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Charlottesville. VA. has played a ’revue
of rough-and-ready original and tradi
tional tunes, courtesy of the spiritually
invigorating release of vibrating strings
stretched over wood and vocal chords
stretched to their limit.* Tonight's show
is a benefit lor KARE; see p 33 lor
details.
HELIOS (Georgia Theatre) Atlanta-
base Heiios—vocalist Carly Kane,
bassist Josh Leblanc, guitarists Adam
Johnson and David Norwood—-plays
intensely marketable alt-pop. sounding
like a mix of Incubus. Foo Fighters.
Garbage and Kelly Clarkson Move Me
is the new EP
HOLMAN AUTRY BAND (JR s
Baitshack) No information available
I AM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
140 Wall) You II hear keyboards, drum
triggers. Midi modules, fancy vocal
work, its disco tor the indie rock gen
eration The most recent album Irom
the dance duo ot Dan Goiter and Amy
Dykes is 2004 s foe Cow Up
“KARAOKE” {Mell's! Every Saturday
ADAM KLEIN .
cai singer-songwriter tonight performs
songs ctt hi$ upcoming album Distant
Music, a collection ot sparse rustic,
acoustic country-folk songs, colored
with pedal steel, violin, banjo, dobro
piano, etc
KRUSH GIRLS (40 Watt) Dance num
bers ot the 70s. '80s and 90s—and
today—so shake it. shake it at the
dance party hosted by the ultra-popular
deejay
“LATE NITE DISCO" (Go Bar) The
house deejay spins a cool mix ot disco,
New Wave and modem dance tunes lor
a sweaty and energetic crowd Every
Saturday, 10 pm.
LIQUID SUNDROP (Dfs) The local
lour-piece—bassist Nathan Jones,
guitarists AJ Purcell and Coe Allen and
drummer Phillip Pelot—takes a cue
Irom the improvisalional jazz-intlu-
enced funky rock of bands like Phish.
but have lately been txusmg mere on
songwriting
LITTLE BROWN PEACH (Melting
Point) Valdosta-based jam rock tour-
piece Tonight's show is a benelit tor
KARE. see p 33 lor details
MAGIC MISSILE (Flicker) Garage-
rocker Jake Mosely, lormerly ol Johnny
Carcinogen, is kicking things in a new
direction these days with his expanded
band, which includes Taylor Joiner ar>d
Meghann Jordan 8 30 pm.
NELO (DTs) While Nelo has that Dave
Matthews Band, , 90s-jammy sound
(albeit with vocals leaning towards Ben
Harper), the music is tight enough and
the songs exhibit enough brevity to
land them more in the breezy, melodic
pop-rock genre ot Jack Johnson The
band (Reid Umstatd. Michael St Clair.
Stephen Goodson. Malt Ragland, Chris
Hall and David Long) recently moved
to town from Texas
RHYTHM TOKEN (Tasty World)
Rhythmic backbeats support this lo
cal jam act intent on perfecting music
made lor lokin'.
RUSE (Tasty World) Local pop-rockers
Adam. Ben and Zac have been doing
the Ruse thing lor several years, and
in 2003 released their five-track EP
fainted on Every Door
JOAL RUSH (Tasty World) Claiming
inspiration Irom the music of Jett
Buckley, Radiohead, and fellow South
Carolina natives Jump, Little Children,
Joal Rush lays down six tracks ot
melody-heavy, passionately delivered
pop on his new EP Delightful Things
Rush, now living in Athens, is backed
by guitarist Anoy Luadzers, drummer
Tony Lee and bassist Jason Maurer
SHORT ROAD HOME (Little Kings)
Composed mostly of UGA faculty with
a passion lor the traditional sounds
ol Ireland. Scotland. Canada and
Appalachia Short Road Home is Ken
Ross (accordion). Paul Matthews
(penny whistle, percussion). Joe Corn
(liddle). Daniel Promislow (guitar) and
Rich Mullinax (upright bass). The new
album is the self-lilled debut; see a
review on p. 32.8 p.m
ISUBVERSIVO! (Caledonia) Athens-
based (Subversivo 1 focuses on instru
mental surf rock but pulls a lot ol Iran-
lic metal, psychedelia and saxophony
cacophony into the mix
TOM PETTY TRIBUTE BAND (Last
Call) The name she says il all. no?
TWIN POWERS (40 Watt) Wonder
duo Amy Dykes and Dan Getter ot I Am
The World Trade Center activate their
powers to spin d3nceable New Wave
and Bntpop tunes
WHIM Georgia TheaUe) Formed in
the summer of 2005, Whim comprises
Athens guys Daniel Richardson (keys),
Eddie Whelan (bass). Kyle Pridgen
(drums), David Stone (guitar), playing
an ambitious pop-rock whose mam
teafure is the prominent harmonizing
and back-and-torth vocals ot Stone
and Whelan
Sunday. Feb. 26
“DISCO NIGHT" (Stans Bar & Grill)
The Brothers Disco are in charge ot
bringing you R&B dance numbers, with
a heaitny dose of old-school disco
PEPE LOPEZ MARIACHI BAND
(ACC Library) See Out There' Free
performance 3pm
RAINA ROSE (Hot Corner Coffee)
Despite the Crushing Weight ol Gravity
is last year's release from this Portland.
OR. songwriter, who does the acoustic
thing in a Jom Mitchell or Dar Williams
sort of way A new EP is in the works
so expect to hear some o' them songs,
too
“SALSA NIGHT" (Transmetropolitan)
7 30-9 p m Every Sunday
Monday, Feb. 27 I
ANGELS ON ACID (Tasty World)
Based out ol North Carolina, this gottiy
industri-pop quartet drags you through
the darkness, sounding like a dancy
combination of Skinny Puppy. KMFDM
and Depeche Mode
COMMUNITY CHAOS (Tasty World)
Playing aggressively, this hardcore
punk act from the periphery ol Athens
goes for it loud-and-fasl The band
’officially* broke up in August ol 2004,
but is performing another reunion
show tonight
“ELEMENTARY SCHOOL" (Tasty
World) Weekly event featuring hip hop
culture: breakdancing from local crew
The Junkyard Dawgs. live deejaying
and emceeing trom featured artists
9 30pm.-12am. Upstairs
“KARAOKE” (Stan's Bar & Grill)
Every Monday
THE LAST CAR IN ALASKA (Tasty
World) Punk trio from Clemson. South
Carolina.
“OPEN MIC NIGHT" (Eastwood Pub)
Bring a guitar and a satchel ol songs
JENA PARADIES (Go Bar) Jena
Paradies delivers exquisite mixes of
the freshest in Berliner techno, electro-
house and subsonic soul laced with
hooks so sharp they could draw blood.
10 30pm. Mondays
PHIX (Last Cali) Based out ot Boulder,
CO. this group ol groovers presents
Phish covers Says the band s publi
cist. ’Fmix not only recreates the songs
themselves, but they also recreate the
experience ol a live Phish show, com
plete with an ‘intelligent’ light show and
open-ended improvisations *
UNAVOX (Tasty World) Based out
of Athens, but making music out in
California for the past year or so,
Unavox has rocked back Eastward
With Michael Murray on vocals,
Meggan Cooper on hacking keys,
bass and backing vocals. Steve Fogle
on guitar and Reid Rainwater on lead
keys. Unavox plays synth-heavy.
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