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rockers (briefly known as 'Camp DavkT
and "Science'). See Box.
ONE TRICK MULE (Tasty World)
Loci five-piece purveyors of Southern
rock and funk in the vern of The Allmans
and Grand Funk Railroad. Listen for all-
new material. Opening tor Swift Earl.
SWIFT EARL (Tasty World) This local
ensemble leans heavily on a fusion-rock
background, playing mostly funky and
jazzy instrumental grooves, but the bard
has tinkered with the line-up recently.
"SWING NIGHT (One Love) Hosted
by the guys at Daddi-0 Productions
Seep. 26.
STB (Caledonia) Also known as the
'Sonia Tetlow Band.’ See Box
WEEP (AMF) Atlanta rock and roll
band. A fan named “Stacy’ tells us that
“Weep is really great’ and ’will be
breaking out some new tunes ’ We d
love to hear the old ones (send us stuff,
please)
Bands and clubs. remember to get vital
information about live performances to
Flagpole tor the "A is playing al Bon 1 ""
listings. We re more than happy to
report who 's who. how the band sounds,
where Hi from; what Hi all about; etc
Contact the music department. 706-
549-9523; voicemail: 706-549-2360;
fax to 706-546-8981; e-mail &
music@flagpole.com; send post to P. 0.
Box 1027 Athens. Ga. 30603 Thanks'
Wednesday, Jan. 19
VIC CHESNUTT (40 Watt) The leg
endary Athens song master returns to
the Watt 1 ChesnutUs latest effort is titled
The Salesman And Bernadette
(Capricorn). If you dont Know about this
guy by now. you deserved tc be horse
whipped. tarred and feathered.
FIVE STYLE (40 Watt) Guitarist Bill
Dolan (Heroic Doses), drummer John
Herndon (Tortoise), bassist LeRoy Bach
and organist/percussionist Jeremy
Jacobsen (Lonesome Organist) formed
this instrumental ’post-rock’ project in
Chicago in 1994. The groups excellent
new album, Miniature Portraits (Sub
Pep), is a funky hybrid of Canbbean
styles, jazz and art-rock. Opening tor
Giant Sand and Vic Chesnutt.
GIANT SAND (40 Watt) The influential
‘lounge-rock’ band from Tucson,
Arizona makes a rare appearance! See p.
23 for more.
NOW DENIAL (AMF) Shimmery, guitar-
drenched British-style pop rock.
THE OHMS (Caledonia) Local oddball
Thursday, Jan. 20
THE FOUNTAINS (Nowhere Bar)
Whereas this trio* catchy folk pop
encouraged local scribes to tie this
Athens trio in with „ie iikes of the
Everly Brothers and Bob Dylan, the
recently recorded material reflects a
more aggressive, bombastic style of
guitar-rock
GREG A THE GRUNTONES (Allens)
Local band playing classic rock covers
and originals
HAYRIDE (Caledonia) Rock Rock.
Rock Nasty local troublemakers mixing
the hard-rock »id the punk. This local
rock trio |ust wrapped a stuoio session
with engineer David Barbe in prepara
tion for the forthcoming fourth album
on Capncom Records. The latest disc
is titled Curses (Ghostmeat) The
bassist has rare bootlegs of The
Yardbirds.
JEREMY JOEL (DPs) Acoustic
singer-songwnH Covers and orig -
nais.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD MODEL
SEARCH (Boar's Head) Danceable rock
and roll stuff inspired by the best of the
‘80s ‘new wave’ era. The new EP, titled
For; is a solid sampling of the quartet's
tongue-in-cheek approach
ODE TO ABBEY (Tasty World) Local
rock trio whose sound resembles the
more sophisticated post-grunge. The
band is finishing a new album at Nickle
& Dime studio in Atlanta and has a
song featured on a compilation from
SPA Records titled Without U&l.
There’s No Music Vol. 1.
