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The Dexateens
Saturday, January 12 |WC$
Drive-By Truckers,
The Dexateens
40 Watt Club
In the liner notes
of Hardwire Healing,
Patterson Hood of
the Drive-By Truckers
describes the moment
he first encountered the
music of The Dexateens.
Like many people discov
ering the band for the
first time. Hood initially
was drawn in by the rowdy
energy of The Dexateens' earlier efforts. Their self-titled debut is a unique blend of punk
and Southern rock, replete with layered guitars and plenty of energy. Red Dust Rising fol
lowed a year later, and found the band slowly refining its sound while retaining remnants
of its youthful fervor. That trend continues on Hardwire Healing, which was released early
last year.
Hood co-produced the record with fellow local David Barbe. In his liner notes, Hood
glowingly refers to the sessions that produced the album as "transcendent." Indeed, the
record is the band's best work to date. Occasionally augmenting The Dexateens' tradi
tional guitar onslaught are a beautifully rendered pedal steel guitar and tasteful piano
lines. Further, the vocals of Elliott McPherson and John Smith are at the forefront of the
recordings. Gone are the raucous ramblings of the band's earlier efforts, replaced instead
with soulful swagger and slightly off-kilter harmonies reminiscent of early 70s Rolling
Stones. Standout tracks include the tastefully whimsical "Neil Armstrong" and the sparse
but emotionally rich acoustic track "Nadine." «
When performing live, The Dexateens revert to their high-octane days. McPherson is
an endearing and energetic frontman, and his songs come fast and loose. Though The
Dexateens perform in Athens fairly regularly, this show at the 40 Watt pairs them with
the Truckers [see feature story on p. 28] for the third night of that band's three-night
stand. On that night, as The Dexateens perform their blistering brand of Southern rock
and roll, don't be too surprised to see Hood out in front, tapping his foot and shaking
his fist right alongside everybody else in the room. [John Seay]
THE CALENDAR!
REHAB An Atlanta-based hip-hop
band, Rehab incorporates hard rock
and pop into the mix, creating funk-
based numbers reminiscent of early
Red Hot Chili Peppers.
• www.georgiatheatre.com. $14 (ad
vance), $17 (doors). 8 p.m.
Go Bar
THE COLLIN DERRICK BAND South
Carolina's Collin Derrick Band plays
strutty. classic-rcck-influenced stuff
with hints of Southern rock and Blue
Oyster Cult.
UNION The songs of Ted Franklin
are filled out by Nathan Thompson,
Ethan Payne and Andrew Parker, re
portedly playing rockin’ alt-country.
• www.myspace.com/gobar. $5.10
p.m.
The Melting Point
HEIDI HENSLEY BAND Local song
writer Heidi Hensley has a tendency
towards the personal folk side of
things in her solo shows, but her
full-band gigs have been moving
closer to what they’re calling “neo
‘80s rock.” The most recent album is
Right About You.
• www.meltingpointathens.com. $8.
8 p.m.
Tasty World
MUSIC HATES YOU High energy
and higher volume, Music Hates
You plays a dirty kind of punk metal:
there’s red clay under the fingernails
of this fist raised against authority.
The latest album is the powerful
Send More Pare medics.
SOURVEIN Riffy, crusty doom metal
our of North Carolina, heavy on the
low end with apocalyptic rumblings.
SUBRIG DESTROYER The local
fuzzed-out. distorted duo of Chris
Holcombe on drums and Joel Martin
on bass plays “loud and heavy mu-
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sic you’ll stand around nodding your
head to," says Martin.
ZOROASTER This trio from Atlanta
plays a brand of metal that’s heavy
and dark—call it Jurassic sludge-
rock. Dog Magic is the debut, a wal
loping slice of thundering tracks.
• www.tastyworld.nel. $5.10 p.m.
Wild Wing Caf6
SQUIRREL No information available.
• www.wildwingcafe.com. FREE! 10
p.m.
DEEJAYS
Go Bar
“LATE NITE DISCO”
• www.myspace.com/gobar. FREE!
. 11 p.m.
The Loft Dance Lounge
DJ BOBBY C
• www.theloftathens.com. 10 p.m.
Rumor
DJ RX Deejay/ remixer Brian Gonzalez
delivers original mixes of current
pop with accents ranging from old-
school to country.
• www.rumorathens.com. FREE! 11
p.m.
Tasty World Upstairs
DJ DIAMOND Spinning the tunes for
the weekly Latin dancing hosted by
local promoters Chamo Events.
• www.tastyworld.net. 10 p.m.
KARAOKE, ETC.
Alibi
“KARAOKE WITH LYNN & VICKIE”
The two karaoke ladies are your
energetic hosts for the night.
® 706-549-1010. FREE! 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Sunday
January 13
EVENTS
Athens Academy
WILLIAM SAPP (Myers Gallery)
Reception for a "Selective
Retrospective” by William Sapp,
sculptor and emeritus art professor
at UGA.
