Computer Kill with Exploding The Moments, The Camaraderie
Computer Kill Computer Kill is Darkwave/Shoegaze from Baltimore, MD going on tour this fall to promote their lastest single “Must Have Been A Dream” and their debut self titled E.P. Spotify / Instagram Exploding The Moments Spotify / Instagram The Camaraderie Spotify
Jonah Marais – Young & Optimistic Tour
Featuring support from Gina Miles and Bedroom Division. For all venue info & policies – visit www.local506.com – All Ages. Under 21 subject to a surcharge, payable at the door.
WCOM and WNC Benefit Featuring The Old Ceremony and Jeffrey Dean Foster
Omni with Cor De Lux and Ribs
Omni The music of Atlanta trio Omni has always swung fast and hit hard. And Souvenir, their fourth album and second for Sub Pop, packs their biggest punch yet. Inactive during the majority of the pandemic–the longest downtime in their history–they approached this recording with lots of pent-up energy. Guitarist Frankie Broyles, singer/bassist Philip Frobos, and drummer Chris Yonker converted their creative fuel into sharp, driving songs that land immediately, sporting chopping riffs, staccato beats, and wiry melodies. Why does Souvenir sound so sharp? Because each track is a compact unit that stands on its own, reflecting the time and place in which it was created. That’s why Omni called the album Souvenir: it’s a collection of audio objects, a stash of musical miniatures. Think of it as a family photo album, a binder of rare playing cards, a shoebox holding precious gems. Take “Plastic Pyramid,” the first song Omni wrote after coming out of lockdown. Filled with twists and turns, it’s a journey unto itself, charged by clanging chords, spinning rhythm, and Frobos trading lines with Izzy Glaudini of Automatic, with whom Omni toured with last fall. (Glaudini sings on two other Souvenir tracks, the first guest vocalist the band has collaborated with). Or take opener “Exacto,” a slicing web of intertwined guitar and bass. Its razor-fine notes and syncopated beats perfectly match pointillist Frobos lyrics such as “Exacto, de facto, concise, quite right”–a line that could well be an Omni mantra. The precision and clarity of Souvenir comes from some new Omni developments. For one, this is their first album with Yonker as their full-time drummer, and his forceful playing adds exclamation points to every pointed moment on Souvenir. In addition, the trio worked with Atlanta-based engineer Kristofer Sampson for the first time. Sampson pushed the band to a higher degree of power, with Frobos’s vocals more upfront in his pulsing mix and the rest of the music leaping out of the speakers. You might notice that Frobos’ singing is a bit more emotional and even nostalgic this time around. In crafting his vocals, he was inspired by the early college radio rock of formative favorites like REM, the Cure, and Big Audio Dynamite–the kind of bands whose melodies could have been top 40 hits in an alternative universe. The lyrics on Souvenir are also by turns funny, absurd, and even cryptic. A wry humor has always coursed through Omni’s songs, and this time, it comes in shades of both dark and light. In “Granite Kiss,” an “astronomical” love story concludes with the hope that “we can decay together,” while in “PG,” a romantic walk in the park includes a rose-colored mugging. Immediacy rushes throughout every moment of Souvenir, making it the band’s most powerful album to date. Omni has truly crafted a musical keepsake–a set of songs that you’ll want to keep close, an aural memento you’ll cherish for the rest of time.
