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Saturday July 31 The Drowning Lovers Broad Street Cafe, Durham Facebook event page

Saturday July 31 Corrosion of Conformity, Righteous Fool, Black Tusk, US Christmas Pour House, Raleigh Quite a combination: one of my favorite heavy bands of my teenage years, Corrosion of Conformity, reunited in their now-considered-most-"classic" trio lineup. And one of my favorite heavy bands of right-fucking-now, U.S. Christmas, who write these amazing endless swirling psych epics that are equal parts multiple guitars, theremin/synth/violin noises, and the choked-off, paranoid-as-fuck yowls of frontman Nate Hall. Facebook event page

Saturday July 31 The Deadstring Brothers, Whitey Morgan, Calico Haunts, Rachel Koontz & The Morning After Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh Calico Haunts put out one of my top-3 albums of 2009, "After All," which, at its best, came off as some kind of unholy collaboration between Leonard Cohen & Crazy Horse. music in the groovo.org player: Calico Haunts

Saturday July 31 The Mountain Goats, Mount Moriah, Midtown Dickens The Pinhook, Durham This show is SOLD OUT, as it is a benefit for the damnfine local record label Holidays for Quince, and they sold advance tickets on their website. And the [solo, "classic edition"] Mountain Goats are playing. And it's a one-sided 12" EP release party for Mount Moriah, whose debut full-length will be one of your favorite albums of whatever year it winds up getting released in. It appears that the Friends With Benefits folks have a limited number of passes that they're giving away on Twitter, so follow them. photo: Mountain Goats, Bull City HQ, August 2, 2008 music in the groovo.org player: The Mountain Goats, Midtown Dickens video(s) on their page(s): The Mountain Goats, Midtown Dickens Facebook event page

Saturday July 31 Pros & Cons, Aminal, Wages The Cave, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

Saturday July 31 Goodbye, Titan, The Bronzed Chorus, Prawn Slim's Downtown, Raleigh Facebook event page

Sunday August 1 Cassis Orange, Antibubbles, Good Kids Sprouting Horns The Pinhook, Durham This is an early (6:00 pm!) show. Cassis Orange are a catchy new mid-fi bedroom synth-pop outfit whose debut EP got a lot of love from WXDU DJs a few months back. Facebook event page

Monday August 2 Boris, Russian Circles, SAADE Cat's Cradle, Carrboro music in the groovo.org player: Boris Facebook event page

Tuesday August 3 Black Cobra, Howl, Struck By Lightning, HOG Volume 11 Tavern, Raleigh HOG are a Durham trio who sprung from the ashes of the awesome metal band Tooth. Facebook event page

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.

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