• 706-549-9225. FREE! 3-5 p.m.
Foundry Park Inn & Spa
4TH ANNUAL BRIDAL OPEN
HOUSE Featuring wedding profes
sionals. including photographers,
florists, event planners, entertainers,
bridal fashion show, and more!
• 706-549-7020. www.foundryparkinn.
com. $7-$10.2-5 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
SPOTLIGHT TOUR Guided tour of
“Redefining the Modern Landscape
in Europe and America, ca.
1920-1940."
• 706-542-GM0A. FREE! 3 p.m.
THEATRE
Oconee County Civic
Center
BUGSY MALONE Oconee Youth
Playhouse presents a musical spoof
of Prohibition-era gangster movies.
See Jan. 11 Theatre.
• 706-769-2677. Jan. 11,12.18 and
19.7 p.m.; Jan. 13 and 20.2 p.m.
LIVE MUSIC
UGA Hodgson Hall
ATLANTA SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA Donald Runnicles,
the ASO's principal guest conductor,
leads a program featuring Berlioz's
masterpiece Symphonie Fantastique.
Pre-concert lecture at 2:15 p.rn. in
Ramsey Concert Hall.
• 706-542-4400. $37-$42.3 p.m.
Monday
January 14
EVENTS
The Loft Dance Lounge
DOUG BENSON AND ANDI SMITH
To celebrate its first anniversary,
Loft Comedy presents Doug Benson
(VH1’s “Best Week Ever’) and Andi
Smith (“Last Comic Standing").
Also featuring Loft Comedy creator
and host TJ Young and comedian
Marshall Chiles. 18 years & up.
• 706-613-7771. $10. Doors at 9 p.m.,
show at 10 p.m.
LIVE MUSIC
Flicker Theatre &. Bar
PLAYING YOU TO SLEEP No
information available. Playing after
tonight's film Fantastic Planet.
• www.myspace.com/flickerbar. 11
p.m.
Little Kings
“THE HOOT” This month's in
stallment of the free folk show
showcases a variety of traditional
tunes. Earl Murphy plays a set of
old-time and western swing fiddle
tunes, accompanied by some local
folks on banjo, ukulele and fiddle.
The five-piece Garnet River Gals
play old-time music with dulcimer,
and the Sidemen Duo turn out
bluegrass and folk on dual guitars.
Susan Stalay hosts the evening.
' All ages.
• www.attiensfolk.org. FREE! 8 p.m.
The Melting Point
KURT WAGNER Nashville's Kurt
Wagner, the driving force behind the
alt-country darlings of Lambchop,
is a versatile and prolific songwriter
able to draw on rock and roll, soul
and more envelope-pushing noise
excursions. The tunes are under
stated and at times melancholy;
there’s a new tour-only solo album
out, reportedly.
YO LA TENGO Mainstays on the
indie-rock scene. Yo La Tengo has
remained vital without succumbing
to '90s-stalgia, as evidenced by the
swell recent album I Am Not Afraid
of You and I Will Beat Your Ass.
Tonight's show is a special loose
acoustic jam; see p. 31.
• www.meltingpointathens.com. $20.
8:30 p.m.
Tasty World
FOUR FINGER FIVE The Michigan
trio of vocalist-guitarist Joe Sturgill,
bassist Mike Phillips and drummer
Steve Harris dips its fingers into
many pots to cook up a stew of pop,
‘60s jazz, 70s funk and soft-rock.
Album out next month.
MAMA’S LOVE This new local funk/
jam six-piece plays original tunes
but also covers “the classic songs
that have shaped and inspired their
musical growth." Formerly known
as Funkward Bound, the guys have
a debut disc called Willow Street
Sessions.
• www.tastyworld.net. $5.10 p.m.
DEEJAYS
The Loft Dance Lounge
DJ RIX Championing dance favorites,
Atlanta’s DJ Rix favors breakbeat
and hip-hop mixes. He recently col
laborated with Louisiana's Trace on a
new mix called TR-IXX.
• www.theloftofathens.com. FREE!
10 p.m.
Tuesday
January 15
EVENTS
UGA Arch
IRAQ WAR PROTEST The Women in
Black, an international peace move
ment, holds a silent vigil for peace.
All are welcome.
• 706-546-5237. Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m.
UGA Chapel
KATE WINSKELL Kate Winskell kicks
off the 3rd “Global Diseases- Voices
from the Vanguard" lecture series at
UGA. Winskell and her husband run
“Scenarios from Africa," a program
that teaches participants to separate
fact from fiction about HIV/AIDS and
be better prepared to reduce their
own risks. Open to the public
• www.grady.uga.edu/knighthealth.
FREE! 6 p.m.
