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Advanced Screening of White Strips Documentary

Charlie McSpadden — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:30:47 +0000

The new White Stripes tour documentary Under the Great White Northern Lights will be given a special advanced screening tonight at the Duke Coffeehouse. The documentary will have its American debut at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX and wide release on March 16th. Check out a preview here and get to the Coffeehouse by 7 p.m.

Toro Y Moi to play Coffeehouse tonight

Andrew Hibbard — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:40:19 +0000

Toro Y Moi, whose much anticipated Causers of This was released Tuesday on Car Park Records, will play the Duke Coffeehouse tonight. We did this interview with TYM’s Chaz Bundick, who has some ties to Duke and the Triangle, in October, prior to his opening slot with Islands and Jemina Pearl.

Obviously, things have changed a bit since then. But check out the interview and the show with Dogbite.

Doors are at 9, the show is at 9:30 and tickets are $5.

NC Girls Rock Benefit tonight

Andrew Hibbard — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:27:53 +0000

The North Carolina branch of Girls Rock (a part of the larger Girls Rock Camp Alliance) will be hosting a benefit show tonight at the Duke Coffeehouse. Scientific Superstar plays at 8, Princess and the Criminals at 9 and Blondie cover band Heart of Glass at 10. It’s a $5 suggested donation for a cool organization. Check it out.

Des Ark at WXDU Sunday

Andrew Hibbard — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:39:58 +0000

WXDU will be hosting a live on-air performance from Des Ark Sunday at 4 p.m. Per the blog (albeit edited a bit), Aimee Argote has been writing a ton of new songs:

…but now i got a pile of new songs, and these new ones, they’re nothing like those two old ones. they’re f–ing sad, & so i’m just writing to let you know that everything is going to be ok, that everything is back to normal. i’m done wasting your time with that sappy happy crap, kicked the bug from my system. i’m playing real songs again. it is time to f–ing cry, y’all!

You can listen here. And in an other bit of Des Ark news, we just unearthed this video of Argote playing solo from the Midtown Dickens release party in April. Remember when she was going to bring everyone outside and play under a tree? That show. Enjoy.

Coffeehouse Schedule for Spring 2010

Andrew Hibbard — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:42:02 +0000

The Duke Coffeehouse returns to regular business hours tomorrow at 6 p.m. Some early dates are up on its Web site which you can check out below.

Jan. 21 – Muslim Student Association Spoken Word Event, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Free
Jan. 23 – Benefit for Girls Rock NC with Scientific Superstar, Princess and the Criminals and Heart of Glass, 8 p.m., $5 suggested donation
Jan. 28 – Andrea Gibson (spoken word artist), price TBA
Jan. 29 – Max Indian, Ryan Gustafson, Light Pines, $5
Feb. 10 – Marco Benevento Trio, Nathan Moore, $10
Feb. 20 – Screaming Females, Jeff the Brotherhood, $5
Feb. 25 – Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited (Presented by Duke Performances)

UPDATE: Vivian Girls will play at the Coffeehouse March 26 with Wet Dog and Happy Birthday.