Drive Recommends for Aug. 27

Album from the Vaults:

The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Velvet Underground & Nico: Quintessential use of phallic bananas aside, this 1967 classic from Andy Warhol’s factory friends stands alone as a musical gem. It’s a shame that the banana gets all the attention, because with songs like “Heroin”, the Velvet Underground pioneered an aloof, drug-addled style of pop rock.

Movie from the Vaults:

“Roman Holiday”: Back when Audrey Hepburn was a young, doe-eyed “it” girl who hadn’t yet developed a smoker’s lung, she played a runaway princess alongside Gregory Peck in this 1953 film. If this movie doesn’t make you want to run away to Rome, you obviously haven’t seen it.

Events:

Thursday

Jason Kutchma & Stuart McLamb

Local 506 | Red Collar’s Jason Kutchma, punk-rock troubadour of the 35-and-pissed, and Stuart McLamb, the dreamy pop prince of Chapel Hill’s twenty-something set, will play acoustic sets at the “Beer Y’all” screening. Solo sets from two of the area’s best songwriters? Yes, please! 8:30 p.m., $5

Dexter Romweber and the New Romans

The Cave | Placing Chapel Hill’s resident rock ‘n’ roll devil, Dexter Romweber, in the middle of a muddy soap of midnight blues fury, the New Romans find Jack White’s musical pal exploring his larger-than-life size. Should be a whole lot of sound to pack into a small Cave. 10 p.m., $5

friday

Embarrassing Fruits

Local 506 | With loping riffs that are so profoundly ‘90s indie rock and nostalgic lyrics about bumming all over town with your buds, it’d be hard to think of a band playing today that more concisely sums up Chapel Hill’s recent musical history than Embarrassing Fruits. Friday they play with excellent pop duo Veelee and Free Electric State. 10 p.m. $7

saturday

Aminal

The Cave | In celebrating the re-release of its A Will To Fight EP on Vinyl Records VR Presents site, Chapel Hill’s anthemically angsty Aminal will be joined by the ragingly hard cock rock of Rat Jackson. Pistolero also plays. 10 p.m., FREE

Hear Here Release Party

Cat’s Cradle | Hammer No More The Fingers and Birds of Avalon will bring fully-charged rock, and Annuals and The Never will weave pleasingly off-kilter pop as four of the area’s biggest bands pull out all the stops to promote Hear Here, the local music compilation that brings together the best of the Triangle. Admission includes a free copy of the disc. 8:30 p.m., $10

Juan Huevos

Local 506 | Juan Huevos, Carrboro’s joking clown prince of backpacker hip-hop, hits Local 506 Saturday night. Expect plenty of catchy beats, expletives and joking self-deprecation. Pros & Cons and Scientific Superstar also play. 10 p.m., FREE