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THE CALENDAR!
Monday, Mar 17 continued from p 13
Tuesday, March 18
TheVulpines,
Late Night Picture Show,
Batata Doce
Tasty World
The guys in new Athens band
The Vulpines advertise themselves
in a manner that has become
fairly innocuous of late—safe
as some plain white milk. They
assert, web-wise, that they are a
"psychedelic folk" band, which,
these days, is a decidedly in-
bounds brand if you're looking
to attract a crowd of fresh-faced
beer drinkers. "Freak folk" is the
new "college rock," and anything
ostensibly related to that disin
genuously titled subgenre (Vetiver sounds like late-era Paul Simon; Vashti Bunyan is a
housemother) is gonna guarantee some interest in a musically inquisitive community like
this one.
But in the case of The Vulpines, the psychedelic folk tag just doesn't apply. Yeah,
they've got the occasional undulating acoustic seventh-chord spinning a jam here and
there, and sometimes they get vaguely euphonic down low on the volume knobs, but
what these young dudes really have going for them is some snarly guitar riffage, a mini
malist approach to the drum-kit and a baritone lead singer who's more than a little stuck
on The Lizard King. In other words: good news, everybody; they sound like The Cult!
They've even got a fancy logo based directly on the iconic hood ornament of an Ciber-
phallic all-American muscle car. That's Hamburger City, y'all.
So, here's to hoping these cats go whole hog with it, come bursting out of the garage
shirtless and raging with dubious bulges in their jeans, and their amps up loud. If these
boys deliver on the promise made by their organically developed approach to butt-rock,
Athens will have some fine carousing music for a good while to come. Say it loud! [Jim
McHugh]
The Vulpines
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Statute ot the International Criminal
Court " Judges include UGA
President Michael F Adams. John
Wiles. John Hinchey and mn f 2.
• 706-542-2244. |mcclung@uga.edu
FREE! 7 p.m.
LIVE MUSIC
40 Watt Club
THE CRIBS Yorkshire punk-rock
upstarts The Cribs blend low-li
garage rock and pop to create catchy
numbers you can scream along with
Their 2007 release Men's Needs.
Women's Needs, Whatever was
produced by Alex Kapranos ol Franz
Ferdinand
JEFFREY LEWIS & THE JITTERS
The anti-tolk icon with 18 albums
under his belt recently released 12
Songs, a record ol Crass covers
See box
RA RA RIOT Up-beat indie pop dark
ened by stirring violin and cello ac
companiment. See feature on p 26
• www.40watt.com $10 9 p.m.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
TIN CUP PR0PHETTE Singer-
songwriter Amanda Kapousouz
continues her annual tradition of
performing traditional Irish music on
St Patrick's Day. See box
• www.myspace.com/flickerbar $5
830 pm.
Georgia Theatre
THE DICTAT0RT0TS Seemingly
outrageously crude, the longtime
Athenian chaos cultivators stomp
about and trash the night with their
beery post-grunge sounds
THE DISREGARDABLES The
Disregardables kick off tonight s
show benefiting The Classic City
Roller Girls Their highly energetic,
happy hardcore is backed by ska
horns.
KITE TO THE MOON This year-old
band is comprised ol experienced
Athens natives (Timi Conley, Jay
Rodgers and Andrew Hanmer). Kite
to the Moon is known tor its stimu
lating live show featuring jubilant,
rowdy pop music accompanied by
spontaneous video mixing.
THE VINYL STRANGERS Timelessly
charming classic-sounding pop
rock reminiscent of early Beatles
and Byrds,
• Benefit for the Classic City Roller
Girls, www georgiatheatre.com $5
9 p.m.
Go Bar
AMERICAN CHEESEBURGER
Athens four-piece American
Cheeseburger boasts former mem
bers ot No!, Divorce and Carrie
Nations, delivering rapid-fire, loud
and aggressive thrash rock m an
old-school manner, winning fans
around town.
BRUTAL KNIGHTS Fast and furious
punk rock from Toronto. Canada
See box
• www myspace com/gobar 10 30
p.m.