LIVE MUSIC
Georgia Theatre
MUGWAMPS A new band featuring
Cameron Williams (guitar, vocals)
and Jess Franklin (guitar, keys, and
vocals) from Tishamingo, Terence
Higgins (drums) from The Dirty
Dozen Brass Band, Benji Shanks
(guitar) from Captain Soularcat
and Ron Johnson (bass) from Karl
Denson's Tiny Universe and New
Monsoon. Funic Southern rock
and roll fundraiser for the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society.
• www.georgiatheatre.com. $5.8 p.m.
Little Kings
HOT NEW MEXICANS Vocalist-
guitarist Patrick Jennings and drum
mer Joe Dakin moved to Athens and
recruited Carrie Nations' Ian McCord
ART AROUND TOWN
ACC LIBRARY Photos of old schoolhouses in
Oglethorpe County by photojoumalisL John Weber.
Through Feb.
AFRICA "Ingest” features installations by Megan Cronin
of Boston and Rachel Jobe of New York City, as well
as painting, photography, sculpture, video, new media
and more by local and national artists. Curated by
Beth Sale, with assistance by Jacob Cawthon. Jan.
19-Mar. 22. Opening on Jan. 19.
CLAYTON STREET GALLERY Recent work by Tiffany
Whitfield, UGA Ceramic MFA student, and Rebecca
Brantley, UGA Art History graduate. Through Jan. 18.
Reception on Jan. 11.
ESPRESSO RQYALE CAFFE "A Wintry Mix,*featur
ing new paintings by Joe Havasy. Through Jan. 9.
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART “Redefining the
Modern Landscape in Europe and America, ca. ■*'
, ;/■1920-1940* features work by Thomas Hart Benton,
Pierre Bonnard, Georgia O’Keefe and Rockwell
Kent Through Jan. 27. "Landscape Series, 1-12’
by Frances de La Rosa. "Shaping the Silhouette-
A Glimpse into 20th-Century Fasten’ featuring a,
collection of garments and accessories illustrating
changes in fashion styles and silhouettes during the
20th century. Through Feb. 24.-
HOT CORNER COFFEE Fun, funky, psychedelic paint
ings by Adrienne Hills and Amanda Trader. The artists
CoHaboratsd on the paimings rotiRifK) the canvas
as they painted. Through Feb.
JITTERY JOE'S COFFEE (Five Points) Paintings by
Stanley Bermudez from his “Line Series." Reception
on Jan. 9. Through January 31. www.$tanleybermu-
dez.corti.
LOWERY GALLERY Featuring pottery by Keen Zero,
paintings by Laura Swindaii, prints by Scott Kviklys,
photos by Robert Lowery and folk art by legendary
Annie Weiibom and Carter Wellborn. Through Jan.
18.706-248-9599, www.Low8ryGailery.com.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER "Between Thought
And Expression" features nearly 30 cartoon artists
who either live in or around Athens or have an Athens
or UGA connection. Including work by Missy Kulik,
. Cameron Bogue, Joe Havasy, Jake Hebert and many
more! Reproductions and original artwork on view.
Through Jan. 22. "Music Between the Notes," an ex
hibition celebrating the migration and transcendence
of dance. Featuring fused glass art by Christie Moody,
paintings by John Ahee and photography by Lauren
Puls. Through Jan. 15. "Reflections on Georgia: Two
Painters and Two Photographers’ featuring June Ball
and Jim StipeMaas, landscape painters, and David
Lindsay and Skipper StipeMaas, photographers,
for an exhibition presenting the interconnectedness
between people and their places in Georgia. Through
Jan. 22.
OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION OCAF's
Annual Members Show features more than 125
works tram a variety of focal artists. Through Jan. 12.
Reception on Jan. 11. www.ocaf.com.
STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA Ingrid
Bolton strives to capture the energy of the neural
wofid as well as pay homage in her exhibit "Gr#ia
Ptantae." Primarily oii paintings. Through Jan.
SWEET RETREAT “(Hamlet, I, ft 59-61)* featuring
the watercolors of Par Ramey. Through Jan. 31. Town
Center shopping center, Watkinsville.
TATE CENTER GALLERY Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Museum Exhibit features 30 posters from the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum detailing the
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the after-
math. See Box.
THE GRIT Recent paintings by Catherine Stinson. Jan.
13-Feb. 3. ‘Cocoon’ featuring paintings by San
Francisco artist Miha and Kevin E. Taylor. Through
Jan. 13.
UGA RUSSELL LIBRARY "History Lives in the
ftosseli Library: Highlights from the Russell Library's
Collections," featuring the "greatest hits" from the
Russell Library* political collections. Through Feb. 1.
WASHINGTON HISTORICAL MUSEUM A quill
and coverlet exhibit of 19th century Georgia titled
"Covering Time with Quilts and Coverlets of Wilkes
County.’ Through Feb. 29.706-678-2105, www.
washincttongeorgia.net. Admission $3 adults; $2 chil
dren ages 6-12; FREE* for children under 5.
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