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Issue 20, April 2016 www.OakCityHustle.com FOUNDERS Sean Kernick Joseph Bruno PUBLISHER Oak City Productions PUBLISHER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR Sean Kernick CHIEF OF SALES / PRODUCER Joseph Bruno EVENTS / SALES / AD DESIGN SPCLGST CALENDAR Trey Ansley SALES Brian Hatcher SALES ASSISTANT Paige King ADVISOR Steve Honeyman CONTRIBUTORS JT Moore Stacey Bell Caitlin Russell Heather Leah c/o Candid Slice Richard LIvingaton Emily Scott PHOTOGRAPHERS Guillermo Delgado Jillian Clark Peter Fradella Caitlin Penna Joseph Bruno SPCLGST SEANO
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CONTENTS
ART
MUSIC
LIFE
MIGHTY LIBRARIANS 10 RALEIGH JOURNEYMAN SPCLGST
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OAK CITY SLUMS 25 HEART OF DRAG 33 VIRGINIA SCARE & THE BAWDY VAUDEVILLAIN REVUE 36 THE BENEVOLENT BROTHERS OF BEER
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ROCK 52 INDIE 55 URBAN 56 ELECTRONIC 57 COUNTRY 59 COMEDY 60 CLASSICAL / STAGE 61
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LIFE
MIGHTY LIBRARIANS
WORDS: CAITLIN RUSSELL | PHOTOS: JILLIAN CLARK, JOSEPH BRUNO, PETER FRADELLA How do you get people to come to a brick-and-mortar building filled with books? It’s a question Borders couldn’t answer. It’s a question Apple and Amazon have said doesn’t even need answering. So what do you do if you’re a modern library system? Enter the world and challenges of Ann Burlingame and her team. Burlingame is the deputy director of Wake County Public Libraries (WCPL), a growing and vibrant award-winning library system. First, it started with a change in mindset: “Libraries are about books, but libraries are about experiences too,” says Burlingame. “We want to build that bridge to the public.” With that in mind, WCPL has changed with the times and redefined what it means to be a great library system.
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“It started in the 1990s, before that is was just about books and reading,” explains Burlingame. “When we got public computers that really changed our user base, and that brought in a population that had not been traditional library users. So we started to adapt and be there for them.”
“LIBRARIES ARE ABOUT EXPERIENCES”
With the shift that came with public PCs and Burlingame’s decision to embrace that shift, WCPL made another important decision — it needed to make the library not just about moving books, but about being a place people wanted to come to. “We shifted programming, and we’ve expanded what we do for young children,” explains Burlingame. “Looking at school-age programming, the library
Wanda Cox-Bailey Library Branch Supervisor Richard B. Harrison Library Photo: Jillian Clark
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had not done much — maybe monthly, for K-5 maybe twice a month.” Today, WCPL offers around 140 programs for children a week — 60 just for children ages 0-5. It reached 185,000 children in the last year alone (comparably sized county systems reach about 50,000 children). You can also find a wide variety of programs for teens, adults and seniors. There’s a teen leadership initiative, movie nights, a job application class and a technology learning program called “Device Advice” — think the Apple Store genius bar without the intimidation or overwhelming scene. And even if you’re still interested in books, WCPL has you covered. The system has about 1.3 million books in circulation and 165,000 titles available in its online digital library of e-books and
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audiobooks, which is managed by Ben McFadden, whose team also manages the social media for WCPL. “And now we’ve done a lot to increase community awareness,” says McFadden. “The ‘Read. Visit. Love.’ campaign lets people submit stories of how the library helped them or why they love the library — we want WCPL to be out there and people to know what we can do for them.” So when you think ‘library’ in Wake County, don’t you dare think just ‘books.’ WCPL is a modern hub of community education and building, lifelong learning and just plain fun. It’s a place driven by people like Burlingame, McFadden and others who just genuinely care about our community and every single person in it.
