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is playing at on by BALLARD LESEMANN Wednesday, July 12 ADAM RHINEHART BAND (40 Watt) New rock band fronted by an Athens singer-guitarist “BILIY LANDMINE" (Georgia Theatre) a multi-media event filled with strange sketch comedy skits, shocking documentary film footage and highly eclectic live rxk music. Featuring the Amazing AJ & The Cyborg Mule, the Billy Landmine Sextet and more. 10 p.m. ROY CARRIER (Klassics) The Louisiana zydeco legend and his band play a special dance night at 9:30 p.m. CAT SIZE THRILL (Tasty World) A local, melodic pop group with a gui- tar'n'keyboard sound and heavily tex tured vocal harmonies. DJ B-NAUT (AMF) Local disc jock spinning old-school, breakbeats and hip hop 11 p.m. DJ METROGNOME (AMF) Tonights guest spinner opens the evening at 10 р. m. “MENACE 0" (Tasty World) Popular Athens spinner DJ Chrisis and his boys kick it hip hop style at 10 p.m. JOSH PERKINS (40 Watt) This ami able singer-guitarist usually fronts an amiable Athens folk-rock band NATHAN SHEPPARD (Boars Head) Sheppard is a veteran of the Athens scene and is known for his emotive smging style and his modern rework- с. gs of classic tunes. SUPERNOWAKS (Above) Athens jazz <* r .semble. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Joty 13 BLUE STOCKINGS (Above) This Athens trio recently released its second full-length album—a 14-song collec tion of darkly-humored. delica tQ ly-tense songs titled 33. BRYAN STONE & BLAKE BRYANT (Allen's) Acoustic rxk, folk and country standards and originals. THE CLAP (Tasty World) A bunch of self-professed "old, fat, bald, punk rockers' from Britain or a powerful rxk and roll trio with real know-how? Both. Look for the brilliant Clean Living and Penicillin album. THE DAIRY QUEENS (Above) Hardcore punk band from San Francisco. DJ ISAAC (Boneshakers) Dance night starting at midnight after the cabaret act DJ RETRO (AMF) Spinning old- school, house, progressive and trance sounds. THEF-HOLES (40 V/att) This local acoustL folk and “grass ensemble’ cre ates its own unique interpretation of bluegrass * Look for spxial guests out of Athens Grass and Blueqrass Hopper and wish Jake Mower congrats on his descent from bacXIorbood. FINEST KOLA QUARTET (Flicker) Members of Athens jazz combo Max Fix play a set o. cool bop and swing. 8:30 p.m. THE FUX (Tasty World) ‘Spill yer guts’ punk rawk from Philly. This quartet looks and sounds like it crawled directly out of the festering undei ground of 1978. FUZZY SPROUTS (Tate Center) The unpredictable Athens funk-rxk trie plays for free outside the Tate Center from 12 nxn *til 2 p.m. HUNTER-GATHERER (Engine Rxm) Tight, high-volume emo-punk-rxk. LONA (Caledonia) If Keith Richards. Fugazi and Graham Parker collaborated on an all-night studio session whilst ‘blxked up,’ the end result may resemble some of the songs on this Athens band's new EP. MATH (Caledonia) This rxk quintet relocated to Athens from Baton Rouge LA. last year and solidified its line-up and got on with the task of exploring ‘sonic space rxk ’ “100% PRODUCTIONS PRE SENTS” (Mean Mike's) “Hype Thursday' includes house and trance 10 p.m. ’ THE ORIGINAL DRUM BATTLE” (Georgia Theatre) Seep. 19. PANIC (Tasty World; No, not the ‘wide spread’ kind; this is fuli-on melodic punk band out of Britain touring behind a new disc titled A Monkey Smoking A Fag (Your Illegal). PARK BENCH BLUES BAND (Georgia Theatre) Popular local boogie/classic rock quintet. 