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UPCOMING EVENTS
THU Double CD Release Party with
SEPT ' 3 THE EVERYBODYFIELDS
& JOHNNY IRION
Tickets $8 odv • S10 ofthe door
FRI
SEPT 14
SAT
SEPT 15
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SHENANDOAH
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BY TONGUE 8. GROOVE ON THE PATIO 1-5PM
THU Evening with
SEPT2 ° MICHELLE MALONE
BAND
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™ BRIAN CONNELL
bEPT Zl CD release PARTY
with special guests
BIRDS & WIRE
Tickets $5 adv • $8 at the door
SAT Evening with World Renowned Jazz Artists
sept22 JOSHUA REDMAN
TRIO
Tickets $32.SO adv • $37 at the door
thu UGA'S SCHOOLS FOR INVISIBLE
SEPT27 CHILDREN BENEFIT CONCERT
Tickets $8 adv * S10 at the door
FRI
SEPT 28
SAT
SEPT 29
NORMALTOWN FLYERS
Full band show featuring special guest
JOHN KEANE
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THE
BRIDGE .
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COMING SOON:
OCT 5- SHAWN MULLINS w / the wrights
OCT 6 - Guitarist ERIC HANSEN w/ DUO LUNAIRE
OCT 12 - RAUL MALO (formerly of THE MAVERICKS)
UNCORKED & UNPLUGGED
EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT
HOSTED BY JAY MARKWALTER
1/2 PRICE WINE *7*10PM • $5 AT THE DOOR
DON AUBER, MARK BRUT,
CANDLEWYCK DUO
MIKE SPARROW, DAVID LEINWEBER
KEN WILL MORTON
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“OPEN MIC NIGHT ’ (Walkers Pub)
Every Monday.
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS (40
Watt) Members of On! Air! Library!
and Secret Machines create gloriously
layered and rewardingly dense sonic
enchantmenls.
STEP UP (Eastwood Pub) Live jazz
ensemble featuring a whole lotta UGA
faculty. Every Monday, 6-10:30 p.m.
UNION (Tasty World) The songs o!
Ted Franklin (vocals, guitar) are filled
out by Nathan Thompson (guitar),
Ethan Payne (bass) and Andrew Parker
(drums) in new local band Union, re
portedly playing rockin' all-country.
Tuesday, Sept. 18
AYO (Tasty World) Atlanta/Athens rap
per (and Down With The Woo collabo
rator) Ayo lays a distinctly Dirty South,
slangy, stylized drawl over swinging
loops and ghetto-tech heals.
BIG BEAR (Caledonia) Guitar acro
batics and vocal histrionics combine
in Massachusetts band Big Bear, an
at-times-thrashy, at-times-plodding
all-out rock crew.
D. BROWN (State Botanical Garden)
Local musician D Brown is the winner
of the Botanical Garden’s songwriter
competition, winning this slot opening
for Jennifer Daniels. Part of the annual
"Sunflower Series "
CARL LINDBERG TRIO (Farm 255)
Jazz bassist Carl Lindberg (Grogus)
takes the reins for tonight's perfor
mance, leading his trio through jazzy
renditions of standards, originals and
interpretations of some surprising
tunes from divergent styles
JENNIFER DANIELS (State Botanical
Garden) Lookout Mountain resident
Jennifer Daniels plays a Celtic-
influenced folk music. Backed by
guitarist-mandolmist Jelf Neal, Daniels
delivers some haunting, romantic tales.
Part ol the annual “Suntlower Series “
DJ BLAZE (Tasty World) The local
deejay handles the sounds (or tonight’s
hip-hop showcase.
DOC-HOLIDAY (Tasty World) Augusta-
born rapper Charles Dolan suggests
Southern rap still has room to grow,
blending precisely paced rhymes with
samples of the Allman Brothers Band on
his tune "Midnight Rider," lor instance.
ELITE THA SHOWSTOPPA (Tasty
World) Gravel-voiced rapper Elite tha
Showstoppa won fans last year with his
video ‘Liquor,* and is back with a new
mixtape called A Hater's Motivation,
packed with heartfelt and upbeat party
tunes prime tor summer bouncing.
FARGO (Tasty World) No information
available.
FLYPE_SIDE (Tasty World) No infor
mation available.