THE POSSIBILITIES (Caledonia) One
of Athens' finer rock trios can boil a pop
song down to the bare bones and kick it
around like beer-crazed mods on a tear
through the rxk & Roll Hall Of Fame.
SALT (40 Watt) The local
electroacoustic pop-rock quintet cele
brates the release of its debut five-song
EP disc. Opening for VoL
“SANTANA TRIBUTE" (Georgia
Theatre) An ‘all-star’ line-up including
members of Squat, King Daddy Zeb,
Widespread Panic and many others will
play a slew of songs from the classic
rock band See p. 25 for more.
SHE-BANG! (Hole In The Wall) Three-
girl rock band out of the NC mountains
that plays what the band calls “Tex-
Mexi-Metal’ music Most likely this
weeks strangest rock and roll shindig
THE SPIT VALVES (Tasty World)
Capable and energetic, seven-piece
ska-rock band from Orlando, Fla. with a
strong horn section
VIGILANTES OF LOVE (40 Watt) The
veteran Athens roots-rock band has re
grouped once again with songwriter Bill
Mallonee still front and center with
drummer Kevin Heuer and bassist Jake
Bradley alongside. The band's recent
album, Audible Sigh, is a twangy and
soulful collection produced by alt-
country guru Buddy Miller (Steve Earl.
Emmytou Hams).
WUNDERKIND (Tasty World) This
local rock quartet's new album. Hello
My Name, neatly marries the romance
and aggression of guitar-rock with the
vulnerability of youthful expression
and sounds a bit like a giddy Husker
Du.
Friday, Jan. 21
AMERICAN MUTTS (40 Watt) A
newly-formed local four-piece that plays
old-school American punk noise that
very much resembles earty-era stuff
from The Germs and Black Flag
JOE BARACCO (Daily Grind.
Watkinsville) Local acoustic singer
songwriter playing in folk-rock, blues,
jazz and gospel styles 7 p.m.
BLUESTRING (Georgia Theatre) Local
quintet specializing in a straightforward
shuffty style of rock ‘n’ funk filled with
sentimental lyncs, frontman Ted
Pennington’s tasteful fiddle and man
dolin and drummer Bakari Brock* fluid
time-keeping
CAT SIZE THRILL (Tasty World) This
local quintet delivers highly-textured
atmospheric pop that sparks with
energy and thematically covers just
about everything from socio-political
issues to personalized relationship
struggles.
"DEEP" (House Of Joe) Underground
techno-dance party hosted by Vagus
Love Productions. 1024 p.m.
A FEW LOOSE SCREWS (One Love)
The members of Two Loose Screws
stretch out in front of a lull, six-piece
line-up for a set of rock cowrs and
tuneful originals
JACK BLACK (40 Watt) Full-throttle
greaser punk trio from Chapel Hill by
way of N.Y.C. These Sleazetest vets just
released a self-titled album on
Cacopbone Records. Opening for Seven
Foot Politic.
LIFT (Tasty World) Lift is an all-female
Atlanta rock trio that originally tormed in
Boston in 1992 and plays a spirited mix of
sweet-tempered alternapop and tangly
guitar-rock with beautifully-executed lusn
vocal harmonies The new EP disc
September is a shining effort produced in
pvt by Guadalcanal Diary s Murray Attaway
MACHA (Caledonia) Highly-mtense
and meticulous trance-pop with unique
instrumentation imagine Gang Of c our
on cough syrup). This quartet just fin
ished a year’s worth of touring behind
its critically-acclaimed second album.
See It Another Way (jetset)—deemed
we of the best local releases of the year
by Flagpole critics.
ORENDA & MARIA (Caledonia) Maria
Taylor and Orenda Fink are the hip
songbirds who front the local rock band
Little Red Rocket Opening fer Macha
NORMALTOWN FLYERS (Allens)
Country-rock covers and onginals
PARAKEET NELSON (Barnes &
Noble) Local guitarist Chris Cates (AKA
Mealtime Brown) plays an acoustic set
of quirky boogie-rock at 7 p.m.
