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Friday, April 20
Music Hates You,
Darsombra,
The Dumps
Caledonia Lounge
Guilt and grief.
Darsombra doesn't so
much start as it awakens.
Stirring from dreams
of ultimate uneasi
ness, where nightmares
are considered a ploy,
and terror is cheap,
Darsombra lifts itself out
of a bed of doubt, and Darsombra
straightens its back to a
defiant height AU the muscles ache, all the nerves are bared, all purpose is over. Darsombra
takes an auditory walk alongside the pilgrim of Dante's Divine Comedy.
Brian Daniloski is the exiled prince of doom metal With his brother Jason, he created
Meatjack, one in a handful of super-heavy bands that doesn't sound exactly the same as all
the others, and nails the. advantages of bombast and low-end. But little good fortune befalls
purveyors of discord, and Meatjack has been put on hold while the brothers explore other mu
sical endeavors on their own. Brian Daniloski started his one-man experiments as SUCKPiG!,
and then, as his vision grew, Darsombra was bom. He recorded the debut Darsombra record
Ecdysis entirely by his lonesome, and it was released last year by At A Loss Recordings.
And as you listen, Ecdysis brings you into sound dark and thick, and as weighty as Catholic
guilt and grief. From the psychotic episode of "Thinning The Herd* through "Dies Irae,* you're
delivered into a bruising frenzy of expertly composed intertwining melodies that are trying
their best to hurt your feelings and dissolve your equilibrium. Yeah, my band Music Hates
You is playing tonight as well, but Td be writing this even if that weren't the case. Daniloski
brings this all to us live through huge speaker stacks and more effects than Mogwai, while
maintaining the foreboding grin of the "touched" as his sounds disturb. [Noah Ray]
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Nivea Dat Type Of Gurl, Rasheeda’s
fourth album of bass-heavy, head-turn
ing hip-hop, drops this coming June.
BILLY JOE SHAVER (Melting Point)
Country outlaw Shaver's been to
Georgia on a fast train, and he’s on his
toay back. Though his career peaked in
the 70s, Waco, TX resident Shaver's
been a consistent artist; he's enjoyed a
resurgence since the late '90s, and last
visited Athens in late 2003. Compadre
Records is Shaver's new home, and The
Real Deal is his most recent disc.
SQUAT (Farm 255) Though three of its
four members are now living in Atlanta.
Squat—Trey Wright on guitar and
piano. Carl Lindberg on bass, percus
sion and vocals. Tommy Somerville on
piano tenor saxophone, percussion
ana vocals and Darren Stanley on
drums and percussion—remains the
heavyweight in the local jazz scene.
The group’s latest CD is simply called
Squat.
TRIAL BY FIRE (Tasty World) Shouty.
screamy, crashy rock from new Atlanta
four-piece Trial By Fire.
WORMSLOEW (Wild Wing Caf6)
Playing occasionally twangy. hard-hit
ting rock drawing from 70s blues rock
and country, this five-piece hails from
Savannah.
Sunday, Apr. 22
BITCH SWITCH (Kingpins) Mandy
Jane, AKA DJ Bepramanda. and
Sandice Adina. AKA DJ Sandelous,
spin thick dance grooves and add in
a twinge of their own campy perfor
mance. Performing as part of an event
for the Classic City Rollergirls roller-
derby team. 8 to 11 p.m.
TRENT DABBS (Melting Point) The
assertive Nashville songwriter delivers
tales of heartache and woe on Mat's
Golden Above Ground, Dabbs’ sopho
more album.
DICTATORTOTS (Kingpins)
Seemingly outrageously crude, the
long-running Athenian chaos cultiva
tors stomp about and trash the night
with their beery post-grunge sounds.
The latest album is called Dung Shui
Performing as part of an event for the
Classic City Rollergirls rollerderby
team. 8 to 11 p.m.
THE DUMPS (Skate-A-Round USA)
The Dumps deliver angular metal 'icks
with lots of dual screaming over slow
heavy grooves. The local punk band's
playing at the roller-rink as part of the
Classic City Rollergirls competition
today.
8-TRACK GORILLA (Kingpins) The
schtick is usually this: local scenester
and music dude dresses up in a gorilla
costume and ‘sings'' along to 70s-era
8-track tapes. Performing as part of an
event for the Classic City Rollergirls
rollerderby team. 8 to 11p m
JASON HARWELL (Melting Point)
Alive in the Fall is 2004’s album from
this singer-songwriter The wide-reach
ing collection incorporates shimmer-
pop piano flourishes and alt-country
washes of steel strings, and is brim
ming with sincerity and soul.
TYLER JAMES (Melting Point)
Nashville's rising songwriter Tyler
James plays wistful piano-driven pop,
with smoky vocals and vulnerable lyrics
that recall Nick Drake or Josh Rouse
RYAN MOORE (Borders) Solo acous
tic classical guitarist. 5 p.m.
PEIUSA (Farm 255) Seattle's Moe
Provencher and Mike McDermott are
an alternative folk-country duo. weav
ing boy/ girl vocals together along with
harmonica, guitar, mandolin and more.
Think Gram Parsons. Nancy Griffith or
Gillian Welch.
Monday, Apr. 23
ANOTHER FIASCO (The Library) The
reconvened Fiasco comprises members
of the Charlie Mars Band. Lionz and
Soul Kitchen coming together to explore
more traditional rock territory while still
solidly jamming. Human Like You is the
upcoming sophomore album.
