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McKenna Mackie Allen Kent on bass
and Jon Crandall on drums round out
the trio.
THE RADAR (Wild Wing Cafe) No
information available
REHAB (Georgia Theatre) An Atlanta-
based hip-hop band. Rehab incorpo
rates hard rock and pop into the mix.
creating funk-based numbers reminis
cent ot early Red Hot Chili Peppers
The band released the sophomore
album Graffiti the World in tall ot '05.
RUBY ISLE (Caledonia) Though this
band has been around tor months,
played shows out of town and recorded
a number of tracks, tonight's the local
debut The Athens/Minneapolis trio
ol Dan Getter (I Am The World Trade
Center, etc), Mark Mailman and Aaron
Lemay plays highly infectious elect, o-
dance rock Part of tonight's Kindercore
Records relaunch party; see p. 36
BIG DON SPURLIN (Alibi) Songwriter
Big Don Spurlin regularly plays guitar
and sings in the country band King
Cotton, but tonight delivers a solo set.
STRAWBERRY FLATS (Melting
Point) Veteran Athens musicians John
Keane. Deane Quinter. Scott Sanders
and Tim White deliver a heavy dose ot
psychedelia, covering classic songs
Irom the late '60s and early 70s
DEVLIN THOMPSON (Caledonia)
The Bizarro Wuxtry landmark known as
Devlin Thompson—also a contributing
artist to the Trouble Revolution comics
compendium—spins a set of '50s and
'60s garage, soul and psychedelia dur
ing the art show from 7 p m. to 10 p.m.
Part ot tonight s Kindercore Records
relaunch party, see p 36
TOMMY CRAIN & THE
CROSSTOWN ALLSTARS
(Eastwood Pub) Tennessee blues
guitarist Tommy Crain who over the
past year has made the Eastwood his
home away from home, helped map
out Southern rock with his '60s group
The Shadows, and performed for two
decades with the Charlie Daniels Band
TOTIMOSHI (Repent) Hard and heavy.
Oakland's Totimoshi is the trio of
Antonio Aguilar (guitar, vocals). Meg
Castellanos (bass, vocals) and Chris
Irizarry (drums) The pummeling 2006
album Ladrdn should find fans with fol
lowers of the Melvins. Sabbath. Helmet
and old-school industrial rock
USSR (Caledonia) Playing pop- and
punk-intiuenced "post-Goth" and dark
dance, though the band is reportedly
moving more towards frenzied rockers
Part ol tonight's Kindercore Records
relaunch party; see p 36.
WICKED JONES (Repent) Ottering up
bombastic Southern rock accentuated
by curlicued metal riffs and oversized
vocals, Wicked Jones comes our way
from Charlotte. NC
Sunday, Aug. 19
LESLIE HELPERT (Farm 255) Local
songlady Leslie Helped performs an
authentic-sounding set of Billie Holiday
tunes, backing from Kevin Hyde on
piano and trombone. Chris Enghauser
on upright bass Every Sunday in
August at 8 p m.
EUNICE KANG (Farm 255) Cellist
Eunice Kang, who plays with the
Classic City Strings quartet and has
contributed to recordings by Empire
State and Eric Bachmann (Crooked
Fingers. Archers ol Loal). performs a
solo sel at brunchtime
THE MARQUEE BLUES (Kingpins)
The Marquee Blues features members ol
the Michael Guthrie Band and The 60s
playing classic British blues influenced
rock like that ol Clapton and Cream
JEFF SOILEAU (Bischero) Athens
musician Jell Soileau (pronounced
"swallow") pedorms New Age linger
style acoustic guitar, drawing Irom in
fluences Michael Hedges. Phil Keaggy
and the Beatles He's playing at the
Bottleworks Italian eatery from 6 30 to
9 30 p m every Sunday this month
Monday, Aug. 20
AMERICAN DIARY (Tasty World)
The sounds melodic power-pop with
saccharine hooks and harmonized,
layered choruses, but the haircuts and
piercings market this Maryland band
towards the teen-emo Warped Tour set
The Brightest Colors is the newest EP
ANDY CARLSON (Ashford Manor)
Mountain music, and more 1 " Fiddle
champ Andy Carlson, a Normaltown
Flyers collaborator, is as well-versed
in the world of conlemporary music as
he is in the folk and bluegrass realms
(as when he plays with his own Andy
Carlson Band) He's contributed his
fiddling to Vic Chesnutt s Is the Actor
Happy, R E M s New Adventures in
Hi-Fi anti numerous albums by Billy
Bragg and Uncle Tupelo 6pm
CHILD BITE (Caledonia) Detroit band
Child Bile plays an ambitious, jaggedly
rhythmic sort of rock and roll The new
est EP Physical Education, which relies
on more nontraditional instrumentation
than does the live show, should tingle
the ears of the Secret Squirrel crowd
EUCALYPTUS & THE KAMIKAZE
KOALAS (Tasty World) Atlanta-based
band using blues-infused rock, rootsy
underpinnings, and occasional fancy
fretwork as backdrop for singer Roark
Bailey's sensitive lyrics
JENA PARADIES (Go Bar) Jena
Paradies delivers mixes ot the freshest
in Berliner techno, electro-house and
subsonic soul 10 30 p m Mondays
“KARAOKE” (Repent) Every Monday
“OPEN MIC NIGHT” (Walkers)
Every Monday
'POWERS (Caledonia) This new
five-piece band making its club debut
tonight features members of aggres
sive local acts like Cinemechamca.
We Versus the Shark. Coulier and 300
Cobras What've they got in store 9 It
seems to b° a quadraphonic sonic at
tack. with tom guitarists and one drum
mer “It you do drugs or like guitar (and
we mean REALLY like guitar), you'll
probably be into it." thev say on their
MySpace page
RED DIRT ROGUES iDTs) Local trio
playing every Monday night, ripping
out Southern rockers and Mellencamp-
style mellower ones, interspersed with
some “beer-drinking" covers
STEP UP (Eastwood Pub) No informa
tion available
THISTLE (Little Kings) 'Think
Dinosaur Jr meets Swervedriver"
is how Thistle gets described The
Cincinnati trio—Rick McCarty (drums).
Mike Montgomery (vocals, guitar) and
Toby Weiss (bass)—recently released
the EP Beneath the Antlers
WHOSEHOUSE (Tasty World)
Atlantas Jacob Belt/ (vocals, guitar).
Stephen Bledsoe (guitar). Jett Harrison
(drums) and Justin Long (bass) play
hard-hitting, rhythmic Dave Matthews-
influenced iam rock
Tuesday. Aug. 21
BETTER PEOPLE (40 Watt)
Athens-based experimental noise
duo Better People features guitarist
Dave Campbell accompanying Doug
Patterson (ex-Zumm Zumm) as he
utilizes an array ot effects, four-track
wankery and found sounds to coniine a
burbling, jittery biainscmb ot sounds
Playing at 10 45 p m on the 40 Watt's
mam floor before the screening ot the
new R Kelly Trapped in the Closet
installment Fra’show 1
CARL LINDBERG TRIO (Farm .'55)
Jazz bassist Carl Lumberg (Grogus.
Squat Kenosha Kul. etc) takes the
reins tor tonight's performance, lead
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