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Music for easy riders,
not easy listeners.
Tim Acres Band Acres boasts an Alpharetta address and a post
modern folk-pop sensibility that ranges from percussive acoustic
thump to heartstring-tugging balladry. (Outdoor Stage, Fri. 5:15-
6 p.m.)
Athens Brass This local t r ass quintet covers all the bases,
promising audiences jazz, classical, pops and more. (Outdoor
Stage, Fri. 5-5:15 p.m.)
Athens Choral Society Mellifluous local voices. (Outdoor
Stage, Sun. 3:30-4 p.m.)
Bad Ass Chevette The members of BC playing under an
assumed name. See entry for BC. (Washington St. Tavern, Thu.
11 p.m.-12 a.m.)
BC Formerly known as Buckdancer’s Choice, this quartet plays
loud, emotive rock with an emphasis on vocal harmonies.
(Boar’s Head, Sat. 12-1 a.m.)
Belloch Expect minor-key death metal crossed with funky hip-
hop from this local quartet, which features ex-incmbers of
Prozak. (Boar’s Head, Thu. 1-2 a.m.)
Bloodkin This veteran Athens roots-rock band was Americana
when Americana wasn’t cool. Think the Boss meets the ‘Mats.
(High Hat, Fri. 1-2 a.m.)
Blue Condition Funk, hard rock and jam music with a high-tech
rhythm section. This youngish Athens four-piece released a CD
entitled Blue recently. (Washington St. Tavern, Sat. 11 p.m.)
Randall Bramblett Band Bramblett has played with some of
classic rock’s giants, from Levon Helm to Steve Winwood. Such
influences are evident in his sophisticated update of the AOR
rock style, best exemplified on his upcoming Capricorn Records
release See Through Me. (Outdoor Stage, Fri. 8:15-9 p.m.)
Breathianes One of Athens’ more ambitious groups, featuring
John Miley, a former acolyte of pioneering guitarist Robert
Fripp. Miley is not unfamiliar with the more experimental ways
one may play the present electrified six-string, though the band
— also comprised of free-jazzish drummer Jamie DeRevcre and
singer Alyssa Hadley — is moving into more acoustic realms
these days. (Globe, Fri. 10 p.m.)
Broom Room Annex Chaotic, acidic, grinding and fun garage-
punk featuring the guitar and lead vocals of Jon Lester. (Tasty
World, Sat. 10-! 1 p.m.)
Butterflies More interested in broad-brushstroke emotional
delivery systems tiian melodic constructions, this Atlanta quartet
straddles the line between post-punk and radio-palatable pop.
(Engine Room, Sat. 12 a.m.)
Bucks Deluxe Pure rock and roll altitude from Raleigh, N.C. In
an opening slot lor Polvo at the 40 Walt earlier this year, they
perplexed some and delighted others by falling down a lot and
trumping an overt lack of technical know -how- with a mammoth
dose of self-deprecating attitude that was quintessential^ rock.
(Tasty World. Sat. 12-1 a.m.)
Cafeteria Local songwriter Taylor Joiner began his musical
career in Athens paying obvious debts to mid-’90s indie rock,
but has been slowly forging his own unique brand of four-chord
anti-love songs w ith the other two-thtrds of Cafeteria, bassist
Kane Blasingame and drummer Brad Morgan. (40 Watt, Sat. 10-
11 p.m.)
The Carlisles Somewhere back in the early ‘60s, R<kB and the
newborn Jamaican ska were nearly indistinguishable. The
Carlisles make music that draws on both genres, as well as oth
ers — like modem pop-rock and jazz with a hint of the “Latin
tinge.’’ (Athens Music, Sat. 3-4 p.m.)
Ceiling Fan After years of plugging away in Roanoke, Va , this
band relocated to Athens earlier this decade, where they’ve
developed a reputation for hard indie rock with a strange sense
of humor. They can sound like The Clash one moment. Queen
the next. (Tasty World, Thu. 1 a.m.)
The Cherry Valence A local fan who saw their Athens show a
couple of months ago describes Cherry Valence as ‘members of
the MC5 reincarnated in 22-ycar-old bodies. They played a 45-
minute set and had everybody bowing before them.” The six-
piece band (with three guitarists!) hails from Raleigh, N.C.
(Tasty World, Sat. 1 a.m.)
Clare Quilty This co-ed Charlottesville, Va. outfit’s 1998 CD
Suga-Lik (DCide/Lightyear Entertainment) is a collection of
tight, arena-ready, melodic grunge. (Engine Room, Sat. 11 p m.)
Common People’s Band Home-grown, hard-working R&B and
soul music with an enjoyable showbiz flair. (Outdoor Stage.
Sun. 7:30-8 p.m.)
The Corrector Brand-new band from respected local studio guy
David Barbe (formerly of Bob Mould’s Sugar, Mercyiand).
(Outdoor Stage Sat. 8:15-9 p.m.)
