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mixes. He recently collaborated with
Louisiana’s Trace on a mix called The
Decade: Trace & Rix.
EMPIRACY (Caledonia) Metalcore
group trom Snellville, GA.
THE ERIC DODD BAND (Georgia
Theatre) Greensboro, GA, singer-song-
writer Eric Dodd and his backing band
of Tom DuPree and Bill Peters play
passionate, driving rock and roll along
the Bon Jovi or Candlebox lines
FIRST MASTER (Caledonia) New
band featuring members of local hard**
core band Aegis of Athena.
FRANTS (40 Watt) Featuring members
of Recycled Shotguns No other infor
mation available.
FREE BEER (Repent) Rounding out
tonight’s full-meal lineup with Shitty
Candy and Tacos! Tacos' Tacos' Tacos'.
TINO GARRIDO (Farm 255) The
frontman for Orquesta Grogus fo
cuses on classical guitar music from
Venezuela and traditional songs from
Cuba and Venezuela (for guitar and
voice). Playing a dinner set. 8 to 10:30
p.m. every Thursday.
“INDIE ROCK KARAOKE" (Go Bar)
Every Thursday
JIBBER JONES & DOOHICKEY
(Wild Wing Caf6) No information
available.
“KARAOKE” (Alibi) Every Thursday.
“KARAOKE’’ (Eastwood Pub) Every
Thursday.
LATER DAYS (Tasty World Upstairs)
Splitting members between Los
Angeles and Florida. Later Days plays
fired-up pop-punk in a Blink-182 way,
heavy on vocal harmonies
MP3J VINAL (Mercury Lounge)
Richard Vinal (of local hip-hop/ funk fu
sion act Bling the Children Back Home)
hosts the late-night eclectic dance party
that'll draw on classic favorites as well
as the new Internet hotness.
OF LEGEND (Caledonia) This five-
piece hardcore band (now completely
local') lays down the hard and heavy,
trudging through tracks off its self-
titled debut album.
SHITTY CANDY & THE CIRCUS
PEANUTS (Repent) As Shitty Candy,
bassist Genie Wiggins, guitarist Mary
Joyce and drummer Mary Jane Schwab
‘throw some bitch punk in your face *
The Circus Peanuts are the crew of
backup dancers going the costumed/
burlesque-ish route
TACOS! TACOS! TACOS! TACOS!
(Repent) Flagpole hasn't had a chance
to check out these guys, but they’re
describing themselves as ‘planetary
collision rock.’
TIMBER (Flicker) Last year’s full-
length album from the local alt-country
band is called Dark Heart... Lucky
Hand. There've been some lineup
shifts in the group recently; should
be a rawer presentation of lead singer
Daniel Aaron's wistful, fiery country
pop. The upcoming release is called
For Never & Always—see p. 29 for
details. 8:30 p.m.
TIMES UP! (Caledonia) Some ex
members of Another Broken Vehicle
blast off with this new local hardcore
band, apparently dipping into old-
school influences like Integrity and
Warzone. The band features Blake
Skipper, Roger Strom, Patrick Tray and
Brian Switzer.
UNKNOWN HINSON (Tasty World)
Vampiric rockabilly and country rock
from the strange, campy character
Unknown Hinson. Kind of like Redneck
GReece, but more, y’know.., blood
sucking. Missed his last coupla shows
in town? Here's anotlrer chance.
VEGAS UNDER FIRE (Tasty World
Upstairs) No information available.
VELVETEEN PINK (40 Watt) This
matching-outfit-clad quartet of funk-
sters from Gainesville, FL, relocated
not long ago »o Athens to play electro-
based, grocve-laden. upbeat stuff in the
Stevie Wonder and Jamiroquai style.
ALLISON WEISS (Hot Corner Coffee)
Allison Weiss set up shop in Athens
in 2005 and dove into the open-mic
scene, delivering catchy, emotion-
driven acoustic guitar songs Her
peppy debut release An Eight Song
Tribute to Feeling Bad S Feeling Better
is out now. 8 p.m.
XZAMEN (Tasty World Upstairs)
Punk-influenced power-pop quartet
from Florida
Friday, June 29
PETER ALVANOS (J Scott Hair
Salon) Fabulous Bird frontman Peter
Alvanos perlorms a solo set of his
psychedelic pop-rock tunes at the local
hair salon. 5 p m.
AMERICAN MUTTS (Nugi’s Space.
Tasty World Upstairs) Local punk
band Played out in the late ‘90s and
early 2000s, and back again for mo/e.
T hey're playing as part of the 5 p.m.,
all-ages show at Nugi’s Space before
heading to Tasty World later tonight.
More on p 29
SEAN ARINGTON (Saving Grace)
Rip-your-heart-out acoustic pop origi
nals and covers from Athenian singer-
songwriter Sean Armgton, formerly of
bands Big Atomic and One Big Eye.
Playing at the restaurant in Comer at
7 pm.
“BATTLE @ THE LOUNGE’’
(Caledonia) Tonight s monthly hip-
hop event, back from a May break,
features emcee battling among Athens'
finest. Registration for rappers starts
at 9 pm. while the music gets go
ing around 10 p.m. and the battling
around 11p m. Already on the bill are
locals B., Grand Finale M.I.C. and
Elite tha Showstoppa. and tonight's
featured performer is Figaro, who cel
ebrates the release this past spring of
his mixtape Picture This. DJ Bulldog
Purp works the turntables and pro
vides the night's sounds while 2 tha
Mathmatikal Radikal hosts
JOE BUCK (Repent) Hyperkinetic,
distorted punkabilly from Nashville's
Joe Buck, who spends time touring as
a one-man band when not playing bass
with Hank Williams III.
“CAGED HEAT” (Go Bar) Your dance
party tonight is hosted by a deejay
triple threat as Strawberry Julius
Frzzzly Rooster and Baby Pandas
offer up compelling arguments for the
shimmy and the shake. Bass-heavy
hip-hop, infectious vintage rock 3nd
deep soul and funk classics create the
soundtrack to your next night of sum
mer freedom. 10:30 pm.
CARS CAN BE BLUE (Little Kings)
The ribald indie-pop duo of Becky
Brooks and Nate Mitchell has a witty,
peppy, supercute (and kinda dirrrty)
album out railed All the Stuff We Do
CIVIL TWILIGHT (Georgia Theatre)
Los Angeles trio (originally from South
Africa) Civil Twilight is touring behind
its debut album Human, which treads
the well-worn Dave Matthews road
“COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE”
(Little Kings) ‘Committee of Vigilance*
is a musical happening put on by
local songwriters Christopher
Henderson Jason Beckham and
Spencer Frye A weekly event for
folks to stop by after work, have a drink
and listen to these songwriters in the
round with occasional special guests,
like tonight’s band Easy Street
Beaches featuring Frye and Don
Auber. 5:30-7:30 p.m. every Friday.
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scrappy garage-rock four-piece has
been pulling in crowds at DTs recently
and is now making the upgrade to big
ger clubs.
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 Beat
or South Carolina* Hot 93.1 FM—lays
down the new dance sounds, heavy on
the hip-hop every Friday night.
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