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on Washington Street and the extensive
club crawl. Read the Flagpole music
staff p»cks and other highlights in this
issue. See AthFest Program insert in
this issue for the complete schedule
ADAM PAYNE BAND (NoWhere
Bar) Monster Zero'S Adam Payne fronts
this band, backed by Josh Perkins and
Andy Teems.
BILLY BATTS TRIO (Mercury
Lounge) Jazz, with Seth Hendershot
(ex-Fuzzy Sprouts. Magictones) on
drums. Walt Austin (ex-Day By The
River) on keys and Chris Enghauser on
upright bass. 8 pm.
TREY BOYER (No Where Bar)
Songwriter and one-lime Athens na
tive Trey Boyer (ex-Dimestore) now
spends most of his time in Nashville,
playing his smartly written folk- and
country-inspired rock tunes He comes
back occasionally to town to share his
newest compositions, like those off On
My Way the new full-length from the
Trey Boyer Band
DIM LIT DAYLIGHT (Amici) Acoustic
rock duo from California.
“DISCO NIGHT" (Stans Bar & Grill)
TNT Disco is in charge of bringing you
R&B dance numbers, with a healthy
dose of old-schoc.i disco
DJ JOHNNY D (Loft) One of The
Loft Lounge's rotating crew of house
dee jays, Johnny D lays down the new
dance sounds
DJ PEACH SALSA (Mercury
Lounge) John Fernandes of Dark Meal.
Circulatory System, the Instruments.
Elf Power. Mous or ‘ e New Sound ol
Numbers, the Olivia Tremor Control,
etc. etc. etc. spins a wide variety ol
music for the late-night crowd
HEY. REVOLUTION! (Roadhouse)
Jason Ellis. Jeff Rieter and TJ Young's
spacious but high-energy country-in
fluenced pop rock wouldnl sound too
•far from home on a early-'90s college
station.
HOLIDAY (Roadhouse) New local rock
band featuring members of Letters to
Holden and Left Front Tire.
“KARAOKE" (Eastwood Pub) Every
Saturday
“KARAOKE" (Mells) Every Saturday
“LATE HITE DISCO" (Go Bar) The
house deejay spins a cool mix ol disco.
New Wave and modern dance tunes for
a sweaty and energetic crowd Every
Saturday, 10 pm
BRENT STEPHENS (J R * Bailshack)
Acoustic covers and originals
TONGUE & GROOVE (Hilltop Grille)
The acoustic trio of Henry Williams.
Don Henderson and Amy Moon play
lively covers and originals. Currently
recording a debut album. 6 p.m.
Sunday. June 25
"ATHFEST 2006" (Downtown
Athens) AthFest 2006 concludes with
a full day of performances on the two
outdoor stages on Washington Street
Read the Flagpole music staff picks
and other highlights in this issue See
AthFest Program insert in this issue tor
the complete schedule
"DISCO NIGHT" (Stans Bar & Grill)
TNT Disco is in charge ol bringing you
R&B dance numbers, with a healthy
dose of old-school disco.
Monday. June 26
ATHENS BRASS CHOIR (Emanuel
Episcopal Church) Performing a
concert of British music at 7:30 p m
Donations will be accepted to benefit
the Interfaith Hospitality Network
BROWN FROWN (Caledonia) The
high-velocity aggressive rock noise
gives you the best in local sludgy,
grinding tunes at their finest The EP
Romans is out on vinyl now
“KARAOKE" (Stan* Bar & Grill)
Every Monday
MOSES MAYFIELD (Tasty World)
Alabama rock five-piece claiming Pearl
Jam, 112 and Slone Temple Pilots as
influences
THE MORNING AFTER (Tasty World)
Melodic hard rock from Sarasota. FL.
“OPEN MIC NIGHT" (Eastwood Pub)
Every Monday
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
1030pm.. Mondays
PEARLS AND BRASS (Caledonia)
Just out on Drag City, the new album
from this Philty four-piece is called
The Indian Torn It's crammed with
bearded and nffy blues-metal, sound
ing something like Queens of the Stone
Age kicking it with Grand Funk Railroad
and Jimmy Page.
“SHERM S WINGS & SINGS"
(Tasty World) Weekly karaoke hosted
by Almost Famous Karaoke Free wings
provided by Sherm* Famous Wings
Upstairs. 10 p.m., Mondays
THE WORKOUTS (Tasty World) Ryan
Sims (rhythm guitar/ vocals) and Ty
Abernethy (lead guitar) partnered up as
a songwriting team in 2004, and even
tually recruited Modern Skirts drummer
John Swint to play bass and local sing
er-songwriter Nate Nelson to drum and
play piano in the full band, playing rock
music that draws on classic influences
(Kinks, Stones) and more modem stuff
(Franz Ferdinand. Kings of Leon).
