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Fri-Sun December 9-11 King Mackerel & the Blues Are Running Cat's Cradle Back Room, Carrboro Music from the musical revue written & staged by folks from the Red Clay Ramblers, back a decade or three ago. permalink

Saturday December 10 Sad13, Vagabon, Emily Reo, Told Slant The Pinhook, Durham This is an early show (6:30!) featuring Sadie from Speedy Ortiz. permalink

Saturday December 10 Maple Stave, Wailin' Storms Chaz's Bull City Records, Durham This is a nice early (7pm) show for all the people. photo: Maple Stave - The Pinhook - June 24, 2009 music in the groovo.org player: Maple Stave video(s) on their page(s): Maple Stave permalink

Saturday December 10 Contour, NahhG, Saint James, Pidari The Shed, Durham Another experimental electronic show presented by the fine folks at Raund Haus. permalink

Saturday December 10 S.C.O.T.S., The Woolly Bushmen Cat's Cradle, Carrboro music in the groovo.org player: S.C.O.T.S.

Saturday December 10 Le Weekend, Organos, No One Mind The Cave, Chapel Hill This is the proper release party for the new Le Weekend album, "This Can't Be Youth," which is their best yet. photo: Le Weekend - debut show - Duke Coffeehouse - Nov. 11, 2006 music in the groovo.org player: Le Weekend video(s) on their page(s): Le Weekend permalink

Saturday December 10 Wood Robinson's New Formal, Matt Phillips The Station, Carrboro

Saturday December 10 Crowbar, Goatwhore, Lillake, Datura Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Saturday December 10 Flimsy, Autumn to May, Michael Daughtry Deep South (The Bar), Raleigh

Saturday December 10 Nappy Roots, Venomiss, Ace Henderson, Mosca Flux Pour House, Raleigh

Saturday December 10 Chimes at Midnight, Lofidels, Trent Fabio Slim's, Raleigh

Saturday December 10 Patriot, The Dirty Politicians, Blood Red River, Poison Anthem Local 506, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Blood Red River

Saturday December 10 Kiff, RIver of Black, The Damnedest Thing, Warboys, Jehovah's Witness Protection Program The Maywood, Raleigh

Sunday December 11 Museum Mouth, Mannequin Pussy, Spirit of the Beehive, Soccer Tees Neptunes, Raleigh Philadelphia's Mannequin Pussy put out my favorite album of 4Q16 (so far, at least). 11 songs, 18 minutes, but it's not a hardcore album -- it's more like a distillation of all the best parts of Hole, Dinosaur Jr & Sonic Youth (in their poppier moments). permalink

Sunday December 11 Earthless, Ruby the Hatchet, Lightning Born Kings, Raleigh

Sunday December 11 Mature Fantasy The Cave, Chapel Hill

Sunday December 11 Pivot, Rookie of the Year, Summer Wars, Carolina Wray, Paper Dolls Pour House, Raleigh

Sunday December 11 Together Pangea, Dollhands, The Halves Local 506, Chapel Hill

Monday December 12 Bob Fleming & the Drunk Girl Chorus, Evel Arc, Matthew Paul Butler The Cave, Chapel Hill

Tuesday December 13 Carrack FIT The Carrack, Durham This month's edition of the Carrack's Free Improve Tuesday is a tribute to composer Pauline Oliveros, who passed away recently. permalink

Tuesday December 13 Housefire, Tescon Pol, TZYVYX, Drippy Inputs, Discotoņo Ruby Deluxe, Raleigh This is a huge year-end showcase of experimental electronic artists who have performed at Ruby Deluxe. Show starts at 9pm; here's a full list: Housefire Tescon Pol Spookstina de_Plata TZYVYX drippy inputs 80 lb. Test DISCOTOŅO Solemn Shapes Secret Boyfriend The Symmetrians (formerly Tinkerer) permalink

Tuesday December 13 Defacto Thezpian, P.A.T. Junior, Jooselord Neptunes, Raleigh

Tuesday December 13 Ivadell, Mover Shaker, Youth League Cat's Cradle Back Room, Carrboro

Tuesday December 13 Cycles, Bruteus Pour House, Raleigh

Wednesday December 14 Truthers, Chula Chaz's Bull City Records, Durham This is another in the Bull City Records "Why Wait?" early-evening weeknight shows. It's free, all-ages, and starts at 7pm (really!) permalink

Wednesday December 14 The Malpass Brothers The Blue Note Grill, Durham The Malpass Brothers are genuine honky-tonk heroes from Goldsboro, NC, with pompadoured hair & matching fancy suits. permalink

Wednesday December 14 Rod Abernethy, The Connells, Caitlin Cary, Steve Howell, Jeff Hart Neptunes, Raleigh This is a year-end party for Rod Abernethy's "Songs From Downstairs" songwriters series; all (or parts of all) the folks listed will be there. photo: Caitlin Cary, Coalition to Unchain Dogs benefit, Durham, Sept. 2008 permalink

Wednesday December 14 Shearwater, Cross Record Cat's Cradle Back Room, Carrboro

Wednesday December 14 Stammerings, Hank & Brendan Pour House, Raleigh

Wednesday December 14 To Speak of Wolves, Iselia, Guts of the Oven, Mirada Local 506, Chapel Hill

Thursday December 15 The Five Points Rounders, Josh Moore, Blue Cactus Motorco Music Hall, Durham

Thursday December 15 Zack Mexico, Drag Sounds The Pinhook, Durham Plus some sort of special guest. permalink

Thursday December 15 Suburban Living Neptunes, Raleigh

Thursday December 15 Disqo Volante, TyLake, MKR Local 506, Chapel Hill

Thursday December 15 Nag, Weapon Man, Natural Causes Nightlight, Chapel Hill

Thursday December 15 JPhono1, S. E. Ward, Spencer Harrison The Station, Carrboro

Thursday December 15 Blanko Basnet, The Beast, Flash Car Pour House, 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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