Antibalas plays at the Cat’s Cradle on Saturday.
This week in music: April 4 – April 10
Strange week at Carrboro’s two biggest venues, and a lot of big names too. It starts with Sebadoh on Wednesday at Cat’s Cradle then on to turntablist Kid Koala at the ArtsCenter, followed by Friday’s Sean Lennon show on Friday next door to an all-Dylan show at the ArtsCenter with guitarist Cyril Lance. Got that?
Saturday features Kicking Grass at the ArtsCenter and a three-band Cradle show headlined by Pico Vs. Island Trees, one of the more intriguingly named local groups. The week ends with two anti-shows in a row at the Cradle — Antibalas (they can get all Fela-like) on Sunday and Anti-Flag on Tuesday.
At Open Eye there’s Bus on Friday and Mark Smilor on Saturday.
Over along the West End of the big city, the Cave features Beloved Binge with The Gates of Beauty at the Thursday late show. Friday has an early show by Sea Cow and a late show with Chest Pains. On Saturday Joe Romeo and The Orange County Volunteers play late, very late. El Dorado & The Ruckus play the Caven Tavern on Sunday and Tuesday features Juan Prophet Organization.
At Local 506 there’s a Friday free night show with Tripp, Jeremy Lev and Tad Dreiss and a Tuesday night benefit for C.A.A.R.E.—a Durham-based nonprofit that works on HIV/AIDS education and prevention—with Sweater Weather, Josh Nowlan from Cities, Blackswamp Bootleggers and Carter Gaj.
— from Staff Reports