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City Hip-Hop,’ hosts tonight s dance party, mixing contemporary hip-hop with older favorites and some unex pected forays into other genres DJ JOHNNY D (Loft) One of The Loft Lounge's rotating crew of house deejays. Johnny D— whom you may recognize from Atlanta’s 95 5 The Beal or South Carolina's Hot 981 FM—lays down the new dance sounas, heavy on the hip-hop every Friday night DJ MARK BELL (8e’s) Starting at 11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday, local deejay Mark Bell focuses on the dan der sounds of 20 years ago DJ TOMMY SALMON (Repent) Local bassist Tommy Salmon (The High Caliber, ex-Trinket) takes over the bar's speakers as he selects the evening's music Every Friday and Saturday DJRX (Rumor) Local deejay Brian Gonzalez, AKA DJRX, plays party tracks, mainly current pop with old school and country accents, many of which are his own remixes DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (Georgia Theatre) A stripped-down, mostly acoustic set. the two-mght “Dirt Underneath’ show presents the vener able local Southern rock band in a new light and with a new lineup See Box SOLD OUT! THE DUMPS (Tasty World Upstairs) With Daniel Ray (Lets Surf Exit 86) on guitar/ vocals, Jeff Raoier (Donkey Punch) on bass/ vocals. Andy Hollingsworth (Choptop) on guitar and Jason Richardson (Donkey Punch. Exit 86) on drums, The Dumps deliver angular metal licks with lots of dual screaming over slow heavy grooves FREEZE TAG (Tasty World) Local rock quartet Freeze Tag plays it fast and fun, floating between Ben Folds and The Clash as the g f oup plays energetic power-pop and upbeat, infectious rock THE GLASSPACK (Tasty World Upstairs) Kentucky's the Glasspack marries swampy, vintage Telecaster guitars to thrashy. 70s punk'n'roll The gritty new disc is called Dirty Women. “IT’S FRIDAY” (WUGA. 91.7 FM) Every Friday at 4 p m Today s perfor mance: H.ghlights from yesterday s “Live at Legion Field" with Modern Skirts Packway Handle Band and Hope For Agoldensummer “KARAOKE” (Mell's) Every Friday KENOSHA KID (Mercury Lounge) The ever-revolving jazz explorations of Kenosha Kid orbit the guitar sounds of local musician Dan Nettles He has a revolving cast of backing musicians helping him out as he dips into bop. free-jazz and skronk rock. LES NAPOLEONES (Tasty World) New local trio featuring Tyler Averitt on drums, Jacques Mouledoux on bass and Johnny Valentine on guitar, with all three contributing vocals. No inlo on specific sounds, though. LIGHT YOURSELF ON FIRE (Tasty World Upstairs) Hardcore metal four- piece from Florida. “LOCAL BANDS LIVE” (UGA. Tate Student Center Plaza) From 11 a m. to 2 p.m., local bands perform on the out door stage at the UGA student center No specifics available. MAO WHISKEY GRIN (Hot Corner Coffee) Alternating between six- and 12-string guitar, local musician Frank Williams slides and finger-picks his way through bluesy and decidedly American sounds. NUTRIA (Caledonia) T op-notch pop- rock four-piece Nutria—Jay Gonzalez. Bob Spires, Dave Weiglein and Jason Eshelman—exhibits the crazy good songwriting its members have become known for. Expect songs off the debut Metronome. as well as some off the new album Cheef Early show, 6 p.m. THE PENDLETONS (Tasty World) Adam Saunders and Ben DuPriest join forces with guitarist Colin Morehead and bassist Matt Giordano to cre ate what they call ‘joyous* pop rock sounds, weaving a lot of classic '50s and '60s tendencies into more muscu lar rock Tonight the Pendletons cel ebrate the release of their debut album Oh Me', a disc featuring 12 catchy, energetic tunes. THE RENEGADEZ (Tasty World) Creating