Carol Laing Regional Library Manager North Regional Library Photo: Joseph Bruno
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Ellen Guerci Manager Leesville Community Library Photo: Peter Fradella
Schedule a visit and learn more about your neighborhood public library at: www.wakegov.com/libraries
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ART
MUSIC
RALEIGH JOURNEYMAN
SPCLGST WORDS: STACEY WEGER
If you’ve attended any local hip hop shows in recent years, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen Joe Giampino, aka DJ SPCLGST, at the tables, warming up the crowd. It’s also possible you’ve found yourself moving to his groove at any number of area bars and clubs. A list of upcoming events on his website shows just how busy he stays – it’s not unusual to see appearances listed for Five Star, Proof, Neptune’s, and Ruby Deluxe all in the span of a week. Giampino has a good bit of experience, having been DJing for 15 years. He claims would have started earlier, but had to save up to purchase turntables. “I was always fascinated by DJing. I loved the way a DJ could control a party and or crowd,” he says. “I used to go to raves back in the 90s and just stare at the DJ and watch what he was doing.” The root of his musical obsession was skateboarding, which he says introduced him to different genres of music, including punk, new wave, funk, and hip hop. “I like switching it up with multiple
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music genres. No one style is better than the other. I just try to use what skills I’ve been given to play each genre in a different way.” As DJ SPCLGST, Giampino has shared the stage with an impressive list of artists. But don’t expect him to brag about it. Even for this article, he opted not to “name drop,” claiming that wasn’t his style. But to give you some context, I recently saw him spin an early set to a packed house for Biz Markie, and have seen him open for a number of artists performing at the Hopscotch Music Festival. According to his online bio, he has built a veritable resume working alongside the likes of Rob Swift, Jazzy Jeff, Spinderella, and Yelawolf, to name a few. Despite all this, Giampino stays loyal and true to his roots. “The most important, favorite, and best moments are when I get to play and throw great parties with my friends,” he says. “My group of friends are just as good, if not better than any famous artist or musician.”
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Skateboarding not only introduced Giampino to music, but also to art – and graffiti art in particular – another of his artistic endeavors. “I went to art school and studied Design and Photography, but also painted a ton throughout school,” he says. “I started as a graffiti artist and as I honed my skills in other artistic avenues I got half way decent at making a mess feel balanced and correct. I like to incorporate all the skills I’ve learned to make cool things.” When he’s not DJing and making art, Giampino stays busy working with us at Oak City Hustle, employing his skills in a number of ways. Frequently that
includes shooting photos, designing the layout, or setting up events. “But most days I just sit in my office and look at dirty magazines,” he jokes. Outside of all these interests, he still finds time to spend with this girlfriend and dog, to be a “professional hoarder of grown up toys, books, and art thingamigigers,” and to pursue his passion of international travel. “I love to taste, see, smell, explore, and feel the world. It’s amazing out there and I hope everyone one day can just step outside of their comfort bubble. I hope it inspires people. People inspire me and I hope I can do the same.”
To learn more about DJ SPCLGST and to see a list of his upcoming events, you can visit his website at www.spclgst.com.
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MUSIC
OAK CITY
SLUMS
WORDS: HEATHER LEAH | PHOTOS: GUILLERMO DELGADO It’s not often a person just wakes up one morning and starts living their dream. However, that’s exactly how Rodney Finch became Oak City Slums, a hip-hop/bass producer that’s dropped chill beats across the Triangle -- from Neptunes to The Ritz.
Oak City Slums self-describes his sound: Sample-laced heavy bass and designed 808’s. Hard drums with slack percussion. A throwback to production flow of the early 90s using MPC, SP404 samplers. Analog synth with a variety of old and new hardware.”
Influenced by producers like Jersey Club, Baltimore Club, Digitalism, Crystal Castles, and J Dilla, Oak City Slums pulls from a mixed texture of sound, ranging from poppy and vibrant to dark electronic. In the other ear, he draws from jazz sample bass. With a punk and death metal background and years of experience drumming for his church band, Oak City Slums was born.
For several months, making SOMEBODY TO beats remained a private passion. But after a year COME AROUND or so, Oak City Slums was TO NOTICE ready to make people YOUR TALENT” dance. His first time creating live sounds was during a beat battle at the Black Flower in Raleigh. The judges laughed at him. “I was horribly embarrassed,” he shares, but he went home and, tempered with real world experience and pain, produced better beats.
He remembers that day, saying, “I was tired of struggling being in bands. I woke up one day and told my wife I wanted to start making beats. I went out, bought a computer, a controller, and started creating -- trying to imitate the stuff I was listening to.”
“DON’T WAIT FOR
“Don’t wait for somebody to come around to notice your talent,” he stresses. “I’ve had a lot of haters. When people hate on something, I feel more driven.”
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That adamant passion and drive eventually put him on stage at the Lincoln Theater. However, his first official show was at Nice Price books off Hillsborough Street, playing with Brassious Monk and AK-87. “It was a marked moment for all of us,” he shares, “We all had recently gotten into electronic music, and we couldn’t find a place to play. Then Nice Price let us in with big old speakers and subwoofers, and we packed out the place.” “If you wanna play music, it’s a grind,” he says, “If you’re not doing something for that grind every single day, you’re not gonna make it. There’s always
somebody out there who wants to hear something different. You may not know who that person is at the moment, but they’re out there.” For Oak City Slums, some of those people were Crystal Taylor, J-Mac, and Joe Bruno, who individually pushed him closer to music success. Another step up was meeting GRRL, who featured his track on Nest HQ. The people Finch most credits, however, are his family and wife, who have been supportive through this mellow bass, hip-hop transformation into Oak City Slums.