Crave As the title of their recent, self-released CD Broken
Water implies, this Atlanta five-piece rock band explores dis
tinctly female life experiences both traumatic and exultant,
thanks to the Alanis-influenced performance of lead singer/1;, ri-
cist Suzanne Hawn. (5th Quarter, Fri. 10-11 p.m.)
Creekwater Sound Classic jam rock, with the emphasis on jam.
Both covers and originals in the hands of this Athens collective
can take off into the improvisational netherregions. (DT’s Thu.
11 p.m.)
Day By The River Popular Athens combo Day By The River
represents a number of facets of the H.O.R.D.E. aesthetic. Their
first self-released album. Shimmy, rearranged elements of blues
into long-form space-voyage workouts, while their second, Fly
(also self-ieleased), found the band plying upbeat, jazz-fusion
territory. (Ga. Theatre, Sat. 10:30 p.m.-12 a.m.)
Dayroom This Athens project featuring frontman Michael
Winger has built up a sizable regional following by producing
danceable, crowd-friendly music that takes cues from every
thing from mid-’80s Talking Heads to the last catchy jingle you
heard on TV, all delivered with a knowing wink. (Ga. Theatre,
Sat. 12 a.m.)
Deacon Brody Often lumped with jam-oriented improvisational
bands, this local four-piece, formerly from Asheville, N.C., actu
ally delivers tricky, unpredictable alternative rock, often in odd
time signatures. (Athens Brewing Co., Thu. 12 a.m.)
Death Star As the rhythm section of this Augusta trio keeps the
droning, steady beat, the freaky stuff goes on top: delay pedals,
thcremin, phasers, silar. (Five Star Day, Sat. 11 p.m.-12 a.m.)
Dimestore Trey Boyer’s acoustic-guitar based showcase of solid
heartland rock music Their recent, self-released CD is called
Vanishing America. (DT’s, Fri. 10:30-11 p.m.)
Dixie Blood Moustache Among the weirder participants in this
year’s AthFcst, Dixie Blood Moustache will either hypnotize
you or shake you awake with their circus side-show style, hallu
cinatory- performance art. (Jittery Joe’s, Thu. 10-11 p.m.)
DJ C-Rock Local New York style hip-hop. with all manner of
mad hand skills. Appearing with DJ Lazybones. (Mean Mike’s,
Sat. 11 p.m.)
DJ Klon Some members arc still in high school. Some mem
bers arc barely out. Others should have never left. Despite their
youth. Klon has established a rep as one of the more original
bands in Athens Expect rappping, the destruction of property,
and a heavy reliance on the opcn-E string. (Sneakers, Fri. 10-
11 p.m.)
DJ Mr. Law In Athens, Kenneth Law is best known as the art
student busted by the cops for spray-painting self-promotional
graffiti over vast swaths of downtown. He’s also an excellent DJ
who hews to the East Coast DJ style; he has released music on
the prestigious Brooklyn label WordScund alongside the likes of
Al'rika Bambaata. (Manhattan, Thu. 12 a.m.)
Downfall Rock music. (Hole in the Wail, Sat. 10 p.m.)
Drip Toccoa, Ga., native Andy LeMaster, guitarist and singer of
trio Drip, is best known around Athens as one of the city’s most
accomplished producers of other people’s music. His own band
performs brutally frank self-psychoanalysis in a pounding. ‘90s
rock style. (Engine Room, Thu. 12-1 a.m.)
The Drive The credo of this six-piece local band: “A good show
and good times are the result of good music!” A dedicated col
lege following is testament to the their success in making
crowds happy w ith music that ranges from radio-alternative to
Allman Brothers Southern boogie. (Ga. Theatre, Thu. 11 p.m.-
12 a.m.)
Drive-By Truckers Alabama transplant Patterson Hood has
become a fixture on the Athens scene over the last few years,
and recently released the CD Gangstabilly on his own label,
Soul Dump. Like much great art, Hood’s music is funny and dis
turbing all at once. His album is a realistic gem in a crowded
national “Americana” market. (40 Watt, Sat. 12 a.m.)
Dr. kPants Pronounced “pants,” and named after a Chris Elliott
skit, this band is known around town for sporting a fine guitar
player, making rock and roll music fit for drinking beer, and
indulging in the odd Jerry Reed cover. (Ga. Bar, Fri. 11 p.m.)
8 Bus The booker for this show describes this band as “an
Atlanta hip-hop and jam kinda band.” (Boar’s Head, Thu. 11
p.m.-12 a.m.)
8-Track Gorilla In which Kenny Aguar of performance duo
Melted Men dresses in a gorilla suit and sings karaoke to a dis
torted, 8-track soul tapes. Toto, we’re not in Waycross anymore.
(Sneakers, Sun. 10 p.m.)
Elephant Now in Atlanta, this indie rock band has done time in
Boston, Mass., and Austin, Texas. (Sneakers, Fri. 11 p.m.)
Eli Vocalist David Ferguson (ex-Go Figures) desenoes his new
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