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Advance Base with Megabitch and Attic Friend
Advance Base is the melancholic soft rock recording project of Chicago, IL singer/songwriter OwenAshworth (formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone). Using a two-handed arsenal of electric piano,Omnichord, samplers, effect pedals & drum machines, Ashworth builds minimalist, heavy-hearted, &nostalgia-obsessed ballads around his conversational baritone. The warm, electronic sound of AdvanceBase has been described as “lo-fi,” “depressed” & “weirdly uplifting.”Animal Companionship, the third & most recent “studio” album by Advance Base, was released September21, 2018 by Run For Cover Records / Orindal Records. GoldFlakePaint & Various Small Flames both listedAnimal Companionship among their favorite albums of 2018. Since then, Advance Base has released Wallof Tears & Other-Songs I Didn’t Write, a home-recorded collection of (mostly) country/Americana coversarranged for electronic instruments & Live at Home, a collection of mid-quarantine livestream concertperformances & the closest representation of an Advance Base live set commercially available. A newsingle titled ”Little Sable Point Lighthouse” was released on March 31, 2022.“It’s with no exaggeration we describe Owen Ashworth as one of the most consistent and importantsongwriters in contemporary indie music. From the earliest Casiotone For the Painfully Alone demos tomost recent Advance Base single ‘Little Sable Point Lighthouse‘, Owen has crafted a catalogue ofcharacters and circumstances with few rivals in the modern era. His is an ever evolving body of work whichstands out in its deftness and humility and empathy and care, bringing to life individuals from across thespectrum of human experience while remaining unerringly attuned to the tender, fallible heart at the centreof each.” – Various Small Flames”A Raymond Carver short story collection set to music by a Joan of Arc-era OMD” – MOJO Magazine
The Pink Triangle: A Queer Dance Party
Friday November 8th. The Pink Triangle, A Queer Dance Party, Homecoming Doors at 9:30pm. $10 presale tickets $15 tickets at the door Music by THEYDYLIKE and @thebydurham Follow us on Instagram b_color_full_productions
Born Of Osiris
Lineup: Born Of Osiris Discoveries Detest The Throne For all venue info and policies, visit www.local506.com / Under 21 subject to a surcharge, payable at the door.
Oort Patrol Album Release Show w/ Distortions, Worthington’s Law
Oort Patrol Oort Patrol inhabits the temporally ambivalent space where the thrilling sounds of melodic punk rock meet the wonderment of exploration and the crushing weight of galactic bureaucracy. May be enjoyed by fans of Sludgeworth, Leatherface, Tiltwheel, Samiam, and others in that vein. The band’s second full length record, “Human Vice President,” is out on Boared to Death Records on October 4. Distortions Distortions is a punk band from Chapel Hill. They are comprised of members from other Triangle bands including Manic Third Planet and Narsick. This summer, they released ‘On the Rocks,’ their second EP on Boared to Death Records. Worthington’s Law Worthington’s Law is a supposedly funny punk band from Durham, NC. Blending comedic themes about everyday annoyances and the sounds of 80s and 90s punk rock, Worthington’s Law is here to provide a ginger-ale shaking good time.
Charles Latham & the Borrowed Band, Crank Stallion
Charles Latham & The Borrowed Band From Durham, NC, wry lyricist and charismatic frontman Charles Latham leads the dynamic, high-octane Borrowed Band (which includes former members of Ben Folds Five, Shooter Jennings, Six-String Drag and more) on a wild ride from ballads to barnstormers. Their 2020 self-titled release was featured in No Depression and music critic Brian Howe (INDY Week) wrote “Latham habitually animates pastiches of vintage Americana with deftly verbose lyrics, not unlike Django Haskins of The Old Ceremony, which positions him well to pull off the wordplay at the bedrock of country songwriting.” “Reminiscent of the glorious sloppiness of Neil Young & Crazy Horse.” – Folk Radio UK Website / Bandcamp / Instgaram Crank Stallion Website Crank Stallion emerges as an enigmatic trio from Chapel Hill, NC. Offering a genre-blending fusion of avant-garde rock, jazz, funk, and experimental tones. With an instrumentation lineup boasting keyboards, an 8 string Hybrid guitar-bass, and drums, our crafted guitars, textured keys, and thunderous rhythms coalesce into a sound defying categorization. Crank Stallion draws comparisons to a unique blend of Tom Waits, Medeski Martin and Wood, and Ruben Gonzalez. “With a mix of influences that stir together the outsider, avant sounds of Captain Beefheart and Tom Waits with the groovier, rhythmic sounds of jazz organ trios, a Crank Stallion performance sounds entirely from another time without being able to ascertain if that time is the past or the future.” -TheLocalMusicSpot