Taking its name from the world's largest rodent that inhabits the jungles of South America, Capibara formed in the summer on 2007. Joshua Lamar (formerly of Mondo Generator, currently of Can Can - JDub Records) and Britton Thomas met in high school and after going years without any contact, and being in bands that never amounted to much, they were brought together by happenstance and decided to embark on a project all their own. The two-piece has since grown into a foursome; adding Ray Watts on bass and Shaun Hill on drums, and has thus rounded out their robust rock sound - commanding anyone within ear-shot to get out of their chair and move to the beat of these danceable dark rhythms. Capibara's influences range anywhere from Bloc Party to The Walkmen to traces of Don Henley.

Their first self-released full-length album was recorded over the winter of 2009 at Nickel and Dime studios and is a 12 song free-for-all that is bound to live up to its title: Wildcat. [more]

The Love Language, initiated by Stuart McLamb, is a fortunate by-product of the North Carolina native’s rudderless mid-20s, where a tempest of breakup, inebriation, and incarceration found the abandoned songwriter embarking on a storage-space recording project to slow his seeming disintegration. The growing body of emotional fight songs, committed to MP3 with a high-school era multitrack recorder, became postcards from exile, a way to let his friends and former flames know he was getting along, battered but not beaten.

“The Love Language was never intended to be a band,” explains McLamb from a borrowed porch in Durham County. “Those songs were never intended to be for anyone except my ex-girlfriend. That was my outlet, and at one point, it caught fire.” The self-immolating beauty of the budget correspondences was exhausting and triumphant; McLamb’s dalliances with rejection and redemption would be minted in a self-titled debut on Portland independent label Bladen ...[more]

A little wheeling and dealing at the crossroads, a quick slap to an upright bass and a smokin’ beat. Add to the mix the guitar chops of Elvis Suissa and Three Bad Jacks music comes in to stretch the borders of rock. Three Bad Jacks are the bastard sons of rock and roll greats like Elvis Presley, Joe Strummer, Johnny Cash and Joey Ramone. This full throttle trio fuses the best parts of rock, punk and rockabilly into a unique sound that defies any label or category.

Three Bad Jacks are an unstoppable force. They play consistently to sold-out crowds across the U.S. They have opened for bands from Joe Strummer to Dwight Yoakam, from Social Distortion to Bouncing Souls. Three Bad Jacks consistently draw on their home turf of Southern California at venues such as House of Blues, The Knitting Factory and The Galaxy Theatre as well as festivals such as Hootenanny.[more]

The E.A.R.L.'s dunch shows are hangover friendly live music that occur somewhere between one and four p.m.[more]

The folks of Trailer Vic's (of Drive-Invasion infamy) bring you a tiki hut, rug-cutting good time with a Labor Day Weekend Beach Party at the fabulous EARL! Bring your Bikinis, trunks and towels! No really, an actual above ground (24ft x 52") complete w/ beach sand will be in the back lot of the EARL. Sip cocktails, soak in some sun and listen to the exotic sounds of Walk the Plank (playing poolside). Slip inside the EARL to hear the surf safari sounds of Laramie Dean (LA) and The Disasternauts (Cocoa Beach, FL). Dig the one-man-super rock or Pinche Gringo (Chapel Hill). Local heroes The Forty-Fives, Grinder Nova and Dj Che Olé round it all off! We don't need your stinking beaches!!!

3pm-3:45 - Walk the plank
3:45pm-4:30- DJs spin
4:30-5:15pm- Walk the Plank does second set
5:15pm-5:45- DJs spin
5:45-6:45pm- Pinche Gringo
DJs until music starts inside...

Inside the EARL

7:15-8pm- Grinder Nova
8:05-8:25pm- Disasternauts (Side Stage)
8:3...[more]

Catch 23 is Atlanta's Friendliest Comedy Deathmatch. 3 teams perform under the pressure of 23 minutes they have to use ticking away during each of 4 rounds. With nothing but a 1 minute warning to guide them, their show is over when the time runs out. Each month's winner is decided by the audience and an impartial judge.

RETURNING CHAMPIONS : The Disasters Tom Rittenhouse and Lucky Yates ...

CHALLENGER #1 : The Crime Bandits! Damian Dunne, Brad Kloth, and Tara Ochs ...

CHALLENGER #2 : The Doug Dank Project Rene Dellefont, Nick Gibbons, Amber Nash, Matt Stanton, and Dan Triandiflou[more]