This week at Kings Barcade

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Wednesday December 1- Connells Celebration

Local musicians and friends getting together to play and celebrate the music of Raleigh's favorite sons. The entire Connells catalog is now available for purchase online - something many of us have been awaiting and never thought would happen.

Friday December 3 - The Small Ponds

Proclivities singer songwriter Matt Douglas teams up with Whiskeytown / Tres Chicas singer violinist Caitlin Cary blending together each ones sublime talent for deep reaching vocal harmony and instrumentation projected before a cool alt folk setting.

Thursday December 9 through Saturday - The Great Cover Up

A tradition started at Kings original location on McDowell Street, the great cover up showcases local bands covering anything and everything including each others music and that of their musical heroes.

(Band info coming soon)

The Moderate this Friday 11-26 at The Pour House

Old friends The Moderate will bring in the holiday spirit at The Pour House Friday night. We are excited to see the progress Raleigh's Jim Dempsey and Drew Marks have made since their last visit.

Meet the REAL American Gangster this Sunday @ Quail Ridge Books

REMINDER TO COME TO QUAIL RIDGE BOOKS AT RIDGEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER IN RALEIGH AT 4:30 PM THIS SUNDAY NOVEMEBR 14 TO SEE AND HEAR IN PERSON IKE ATKNSON,THE MASTERMIND OF THE BIGGEST DRUG SMUGGLNG RING IN THE WORLD IN THE 1970S AND 80S.

AUTHOR RON CHESEPUIK, AUTHOR OF “SERGEANT SMACK”, THE BOOK ON IKE’S LIFE AND NOTORIOUS CAREER, WILL JOIN IKE WHO WILL DISCUSS HIS REACTION TO THE FILM AMERICAN GANGSTER THAT HE FINDS “GROSSLY MISREPRESENTS” THE REAL STORY.

IKE’S SMUGGLING RING OPERATED OUT OF NORTH CAROLNA AND THAILAND AND WAS COVERED EXTENSIVELY LOCALLY.

More to come on Ike and his story soon.

Ariel Pink @ Cat's Cradle tonight! Jeanne Jolly and Chris Boerner Friday.

The one and only Ariel Pink will perform this evening at Cat's Cradle. Pink's career as a bona fide avant freak folk rocker has met with negativity and ridicule over the years while simultaneously gaining the attention of audiences worldwide. Haunted Graffiti is the title of a series of recordings put out by the artist over the past several years and also serves as the name of his touring act and band. Pink's music is driven by raw emotion and inner turmoil which he delivers well beneath layers of buzzy melodies and beats he usually creates with his mouth. This evening's performance should be one to remember.

When Raleigh musicians Jeanne Jolly and Chris Boerner perform together , the product is usually pleasing The two are set to perform at The Berkley Cafe this Friday night before Scott Miller. Singer/ Songwriter Jolly is out supporting her new latest offering : Falling in Carolina.

Jerry Joseph and Wally Ingram @ The Pour House Tuesday 10-9

Jerry Joseph is part of a large familiar guild of musicians, singers, and songwriters including master instrumentalist David Lindley of the 1970's psychedelic outfit Kaleidescope. Many know Joseph through his connection to Widespread Panic bassist David Schools through their band Stockholm Syndrome as well his own group The Jackmormons. Joseph is currently touring with friend and collaborator, percussionist Wally Ingram.

MGMT @ Meymandi Hall November 3rd , Indesicion & Waylandsphere @ The Pour House November 6th

I can't figure out if you pronounce MGMT as "management" or if I should just say the letters. Either way, Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh welcomes the Brooklyn juggernauts to the stage this Wednesday evening. Since 2007, MGMT has made a name for themselves all over the world working with acts like MIA and opening for Paul McCartney. Their second record, Oracular Spectacular, debuted at number 11 on Great Britain's pop charts, went on to earn a Grammy nomination and placed high on the "best" lists of many reputable music magazines. After hearing their latest release , Congratulations, it looks like MGMT's meteoric rise to fame has only begun.

Listen : Time to Pretend


Indecision can be categorized as a jam band in league at one time with Widespread Panic, but in my opinion they are so much more. They represent a time in the lives of many people when things were alright and being carefree was just as important as being careful is today. For some it was college or high school or maybe their late twenties. I fell in love with the song "She ain't no Betty" when I was 15. Their songs are reminiscent of a latter day Doobie Brothers and they can play the hell out of Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne". Catch them at The Pour House in Raleigh Thursday November 6th with Raleigh's own WaylandSphere featuring Katherine Roach on vocals.