Upcoming events: April 2: Runaway Clothing Brand, store opening in Durham April 16: With Party Legal at Pinhook in Durham June 3: Keep an eye out for more information on an exciting Birthday Show for Oak City Slums and unannounced friends Instagram & Twitter: @OakCitySlums www.oakcityslums.com
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LIFE
HEART IN DRAG WORDS: EMILY SCOTT | PHOTOS: SEANO
The call went out on a Monday. Kyla Robbins, 18, was at Duke Hospital, and had a special request. Kyla has a genetic mutation that causes a very rare heart condition. The genetic mutation affects the LMNA gene that causes a devastating and significantly life threatening disease called Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy. The muscular dystrophy is what causes the heart failure. She needs a new heart, and she had come to Duke to see if the transplant team there would add her to their list.
arrived at Duke to spend time with Kyla and get to know her, two even driving in from Charlotte to show their love and support. Kyla has made the list for a transplant and still faces many challenges going forward, but for at least a couple of hours she got to simply be a teenager hanging out with new friends. Kyla is a big fan of drag queens, and now all who were in the room for the visit are equally big fans of her.
Growing up going to Pride events around her home in Virginia, Kyla had interacted with drag queens many times, and found them to be caring, compassionate people. So with the help of her mom and the Duke staff, she asked for drag queens to help keep her spirits up. Her photo quickly went viral on Facebook, and queens from all over the country and beyond sent well wishes and local performers started making visits. On Thursday, just a few nights after the original request, a team of drag queens, led by Vivian Vaughn, and their friends photo: Kyla Rose Robbins
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Keep with with Kyla on her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/heartindrag. To learn more about Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy go visit www.mda.org/disease/emery-dreifuss-muscular-dystrophy.
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MUSIC
VIRGINIA SCARE & THE BAWDY VAUDEVILLAIN REVUE WORDS: RICHARD LIVINGSTON | PHOTOS: CAITLIN PENNA “We’re all one tequila shot away from being a stripper,” the brunette bombshell purrs into the microphone. The crowd responds; yips and yelps erupt. She pauses and the applause subsides. Breathily, she instructs, “No, you clap when I take a break. It makes me feel better about myself.” Replacing the stick with the carrot, she says. “You should earn this nudity.” The audience goes wild. VaudeVillain Revue hostess and cofounder Virginia Scare, basking in blue and green stage light, breaks into a wide smile. “Is your heart black? Then welcome to the Black Diamond Ball!” Virginia’s not on stage now. “Statistically, most performers are middle children, starved for attention.” She stirs her drink. “I grew up in Spivey’s Corner, North Carolina. Population 49. They host the national hollerin’ contest. I was so weird.” One wouldn’t expect this
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articulate, attractive single mother to fulfill the role of late-night sexkitten variety show diva. And yet she does. With gusto. The self-described theater nerd selected ‘Virginia Scare’ as her pseudonym – a goof on Virginia Dare of Lost Colony fame. “I chose the stage name because it’s southern and creepy and I like history. Performing is a sort of pathology. I self-medicate by making a fool of myself. It’s a sort of reverse stage fright.” As the band launches into the Rolling Stones’ ‘Paint it, Black,’ Virginia warns the assembly at Durham’s Motorco Music Hall, “This will be 90 percent more naked than your normal lives” and introduces the first performer, Papyrus. On stage, Papyrus twists and turns, producing a hula hoop. Centripetal force whips the hoop around the axis of her hips as, layer by layer, her costume falls to the floor.
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“It is sex, but it isn’t.” Virginia is attempting to express what makes burlesque more than raw exhibitionism. In one-on-one conversation, her voice doesn’t carry the clipped Rooseveltian tones it does on the stage. She thinks for a moment. “So many women tell me they find what we do inspiring. The difference, I guess, is that the performer controls the context. Is it sexy or is it funny? The woman on stage is expressing an opinion through parody or through caricature.” Virginia has been described as the Harriet Tubman of the burlesque show. She outlines rough scripts
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for each performance, then invites participants. The VaudeVillain Revue’s troupe consists of eight to fifteen members at any given time – dancers, musicians, comics, singers and the occasional freak show act (think: women who swallow coat hangers and masochist clowns stapling their scrotums). The Revue has slowly evolved from a loose variety show hosted by the Black Flower bar on Peace Street. Over the years Virginia and her creative partner, Kitschy DeCoeur, have taken the act to a number of venues throughout the Triangle. There’s always a theme – ‘Nerdvember,’ ‘Hot for Teacher,’ ‘Enchantment Under the Sea.’