FOLKLORE (40 Watt) Guitarist Jimmy
Hughes (Elf Power) turns out his
own band to deliver fuzzy pop songs
that break from the mold by taking a
pseudo-mythical storytelling route.
JIMMY DRIFTWOOD & HIS
LEGENDARY SIDEMEN (Melting
Point Patio) Local guitarist and man-
dolinist Jimmy Driftwood is known lor
his skillful flat-pick attacks and soft
vocals. He and his tour-piece backing
band play bluegrass and honky-tonk
counlry. 7 p.m.
“KARAOKE" (Alibi) 9 p.m.
“KARAOKE" (Eastwood Pub) Every
Tuesday. 9 p.m.
“KARAOKE" (Repenl) Every Tuesday,
hosted by Jon Lester. 9pm
“KARAOKE" (Walker's Pub) Every
Tuesday, 10 pm.
“KARAOKE" (Wild Wing Cate) Every
Tuesday, 10 p.m.
KOWBOY (Tasty World) Local musi
cian/ promoter Kowboy rocks the
cowboy hat and mustache, presenting
himself in a hard-rockin-hard-partym’
Kid Rock sort o( way; word is he's go
ing to handle deejay duties tor tonight's
hip-hop showcase.
“LOUD FAST RULES" (WUOG, 90 5
FM) Live and loud perlormance on the
radio every Tuesday at 10 p.m. This
week: Zoroaster
MACHINE GO BOOM (40 Watt)
Machine Go Boom's new album Music
For Parents contains a sloppily tran
scendent type ot indie-pop heavy on
the synths. See review on p. 30.
MEECHIE G (Tasty World) Laugh Now
Cry Later is the name ot the new album
from local emcee Meechie G. available
either now or very very soon.
MR. KING HILL (Tasty World)
Rubbery-voiced Mr. King Hill claims
he's the King of the Classic, tossing
out love rhymes and ego boasts with
equal skill.
MR. NASTY (Tasty World) No infor
mation available.
MUSIC HATES YOU (Tasty World)
High energy and higher volume. Music
Hates You plays a dirty kind ol punk
metal: there's red clay under the finger
nails of this fist raised against author
ity. The latest album is the powerful
Send More Paramedics.
NANA GRIZOL (40 Walt) Theo Hilton,
formerly the mastermind of DIY punk
band Zumm Zumm, performs original,
enthusiastic and charming rock tunes
under the name Nana Grizol backed
fockers and artsier Ians. Chambers'
swampy, creaky tunes usually lind
full-hand action with a raucous gang of
friends delivering unrivaled Southern
Gothic stompers. Tonight's a stripped-
down set. though.
DEERHUNTER (40 Watt) Creative,
ambitious, hypnotic and even dance-
conducive noise rock from Atlanta
Experimental niche label Kranky
Records recently released the five-
piece’s new album Cryptograms, the
disc fuses a bit of '60s pop, layered
washes of sound, intriguing rhythms
and avant-garde drone. Benefit tor
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts.
DJ SIZZLE (Lott) Spinning the dance
numbers every Wednesday.
DUO LUNAIRE (Farm 255) Danijela
Zezelj-Gualdi (violin) and John Huston
(guitar) play classical and contempo
rary numbers, from Paganini to Bloch.
ALEX GIDEON (40 Watt) No infor
mation available. Benelit for Georgia
Lawyers lor the Arts.
HEARTLESS BASTARDS (Tasty
World) Singer-guitarist Erika
Wennerstrom leads this Ohio blues-
rock trio with her vocals recalling Janis
Joplin, Patti Smith and Robert Plant
and guitar work that quotes Hendrix.
The band is rounded out by Kevin
Vaugn and Mike Lamping; the sopho
more album is called All This Time.
“KARAOKE” (Foxz) Every Wednesday
fling, unpredictable pop somewhere
between experimental torch songs and
bedroom avant-jazz. Benelit lor Georgia
Lawyers for the Arts
‘POWERS (40 Watt) This new five-
piece band making its club debut
tonight features members of aggressive
local acts like Cinemechanica. We
Versus the Shark, Coulier and 300
Cobras. It seems to be a quadraphonic
sonic attack, with tour guitarists and
one drummer. Benelit lor Georgia
Lawyers for the Arts.
PRIME TIME JAZZ (Porterhouse)
Drummer Tony McCutchen, bass
ist Cnris Enghauser and pianist Jim
McKillip perform jazz standards lor
the dinner-and-a-drink set every
Wednesday.
