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Jeb Bishop & Tim Daisy Duo, Regina Hexaphone
Both trombone player Jeb Bishop and percussionist Tim Daisy have long résumés as collaborators and improvisers. Bishop's past is dotted by last names such as Brötzmann, Vandermark and Zerang, while Daisy has also worked with Vandermark, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Dave Rempis. But their debut disc together, the live duo session Old Shoulders, pushes past those associations, exploring extreme dynamics and twists on complicated themes. The majestic Regina Hexaphone opens the free show at 8 p.m. —Grayson Currin
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919-901-0875Black Dice, Prisms, Robes
The Black Dice who used to attack their audience with antagonistic squalls of distorted electronics in the late '90s doesn't much resemble the group whose debut LP was the spacious and explorative Beaches and Canyons in 2002, much less the folks who released the fractured yet funky weirdo-pop manifesto Mr. Impossible earlier this year. But while their sound and lineup have both drastically changed during the past 15 years, one thing that's remained constant is Black Dice's willingness to go wherever their gloriously unpredictable muse decides to take them. Prisms and Robes, both slighty more grounded, open. —David Raposa
$9-11 919-942-5506St Vincent, Shearwater
Dallas native Annie Clark dropped out of school and joined up with The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens, living a baroque rock dream. In 2006, she shed the sweetness and became St. Vincent. Last year's Strange Mercy challenges her alabaster image with panic-ridden tracks that scream through her corroding guitar work. "Chloe in the Afternoon" opens the album as Clark sings, with a definite sense of fragility, about a "horse-hair whip" in an S&M love story. Later, the languid "Surgeon" builds into a frenetic synth freakout. In Clark's case, weirdness is the charming bait. Austin's brooding folk-rockers Shearwater open. —Ashleigh Phillips
SOLD OUT 919-967-9053Alexis & Joe
Jim Crew Trio
Negativ I, DJ Keith
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Magic Pipers
Scott Sawyer/Ron Brendle Duo, Bob Jackson Trio
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