Rock the (one-stop) vote

Barack Obama is locking up the indie vote.

Not unaffiliated voters, mind you, but indie rockers. The Democratic presidential candidate will hold two concerts featuring independent-label bands Superchunk and Arcade Fire to encourage young voters to cast their ballots early.

Superchunk is a beloved Chapel Hill band best known for a song — whose title is unprintable here — about a particularly slothful Kinko's coworker. Arcade Fire is an arty Montreal band that draws on the Talking Heads for inspiration.

The bands will play at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex Pavilion parking lot at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, and at Carrboro Town Commons at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 2. Tickets are free, with admission on a first-come, first-served basis.

The concerts are designed to highlight Obama's early voting effort, held early in the afternoon so that attendees can cast one-stop ballots afterward.