At Motorco, the theme tonight is ‘The Black Diamond Ball.’ Most are wearing black and there are more than a few skimpy cocktail dresses in the audience. Musical guest Curtis Eller wails on his banjo, howling and high-kicking. Above the crowd, one of the troupe dangles from a ring suspended from the ceiling. She spins on the hoop to the rhythm of the music, slinging her arms and legs with acrobatic precision, dancing wildly in air. Virginia explains her hopes for the VaudeVillain Revue. “It’s still evolving. I want to weave in more original music. We put in a lot of effort and I want the show to be worth what we charge.” Indeed, the performance is worth a fair greater sum than the $5 cover. The VaudeVillain Revue, itself, is the product of an evolution of the cabaret culture. Virginia describes it as ‘neo-burlesque’ to contrast it with the elegance and beauty archetype of classic burlesque. Her show – and others like it – relies on a certain degree of parody and pop culture edginess. “If classic burlesque is [happy little trees painter] Bob Ross,” she says, “then neo-burlesque is Jackson Pollack.”
Following a brief intermission, the act grinds on with a rowdy mix of dance, music, storytelling and striptease. A parade of shapely female forms crosses the Motorco stage. A sexy grim reaper sways to the music. Eller, as the band reaches the crescendo of its last set, drops his pants and completes the show in boxer shorts, slacks puddled at his ankles. Virginia Scare narrates the controlled madness and occasionally sings. It’s communal craziness when the entire VaudeVillain troupe ascends the stage and takes a bow. “I want the audience to feel something at the end of the show,” Virginia explains. “Maybe it’s empowered or inspired or uncomfortable. I just want it to be something they talk about later.” After the whirlwind of dancing pinup girls, spinning tassels, acrobats and unbridled panache, there’s little chance those who bore witness at Motorco won’t talk about the VaudeVillain Revue later.
Don’t miss The VaudeVillain Revue, next taking the stage at Motorco Music Hall (723 Rigsbee Avenue, Durham) on April 23rd for the Bootlegger’s Ball. Find out more at www.thevaudevillainrevue.com.
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LIFE
THE BENEVOLENT
BROTHERS OF BEER WORDS: JT MOORE | PHOTOS: JOSEPH BRUNO
Saison. Gose. Gueuze. Weisse. Doppel. Dunkel. Bière de Garde. If you know what these are — and bonus points if you know the proper pronunciation — it’s probably a result of the remarkable beer culture we have in Raleigh. While Asheville may be the first North Carolina city people mention when listing the nation’s beer cities, Raleigh continues to build its case for being part of that conversation. Where Raleigh’s beer claim to fame used to be that one downtown location was hailed as the number three seller of PBR in the nation, today Raleigh offers a host of breweries, beer bars and bottle shops. And most of those are walkable from downtown. Many people have contributed to Raleigh’s beer renaissance, but few have played as significant a role from the beginning as Chris Powers and David “Woody” Lockwood of Trophy Brewing.
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Their bar, The Busy Bee, is one of America’s top beer bars, and they’ve now given us Trophy Brewing (including a second location on Maywood, an expansive new brewing facility near the State Farmer’s Market), State of Beer bottle shop, and most recently, Mash and Lauter, a Belgian beer and food focused location in the former Hive space above The Busy Bee. But from the beginning, their passion for beer has been something they’ve wanted to share with the city. “We wanted to open up the Bee because we wanted to open a place that was approachable, was reaching out to people to educate them about beer and had a great selection that was constantly changing,” said Powers. And at the time in 2009, a general lack of access to craft beer in Raleigh forced the duo to get creative. This included one of their first projects of working with a local brewery to brew a Berliner Weisse,
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back when nobody local really knew what a Berliner Weisse was, including the brewery that made it for them. It didn’t come out well, but Powers and Lockwood made it work.
Today, their success, beyond expanding Trophy brewing from a three-barrel system to a second 20-barrel system at their Maywood location, is evident in our city’s far more refined beer palette.
“Thinking and dreaming up things and asking brewers to do it and promising them that we’d buy the whole batch if that’s what it took,” explained Lockwood. “That’s what lead to Trophy becoming an idea. Why are we pulling our hair out trying to get people to do things. We want to do more.”
On any given day, you’ll find Raleighites enjoying sours, stouts, saisons and everything in between. They’ll be dressed in yoga pants, khakis and Sperrys or with skinny jeans and mustaches, but they are all welcome — the appreciation (or simple enjoyment) of our city’s beer culture is something that brings us all together.
Trophy Brewing has two locations you can visit. Their first locations which features a 3 barrel Brewhouse and full service restaurant is located at 827 W Morgan St. The newest location on 656 Maywoodfeatures a taproom attached to a 20 barrel production facility. Learn more at www.trophybrewing.com.