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.
TAYLOR SWIFT (Georgia Theatre)
This country sensation is only 17 years
old and she's already selling out shows
across the U S A—like this one. for
which no more tickets are available.
Dang.
TWIN POWERS (Go Bar) Spinning
danceable New Wave and Britpop
tunes. 10 p m., every Wednesday.
"UNCORKED & UNPLUGGED"
(Melting Point) Jay Markwalter
The Fast Computers are playing at the Go Bar on Thursday. Sept. 13.
by memoers of Hot New Mexicans, Eil
Power and Folklore.
THE NEW SOUND OF NUMBERS
(40 Watt) Hannah Jones’ band includes
numerous E6 luminaries, and delivers
quirky, driving rhythms with an opti
mistic post-punk leel. Kind ot like The
Raincoats, or The Shaggs with Grace
Jones helping out on vocals. Liberty
Seeds is the debut album
MR. BROWN (Mercury Lounge)
Spinning classic hip-hop on the turn
tables and working into more party-ori
ented sounds as the night progresses
Every Tuesday at 11 p.m.
“OPEN MIC NIGHT” (DTs) Every
Tuesday.
“OPEN MIC NIGHT” (Hot Corner
Colics) Every Tuesday, hosted by local
songwriter Cortez Garza 9 p.m
P-NOID (Tasty World) Local emcee
Noid released his deeply Southern al
bum GuttamUiik back in 2003. and not
much has been heard from him since
He makes a reappearance tonight
“TUESDAY NIGHT JAZZ” (Farm
255) Every Tuesday, 7-10 pm. the
downtown restaurant features jazz Irom
a revolving cast of regulars.
Wednesday, Sept. 19
DON CHAMBERS (Tasty World) A
local favorite among both beer-soaked
“KARAOKE" (Mell's) Every
Wednesday.
“KARAOKE” (Mglly O'Shea's) Every
Wednesday.
NICK LIGHT (Georgia Theatre) Local
performer Nick Light plays with an
acoustic guitar and his heart on his
sleeve, going for a soulful, emo-lite
sound. Recently. Light celebrated the
release ot his new album The World
Forgetting By the World Forgot.
KEN WILL MORTON (Eastwood
Pub) Rough-and-tumble American
rock guy Ken Will Morton court every
Wednesday with a revolving group ol
players.
MOUSER (40 Watt) Colby Carter
and his expanding gang ot backing
musicians play elficient and exuber
ant garage-pop songs that suggest a
willingness to experiment, working
through ctre noise |ams to lind the
aggressive pop hiding behind Benefit
tor Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
PEARLENE (Tasty World) Cincinnati,
OH. band Pearlene— Reuben Glaser.
Jesse Ebaugh, Andy Jody and Andrew
Higley—play golden-era rock and
roll, sounding a lot like Ihe Americana
perlected by The Band and then worked
over with a heavy psychedelic blues
hand.
PEOPLE (40 Watt) On Ihe new album
Misbegotten Man. Brooklyns Mary
Halvorson and Kevin Shea play shuf-
opens and hosts this series. Tonight,
the spotlight shines on David
Leinweber, Mike Sparrow and Ken
Will Morton Every Wednesday. 7 p m.
Upcoming:
ATHENS JAZZ TRIO (Farm 255) 9/20
BARONESS / AMERICAN FUCKING
HERITAGE / THE DUMPS (Tasty World
Upstairs) 9/20
COSMIC CHARLIE (Georgia Theatre)
9/20
FOUR YEAR STRONG (UGA, Legion
Field) 9/20
FREE LUNCH/MAMA'S LOVE/THE
NEWS (40 Watt) 9/20
HARRISON HUDSON / MORNING
STATE / ANDREW NELSON (Caledonia)
9/20
MICHELLE MALONE BAND (Melting
Point) 9/20
THE STARTING LINE /SOUND THE
ALARM/PERMANENT ME (UGA.
Legion Field) 9/20
THE WINTER SOUNDS (Flicker) 9/20
ZOROASTEP (Repent) 9/20
BRIAN CONNELL / BIRDS&WIRE
(Melting Point) 9/21
COMANCHE (Caledonia) 9/21
DO MAKE SAY THINK (40 Watt) 9/21
ERE (Farm255)9/21
Chris Hassiolis
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