10 p.m. RIVER CITY HIGH (Engine Room) Punkish emo-core out of Richmond. SIGHT UNSEEN (Boar's Head) Tight, focused rxk and roll. SQUAT (Georgia Theatre) Eclectic and versatile Athens jazz ensemble mixing Latin grooves, elements of classic bop. swing and avant-garde The bassist scats. Look for a spxial “love-to-lathe" vinyl-only EP (recorded recently at Elixir Studio) in th° late fall. Midnight. Friday, July 14 THE APOSTLES (Ox Love) A solid, authenticated reggae/roots septet pow ered by spiritual vibes and a vocalist named Peanut. CEILING FAN (Caledonia) Talented and unpredictable Athens rxk trio. The music says. ‘No bulbs in this flat!’ The recent full-length debut Trick Music may X ox ol the most appealing local releases of ’99. “CIRCUIT NOISE" (Boneshakers) Dance night with DJ Kellie. COL. BRUCE HAMPTON & FRIENDS (Gxrgia Theatre) TX unpre- dictably funky Atlantan. See Box. CRUISFRWEIGHT (Tasty World) Four-piece rxk band out of Terrell. Texas blending heavy doses of guitar- driven, melodic, pop punk and elements of weird indie rxi: comparable to Letters To Cieo and TX Descendants DODD FERRELLE & THE TIN FOIL STARS (AMF) Local rxk band playing what singer-guitarist Dodd Ferrelte calls ‘sonic Americana.’ EL CAMINOS (Engix Rxm) Loud and gruff Atlanta rawk. This band cranks out a brand of raw rock and roll reminis cent of the Stooges and Kiss. EMMA GIBBS BAND (Gxrgia Theatre) A six-piece, bluegrass-tingX rock band out of Winston-Salem, NC. Lxk for guest fiddle player David Blackmon as well as Phish horn man El Buho on stage tonight. FORGOTTEN TOMORROW (Above) One of those hard-working, touring, hardcore punk bands. 42ND SKANDALS (Tasty World) Ska- infused alt-rock and punk LAST DAY DOWN (DTTs) Southern- tinged grxves and blues-rock. LOCUST YEARS (40 Watt) Guitar- driven. ‘progressive emo-rxk’ quartet from tX Atlanta/Athens seex. Opxing tor Weep. NORMALTOWN FLYERS (Allen's) Country, blues and classic rxk. ONE MAN BANNED (Above) A myste rious Athens ‘genius" playing his first ever show. Handling rxk and xuntry covers and originals. REDNECK GREECE (AMF) E.ijay-born singer-guitarist Greg Reece regularly fronts a top-notch band of talented hicks Xnt on singing aXut booze, heartbreak and trailer park soap operas Expxt a comedic set of traditional xuntry ana honky-tonk runes sung from tX beer gut and tX heart. SALLY & SIX GRAND (Klassics) Classic rxk and lop-40 favorites. SHARK QUEST (Caledonia) Tarheel band continuing what Love Tractor and Pell Mell startX in tX '60s and early '90s. See Box. CLAIRE SOSEBEE (Gautreaus) AtXns singer-songwriter xhorming jazz standards and original with guitar accompaniment 7:30 p.m. SPUTNIK (Above) No. not tX old AtXns trip-hop instrumental band, this Maryland rock band plays ‘complex space rxk... not space rxk like Kyuss or Pink Floyd, mind you.’ STAR GHOST DOG (Tasty World) Lush, spacious, melooic indie rxk abuzz with wonderful pop sensibilities from Boston. TX quartet, fronted by vocalist-guitarist Ginny Weaver, is touring Xhind its sxond album, The Great Indoors (Catapult). SYLVAIN SYLVAIN (Engine Room) This veteran guitarist-vocalist rxkX it up bock in the ‘70s with tX legendary ■glam’ band The New York Dolls! Txy were mean, ugly and raw. but their out rageousness XIpX introduce tX world to what soon became known as punk rxk. He recently relocated to Atlanta and released tX 12-song (Sleep) Baby ZM (Fishhead) in 1999. TRUNKFIRE (AMF) Singer-guitarist Paul Lombard fronts this AtXns quintet and plays traditional, folk, blues and country originals and standards ANDY WAGNER (Above) A solo singer-songwriter from tX Keystone State. BEVERLY WATKINS (Chips; Blues out in Winder. 