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T H E
O F F I C I A L
LIVE MUSIC
GUIDE C H O I C E
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C U T S
FOLK
INDIE
DAUGHTER WILSEN
Cat’s Cradle
April 2 | 8.5 PM URBAN/FUNK
URBAN
ESPERANZA SPALDING: EMILY’S D+EVOLUTION Carolina Theatre April 20 | 8 PM
EDM/FOOTWORK
ELECTRONIC
DJ TAYE (TEKLIFE) Kings April 30 | 9.5 PM
POWER POP
POP
I WAS TOTALLY DESTROYING IT Deep South April 23 | 9 PM
ROCK
ROCK
HEADFIRST FOR HALOS
COUNTRY
LANGHORNE SLIM & THE LAW
COMEDY
MARTIN LAWRENCE
Local 506 April 2 | 6.5 PM
FOLK/BLUES
Hawriver Ballroom April 2 | 8 PM
STAND UP PNC
April 22 | 7 PM
URBAN/CLASSICAL
CLASSICAL / STAGE
BLACK VIOLIN
Carolina Theatre April 5 | 8 PM FOOD/DRINK
FESTIVALS
4TH ANNUAL BULL CITY FOOD & BEER EXPERIENCE DPAC April 10 | 4 PM
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CLASSICAL/STAGE - April 2016
OPERA
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: NORTH CAROLINA OPERA Duke Energy Center April 1 - 3 | 7 PM
VOCAL
FIVE FOR FIGHTING NC SYMPHONY Duke Energy April 2 | 8 PM
STRING QUARTET
Duke Performance Center April 1 | 8 PM
CLASSICAL/JAZZ
NC MUSIC AND ALL THAT JAZZ
Duke Performance Center April 2 | 8 PM
STAGE/ORCHESTRA
URBAN/CLASSICAL
STAGE/CHILDRENS
DPAC April 3 | 7.5 PM
Carolina Theatre April 5 | 8 PM
DPAC April 7 | 6 PM
YANNI
EVENT/CULTURE
BLACK VIOLIN
CLASSICAL
THE LIVING MOSAIC OF LANGUAGE & CULTURES Duke Energy Center April 9 | 7 PM
Carolina Performing Arts April 9 | 7 PM
CLASSICAL
MUSICAL/BROADWAY
URBAN/DANCE
Carolina Performing Arts April 13 | 7 PM
DPAC April 14 | 7.5 PM
BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
STRING QUARTET
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
Carolina Theatre April 2 | 8 PM
SHANGHAI QUARTET FT. WU MAN
Duke Performance Center April 8 | 8 PM
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CLASSICAL/JAZZ
KASSE MADAY DIABATE
A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN
GABRIEL KAHANE & TIMO ANDRES
LIL’ BUCK: JOOKIN’ JAM SESSION
Carolina Performing Arts April 15 - 16 | 7 PM
PEPPA PIG LIVE
BALKAN BRASS
BOBAN & MARKO MARKOVIC
Duke Performance Center April 11 | 7 PM
CLASSICAL
CIOMPI CONCERT NO. 4 FT. EDGAR MEYER
Duke Performance Center April 16 | 2 PM
OA K C I T Y H UST L E L I V E M US I C P O C K E T GU I D E
CLASSICAL/STAGE - April 2016
CULTURE/AFRICA
ACOUSTIC AFRICA Center Stage
April 16 | 7 PM
CLASSICAL/STAGE
MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
Carolina Performing Arts April 22-23 | 7 PM
STAGE
W;T
Duke Energy Center April 29-May 8 | 8:00PM
CLASSICAL/FOLK
CLASSICAL/STAGE
STRING QUARTET
MICHAEL GORDON TIMBER & RUSHES
ABIGAIL WASHBURN & FRIENDS
LES ARTS FLORISSANTS W/ WILLIAM CHRISTIE Carolina Performing Art April 10 | 11:30PM
Duke Performance Center April 22 | 8 PM
FOLK
FOLK/ A CAPPELLA
STAGE/DANCE
Center Stage April 27 | 7 PM
Carolina Performing Art
Carolina Performing Arts April 17 | 7 PM
JENNIFER CURTIS: ROAD FROM TRANSYLVANIA CCBR April 24 | 3 PM
A CAPPELLA
ROOMFUL OF TEETH
Duke Performance Center April 30 | 8 PM
SWINGLES
LA VERITA
April 27-28 | 7 PM
STAGE
CAROLINA BALLET PRESENTS MACBETH
DPAC April 30-May 1 | 9:.5 PM
POP - April 2016
ROCK
SLINGSHOT DAKOTA Local 506 April 5 | 9 PM
FOLK
MADE OF OAK Kings April 16 | 9 PM
INDIE
TV GIRL
Local 506 April 20 | 9 PM
POWER POP
I WAS TOTALLY DESTROYING IT Deep South April 23 | 9 PM
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ROCK - April 2016
LED ZEPLIN TRIBUTE
GET THE LED OUT DPAC April 1 | 8PM
Lincoln Theatre April 2 | 9 PM
PROG. METAL
HARDCORE PUNK
CHON POLYPHIA STRAWBERRY GIRLS CCBR April 5 | 8 PM
ROCK/VOCAL
THE SHAKEDOWN: ROD STEWART Pour House April 8 | 9 PM
EXP DEATH/SPEEDCORE
PYRRHON
Pour House April 10 | 9 PM
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JAM BAND
THE MANTRAS
TØRSÖ SKEMATA DRUG CHARGE
METAL
AILIEN8 KINGHITTER
Southland April 2 | 8.5 PM
COUNTRY
ELLE KING
Lincoln Theatre April 7 | 8 PM
ROCK
HEADFIRST FOR HALOS Local 506 April 2 | 6.5 PM
ROCK
HALESTORM
Ritz April 7 | 7.5 PM
Kings April 6 | 9.5 PM
CLASSIC METAL
PROG. ROCK
DEVIN DEGRAW @ RED HAT!
