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* KARAOKE” (Kfassics) Get to hoofin'
and get to hollerin' and fellow the mods
along.
-KARAOKE” (Star's Bar & Grill) It* a
night o( singing and singing and
singing.
“KARAOKE BATTLE" (last Call)
Come compete in this summer-long
Karaoke competition, the final winner
receives a trip to Vegas to be on a TV
show called Tarty Tyme Karaoke.’
Every Thursday.
KEN WILL MORTON i THE
WHOLLY GHOSTS (Caledonia) The
local guitarist and his new three-piece
backing band perform a set ot songs
from last year* in Rock & RolK Hands.
but youTI also hear a good number ot
alt-country rockers from his forthcoming
second release King ol Coming Around.
LADIES DRINK FREE (Tasty World)
This new local band blends influences,
mixing rock, jazz, blues, fur* and rap.
MILLIGAN (Wild Wing Cate)
Performing a set ot cover songs,
reworking both classic rockers and
more recent numbers.
MATT MOORE (JR.* Baitshack)
Singer, harmonica player and OverfK)
frontman Malt Moore normally plays a
slew of originals and tunes by the likes
of Panic, Young and other classic types.
RUSSIAN SPY CAMERA (40 Watt)
Russian Spy Camera is the experimental
pop ci aabop of a lone musician,
drawing in influences from rock, hip
hop and electronic music
SLEEPY HORSES (Caledonia) Texas
native Nic Goodson recently moved to
Athens after recording the debut solo
album The Lasi Ride d The Sleep) .
Horses. He specializes in alt-country
rockers and feedback- and loop-taced
soundscapes.
“SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE"
(Locos Harris St) Revolving cast Hosted
by Carta Le Fever Call 54S-7803.
OAVE STRINGER (Healing Arts
Centre) Kirtan is a type of call-and-
response devotional chanting; musician
Dave Stringer has married the Indian
tradition and its accompanying Eastern
instrjmentation to more contemporary
Western styles, incorporating subtle pop
and gospel flourishes into his music
8 pm.
THRIFT STORE COWBOYS
(Caledonia) Wind-blown, powerful
Americana and country-infused rock
from the West Texas five-piece.
See Box.
SARAH TOUERSON(JJL*
Baitshack) The young Winder singer-
songwriter takes a light, jazzy approach
to her acoustic folk songs.
ZOSO (Georgia Theatre) Expect typical
Led Zeppelin ca.ers as Mil as a trip
into relative Zep obscurity during the
two sets.
Friday. June 17
-BASSUNE- (Boneshakers) DJ
Jason hosts (he night ol thumping
dance music
THE BEARFOOT HOOKERS
(Eastwood Pub) Funky, raunchy
country, the new album Lite at the Bat is
ready tor your consunpfion.
BLOOOIGN (Georgia Theatre) The
tong-aiming Athens rock and roll
quartet piays a Wuesy style ol roots-
rock music witti big guitars and sharply
written lyrics. Daniel Hutchens and Eric
Carter are the songwriting backbone,
slinging out darkly countrified barroom
rock. Tonight celebrates the release ol
the new album Last Night Out
CERAMIC DVCX (Tasty World) Dudes
play a raucous, careening punk/ noise-
rock experimentation, calling it *tace-
melting grindcore * It* metal and it*
loud and the ambitious sound is topped
oft by a gruff roar that sounds vaguely
like vocals.
CLASSIC CITY KINGS (Boneshakers)
Athens' first and only drag-king troupe
has been breaking hearts and breaking
rules for over a year. Dance party to
follow. 10 p.m.
JAY CLIFFORD (The Ritz) The Jump
(formerly Jump. Little Children) song
writer performs an acoustic solo set ot
his heartfelt pop songs.
"DISCO NIGHT (Stan* Bar & Grill)
Brothers Disco are in charge ot
bringing you R&8 dance numbers.
DIVORCE (Tasty World) Starting in
2003. this local band plays aggressive,
hard and crackling pop-punk. More
about lonigrt* reunion show on p. 29.
