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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] continued from page 25 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. 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