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Courtesy Bill Mallonee
▲ Athens mainstay Bill Mallonee returns to the stage tonight,
playing his familiar brand of folk in an opening slot for the
legendary Peter Case at The Melting Point.
Local band to get ‘down,’ shoot music video at 40 Watt Club
By JENNIFER JACKSON
The Red & Black
Hip-hop and punk fans
will unite Friday to cele
brate a local trio’s first
video shoot, making it
easy to get “Down with
the Woo.”
Using three cameras,
three projection screens,
numerous auxiliary speak
ers and special guests,
Down with the Woo will
film a live video Friday
night, turning the 40 Watt
Club into its set and using
fans as extras. ,
“We are filming the
show to be released at a
later date. We’ll compile
the footage into a music
video for one of our sin
gles, and the entire con
cert may be released later
as a live concert DVD,”
said lead singer, guitarist
and keyboardist Mandy
Branch.
Growing up with bands
from the Washington, D.C.,
area like Jawbox, Shudder
to Think and Fugazi,
Down with the Woo start
ed as punk-inspired.
However, artists such as
Missy Elliott, James
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Brown and Kool and the
Gang added soul to its list
of influences.
“Down with the Woo is
kind of like what you
would get if you melded
soul, hip-hop and D.C.
punk all together,” said
Branch, who graduated
from the University in
1999. “Throw in a few
dance moves and some
Prince and there you go.”
Members Branch, Eric
Friar and Winston Parker
haven’t been’ Down with
the Woo for long the
band’s first birthday is in
October, but it is no
stranger to the Athens
music scene.
“Eric, Winston and I
used to play in a band
called Heros Severum, a
rock band with two gui
tars, saxophone, key
boards and drums,” said
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By COLTER MCWHORTER
The Red & Black
Eighteen albums and 14
years later, Bill Mallonee con
tinues to dive face first
into wells gushing with details
of the everyday grind, faith,
illness, depression and the
amorphous nature of love.
Critics from Rolling Stone,
The New York Press and Paste
pen glowing reviews while the
University alumnus, who grad
uated with a history degree,
takes aim with Americana
style song-writing.
“Sometimes we walk
between noisy and minimal
ist,” he said, elaborating on his
work while on tour. “I did
about 180 shows a year. We
were all over the Midwest and
then played in the UK. We
just figured at some point that
it was too depressing to play
here for 50 people and then go
to Chicago and sell out two
shows.”
Mallonee is best known
from his days as the brains
behind alt/country rockers The
Vigilantes of Love, who dis
banded in 2001. Between his
days in the band and his solo
adventures since, Mallonee
has pieced together countless
studio albums.
Now he treats fans at The
Melting Point as an opener for
banded, we decided to try
something new.”
This time around, the
trio decided to experiment
with technology.
For example, the new
drummer isn’t really a
drummer at all. The band
uses Pro Tools, a software
program used for record
ing, to provide the pulse
for its live shows.
“We record each of our
shows and release songs
from each performance
either online or as singles
that audience members
can pick up at the next
show,” Branch said, add
ing that Down with the
Woo plans to do the same
with the new video.
Local tech company
TSAV (Technical Services
Audio Visual) will sponsor
the show, giving the venue
an ultra-surround sound
experience.
“It should be a really
great and diverse show
not to mention there will
be free refreshments for
everyone, so there’s
another incentive to
come,” she said.
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Courtesy Down With The Woo
A Local genre-benders Down With the Woo, boasting several members
formerly known as Heros Severum, will film a music video Friday at the
40 Watt Club beginning at 10 p.m.
XL, along with New
Orleans based One Man
Machine will open the show.
The Red a Black | Thursday, August 30, 2007
BILL MALLONEE
When: 7:30 tonight
Where: The Melting Point
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legendary troubadour Peter
case —a prime platform for
his personal blend of Dylan
esque folklore.
“It’s hard to book six
months at a time ahead and
it’s just insane,” Mallonee said.
“Now we have no formal book
ing agent. Some days we are
just chewing our fingernails to
the core. That’s why we do
house shows and, not having a
ton of resources, the shows
and records tend to be acous
tic and minimal.”
While his many albums pro
vide a chance to speak to his
audience, Mallonee’s live
shows continue the discussion.
From a once self-described
“guy in a college band from
Athens,” tours in the Midwest
and personal tragedies have
honed his sensitivity to
nuance.
“My mother died two years
ago and my father isn’t faring
too well either,” he said.
Continuing to write and per
form opened up “a sort of
cathartic process —a purge.”
Opening for Case is a part
of the process that has
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Mallonee equal parts excited
and honored, citing the former
Plimsouls member turned suc
cessful solo artist as an influ
ence from his past.
“When Peter was signed
with Geffen, he had a 12-string
and a six-string and put it out
all over the place, and he’d
play in Athens with 100 peo
ple, and it’s just great,”
Mallonee said. “He’s just a
very gifted player. He was ‘out
there’ in every way.”
Mallonee’s absence from a
major record label leaves
enough time to output a bevy
of lyrics.
“I write about 50 songs a
year and put up about five on
my site,” he said, stressing no
desire to pack an album with
filler.
“I’m a real believer in keep
ing records under 45 minutes.
It should have a concept to tie
it in.”
Nevertheless, Mallonee
promised he and Case would
leave nothing out at The
Melting Point.
“It’s much more accommo
dating, and I’ve found that
bigger is not always better,
and having people who listen
to music passionately, at the
end of the day that’s why I
still do it,” Mallonee said. “I
figure, heck, we’re all still liv
ing in the same skin.”
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