DJ BLAZE (Annex) Playing R&fi, hip
hop and reggae.
ELECTROSHOCXBOX (Caledonia)
Arizona musldarV sculptor John
Sweden reinvented hknsetf as Tron D,
(he •etedro-hop-goth-abilly' musician
behind Bedroshockbox The album
Dance Songs in the Key o/be Devil
showcases his live performances’
intense electronic beats, crazy guitar
stylings (from a custom-built “Dobro
Theremin*) and The strangest chrome
guitar amp you've ever seen*
EXIT M (Tasty World) Major players In
the Athens punk scene around the tom
of the millennium Exit 86 plays a prefiy
heavy version ol SoCal punk rock. More
about tonight* reunion show on p. 29.
“SLAM ROCK DISCO” (Go Bar)
Stephen James (Boulevard, Pacific UV,
Phosphorescent) is you selector
tonight for a dance party lull of glam
rock hits. 10 pm
GREEN BEAN GO (DT*) After a two-
year break from performing, the experi
mental pop band plays the second show
of its return.
GUFF (Tasty World) This non-stop
local punk quartet* Engine Trouble
harkens back to the Lookout Records
sound of about a decade-and-a-half
ago. with a sense of fun amidst the
noise.
DAVID RYAN HARRIS (The Ritz)
Formerly the frontman tor Atlanta*
Follow For Now, Harris has relocated to
LA and taken a more acoustic, singer-
songwriter approach, but retains his
soulful, compelling vocal delivery
HUNT & THE REYELLimON (J R *
Baitshack) Hunt Revel! and his band
The Revolution swing through origi
nals. jazz standards and Radiohead.
Beatles and Jack Johnson covers.
HUNTER-GATHERER (Tasty World)
The disbanded local emo-rock group*
distinctive sound hinges on dual lead
vocals jnd a serious obsession with
last tempos and high-volume guitar
sounds. More about tonight* reunion
show on p. 29.
INDECISION (Georgia Theatre) No
information available.
"INDIE ROCK KARAOKE”
(Caledonia) If you're sick of “Devil Went
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Thursday. June 16
Ken Will Morton ft the
Wholly Ghosts, Thrift Store
Cowboys, Sleepy Horses
Caledonia Lounge
Wednesday, June 22
Thrift Store Cowboys,
Sleepy Horses
Tasty World
TWfl Start Cowboys
Conventional wisdom tells us that if, for instance, your dad were an electrician, you might
make a good electrician. If he were an actor, you might feel destined for the stage. Likewise;, if
you were from a particular comer of the couetry—West Texas, in this case—that spawned some
of country music's most beloved icons, you might know a thing or two about the Art of the
Twang. Lubbock band Thrift Store Cowboys is one such group, the members having grown up in
the same town that reared Buddy Holly, Joe Ely and Delbert McClinton (okay, Delbert's more of a
btuesman, but that's another topic entirety).
This young quintet is of the newest generation of musicians to blend West Texas country with
blues and bluegrass, two of America's other beloved musical traditions, all while paying homage
to their predecessors. All the members shine on the Thrift Store Cowboy's sophomore release The
Great American Desert, an independently-released album that recalls the sounds of genre-bending
artists they've opened for on past tours (the Old '97s, DeVotchKa, BiUy Joe Shaver and others),
as well as their Lubbock forefathers.
Colt Miller (banjoist accordionist and lead guitarist) is the groupf's secret weapon, laying down
some greasy, bottom-ended sounds that spaghetti Western composer Ennk> Momcone might envy.
Amanda Shires (fiddler, backup vocalist Thrift Store Cowgirl) also adds to this edectic mix of
styles, with a schooled yet simplistic take on bluegrass fiddling. The Cowboys' music falls a tittle
short of being virtuosk, but then, that only highlights the band's attentiveness to the songs
themselves, tightly woven tittle pieces of a distinctly American quilt that they are.
Both local shows feature recent Athens transplant Nic Goodson and his Sleepy Horses project
currently on a tour of the Southeast with the Cowboys. [Mark Sanders]
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