UMPHREY’S MCGEE
ALT. ROCK
EXP ROCK
Deep South April 8 | 9 PM
THE MOWGLI’S JULIA NUNES THE REBEL LIGHT Cat’s Cradle April 10 | 8 PM
Ritz April 8-9 | 7.5 PM
ALGIERS
CCBR April 11 | 8.5 PM
PSYCHEDELIC
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE MOUNDS CCBR April 9 | 9 PM
INDIE
RUN RIVER NORTH THE LIGHTHOUSE & THE WHALER CCBR April 14 | 8.5 PM
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ROCK - April 2016
PROG. DOOM
KIRGSGRAV GIANT OF THE MOUNTAIN Local 506 April 14 | 9 PM
HARDCORE PUNK
EYEHATEGOD
Pour House April 18 | 9 PM
ALT. ROCK
PUSCIFER
Duke Energy April 19 | 7 PM
ALT. ROCK
BIG SOMETHING Lincoln Theatre April 22 | 9 PM
SOUTHERN
JJ GREY & MOFRO W/ THE RECORD COMPANY Lincoln Theatre April 15 | 8 PM
FOLK
THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN Cat’s Cradle April 18 | 8.5 PM
ALT. ROCK
PEARL JAM
PNC April 20 | 7 PM
FOLK
THE OH HELLOS Lincoln Theatre April 23 | 9 PM
ALT. ROCK
JOURNALISM
Neptunes April 17 | 9 PM
POST PUNK/SOUL
HECTORINA MIKE MAINS AND THE BRANCHES Local 506 April 17 | 9 PM
PROG. ROCK
STEVE HACKETT Carolina Theatre April 19 | 8 PM
STONEGAZE
TRUE WIDOW W/ SLIMY MEMBER Kings April 21 | 8.5 PM
TOOL TRIBUTE
THIRD EYE (A TRIBUTE TO TOOL) Southland Ballroom April 23 | 9 PM
ALT. ROCK
EYES EAT SUNS W/ SUMMER WARS Pour House April 19 | 9 PM
GRINDCORE
MAGRUDERGRIND Local 506 April 21 | 8.5 PM
WELSH ALT. ROCK
THE JOY FORMIDABLE Cat’s Cradle April 25 | 8.5 PM
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INDIE ROCK- -February April 2016 2016
PSYCHADELIC
JAM BAND
MATH ROCK
Southland Ballroom April 27 | 8.5 PM
Local 506 April 27 | 9 PM
THE BOOGARINS BIRDS OF AVALON LACY JAGS
THE WERKS W/ CBDB & BACKUP PLANET
ALT ROCK/SYNTH POP
GOSPEL/BLUES
CCBR April 25 | 9 PM
POLIÇA MOTHXR
Cat’s Cradle April 28 | 9 PM
MIKE FARRIS
Clayton Center April 30 | 8 PM
FS BEAR GIRL
HARD ROCK
STEEL PANTHER Lincoln Theatre April 28 | 8 PM
EXP. ANONYMITY
THE RESIDENTS: SHADOWLAND Cat’s Cradle April 30 | 8 PM
EDM -APRIL 2016
URBAN/LIVETRONICA
BIG GIGANTIC W/ LOUIS FUTON Lincoln Theatre April 5 | 8.5 PM
BASS/HOUSE
SUB CULTURE Mosaic April 16 | 9 PM
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DANCE
MAGIC MAN & THE GRISWOLDS PANAMA WEDDING
TRANCE/BREAKS
LATIN HOUSE
Mosaic April 13 | 9 PM
Mosaic April 15 | 9 PM
THROWBACK
SULTRY
Cat’s Cradle April 8 | 7.5 PM
EDM
HOUSE/SOUL/FUNK
Mosaic April 22 | 9 PM
Mosaic April 27 | 9 PM
RALEIGH LIKES IT DEEP
SANCTUARY
EDM/FOOTWORK
DJ TAYE (TEKLIFE) Kings April 30 | 9.5 PM
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FESTIVALS / EVENTS - April 2016
PARTY
FOOTHILLS FREE FIRST FRIDAY: FAT CHEEK KAT Pour House April 1 | 7 PM
PARTY
GLOWRAGE
Lincoln Theatre April 9 | 9 PM
FAMILY
SPCA 2016 K9-3K DOG WALK AND WOOFSTOCK Booth Apitheatre April 2 | 9 AM