enthusiastic and high-energy hip- hop. Son 1 and 1000 Gramz swap in and out of each others liows over heavily melodic backing hacks loaded with tons of rolling bass, beats and samples courtesy of Digital Master and backed by a live band “RELAY FOR LIFE BENEFIT" (UGA, Cross Towns Track) Starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday night and going all night long until sunup on Saturday, this event is one of the big annual cancer- research fundraisers. From speakers to skits to drag shows to comedy, the event also incorporates a lot of local music—bands like Zac Taylor & the Drugs Beyond Tomorrow Nelo The Shredders and more. For a full lineup, including specific times and more info, visit www.uga edu/relay. ROYAL 8LUE & THE STONE GRIFTERS (J R s Baitshack) Rooted with acoustic guitar and soulful vocals, this semi-new local four-piece plays bluesy alternative rock SABO & THE SCORCHERS (Wild Wing Cat6) Hailing from Augusta, Jayson Sabo (vocals, guitar) Michael Baideme (guitar), Brooks Andrews (bass) and Russell Jarrett (drums) plays bluesy. 70s-influenced hard rock drawing on the Allmans, the Doors and Stevie Ray JEFF SOILEAU (Hot Corner Coffee) Athens musician Jeff Soileau (pro nounced "swallow’) performs New Age finger-style acoustic guitar, drawing from influences Michael Hedges and Phil Keaggy THE SPLITZ (Melting Point) Motown and other soul and R&B covers from this locai four-piece party band. SWORN ENEMIES (40 Watt) Sworn Enemies is the new Birmingham-based trio of Adam Edwards. Wes Frazer and Byron Sonnier, playing roots-reaching juke-joint rock with resonator guitars, banjos and a washboard “THRILLAHILL PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS" (Nugi's Space) Local music/ video conglomerate Thrillahill Productions puts on a full night at Nugi's Space. From 6 to 8 30 p m you'll find featured photography fol lowed by a collaborative music/ video presentation by OJ Ganesh & VJ Wombat At 10 p m. local trio The. Cleaners lakes a back-to-basics ap proach to bluesy rock and roll TREY WRIGHT (UGA. Herty Field) The guitarist for local jazz combo Squat has been establishing his own identity over the past several years Playing outdoors at noon as part of the “Terry Tunes' series. VULTURE WHALE (40 Watt) Former Athenian Wes McDonald swings through town with his new band Vulture Whale; McDonald (ex-Ohms), Keelan Parrish. Lester Nuby (Verbena) and Jake Waitzman are based out of Birmingham, AL. where they just wrapped the recordings of a self-titled debut album, playing classic American 70s pop rock WAMPUS CAT SCANNERS (Saving Grace) The duo -Susan Staley (Solstice Sisters, ’The Hoot’) on guitar and vocals and Bill David (Jolly Beggars, McAlpin Brothers) on mando lin and vocals—performs an eclectic mix of energetic and swingy bluegrass and country songs at the Comer res taurant. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 28 A.ARMAOA (40 Watt) Athens' Aaron Stephenson. Matt Nelson, Josh McCauley and new drummer Jeremy Harbin play energetic, epic indie rock. ► continued on next page ' Upcoming Events: June 22nd - TASTY WORLD "L ‘ * In honor of the mixtape “A Hater’s Motivation” I ft ^ lite tfia Showstoppa "p® MAY 18"* • I Opm TASTY WORLD ' • . ; performances by: * ELITE) Til A SHOW STOP l*A (•FKESII BIG JOII\ BI KBOV STATIC Y HUZZA GP MAFIA FIGARO klVG ROBOT v/ ALAEVA YFLSOVi myspace.com mantoothmusic & mantpothmusic.com HOMEWOOD VILLAGE PLAZA 706-KINGPIN • www.KINGPINS.us CHECK OUT OUR MENU ONLINE! priJ24 !S*TH€ LARRY G LOCATE UPCOMING EVENTS TUE TERRAPIN TUESDAYS T fRRfl|>m APR 24+ BLUEGRASS ' MAY 1 ON THE PATIO ••••><. 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