Sunday 2.22
Chapel Hill
Dexter Romweber & The New Romans
The Cave—Drummer Dave Schmitt founded The New Romans as a vehicle for putting duo-veteran Dexter Romweber in front of a nonet. The band invoked Romweber's underlying love for surf-rock, '60s crooners and lounge music. Hazy keys and blankets of guitar reverb wash behind his growl. Saxophones bleat and moan. The music swings, slinks and seems to exist outside of time. Night Tide, released late last year, serves to document the band's rich retro-chic: rock 'n' roll with a balance of grooving instrumentals and charged shoulda-been-standards, meant for dancing in tight, dark bars. Pay $5 at 9 p.m. —Bryan Reed
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