This week’s shoegaze edition of Local Beer Local Band Night features Citified and Gray Young. Show starts around 10 at Tir Na Nog and it’s free to get in! Fresh with a new EP “Absence”, the Greensboro collective Citified will be headlining.  Make sure you get to Tir Na Nog in time to see Raleigh based Gray Young perform or you’ll miss one of the Triangle’s best.  Come out and support the community!

Also, tune in at 5pm today (Thursday) as I will be interviewing Gray Young.

Tonight (Thur 5/11) at Local Beer Local Band Night we have marine-mammal rockers, The Whalewatchers, and experimental jazz group, Starmount.  Don’t forget, Tir Na Nog is in downtown Raleigh (218 S. Blount St.) and it’s FREE to get in!  Also, I’ll be doing an interview with the Whalewatcher’s arund 5pm today, so make sure you tune in.

Here’s the official Whalewatcher’s music video for the song Pretty Money:

See you out there!

As most of you all know, WKNC and Tir Na Nog do this thing called Local Beer Local Band Night.  Each Thursday at Tir Na Nog we have a free show with great local bands and great local brews.  This week’s line up is Regina Hexaphone and the Stars Explode.  Also, tune in to 88.1 at 5pm on Thursday, as I will be interviewing Regina Hexaphone.

Here’s a qoute from the Independent Weekly about Regina Hexaphone:

“The rustling sun-kissed beauty and easy charm of Regina Hexaphone’s folky pop echo the sweet, generous vibe of frontwoman Sara Bell. Just as a wayward smile from someone attractive can brighten your day, nothing feels quite as welcoming as Hexaphone’s soothing sonic embrace. A preview of their forthcoming album, Into Your Sleeping Heart, is impressive, indeed, from the nomadic surf-inflected pop of “Waiting for the Wind” to the Dresden-bound gypsy bounce of “The Fortyniner.” Elsewhere, they work in a hazy, pillowy drift of receding detail, like a watercolor pulling away and over the horizon.” –Chris Parker, Independent Weekly

“The Stars Explode is the new rock band led by Doug Edmunds, co-founding member/songwriter/drummer/vocalist for 90s rockpop underground wonders, Gladhands, and most recently the drummer for Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies. The Stars Explode builds on Edmunds’ musical legacy while looking squarely to the future. With influences ranging from the rugged British rock of Paul Weller to the loud guitar pop of the Posies to latter-day singer-songwriters like Grant-Lee Phillips, Jon Brion, and Rhett Miller, Edmunds’ new band offers up a delicious blend of musical offerings.”–the Stars Explode’s Myspace

Here’s a video of Regina Hexaphone playing live in Chapel Hill:

So come out and support your community!

Left Outlet and The Names will be rockin’ Tir Na Nog tonight (Thursday 5/28) for Local Beer Local Band Night!  Left Outlet is experimental prog rock and The Names are old school rock ‘n roll with a bluesy feel.  Don’t forget it’s FREEEE to get in, and Tir Na Nog has some delicious local beers on tap.  Come out and support your community!

Left Outlet will also be on the air at 5pm with me today to talk about their band and the show.

Here’s a video of Left Outlet playing “Prudence” live:

prudence live at the pour house

I’m super excited about this week’s Trekky edition of  Local Beer Local Band Night (5/21), as we have the Double Barrel Benefit alumnus The Never and Lost in the Trees!  Local Beer Local Band Night is held every Thursday night (9:30) at Tir Na Nog in downtown Raleigh.  It’s FREEEEEE to get in and Tir Na Nog has some great local brews.  So come out and support your comunity!!!!

Here’s a video of Lost in the Trees performing live at the Showroom in SC.

And here’s a video of the Never live at the Cradle!

WORD UP!

Old school local rockers Sorry About Dresden will be headlining our weekly event Local Beer Local Band Night at Tir Na Nog, thursday at 10!  Playing alongside are the Dirty Litte Heaters and Le Weekend.   It’s FREEEEE to get in and Tir Na Nog has some mouthwatering local brews on tap.  Come out and support your community!

Check out this video of Sorry About Dresden playing live for the DotMatrix Project in Greensboro!

And here’s a video of the Dirty Little Heaters playing live back in ‘06. This girl know how to rock!!!

Embarrassing Fruits and Prabir and The Substitutes will be rocking out at WKNC’s and Tir Na Nog’s Local Beer Local Band Night this Thursday night (5/7).  It is FREEEEEE to get in, and Tir Na Nog has local brew specials.  Mmm I can’t wait for some Aviator in my belly! Tir Na Nog is located at 218 S. Blount Street in Downtown Raleigh!

Come out and support your community!

The Proclivities and Becca Stevens will be playing at our weekly event, Local Beer Local Band Night, at Tir Na Nog this Thursday 4/23.  It’s free to get in and Tir Na Nog has local brew specials. Come out and support your community!  See ya there!

Also, the Proclivities will be in the WKNC studio on Thursday for the 5 o’clock shadow!  DJ Spaceman Spiff and DJ May Day will be talking to the band and showcasing some of their tunes!  Tune in at 5pm.

The Magic Babies and The Huguenots will be playing at WKNC’s and Tir Na Nog’s Local Beer Local Band Night this Thursday night at Tir Na Nog.  It’s free!  See you there!