Michael Ian Black @ The Carolina Theater December 2

Comedian, actor, writer, and all around humorist Michael Ian Black is bringing his comical observations to the Carolina Theater in Durham December 2nd.  Many may remember Black from his days on MTV as a member of The State, one of the forerunners of alternative sketch comedy post SNL.   Black has remained in the comedy world as a member of Stella, a modern Three Stooges like troop which includes fellow State member Michael Showalter and David Wain.  All three have stuck together over the years creating some truly hilarious films such as Wet Hot American Summer and The Baxter.   Black's stand up comedy routine doesn't come close to his talent as a comedic actor, but the show will be pleasing nonetheless. 

UPCOMING SHOWS!

Sam Prekop and his outfit The Sea and Cake are part of a movement from the 1990's which combined jazz improvisation with modern day electronics and synthesizers to add a certain element of modernism to an antiquated form of musicianship.  Within the records and live shows from the Sea and Cake, the jazz combo feel is ever present but stretches off into alternative dimensions with the new technology. See The Sea and Cake at the Local 506 in Chapel Hill this Friday November 11.



Australian indie synth pop outfit Architecture in Helsinki appeared on the radar in 2007 as part of a fresh musical genre which meshed an array of instruments, both musical and electronic, which provided a danceable form of pop music combined with strong songwriting, pushing them far above many other groups attempting to pull off the same magic.  AIH made a big splash in US putting them on tour with acts as big as Talking Heads front man David Byrne, Yo La Tango, and Belle and Sebastian.   Catch Architecture in Helsinki at Cat's Cradle Monday November 14.

Also at Cat's Cradle:

Thursday November 17: Manchester Orchestra White Denim, The Dear Hunter

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AT KINGS:

Saturday November 12:  Wooden Ships and Birds of Avalon 

Tuesday November 15: Designer Drugs with Black Matter, PLS DNT STP, Your Dirty Habit, Skytsnigg, and Nixxed.

Tuesday November 15: Gringo Starr with The Spacemen ( SHOW AT SLIMS!!!) 

BOMBADIL CD RELEASE PARTY NOVEMBER 12 @ CAT'S CRADLE

Several years ago I was  accidentally introduced to the delightfully geeky music of Wilson, NC's Bombadil and been fascinated since.  My plan was to check out The Old Ceremony for the first time at The Martin Street Music Hall ( now Kings) for a review. Walking into the club, I was immediately hypnotized  by the opening band, dressed in an unusually spectacular manner.  If memory serves, they were sporting marching band attire.  They Might Be Giants came to  mind, but the sound and vision provided was something refreshingly new and exciting to me. Bombadil played the catchy and adorable "Jellybean Wine" and I was hooked. I've watched them from a distance for the last  5 years and they've blossomed creatively and matured as a unit with 10 years of performing and recording under their collective belt.

Be there for the release of their 4th record, All That the Rain Promises, Saturday November 12 at Cat's Cradle.