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RALEIGH, N.C. — Here are our picks for the best live music in the Triangle this week.

Mac Demarco, Calvin Love, Naomi Punk – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Durham/Restaurants-Bars/Music/The-Pinhook/5669648/">Pinhook</a>

Peter Lamb and the Wolves – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Raleigh/Restaurants-Bars/Humble-Pie/4872789/">Humble Pie</a>

Braids, Snowmine, Moon King, Empress Of – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Chapel-Hill/Restaurants-Bars/Music/Local-506/4872662/">Local 506</a>

Jacco Garder, Schooner – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Durham/Restaurants-Bars/Music/The-Pinhook/5669648/">Pinhook</a>

Major Lazor, Dragonette, Gent and Jawns – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Carrboro/Restaurants-Bars/Music/Cats-Cradle/4872654/">Cat’s Cradle</a>

JPhono1, Wembley, Actual Persons Living or Dead triple album release – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Durham/Restaurants-Bars/Social-Games-and-Brews/11464074/">Casbah</a>

The Dead Tounges, Schooner – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Downtown-Raleigh/Music/Kings/8979513/">Kings</a>

Marty Stuart – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Clayton/Attractions/The-Clayton-Center/11632603/">Clayton Center</a>

The Gaslight Anthem, Matrimony, Cory Branan – SOLD OUT – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Raleigh/Music/Lincoln-Theatre/4872687/">Lincoln Theatre</a>

Grandchildren, Oulipo, Ghostt Bllonde – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Downtown-Raleigh/Music/Kings/8979513/">Kings</a>

Satellite – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Carrboro/Restaurants-Bars/Music/Cats-Cradle/4872654/">Local 506</a>

Badfish, Scotty Don’t, Treehouse – <a href="https://www.wral.com/Raleigh/Music/Lincoln-Theatre/4872687/">Lincoln Theatre</a>

To explore the local music scene, check out <a href="https://www.wral.com/entertainment/out_and_about/blog/5167729/">Hear it from Hutch</a>.

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