ROCKET 350 (Hole In The Wall) A
local, punk-fueied. true-blue rockabilly
trio. Look for the band's new album,
Jbngte£v7/y(BeatvHle) this month.
SEVEN FOOT POLITIC (40 Watt)
Inspired by classic swing, rockabilly,
blues and punk, this popular local rock
quartets material actually owes as much
to Adam & The Ants as it does to Bill
Haley & The Comets. Listen for high-
energy material off the band's first two
albums as well a brand new stuff—
some of which was reportedly engi
neered in the studio by Butch Walker,
the lead-singer of Atlanta band the
Marvelous 3.
"STEADY ROLLIN’” BOB MAR
GOLIN (Chip's) Blues singer-guitarist
’Steady Rollin’’ Bob Margolin spent
seven years as a member of Muddy
Water's band, then struck out on his
own and has carved out quite a
respectable career as the torch earner of
the Chicago tradition The latest effort is
called Hold Me To It (Blind Pig). 9 p.m.
TRANSUS ARCH (DTs) Local rock
band that knows that the Greek word for
stewardship is ’epitropos."
“UNION" (AMF) Drum 'n' bass with
DJ's and cool grooves
Saturday, Jan. 22
AMERICAN FLAG (40 Watt) Created
by young multi-instrumentalist master
minds Evan Wersblott and Ayal Senior,
this Northwestern underground indie-
rock group plays candy-coated, retro-
style garageland pop GBVs Robert
Pollard—an avid American Flag propo
nent—sez, ‘Those kids had the best
rock' look I'd ever seen. They already
looked famous! I told them they had to
doabandr Opening for GBV
BAGHOUSE (Georgia Bar) This local
acid-jazz trio relocated here from
Auburn. Ala. last year. Tonight's show
is ‘An evening with Bagnouse featunng
special guests.’ Expect instrumental
originals and additional material by the
likes of Miles. MM&W ana The Meters.
^00 p 26
JOE BARACCO (Daily Grind.
Watkinsville) Local acoustic singer
songwriter playing in folk-rock, blues,
iazz and gospel styles. 7 p.m.
CATS PAJAMAS (DTs) Funky folk-
rock. Covers and originals.
DAVID ALLEN COE (Georgia Theatre)
Over the course of three decades, this
grizzled country-western vet has
penned a slew of honky-tonk classics
and a tew distasteful novelties. The
latest slab is titled Recommended For
Airplay (Lucky Dog/Sony).
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (Caledonia)
One of the shining stars of the Athens
rock scene. Singer-guitarist Patterson
Hood and gang iust finished months of
grueling touring and hope to release
the band's third album. Alabama Ass
Whooptn , very soon.
EMMA GIBBS BAND (Allen's) A six-
piece bluegrass-rock band out of
Winston-Salem, that evenly blends
musical elements of country and folk
styles and H.O.R.D.E.-approved vibes
with contemporary pop songwriting
and with pleasing results. The new
self-released album, SevenEven. was
recorded and produced by Athens’ own
John Keane and features fiddle playin'
from Dave Blackmon. (Panic, BTU's).
GUIDED BY VOICES (40 Watt) The
Ohio underground rock phenoms
return to Athens behind its most recent
release, Do The Collapse (TVT). See p.
20 for a condensed history.
LEGITIMATE BUSINESSMAN'S
ASSOCIATION (Winery) Jazz
favorites played an apt combo of
Athens players
LOKAMOTIV (Tasty World) This
atmospheric Scandinavian pop-rock
quintet was recently presented with the
Norwegian Grammy for ‘Best Pop
Band.’ Reports indicate this is a
sharply-dressed act that knows its
classic and contemporary pop styles.
Look for an American debut on
Mammoth Records in March.
S.M.O. (Tasty World) This local rock
band has indeed established itself in
the region with a hard-hitting guitar-
powered sound infused with funk and
soul. The quartet recently released
Living Instrmenl. a solidly-produced.
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