It appears all of the lots of really good shows are getting scheduled for June. Which makes up a bit for me not making it to Battles or the Arcade Fire or Flaming Lips or Modest Mouse.

• Tool in Winston Salem, June 13
• Feist in Greensboro, June 14
• Rush @ Walnut Creek, June 20
• Smashing Pumpkins @ the Orange Peel, Asheville (residency) June 23-July ( Read more... )

May 2, @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Asheville.

I've been lamenting the lack of shows that I want to see in recent days. Maybe I missed acts on their way to or from Bonnaroo. But, in some actual looking I found:

• June 30: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) at NC Musuem of Art
• July 4: Aimee Mann at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro (though I've already made other plans on the day ( Read more... )

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• Tonight: Night Three of the Great Cover-Up.
• Monday: Rogue Wave @ Local 506
• Wednesday: The American Analog Set @ Wetlands [1]
• March 14: NIN in Richmond, Va. Two nights later in Greenville, SC. [2]

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Death Cab w/ another favorite, Stars, opening.

Oct 27, Disco Rodeo

$21.80 inclusive of "convenient hand-waving fee."

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