well tickets just went on sale and i bought some. i kind of expect i won't actually be able to get in to see the avett brothers, but lonnie walker and the annuals are a nice consolation prize i suppose.

i'll include the link for PAGE 80:
http://www.indyweek.com/scan/archives/2012/02/08/the-avett-brothers-the-love-language-to-headline-16-band-benefit-for-oliver-gant

2/8/2012 12:03:52 PM

I just got tickets. But the only band I know is the Avett Bros, so I better be able to get in.

2/8/2012 12:10:17 PM

yep, gonna have to sit through the filthybirds et. al. for that one...

2/8/2012 12:10:31 PM

tickets just sold out, looks like.

annuals and lonnie walker are also good. hammer no more the fingers aren't bad, and i haven't heard the love language, birds of avalon, or gross ghost but i've heard good things.

2/8/2012 12:13:57 PM

They will more than likely release more tickets. I can't imagine a three-venue affair selling out so quickly; even when padded with the Avetts.

2/8/2012 12:26:16 PM

I don't know why Annuals are even a band anymore

also, there are going to be a ton of whiny Avett Brothers fans after they get to Kings and it's already full

[Edited on February 8, 2012 at 1:06 PM. Reason : it'll be pretty funny]

2/8/2012 12:45:09 PM

because people still like their music?

so many fucking music snobs on this forum. so you don't like them, big fucking deal. a band doesn't have to be universally loved to justify their existence.

2/8/2012 1:05:51 PM

care to point out where I said I didn't like them?

2/8/2012 1:07:51 PM

As someone in the Triangle area who hasn't heard the Love Language, I'd venture to say you're probably not a fan of music, so I'm sure anybody critiquing bands with statements like that present a foreign concept to you in simply 'being a fan of music.'

^^^yeah,seriously. They're not only whiny, but abrasive, rude, drunk, etc. Will sure to be a bro of a show. That being said, I'm gonna see them, as being with friends! (I don't necessarily mind the Avetts in small venues).

[Edited on February 8, 2012 at 1:13 PM. Reason : d]

2/8/2012 1:10:40 PM

Bought a ticket. Jed Gant comes into Schoolkids a lot and he's a super nice guy, so I figured I might as well. Terrible that his kid has cancer, can't imagine how that's been for them.

Think I'll try to go to Spider Bags and Whatever Brains and then make my way toward Kings to get there early enough to see that Avett Brothers set. I'm not really a fan of the Avett Brothers, but might as well try to see that since there'll probably never be another opportunity to see them in a venue of that size again (I remember when they played Raleigh a year or two back and everyone was saying they were gonna do a surprise aftershow at Kings, as far as I remember that never materialized). If I can't get in, I'll just go see The Love Language.

Do you guys think an hour, hour and a half early at Kings will be enough to get in for the Avetts?

[Edited on February 8, 2012 at 1:20 PM. Reason : l]

2/8/2012 1:11:56 PM

So, those are pretty much my sentiments. I was at that show they put on at the Cradle a year ago. It wasn't spectacular, but I have a lot of friends into them.

I'd say get there no later than Filthybird.

2/8/2012 1:14:53 PM

I don't mind the Avetts either

I just think that there will be a handful of their fans who aren't familiar with Kings who will show up 30 minutes before their set and be told the room is full

2/8/2012 1:16:18 PM

I've only been to maybe like 4-5 Avett Brothers shows. There was only one where there wasn't an incident that formed around somebody being terribly drunk.

Good times.

2/8/2012 1:17:43 PM

i inferred that you didn't like them when you said you didn't know why they were a band anymore. i guess i was wrong about that and apparently don't understand what you meant by that remark. so nevermind then.

and yeah, i fully expect to be in that crowd that gets to king's too late to catch the avett brothers. i'm just glad that there's a good backup show to go to if that happens.

2/8/2012 1:19:34 PM

Yeah I'm not crazy about the Avetts but I definitely don't hate them. They're alright.

2/8/2012 1:23:56 PM

If anyone has an extra ticket for this, I will gladly take it off your hands.

2/8/2012 2:02:14 PM

Like I said, I bet they release more.

2/8/2012 2:12:51 PM

I bet King's will be at capacity all night. the Avett fans will show up at 8 and just hang out until they play.

2/8/2012 3:34:30 PM

^yeah that's what i'm thinking too, unfortunately. i also hope they don't release more tickets. the fewer they sell, the better shot i have at getting into kings in time for avett brothers if i show up around 10:30.

2/8/2012 3:43:49 PM

and that really sucks b/c thats a pretty nice list of bands playing just at Kings

and how the fuck do you not know who the love language is?

[Edited on February 8, 2012 at 5:10 PM. Reason : hilarious]

2/8/2012 5:10:13 PM

Apparently some places have physical tickets, anyone know where to find some?

2/8/2012 5:18:45 PM

i know who they are, and have heard maybe one or two of their songs. i also know they're from the area. i just haven't been to one of their shows and haven't heard enough of their music to comment on them. if that invalidates my opinion about anything and everything, then so be it. i did say i'd heard good things.

also, jesus fucking christ you people. that is all.

