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Wednesday, March 10
Death Star (AMF) Risk-takers Irom
Augusta. Ga This rock quartet plays a
droning indie guitar-rock not too dis
similar Irom Yo La Tengo or Modest
Mouse Fans swear they're cool.
“Genesis" (Tasty World) Hip-hop and
dance music spun by local guy DJ
IROC.
Kip Jones (Boars Head) Acoustic gui
tarist and singer Covers and originals
Joules Kelvin (High Hat) local rock
trio opening lor Twain Featuring the
twisted genius ol Doug Nissley
Max Fine (One Love) Jazz standards
and originals 8pm
Musician’s Jam" (Classic Blues
jJ.ounge) Open mic blues jam 10 p m
<Call 227-2525 for more info
.^Jwain (High Hal) Mmor-key American
rock with a casual air played by burly
^Athenians - '® rr
Vivaspectra (AMF) Ambient electronic
music with vocal enhancement Likely
to be one of the weirder shows of the
night
Thursday, March 11
Blues Cruisers (Allen's) Blues-rock
covers and originals They'll be playing
here every Thursday Ihis month.
Brown (Athens Brewpub) Instrumental,
high-energy rock fusion with rhythmic
elements of hip-hop in the mix These
guys |ust relocated here from
Shreveport. La
Dodd (High Hat) Local country-rock
protect led by songster Dodd Ferrelle
Dreamlike (Athens Brewpub) A new
local pop band The name says a lot
about the sound. Like the headliners,
the band hails Irom Shreveport La
Mike Gentry (Tasty World) Friends of
Mike Testo know this guy — he's the
guitarist from Albany, N Y., mod-rock
band The Figgs who looks and sounds
as cool as anything from the punk rock
class ol 77 yearbook Expecl some
humorous and snotty pop gems along
the lines of Graham Parker and Elvis
Costello
Gravel Pil (Tasty World) A smartly-
dressed. romantic guitar pop quartet
Irom Massachusetts TheK new album
Silver Gorilla (Q Division Records)
sounds as steady and hyper as anything
Frank Black cranked out. and a bit
garagey (thanks to organist Jed Parish)
Opening lor Mike Gentry
Jesse James' Favorite Band (High
Hat) Guitarist Spencer Frye asks. ‘Why
do peoole hate twang 7 * Answer they
iusl don't understand
Todd McBride (Nowhere Bar) McBride
proved his mettle as longtime leader of
the Dashboard Saviors He still has
plenty to sing (tilth a great crackle)
about
Salvation (Tasty World)
Opening tor Gravel Pit and Mike Gentry
Slackdaddy (40 Watt) Local ro* trio
They’re funky and weird And *unny
looking
S.M.O. (40 Watl) Heavy funk-rock.
Rambunctious, professional and goofy
Opening for Slackdaddy
Wormbelly (40 Watt) Opening for
Slackdaddy
Friday, March 12
Blues Cruisers (Georgia Theatre) This
blues trio has been busy gigging around
north Georgia and the Carolmas recently
and plan to finish their debut album (al
Full Moon Studio) this month Expect a
mix of originals and covers (Stevie Ray
Vaughn, Allmans. Muddy Waters. Albert
King, etc)
DJ Jack The Lad (Ultramod
Compound) Spinning early new wave,
2-tone ska. punk and mod discs
Goddammit Sweetheart (AMF)
Newly formed rock quartet featuring
members of local band Rail Guitar-
driven. melodic stuff
The Healers (Georgia Theatre) Local
bar-room blues with harp Headlining
the evening ol locai-based blues
Jennifer Goree (High Hat) Folk rock
with a full band This South Carolinian
lust relocated here and can be heard on
the recent AthFesI 99 comp (see p 23).
Opening the show at 10 p m
Jesse James’ Favorite Band
(Allen*) Rock with a twang to it
King Johnson (Chip’s) Blues in
Winder 9pm
Michael Guthrie Band (Ultramod
Compound) Guthrie, a veteran Athens
guitarist with a killer, classic amp
sound, fronts a reiuvenated trio these
days Expect some late '60s mod sensi
bilities (Whg, Kmks) liltered through an
early ‘80s college radio mind set
Marble Index (Ultramod Compound)
A rough, and ready mod-rock trio
Guitarist Gordon Lamb joins former
bandmate Dave Gerow (drums) and sit-
in bassist John Britt (!) tonight. Call
613-2331 lor into on the Ultramod
Compound.
Dave Marr (One Love) Solo set Irom
the Star Room Boys' frontman Honky-
tonk tearjerkers and such.
