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Land for Tomorrow Lobby Day
Spend the day with fellow conservationists visiting elected leaders & asking them face-to-face to support funding & policies that help protect land & water across NC. Free; register at website.
919-807-7310www.landfortomorrow.org
Gregg Gelb Swing Band with Kathy Gelb, Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble
Hob Nob Jazz Series.
$5 919-462-2025Batillus
Brooklyn's Batillus manages to squeeze two pieces of jagged, tangential doom onto its side of a recent 12" split with Whitehorse. The best is the 11-minute rager "Feral," a sidewinding plod that corrodes the vocals with sheets of noise and strengthens the guitars with scrims of feedback and whispers of distant ghosts that add the perfect dose of intimidation. If you like your metal to hang around and circle slowly through a room like noxious gas, Batillus is now better at finding fresh soil on this side of Neurosis than ever before. In Raleigh, they begin a long run of shows along the East Coast and through the Midwest; expect extra urgency from a squad that has plenty of patience with its prey. Shadows open. —Grayson Currin
$6 919-833-6557Phononova, Rocket Cottage
Raleigh quartet Phononova reinvigorates one version of chunky late '80s alternative rock: Guitars slash, slither and ignite, a mix of treble and crunch fueled by guitarists Chris Pilione and Steve Graham. While there's plenty of attack, the arrangements are choppy and pulsing with more than pure aggression, reminiscent of Mission of Burma. Raleigh garage-punk trio Rocket Cottage conjures grimy swagger from loose, cowbell-banging boogie. Their payload is delivered in short-lived explosions on overdriven amps that sound like righteous fire hazards. Don't step in front of them; they never brake. Pay $5 at 9 p.m. —Chris Parker
$5 919-821-1120Al Strong Trio
Alex Lawhon
Dawn Williams
www.brasasteakhouse.com
Wake County
DJ Keith
Travis Moss
Seymour Senior Center 5th Anniversary
With live music, fashion show, Piedmont Laureate reading, food, prizes, etc.
919-968-2070www.co.orange.nc.us/aging/SeymourCenter.asp
Orange County
City Folk
"Treatment Approaches in IBD: Options to Consider"
A program for patients, families & caregivers living with Crohn's disease & ulcerative colitis. NCSU Centennial Campus: Convocation Center, Raleigh.
646-300-2906www.ccfa.org/chapters/carolinas/#events
