Shows This Week

Believe it or not, the election is over. Now what? The shows go on! The main event this week is the Troika Music Festival, with about a million bands playing in Durham. By the time I got to Saturday, it was more than my carpals could bear, so check out the website for more info.

Wednesday, November 5th


The Mountain Goats and Kaki King present: The Last Happy Night of Your Life, at Cat's Cradle, 8PM, $15, 300 E. Main St., Carrboro, 919-967-9053, www.catscradle.com

Anathallo, Cale Parks, Lost in the Trees, at Local 506, 8:15PM, $8-$10, 506 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, 919-942-5506, www.local506.com

Murder By Death, William Elliot Whitmore, J Roddy Walston & the Business, at The Brewery, 7PM, 3009 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, 919-838-6788, www.brewerync.com


Thursday, November 6th

Lake & Desolation Wilderness, at Nightlight, 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill, 919-933-5550, www.nightlightclub.com

Tommy Edwards, Alice Zincone, Rick LaFleur, at Captain John's Dockside, 5:30-8:30, 11550 15-501 N, Cole Park Plaza, Chapel Hill, 919-968-7955.

Troika Music Festival: Angelo Spencer, All Your Science, Paleface, Lost in the Trees, Future Kings of Nowhere, at Durham Central Park, 5:30 PM, 534 Foster St., Durham, www.troikamusicfestival.org

Troika Music Festival: Brett Harris, Bob Funck, Matthew Boles, at Alivia's Durham Bistro, 7:30 PM, 900 W. Main St., Durham, 919-682-8978, www.aliviasdurhambistro.com

Troika Music Festival: Jews & Catholics, Simple, Sugar in the Dirt, Fujiyma Roll, at James Joyce Irish Pub, 8PM, 912 W. Main St., Durham, 919-683-3022, www.jamesjoyceirishpub.com

Troika Music Festival: Red Collar, Sorry About Dresden, La Weekend, Sequoya, Pink Flag, at Duke Coffeehouse, 8PM, Crowell Building, East Campus, Durham, 919-684-4069, www.duke.edu/web/coffeehouse

Troika Music Festival: Midnight Gladness Band, Doly Roto, Oso Optimo, Sawteeth McTweedy, at Marvell Event Center, 8:30 PM, 119 W. Main St., Durham, 919-699-0975, www.myspace.com/marvelleventcenter

Troika Music Festival: Future Islands, Screaming Females, Juan Huevos, Dylan Gilbert, Alex Kotch, at Pinhook, 9PM, 117 Main St., Durham, www.thepinhook.com

Troika Music Festival: Puritan Rodeo, Fontana, Shakermaker, at Broad Street Cafe, 10PM, 1116 Broad St., Durham, 919-416-9707, www.thebroadstreetcafe.com

Transportation, Dawn Chorus, at The Cave, 10PM, 452 1/2 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, 919-968-9308, www.caverntavern.com


Friday, November 7th

Troika Music Festival: The Rosebuds, Kimya Dawson, The Old Ceremony, Bellafea, Girls Rock NC program, at Carolina Theatre, 5:45PM, 309 W. Morgan St., Durham, office: 919-560-3040, tickets: 919-560-3030, www.carolinatheatre.org

Savage Knights with Trio slicnaton, at Marsh Woodwinds, 8PM, $5 rec. donation, 707 N. Person St., Raleigh, 919-839-0536, www.marshwoodwinds.com

Red Clay Ramblers, at The ArtsCenter, 8:30PM, $17, 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro, 919-929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org

Matthew Sweet, The Bridges, at Cat's Cradle, 9PM, $18-$20, 300 E. Main St., Carrboro, 919-967-9053, www.catscradle.com

The Explorers Club, The Never, at Duke Coffeehouse, 9:30PM, Crowell Building, East Campus, Durham, 919-684-4069, www.duke.edu/web/coffeehouse

Troika Music Festival: Ex-Monkeys, Wigg Report, at Bull McCabe's Irish Pub, 11:55PM, 427 W. Main St., Durham, 919-682-3061.


Saturday, November 8th

The Black Swamp Bootleggers, at Milltown, 12-3PM, 307 E. Main St., Carrboro, 919-968-2460.

The Black Crowes, The Buffalo Killers (outside on the Street Stage), at Lincoln Theatre, 5PM, $35-$40, 126 E. Cabarrus St., Raleigh, 919-821-4111, www.lincolntheatre.com

Latecomers, Stormfront, at The Cave, 7:30PM, 452 1/2 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, 919-968-9308, www.caverntavern.com

Anders Manga, Taradactyl, Angels on Acid, at Volume 11, 8PM, 658 Maywood Ave, Raleigh, 919-839-0079, www.myspace.com/volume11tavern

Dom Casual, Ghostwriter, at The Cave, 10PM, 452 1/2 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, 919-968-9308, www.caverntavern.com

A whole bunch of bands are playing Troika Music Festival: www.troikamusicfestival.org and I'm SO not typing them all...

TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds, Vintage Freshness, at The Pour House, 10PM, $12-$15, 224 S. Blount St., Raleigh, 919-821-1120, www.the-pour-house.com