A Rooster for the Masses, The Love Language, Citified, Future Islands and Lonnie Walker. The good news is that all of these bands are playing in Downtown Raleigh Friday night. The bad news is that this list is divided into two venues and will playing at the exact times. Which to see?
A Rooster for the Masses, The Love Language and Citified
The Pour House
As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Rooster are back with new music and as feisty as ever. They played their first show back on Monday at Local 506 but tonight is the official return of the Rooster. New Raleigh has reported on The Love Language a couple of times and Citified is fairly new to the Raleigh scene, but are said to be one of the better new bands from North Carolina. From politically charged space rock, to libertine spawned folk rock The Pour House should be full tonight and the crowd will get more than they paid for. And, if you missed A Rooster for the Masses in their previous incarnation, check out the video below for their song Left Coast, the bathrooms of Kings Barcade and dumpsters behind it will forever live in celluloid fame.
Left Coast - A Rooster for the Masses
Future Islands, Lonnie Walker
Slim’s Downtown Distillery
http://www.newraleigh.com/articles/archive/downtown-double-bill/Just south a couple of blocks in Downtown Raleigh is a venue quite smaller than The Pour House but very well known to many in the local scene. Slim’s has survived on bourbon and $2 Coors cans for years while hosting fantastic, mostly free, shows from Double Negative to a Whiskeytown reunion. Friday, Future Islands will step on stage with the goal to make everyone get up from their barstools and dance to very high beat per minute songs like Nu Autobahn and Follow You, although Changing Your Life remains my favorite. After morphing from Art Lord and the Self Portraits, Future Islands have toured with Dan Deacon, Video Hippos and other electro rock bands throughout the country. 2008 will be full of electro rock bands and Future Islands look to be one of those hitting on a national stage. Fellow Greenville folk rockers Lonnie Walker open. An interesting bill but it should be a great evening of music.
Each of these bands are from North Carolina and are examples of the great music that comes from our state. If you can’t decide or can’t make either show, here is some comforting information; both A Rooster for the Masses and Future Islands/Lonnie Walker will play Raleigh in April. Dates Below.
April 24th - Tir Na Nog
A Rooster for the Masses, Gray Young
April 18 - Downtown Events Center
Future Islands / Lonnie Walker - Together Again
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