This week's Local Band Local Beer: The Music Tapes, The Toddlers, T0W3RS & Depressed Buttons

This week's free Local Band Local Beer show at Tir Na Nog on Thursday, December 2, is a special one. It's the celebration of the day that tickets go on sale for the 2012 Hopscotch Music Festival.

The evening will start earlier than usual, at 8 p.m. The Music Tapes, Julian Koster's group, will start things off, followed by The Toddlers, T0W3RS and Depressed Buttons.

Stream The Music Tapes new EP Purim's Shadows (The Dark Tours the World) HERE. Stream the song "OUR5!" by T0W3RS below.

[UPDATED] Red Hot Chili Peppers announces winter tour, 3 NC dates

Funky rocker the Red Hot Chili Peppers returned with their first new album in five years earlier this year titled I'm with You. The band will hit the road in early 2012 for a southeastern arena tour which will feature three North Carolina shows.

[UPDATE: The tour has been postponed until the spring because frontman Anthony Kiedis has had to undergo surgery to fix some foot problems. Tickets will be honored for the new dates, which have been updated below.]

First, we'll mention the Triangle show at the RBC Center in Raleigh on Friday, January 27 Wednesday, April 4. Santigold will open the show and the entire tour. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 3 for $35.50 to $55.50.

Next, they'll play the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, January 31 Monday, April 9. Tickets will go sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 3 for $35.50 to $55.50.

Todd Snider announces winter tour, coming to Clayton

Photo by Todd Purifoy

Singer-songwriter Todd Snider will hit the road this winter in support of his latest release, a double-live album titled Live: The Storyteller. As you may have guessed, the tour includes a stop in the Triangle.

Snider will play the Clayton Center in Clayton on Saturday, February 11. Tickets are on sale now via Etix for $20.

Check out the performance of "Tension" from Live: The Storyteller below.

This week's Local Band Local Beer: Gross Ghost, Lilac Shadows & Exquisite Corpse

With Thanksgiving tomorrow, this week's free Local Band Local Beer will be happening tonight, Wednesday, November 23, at Tir Na Nog in downtown Raleigh.

This week's show packs a punch with Gross Ghost, Lilac Shadows and Exquisite Corpse. Check out "Devious" from Gross Ghost and "A Shallow Madness" from Lilac Shadows after the jump.

As usual, the show starts around 10 p.m. and is 21 and up.

Mat Kearney announces winter tour, coming to Raleigh

Singer-songwriter Mat Kearney was just in the Triangle back in September after the elease his latest album Young Love, and when he hits the road in early 2012, his first stop will be in the Triangle once more.

He'll play the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh on Thursday, January 19. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, December 2 via Etix for $20. An opening act(s) has not been announced yet.

Check out the music video for "Hey Mama" from Young Love below.