The Rent Boys (40 Watt) Five-piece
Atlanta rock band Their new album. An
Evening With. . draws from the same
late-'SOs rock and early ska that inspired
The Clash's Joe Strummer (singer Tony
Rodrigue/ even sounds like the London
punk icon) Opening lor Seven Foot
Politic.
Jeff Rhymes (One Love) Solo set from
the guy from Lonesome Stranger.
Roadhouse (Georgia Theatre) Electric
and acoustic barroom blues from
middle Georg*a Featuring 21-year-old
guitarist-singer J. La Palme They play a
repertoire of covers and originals and
lust released a steady-groovin' album
titled Motel Soup
Seven Foot Politic (40 Watt) Local
swing and rockabilly quartet with
upright bass and trumpet. They're
always on lour and they're always very
tight and energetic
Tony Tidwell & The Scalded Dogs
(High Hat) Pop-rock with a Southern
drawl Their new album Out 01 The Way
(Ghostmeat) combines some earnest
lyrical work with great guitar
William Tonks (One Love) Local
singer-songwriter (of Barbara Cue and
Horsefeathers) Country, folk and rock-
styled originals. Joined by local musi
cians Ben Reynolds and Michael
Wegner
The Union (High Hat) Rock quartet
from Atlanta They've been working on
their pop material off and on for several
years and are featured on several
Ghostmeat Records compilations
The Warblers (Athens Brewpub)
Traditional acoustic vocal music. A mix
of bluegrass and gospel with banjo and
upright bass This local group look
nearly a year oil from performing, but
plan to gig out and record their second
album this year. 8 p m.
The West Seventies (Lunch Paper)
See Box.
Saturday, March 13
At The Price Of The Union
(Gumby's) Fervent emo-rock played
with an eamesl aggressiveness seldom
heard in the local punk scene Look for
their new EP in stores this month
Breeze Kings (High Hat) Blues.
Opening for The Healers
The Common People Band (One
Love) Motown covers, funk and R&B
originals and lots ol groove
Crosstown Traffic (Allen’s) Blues and
rock covers and originals
DJ Omar (Tasly World) Spinning hip-
hop and dance
D. Stryker & The Feather
Explosion (Georgia Bar) Comical
country songs about heartbreak and
hard times Stryker plays with various
back-up players, raffles tacky Western
gear and conducts one hell of a weird
evening
"Global Warming" (AMF)
International music spun by local DJs.
Greg & The Gruntones (Nowhere
Bar) Biuesy rock covers and originals.
John James Quartet (Winery) Bop
and swing combo fronted by sax man
John James.
The Healers (High Hat) Chicago
parlor-blues dished out by ‘experi
enced* local guys
Max Fine (Globe, upstairs) Local
combo playing jazz standards and origi
nals. Guitarist Ford Loving will be
heading of to Europe indefinitely in a
few weeks, so this may be his Iasi gig
with this highly enioyable jazz group
Tschufl. bro
Menlo Park (GeofQia Bar) An instru
mental groove-rock band from
Murfreesboro. Tenn. Opening lor D.
Stryker
The Music Tapes (40 Watt) Julian
Koster arrived in Athens in Ihe early ’90s
with his band Chocolate USA and a
trunkload of Florida press clips pro
claiming him Indie Rock Boy Wonder
He has proven to be jusl that, playing
the singing saw and other esoteric
instruments for Olivia Tremor Control.
Neutral Milk Hotel and the like Music
Tapes is his solo project, a sort ol psilo-
cybe-tainted ‘Mr. Rogers’
Neighborhood* performance art experi
ence
Some Soviet Station (Gumby's)
Semi-local punk rock band opening for
At The Price Of The Union
The West Seventies (40 Watt) See
Box.
Ultrasound (Athens Brewpub)
Keyboard-based funk and jazz 8pm
The Vibrator.es (Chip's) Blues and
rock covers and originals
Sunday, March 14
Randy Andersen Quartet (Clayton
Street Caf6) Two sets of jazz standards
andonginals 8pm
Pam Blanchard & Friends (Daily
Groceries) Family-friendly acoushc
music on Prince Avenue 2 p m
C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot
Louisiana Band (Chip*) C J 's father
Clifton was Ihe undisputed king of
zydeco. C J. has done a fine icb of car
rying the torch. II doesn't get any more
real than this. C.J. 4 p m show’
Twain (Locos. Weslside) Local roots
rock oul on Atlanta Highway 8 30 p m
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Monday, March 15
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