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AthFest 2006: A Closer Look
This Year’s Festival Features More Than 175 Separate Performers.
Flagpole Examines 10 Performances That Shouldn’t Be Missed,
And Leaves The Remaining 94% Up To You
The Deacon Brandon Reeves
Melting Point
Friday, 9:00 p.m.
After the Oeacon Brandon Reeves takes
the stage, the Gainesville, GA-based blues-
man will still only need one hand to count
down his Classic City performances. “I had
never heard of AthFest until coming across it
on the Internet recently." Reeves shares with
Flagpole, adding, "I told a friend of mine and
he said he had just seen Pat Metheny at The
Melting Point, so I'm really excited to be play
ing there."
The Deacon, who studied jazz guitar at
Georgia State, is in the process of record
ing his debut at the new studio set up by AJ
Adams (of Stewart & Winfield) and is toying
with the idea of relocating his personal mu
sic ministry. "I've thought about Nashville,
Austin, Athens. Atlanta... the main thing is,
moving is scary," he admits. As for his sound
being exported an hour to the southeast.
Reeves says. "From what I've heard about
Athens music, I don't think there's a lot of
what I'm doing. I'm bluesy, without the cli
ches and repetition... and I play a resonator,
so that's kind of different." (David Eduardo)
Jesse Flavin
Flicker Theatre & Bar
Friday, 10:30 p.m.
Though there is a the slew of music that
appears and disappears around town, it is a
rare instance that someone who legitimately
deserves an adoring audience doesn't get one
(although that has been sadly and occasion
ally known to happen). People latch on to
and eat up bands here like song-consuming
monsters.
Jesse Flavin, then, is that rare exception.
He's the quiet songwriter who throws his
talents into so many bands that he doesn't
seem to really bother with promoting himself:
he plays with Panda, Liz Durrett and Ave
Nada, used to play with Phosphorescent and,
unfortunately, plays only infrequently on his
own. Flavin’s songs are staggering, though,
and they warrant the attention of a hungry
music scene. He sings over his acoustic guitar
with the elegance, humility and earnestness
of someone who has quietly built up a beauti
ful collection of songs in his room somewhere
out of sight. He'll be playing at the Flicker
Bar on Friday backed by Liz Durrett. It will be
perfectly lovely. [Bunny Mcintosh]
Zumm Zwnm
Transmetropolitan
Friday night, 1:00 a.m.
Frankly, I'm not sure how old the mem
bers of Zumm Zumm are these days, but they
come off like the most promising kids in a
high school. There is a strong tone of juve
nilia, both in their lyrics and in the tunes,
but this also leads to the sort of embracing
of the world that everyone always says the
punk scene should consist of, even though it
doesn't.
When Zumm Zumm gets described as "raw,"
it's more than just an unpolished sound or a
commitment to being "real." It's at least as
much that the guys seem like they don't even
know now to cover up emotions or follow the
rules. (And what this leads to can be frustra
tion as often as elation.) Still. Zumm Zumm
knows how to keep its songs short and fast.
Its members have a strong sense of melody
sometimes and energy almost always, and
they're not playing nearly as often these days,
so it should be worth your time to go. (Hillary
Brown]
Ishues
Hull St. Stage
Saturday, 1:40 p.m.
Athens crowds will get hit with a double
dose of local hip hop Saturday afternoon.
Immediately following the full-band
Renegadez performance on the Main Stage, lo
cal emcee Ishues sets up shop on the second
stage, ready to hustle his brand of high-en
ergy, political rap. For the past several years,
Ishues has be^n at the forefront of Athens
rap, and although he's still in his 20s, among
a growing young scene, Ishues is considered
an institution.
He's been dormant for much of 2005 and
2006, but signs point to an artist re-ener
gized. Ishues put in a guest appearance on
the new KRS-One just-released album Life,
and earlier this year he spent time in Los
Angeles, collaborating with a broad spectrum
of artists in the Footsoldiers project—an
album is expected soon. And by late sum
mer or early fall, Ishues should have a new
mixtape ready to preview an upcoming studio
album. "We'll have a little old for the fans, a
little new for the new crowds," says Ishues of
his AthFest show. DJ IQ provides the backing
beats. [Chris Hassiotis]
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