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Wednesday, Sept. 12
PETER ALVANOS (Mamas Boy)
Fabulous Bird frontman Peter Alvanos
performs today at the local restaurant at
7:30 a m offering up a breaktast-time
set of a tew covers and original psyche
delic pop-rock tunes Every Wednesday
BO BEOfNGFIElD (Flicker) If
Springsteen had followed up Nebraska
with Georgia. it might've sounded
something like Bo Bedingfield’s debut
album The World is Ending, Show
Some Decorum 8 30pm
THE BLACK LIPS (40 Watt) With
a storied live show, the Atlanta band
bridges the underground garage rock
of the '60s and 21st century post-punk
playfulness See Box, and review on
p. 30
THE COATHANGERS (40 Watt) Julia
Kugel, Meredith Franco, Candice Jones
and Stephanie Luke make up Atlanta's
Coathangers See Box
WESLEY COOK (Wild Wing Cate)
From folk-flavored theological wrestling
matches to Latin-flavored love songs,
solo guitarist Cook has an effortless ap
proach to his music Solb tonight
THE CUBS (Caledonia) Think simple
garage rock along the lines ol The
Strokes, and you've got an idea of what
this young local quartet is working its
way towards, though there's a slightly
rhythmic underpinning with hints of
Interpol or The Rapture
DJ SIZZLE (Lott) Spinning the dance
numbers every Wednesday
ECHO CANYON (Caledonia) Other
worldly. delicate, untraditional pop and
rock, evolving and shifting into instru
mental metal power—the local trio of
Jim Wilson, Chuck Bradburn and Craig
Lieske plays music that's experimental
and playful, dangerous and demand
ing Early show, 6pm
GREAT SOCIETY (Tasty World) This
local quartet plays garagey power pop
songs about girls, sounding a little like
Weezer or the Cars
“KARAOKE" (Foxz) Every Wednesday
“KARAOKE" (Melt's) Every
Wednesday
-KARAOKE" (Molly O'Shea's) Every
Wednesday
KEN WILL MORTON (Eastwood Pub)
Rough-and-tumble American rock
guy Ken Will Morton, former host ol
the Melting Point* songwriter series,
now holds court every Wednesday at
the Eastwood wtth a revolving group
ol players
PRIME TIME JAZZ (Porterhouse)
Drummer Tony McCulchen, bass
ist Chris Enghauser and pianist Jim
McKrllip perform jazz standards tor
the dinn6»-and-a-dnnk set every
Wednesday
THE SEIMANAMES (40 Watt) The
Satmanarres hail bom Atlanta where
they've been kicking around the scene
lor several years, making their name
as purveyors ol intriguing, psychedeh-
cuedacoushca The addition ol mulh-
mstrumentaiist Matas Hunler earlier
this year has moved the band into a
dander, expansive sound.
SHAOOWGRAPHS (Tasty World)
Atlanta trio Shadowgraphs plays
deeply dramatic, risk-taking rock and
roll with the sort of soaring vocals not
uncommon in bands like Coldplay and
Radiohead, while the sounds are simi
larly of the anthemic Brit-OOs vein (with
a bit ol Joy Division for flavor) The
self-titled debut EP is out now, working
guitar atmospherics into the sound
BRIAN SMITH (Casa Mia) Georgia
Guitar Quartet member Brian Smith
plays classical guitar every Wednesday
night at the downtown tapas restaurant
7 30-10:30 pm.
HEATH TOLLESON (Flicker) “I’m
playing more Western' storytellmq
than the rockin’ stuff.” says local folk/
Americana songwriter Heath Tolleson,
formerly of Last Picture Show “Some
of it might sound poppy, but the focus
is on the songs.* 8:30 p m.
TWIN POWERS (Go Bar) Spinning
danceable New Wave and Britpop
tunes 10 p m., every Wednesday
-UNCORKED & UNPLUGGED"
(Melting Point) Every week, local
singer-songwriter Jay Markwalter
opens and hosts this series which aims
to focus on artists proficient in the craft
of songwriting Tonight, the spotlight
shines on Don Auber Chris Moore
Mark Brut and Tba Candlewyck
Duo Every Wednesday. 7 p.m
THE WONDERFUL (Caledonia) No
information available
Thursday, Sept 13
AN EPIC AT BEST (Tasty World) So
long, farewell, auf wtedersehn and
all that Tonight marks the final time
local rock band An Epic Ai Best takes
the local stage, with all the members
going their separate ways Emotional,
piano-heavy indie-rocks on order on
the debut album There Will Be Rain
Part of Tasty World's 10th anniversary
weekend, see p 26.