Tuesday. June 27
CELERITY (Tasty World) Punk-in-
spired hard rock band that recently
moved to Athens from Savannah Toe
bandmembers say they get the 'grunge*
and ‘garage rock’ comparison a lot.
COMMANDER CHAMELEON (Tasty
World) This keyboard-driven local
indie-rock five-piece shakes things up
and plays around with the unexpected,
incorporating punk-ish pop rock,
calypso, floating, dreamy pop. rap and
spacey surf mania The new album
Commander Chameleon is out now
“KARAOKE" (Eastwood Pub) Every
Tuesday. 9 p.m
"KARAOKE" (Sherm's) Every
Tuesday. 7 p m-10 p m.
“KARAOKE" (Walker's Pub) Every
Tuesday. 10 pm.
"LIVE IN THE LOBBY" (WUOG.
90 5 FM) Every Tuesday and Thursday
at 8 p m Tonight's local-band perfor
mance Trappers Cabin
"OPEN MIC NIGHT" (DT’s) Every
Tuesday
PURPLE OF CASSIUS (Tasty World)
Florida band aiming tor psychedelic
indie-rock.
“TASTY TUESDAYZ" (Tasty World)
Hosted by the Dreaded Mindz Family,
this weekly event features live rap
battles from regional emcees starting
at 10:30 p.m. and moves into perfor
mances by local artists, wrapping up as
a late-night dance party incorporating a
number of styles and grooves Upstairs.
“TUESDAY NIGHT JAZZ" (Farm
255) Every Tuesday from 7—10 p.m.,
the downtown restaurant features jazz
from a revolving cast of regulars
Wednesday. June 28
A CADENCE OF SORTS (Tasty
World) Driving, melodic emo-rock
from this North Carolina five-piece,
with broken Oberst-inlluenced pleading
vocals and shoutmess Word Travels
Fast is the band's urgent and angsty
debut EP
BLUELINE (Tasty World) This Athens/
Albany blues-rock four-piece released
a demo album titled My Ov»n Backyard
in August ol 2004, and has plans to
record a proper full-length soon.
GAELIC STORM (Mefting Point)
Accordions, fiddles, pipes, it's high-en
ergy Celtic music from this California
six-piece that gained national notoriety
after performing in the film Titanic Five
albums in. the band just released the
DVD Live in Chicago. Show up tonight
for a preview ol the rowdy Bring Yer
Wellies, the band's liflh studio album,
out next month 8 p m.
NIC GOODSON (Flicker) Sleepy
Horses frontman Nic Goodson, a
widely talented guitarist, performs a
solo set. 8 30 p m.
"KARAOKE" (Foxz) Every Wednesday
"KARAOKE" (Mell*) Every
Wednesday
"KARAOKE" (Stan* Bar & Grill)
Every Wednesday
MILLIGAN (Wild Wing Cal6) Perform
ing a set of cover songs, reworking
both classic rockers and more recent
numbers. Tonight* an acoustic show
“OPEN JAM" (DT*) This is a new
thing ttie club* trying out; you just
bring you f instrument and join in. For
more information, cal! 706-208-1474.
"OPEN MIC NIGHT" (Stan* Bar &
Grill) Every Wednesday. 8 p m.
PRIME TIME JAZZ (Porterhouse)
Drummer Tony McCutchen. bass
ist Chris Enghauser and pianist Jim
McKillip perform jazz standards for
the dinner-and-a-drink set every
Wednesday.
RISING APPALACHIA (Farm 255)
Sisters Leah and Chloe Smith are
Rising Appalachia, an Atlanta duo spe
cializing in a traditional Appalachian
old-time mountain music style infused
with touches of more contemporary
bluegrass. Celtic and other folk
sounds. 8 30 pm
ROBIN DEAN SALMON (Flicker)
Gasoline is the seventh album from
Atlanta songwriter Robin Dean Salmon;
released in late 2005. it features his
traditional take on country-influenced
songwriting (think Marly Robbins or
Rodney Crowell) but at times dips into
louder rock tendencies 8:30 p.m.
SCARLET UNDERCOVER (Tasty
World) This Carolina four-piece last
year released the debut EP called Slop.
Drop. Rock and Roll, delivering high-
energy. hook-filled and guitar-centric
emopop.
TWIN POWERS (Go Bar) Danceable
New Wave and Britpop tunes. 10pm.
every Wednesday
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