JENA PARADIES (Go Bar) Jena
Paradies delivers mixes of the freshest
in Berliner techno, electro-house and
subsonic soul. 10:30 p m.. Mondays.
“KARAOKE" (Repent) Every Monday
“KARAOKE" (Tasty World) Upstairs,
hosted by Distaster's Jon Lester Every
Monday
LIONZ (Classic Center Courtyard)
This local band of positive groovers
embarks on a new batch of jam-fla
vored adventures, from classic rock,
blues, soul and bluegrass to reggae,
augmented by two full drum kits.
Tonight's the first of three outdoor con
certs preceding the Widespread Panic
shows; drum circles, deejays, dance
performances, etc. 4 p.m.
MACHINE FUNK (Tasty World)
Widespread Panic cover band, for
those who can't, won t or don't make
it over the Classic Center to catch the
Athens-bred jam kings.
“OPEN MIC NIGHT" (Eastwood Pub)
Every Monday
OUTFORMATION (Melting Point)
Atlanta's jam-rock boogie trio
Outformation counts Sam Holt, former
guitar tech for Widespread Panic. .
among its members. Debut album
recorded in 2005 by Panic's JoJo
Hermann.
STRAWBERRY FLATS (Georgia
Theatre) Veteran Athens musicians
Wade Hester, Deane Ouinter, John
Keane, Scott Sanders and Tim White
deliver a heavy dose of psychedelia,
covering classic songs from the late
'60s and early 70s.
WIDESPREAD PANIC (Classic
Center Theater) Since its inception
in Athens in the mid-1980s, the
Widespread Panic gang has steam-
rolled the nation expanding notions of
what Southern music can be, swinging
from boogie-based jams to serious
rock and roll. Tonight's the first of a
three-night, sold-out stand here in
town More on p. 30.31 and 33.
Tuesday, Apr. 24
ALLISON WEISS & THE BANDITS
(Tasty World) Allison Weiss set up
shop in Athens in 2005 and dove into
the open-mic scene, delivering catchy,
emotion-driven acoustic guitar songs
which pull from both mid-'90s iadyrock
and more recent acoustic emo like
Dashboard Confessional Her debut re
lease An Eight Song Tribute to Feeling
Bad & Feeling Better is out now. and
tonight she debut her three-piece back
ing band.
BLOODKIN & FRIENDS (Melting
Point) The long-running Athens rock
and roll quartet plays a bluesy style of
roots-rock music with big guitars and
sharply written lyrics Daniel Hutchens
and Eric Carter are the songwriting
backbone, slinging out darkly countri
fied barroom rock. Last Night Out is
2005's most recent full-band album;
Hutchens earlier this year wrapped an
acoustic tour of the Northwest with
Eric Martinez and has a great new
acoustic album out called Love Songs
For Losers
THE FERVOR (Go Bar) Kentucky band
The Fervor recently trimmed down to a
three-piece—Natalie Felker, Ben Felker
and Mat Herron—but still plays the
lush, heartfelt and driving pop found
on the self-titled debut EP.
FOREVERDOWN (Tasty World) Pop-
rock four-piece out of Atlanta.
“KARAOKE” (Eastwood Pub) Every
Tuesday, 9 p.m.
“KARAOKE" (Walker's Pub) Every
Tuesday. 10 pm.
“KARAOKE" (Wild Wing Cate) Every
Tuesday. 10 p.m
LIONZ (Classic Center Courtyard) This
local band of positive groovers em
barks on a new batch of jam-flavored
adventures, from classic rock, blues,
soul and bluegrass to reggae, aug
mented by two full drum kits Tonight’s
the second of three outdoor concerts
preceding the Widespread Panic
shows; drum circles, deejays. dance
performances, etc. 4 p.m.
“LOUD FAST RULES" (WUOG. 90.5
FM) Live and loud performance on the
radio every Tuesday at 10 p m This
week Aegis of Athena
“LIVE IN THE LOBBY" (WUOG.
90 5 FM) Tuesdays at 8 p m Tonight s
local-band performance Titans of
Filth
MR. BROWN (Mercury Lounge) No
information available
NICK LIGHT (Tasty World) Local per
former Nick Light plays with an acoustic
guitar and his heart on his sleeve, going
for a soulful, emo-lite sound that draws
on aspects of Damien Rice, Bright Eyes
and Dashboard Confessional In early
2006. he released his debut album The
Absent Parade
MATIAS (Tasty World) The new local
duo of Nicole Matias and Seth Alan
Bolton combine acoustic and electric
guitar with Matias' airy vocals It's
pretty, it's delicate and it's a little remi
niscent of Azure Ray: if you’re missing
that band's presence in town. Matias
might scratch that subtle itch
“OPEN MIC NIGHT" (DTs) Every
Tuesday
NATHAN SHEPPARD (WOW
Wmgery) The local acoustic guitarist-
harmomcist is known for his emotive
singing style and his modern rework-
ings of classic tunes, from Dylan and
Young to Van Morrison He's perform
ing solo and acoustic every Tuesday at
the Five Points restaurant 8 30 p m
RANDALL BRAMBLETT BAND
(Georgia Theatre) Solo or with his
full band—Davis Causey. Gerry
Hansen, Michael Steele and Mike
Hines—longtime Athenian Randall
Bramblett presents a simplified slab
of Southern music. Either blowing the
sax or delivering his gruff’n'grumbly
vocals. Bramblett can tosses out direct
Southern R&B kickers Rich Some Day.
his most recent disc, was released last
July on New West Records
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