FOOD/DRINK
BEER AND BACON Booth Apitheatre April 9 | 12 PM
GOSPEL
THE JOURNEY PRINCIPLES: LIGHT UP THE DARKNESS
EVENT
CCBR April 13 | 8 PM
LOCAL/BENEFIT
NC LOCAL MUSIC’S 2016 BENEFIT Deep South April 16 | 7.20 PM
ROCK/EVENT
1ST ANNUAL DTFH FAMILY REUNION WEEKEND Motorco April 15 | 5 PM
FESTIVAL
BAND TOGETHER: LAST BAND STANDING FT. YARN Lincoln Theatre April 16 | 7.5 PM
PNC April 8-9 | 7 PM
Calyton Center April 8 | 10 PM
FOOD/DRINK
PARTY
4TH ANNUAL BULL CITY FOOD & BEER EXPERIENCE
DIGITOUR SPRING BREAK ‘16
NETWORKING
AMERICANA/FESTIVAL
DPAC April 10 | 4 PM
MINDFLIP RECORDS: THE MINDFLIP TOUR
AUTO
MONSTER JAM
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT 2016
Lincoln Theatre April 13 | 6.5 PM
S.P.I.T.T.L.E. FEST Pour House April 16 | 6 PM
PNC April 16 | 7 PM
SHOWCASE
COAST 2 COAST LIVE Pour House April 17 | 9 PM
FOOD/DRINK
GREAT GRAPES WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL Booth Ampitheatre April 23 | 12 PM
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URBAN - April 2016
URBAN/GROOVE
RYAN KEBERLE & CATHARSIS Carolina Theatre April 1 | 8 PM
LATIN
CONTRA-TIEMPO URBAN LATIN DANCE THEATRE
SOUL/FUNK
THE SOUL PSYCHEDELIQUE QORCHESTRA
GOSPEL
Southland Ballroom April 15 | 8 PM
ALT. HIP HOP
SADISTIK
Local 506 April 9 | 9 PM
URBAN/FOLK
JON STICKLEY TRIO CHRISTIANE & THE STRAYS Deep South April 15 | 8.5 PM
URBAN/FUNK
ESPERANZA SPALDING: EMILY’S D+EVOLUTION Carolina Theatre April 20 | 8 PM
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Pour House April 5 | 9 PM
Southland Ballroom April 1 | 8 PM
Center Stage April 9 | 7 PM
R’MONE ENTONIO
JAZZ/GROOVE
THE NTH POWER
HIP HOP
NAPPY ROOTS Pour House April 22 | 9 PM
HIP HOP/SOUL
THUMP! FT. 9TH WONDER
Mosaic April 6 | 10 PM
AFRICAN
REGGAE/DUB
Pour House April 13 | 9 PM
Cat’s Cradle April 13 | 8 PM
GROOVE/JAM BAND
CUMBIA/BOSSA NOVA
SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS
YO MAMA’S BIG FAT BOOTY BAND Southland Ballroom April 16 | 9PM
REGGAE
TRIBAL SEEDS’ SPRING HARVEST TOUR Cat’s Cradle April 22 | 8 PM
IRATION HIRIE
LA SANTA CECILIA Motorco April 19 | 8 PM
HIP HOP
KING MEZ LIVE AT THE LINCOLN Lincoln Theatre April 29 | 9 PM
OA K C I T Y H UST L E L I V E M US I C P O C K E T GU I D E
INDIE - April 2016
SINGER/SONGWRITER
LAURA GIBSON Kings
April 1 | 8.5 PM
POP
RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE W/ JENNY BESETZT
April 1 | 8.5 PM
April 2 | 9.5 PM
CCBR
FOLK
ANGLE OLSEN
Hawriver Ballroom
April 3 | 8 PM
POP
SKYLAR GUDASZ WILD FUR VAUGHN AED
MUSCIAN/SONGWRITER
FRANKIE COSMOS ESKIMEAUX & ANNA MCCLELLAN Kings
Pour House
ROCK
FOLK
DAUGHTER WILSEN
Cat’s Cradle
April 2 | 8.5 PM
INDIE
SOME ARMY JPHONO1
AFTON MUSIC SHOWCASE
April 8 | 9 PM
April 10 | 6.5 PM
