:47:43 PM

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"how do those people even know to buy tickets for the show?"

lol, i wonder about this myself

1/23/2011 8:14:40 PM

people talking the whole time was fucking annoying.

and, seriously, WTF was up with that crowd last night? god damn.

i kindly asked some dude to stfu, and he moved or complied, not sure which. he had definitely never seen, nor heard, of Megafaun before last night based on the running commentary.

1/23/2011 8:34:37 PM