BAIN MATTOX & SHOT FROM
GUNS (Little Kings) Multi-mstrumental
Athens singer-songwriter Bain Mattox
and his nimble backing band Shot
From Guns offer audiences acoustic-
based college rock Mattox's recent
solo album rs called Bird in tbe Hand
BEAR (The Library) Local emcee
Bear sprts rhymes as part of tonights
‘Growing Up Famous' event
THE BEGGARS' GUILD (Georgia
Theatre) Playing working-man
Southern rock out of Atlanta, this band
recently dropped the Petty-leamng
album Breaking Me Down
BLOOOKIN (40 Watt) The long-
running Athens rock and roll quartet
plays a bluesy style of roots-rock mu
sic with big guitars and sharply written
tyncs Daniel Hutchens and Eric Carter
are the songwriting backbone, working
through darkly countrified barroom
rock l ast Night Out is 2005S most
recent lull-bend album. Hutchens has
a greet new acoustic album out called
Love Songs For Losers
CACHAQA (Farm 255) Playing
Brazilian-styled music, tas new hand
features Jake Mowrer (nylon stringed
guitar) and Jim Coley (upright bass) of
Hot Club of Athens and Kane Stanley
and Ryan Wendel of Grogus. among
other groups, on percussion.
C-FRE$H (The Library) Athens
rhymespitter C-Fre$h, who also per
forms with the Untame group, recently
dropped a new mixtape courtesy of
local production house Mantooth, it's
called Sell Made
CELERITY (Caledonia) Local punk-
inspired hard rock trio; the bandmem-
bers say they get the ''grunge* and
“garage rock’ comparison a lot, and
earlier this year they released the EP
180 Nowhere Rd
CHRIS UNCK & THE BLACK
ROSES (Georgia Theatre) Singer-
songwriter Chris Unck (ex-Eller) fronts
this roots-rock band
DJ BABY PANDAS & DJ
STRAWBERRY JULIUS (Go Bar)
Flagpole music editor Chris Hassiotis
(Baby Pandas) and local poet extraor
dinaire Jett Fallis (Strawberry Julius)
serve up a deliciously danceable set
of retro soul, throwback rhythm and
blues, garage funk, 60s French girl
pop... and more 1 11 pm
DJ REBB (Detour) Atlantas DJ Rebb
plays Top 40, hip-hop, progressive
house and other electronic sounds
prime tor dancing Starting at midnight
after the Classic City Kings drag show
Every Thursday
DJ RIX (Loft) Championing dance
favorites every Thursday. Atlantas
DJ Rix favors breakbeat and hip-hop
mixes He recently collaborated with
Louisiana's Trace on a new mix called
TR-IXX
DJ SET IT OFF & DJ BLAZE (The
Library) Providmg the beats and han
dling the wheels of steel for tonight’s
“Growing Up Famous* showcase, see
Box
ELITE THA SHOWSTOPPA (The
Library) Gravel-voiced rapper Elite tha
Showstoppa won fans last year with his
video “Liquor,* and is back with a new
mixtape called A Haler's Motivation
THE EVERYBODYFIELDS (Melting
Point) This Tennessee trio bases its
music around a soulful, enigmatic
acoustic delivery, constructing unique
ly American songs that draw on folk,
bluegrass and other mountain music
The new album is Nothing is Okay See
review on p 30
THE FAST COMPUTERS (Go Bar)
Heart Geometry is the debut recording
from Oregon's Fast Computeis, a band
that blends swirly electronics with pro
pulsive Britpop influences and relaxed
rhythms A little like Blur lamming with
Stereolab (while Serge Gamsbourg
and Mark Linkous smoke up in the
bathroom)
CORTEZ GARZA (Hot Corner Coffee)
Local singer-songwriter Coitez Garza
used to front North Carolina emo band
Mason Curse but has since relocated
to Athens and turned to a more acous
tic trade He s also the host of Hot
Corner's Tuesday open mic night
NIC GOODSON (Flicker) Sleepy
Horses frontman Nic Goodson per
forms a solo set ol his dusty, shoe-
gazey country rock numbers, but don't
be surprised it any special guests torn
in on a tune or two 8 30pm
JOHNNY MION (Melting Point) Irion
should be familiar to Athens crowds
from his numerous trips through town
with Sarah Lee Guthrie He* dropping
by this time with the solo album Ex
Tempore, an inspired collection coming
across like early Neil Young, later John
Lennon and all-around Gram Parsons
"KARAOKE” (Alibi)9pm
"KARAOKE” (Eastwood Pub) Every
Thursday
KEBERT XELA (Go Bar) Chris Howe
and Doug Saylor utilize looped son-
ics. shimmering atmospherics, guitar,
piano, electronic and acoustic drums,
cello, vocoders, occasional vocals, and
plenty else besides on the« recently
sett released debut EP
THE LAST WALTZ ENSEMBLE
(Georgia Theatre) Atlanta based aH-
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