CCBR
Lincoln Theatre
April 5 | 8.5 PM
ROCK
INTO IT. OVER IT. Motorco
April 12 | 8 PM
ROCK
MURDER BY DEATH KEVIN DEVINE & THE GODDAMN BAND Cat’s Cradle
FOLK/ROOTS
INDIE
ROCK
DAVID WAX MUSEUM BARLINGSIDE
ERIC BACHMANN ANDREW ST. JAMES
LITTLE GREEN CARS W/ JOHN MARK NELSON
CCBR
Motorco
April 13 | 8 PM
April 16 | 9PM
April 12 | 8 PM
Motorco
ROCK
TOKYO POLICE CLUB
INDIE
MOBLEY
Motorco
Local 506
April 22 | 9 PM
April 25 | 9 PM
AMERICANA
HOUNDMOUTH LUCY DACUS Cat’s Cradle
April 26| 8.5 PM
April 20 | 8 PM
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COUNTRY - April 2016
FUTURE ROOTS
SINGER/SONGWRITER
The Pour House April 29 | 9 PM
CCBR April 29 | 8 PM
JOHN BROWN’S BODY
KAWEHI
INDIE/BLUEGRASS
LANGHORNE SLIM & THE LAW
AMERICANA
PROG. BLUEGRASS
Deep South April 1 | 9 PM
COUNTRY
LOWLAND HUM CCBR April 2 | 8 PM
BLUEGRASS
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS W/ PAPER BIRD
MARC RIBOT
CCBR April 4 | 7.5 PM
FOLK
AMERICANA/BLUES
Lincoln Theatre April 3 | 8 PM
COUNTRY
SUNNY LEDFURD Pour House April 9 | 9 PM
HONKY TONK
ERIC STRICKLAND & THE B-SIDES Deep South April 21 | 9 PM
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FOLK/BLUES
THE COREY HUNT BAND TYLER HATLEY & THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN
Hawriver Ballroom April 2 | 8 PM
SEAN WATKINS PETRA HADEN & JESSE HARRIS Cat’s Cradle April 5 | 8 PM
FOLK/BRASS
DAVID LINDLEY
FANFARE CIOCARLIA
BLUEGRASS
SINGER/SONGWRITER
ROCKGRASS/BLUEGRASS
Kings April 22 | 8 PM
Deep South April 22 | 7.15 PM
PHIL COOK & THE GUITAR HEELS
Hawriver Ballroom April 9 | 8 PM
INTRODUCING: HANK, PATTIE & THE CURRENT
Motorco April 10 | 8 PM
TARYN PAPA KAYLIN ROBERSON
Motorco April 11 | 8 PM
HAYSEED DIXIE Motorco April 24 | 8 PM
OA K C I T Y H UST L E L I V E M US I C P O C K E T GU I D E
COMEDY - April 2016
SINGER/SONGWRITER
GREG HOLDEN
Local 506 April 26 | 9 PM
INDIE/FOLK
M.WARD: MORE RAIN TOUR
Hawriver Ballroom April 29 | 8 PM
STAND UP
JESSIMAE PELUSO
Goodnights April 1 -2 | 7.5 & 10 PM
STAND UP
DUNCAN TRUSSELL: THERE ARE NO DRUGS ON THIS BUS TOUR Cat’s Cradle
April 1 | 8 PM
STAND UP
RON WHITE DPAC
April 2 | 7 PM
COMEDY/DJ
POUND HOUSE FT. DOUG LUSSENHOP & BRENT WEINBACH
STAND UP
STAND UP
CRAIG SHOEMAKER
JOEL MCHALE
April 7-9 | 7.5PM
April 8 | 8 PM
Goodnights
DPAC
CCBR
April 6 | 8.5 PM
STAND UP
BRUCE BRUCE Goodnights
April 15-17 | 7.5 & 10 PM
STAND UP
EUGENE MIRMAN & ROBYN HITCHCOCK Cat’s Cradle
STAND UP
STAND UP
JIM BREUER
MARTIN LAWRENCE
Goodnights
PNC
April 21-23 | 7.5 & 10 PM
April 22 | 7 PM
April 21 | 8 PM
STAND UP
FELICIA DAY Cat’s Cradle
April 27 | 6 PM
COMEDY/STAGE
PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON Goodnights
April 28-30 | 8 PM
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