9 p.m. WAVERLY (Java House, Conyers) Axustic folk rock band. Covers and originals. Featuring former memXrs of popular band Uncle Cha Cha. 9 p.m. WEEP (40 Watt) This six-piece band has a pop-tmged. radio-friendly sound. Saturday, July 15 AZTEC RADIO (Boars Head) Laid- back. good-viX groove band with a soupd rxted in classic 70s rxk. BIG WIGGLE (Boar's Head) P newly- formed pop-rxk band (formerly known as TX Drive). ANDREW BLACK (Chip's) Blues out in Winder 9 p.m. BLOODKIN (Gxrgia Theatre) Gutsy Athens roots-rxk vets with a thing for bombastic blues and slide ouitar solos “DIRGEFEST” (Tasty World) This “all day punk rxk event' features a tattooed arm)ul of regional and touring cranksters: Exit 86 a local favorite, delivers old-school, riff-heavy punk- rxk with a sneer Pretty Vacant is an aptly-namX Sex Pistols ’tribute band' that is out to lunch, so to speak Code Name Chaos frightens suburbanites with its loud sound TX metal-tinged quintet Shovelbarn hails from Ithaca, NY. Hartford, Conn.fs West Beverly plays fast, complex. Minutemen-meets- all punk rock on its new disc Kids These Days. Orlando punk duo Nutrajet xm- bines tX pop and new wave sensibili ties of early Cheap Trick with tX shredded barre-chord approxh of Aussie punks TX Saints. Damad ‘kicks much ass,’ say tX pundits. 7 p.m. Call 543-0797 for information. DJ KAS (AMF) Local DJ spinning cur rent danx hits and a ‘non-stop beat frenzy.’ KIT HOLMES (Garden Room Cafe) at tX lower level ol tX conservatory at the State Botanical Gardens 12 noon-2 p.m. JASPER GATE (Barnes & Noble) TX Local acoustic group performs in tX cafe on Atlanta Highway. 7 p.m. LAST DAY DOWN (Georgia Theatre) SoutXrn-tinged blues-rxk (see above). Opening for Bloodkin QUEENIE MULLINIX (Java House, Conyers) TX Atlanta-based smger- songwriter performs a set of ‘cowgirl- folk’ songs at tX outdoor pavilion with acxmpaniment from vocalist Tamara Boldx-Hixs and guitarist David Clemmens. 8:30 p.m. Call (770) 922- 1210 for more info. NO KNIFE (40 Watt) SDRE’s label- mates. This San Diego rxk quartet is capable of ‘sonic elegance’ and is touring behind a new album (its third) titled Fire In The City Of Automatons (Time Bomb). 10 p.m. NORTH HOLLYWOOD MODEL SEARCH (Engix Room) Danceable. simplified rxk and roll with a stompin’ beat and new-wave veneer. 10 p.m. SALLY & SIX GFiAND (Klassics) Classic rock and Top-40 favorites SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE (40 Watt) TX influential Seattle indie rxk band returns! A ‘no smoking’ show. 11:15 p.m.Seep.17. “TECHNICOLOR DANCE" (Boneshakers) Dance night with DJ Isaac “TRANSIENT BEAT GARDEN” (Caledonia) Omar Khalid deejays an early evening of noisy good times in tX beer garden. Sunday, July 16 CARLTON OWENS CONSPIRACY (AMF) Drummer Carlton Owens' regular collaborative jam session. LEGITIMATE BUSINESSMAN'S ASSOCIATION (Burntstox) Jazz stan- oards and original performed by a swingin' combo. 8:30 p.m. i i I Blind Pig Tavern The Be ft Thing (join* Today! WEDNESDAY [ *5.00 TRJVTA 9PM 32oz. Frozen Margariias ALL THE TIME Outside l Patio J FILL BAR All TIE TIME ON BALDWIN STREET ACROSS FROM DIA1AMERICA • 548-3442 ◄ ◄ ◄ A ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ A ◄ A A A A A Q Custom Made Pita & Tortilla Wraps Gyro, Steak, Chicken or Veggie Sidewalk Cafe Under the Red Awning Open at 11am 7 Days a Week TAKE GUT AVAILABLE 543-9071 Across from UGA Arch On East Broad Street ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► m PLAGPOLE JULY 12, 2000