2/8/2012 5:21:23 PM

^^Uh, Schoolkids maybe? CD Alley? The usual list of record stores and ticket holders, I guess...

2/8/2012 7:40:58 PM

The Thurston Moore show last night was really good.

2/8/2012 8:10:34 PM

Quote :

" i haven't heard the love language"

good lord

2/8/2012 8:20:03 PM

The Beach Boys (w/Brian Wilson) at Raleigh Amphitheatre on Sunday, April 29

Preemptively to anyone who takes this opportunity to make fun of Brian Wilson for his/The Beach Boys' performance at the Grammys this past Sunday: fuck you and grow a soul.

2/15/2012 2:11:25 PM

I'm not going to see the Beach Boys until Dennis Wilson stops throwing a fit and rejoins.

2/15/2012 3:02:48 PM

I hate Mike Love and Bruce Johnston so much, it makes me not want to go.

However, the confirmed inclusion of John Stamos might be worth it.

2/15/2012 3:03:57 PM

^I know Mike Love said at the Grammys that Uncle Jesse would be coming with them on tour, but I think he was saying that in jest. The press release makes it sound like it's just going to be the five guys billed (Wilson, Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks) and I thought I saw an earlier press release stating that Brian Wilson's band would be joining them.

Either way, if Brian Wilson's in, then I'm in. The songs are so great that I'm not gonna let the actions of one enormous douchebag (Love) keep me from enjoying them.

[Edited on February 15, 2012 at 3:25 PM. Reason : s]

2/15/2012 3:24:48 PM

Kraftwerk is playing their discography at the MoMa in mid-April. I'm just about crazy enough to go. either on the 12, 13, 14 or 17th.

2/15/2012 4:35:54 PM

http://m.aol.com/music/blog/spinner/2012/01/13/john-stamos-beach-boys/

2/15/2012 4:36:23 PM

^Well, fuck.

^^I'd kill to go to one of those shows (specifically the 4/12 TEE show), don't think I can afford the travel + hotel, though.

[Edited on February 15, 2012 at 4:53 PM. Reason : /]

2/15/2012 4:50:43 PM

I'm reserving the option to buy tickets to that. More than likely for Saturday for Computerworld. I have a TEE quote as my high school yearbook quote (from the 90s; before they were cool), but it's on a Thursday.

[Edited on February 15, 2012 at 5:06 PM. Reason : l]

2/15/2012 5:04:02 PM

haha, im not an avett fan at all, but my gf got a ticket. i offered to go there and wait in line early for her (if i still don't have a job) so that she can see them.

2/15/2012 9:56:21 PM

Alabama Shakes at the Cradle April 6th.

2/16/2012 12:41:46 PM

Beach House Cats Cradle May 6.

2/21/2012 1:31:44 PM

I will be at a bachelor party that weekend. because I now know that Beach House will be playing that Sunday, I will not get intoxicated that Saturday night

that is how much they mean to me

[Edited on February 21, 2012 at 1:45 PM. Reason : so excite]

2/21/2012 1:41:03 PM

Cradle site says Saturday the 5th...

2/21/2012 2:01:30 PM

Yeah, sorry dude. It's Saturday. I meant 5, typed 6. I'm sorry.

2/21/2012 2:02:27 PM

FUCK

2/21/2012 2:02:58 PM

Also wanted to say that I'm really nervous about attaining tickets for Kraftwerk tomorrow. :-\

2/21/2012 2:03:57 PM

THE HEAD OF A DICK

2/21/2012 4:37:23 PM

MoMa screwed up bigtime. Still waiting. Highly doubt I'm getting tickets at this point.

2/22/2012 12:28:52 PM

Showclix is a shitty, shitty ticket vendor. They shouldn't be handling big events like Kraftwerk at MoMA.

[Edited on February 22, 2012 at 3:05 PM. Reason : s]

2/22/2012 3:04:50 PM

Thrice farewell show with Animals as Leaders May 18 at the Cradle. I'm actually more excited about Animals as Leaders in this case.

2/22/2012 3:17:21 PM

^they said farewell to relevancy like a decade ago

zing

2/22/2012 3:53:32 PM

Just bought a ticket to see Avicii, Cazzette, and Nicky Romero in under two weeks. Never been to an electro/house show before (and haven't even heard of the second two). I'm not even really in to the whole scene, but it should be pretty awesome. I can't find many pictures of the venue, but it's a giant glass pyramid at some hotel or something.

2/23/2012 9:51:18 AM

Did anybody know anyone to get Kraftwerk tickets?

2/23/2012 10:11:34 AM

I think I am taking my wife to see Green River Ordinance at Local 506 in April. We moved to Carrboro in August and have yet to go to a show in town (did see the Avett's in Greensboro though).

2/23/2012 10:38:12 AM

Did they ever release more Race For the Cure tickets?

2/24/2012 2:42:28 AM