Tasty World (early)
GREAT SOCIETY This local quartet
plays garagey power pop songs
about girls, sounding a little like
Weezer or The Cars
MATIAS Local singer Nicole Matias
plays pretty, delicate and dreamy
music with acoustic and electric gui
tar and airy vocals, a little reminis
cent ot the Azure Ray ladies Lately.
Matias has been recruiting friends to
act as a backing band.
PARACHUTE MUSICAL Nashville.
TN pianist and songwriter, Josh
Foster, heads up the band Parachute
Musical, which specializes in highly
charged, emotional piano rock.
• www tastyworld net $5 5 30 p.m
Tasty World Upstairs
BETSY FRANCK AND THE
BAREKNUCKLE BAND Soulful
brassy Southern rock and country
songs rooted in tradition, but with a
modern sensibility.
TEENAGE PRAYERS New Yorks
raucous Teenage Prayers perform in
Athens a day belore the release ot
their new, Solomon Burke-produced
reco r d. Everyone Thinks You're the
Best. They deliver a diverse musicai
spectrum—Irom glam rock to soul.
• www tastyworld.net $5 10 p m
KARAOKE, ETC.
Buffalo’s Southwest
Cafe
KARAOKE Every Monday in the back
room featuring the nearly famous
karaoke team The Girls
• 706-354-6655. FREE! 7-10 p.m.
Rye Bar
“OPEN MIC NIGHT’ Hosted
by Bearfoot Hookers singer Ty
Manning, this open mic night comes
around every Monday Show up
early to sign up
• 140 E Clayton St FREE'8 pm.
Tuesday
March 18
EVENTS
ACC Library
“ONE SURVIVOR’S STORY"
Holocaust Program Atlanta attorney
George Stern was a baby when he
was taken to a female displaced
persons camp with his mother and
grandmother The women of the
camp kept him hidden for months
Stern shares memories of his hard
ships and the journey towards safety
in America
• 706-613-3650 FREE! 7 p.m
Buffalo's Southwest
Cafe
SWING DANCING Learn, practice or
observe swing dancing Soft drinks
included
• 706-354-6655 $3 cover Tuesdays.
10 p m -12 a m Free lessons. 9
p.m
Level 131
SALSA NIGHT l essons at 9 p m
Open dance at 11p m
• www level 131 com
THEATRE
The Classic Center
MOVIN' OUT This Broadway musical
was created by five-time Grammy
Award winner Billy Joel and the leg
endary director/choreographer Twyla
Tharp Winner ot two Tony Awards.
Movin'Out unites Billy Joel s classic
song library with the story jt tive
life-long friendships spanning over
two decades
• 1-800-664-4160. www classiccenter
com S10-S65 8pm
LIVE MUSIC
Caledonia Lounge
GIFT HORSE Gift Horse isn't the kind
of rock music we have come to ex
pect from the Detroit area There are
no rough garage-rock edges here
Instead, there are ottering smooth
bluesy riffs, warm three-par! harmo
nies and a down-home. Americana-
like feel
SLEEPY HORSES NicGoodson’S
band Sleepy Horses specializes in
West Texas, alt-country rocker songs
and leedback-and-loop-laced shoe-
gazey soundscapes
SUMMERBIRDS IN THE CELLAR
One-time Athens-based band
Summerbirds in the Cellar return
with new release Druids in tow
Summerbirds otters shimmering,
melodic rock with tender vocals and
throbbing synth. The band was re
cently hand-picked to open REM s
SXSW showcase.
• www.caledonialounge.com. $6
(21+). $7 (18+). 10 pm
Little Kings
JUMPIN’ JESUS CHRISTERS Th,s
local band plays old-time folk and
old-styled country with upright bass,
banio. fiddles and guitar Also play
ing Little Kings Mar 18
• www myspace.com/tiitlekingsshuf-
fleclub. 10 pm
The Melting Point
LONESOME TRAVELER
BLUEGRASS BAND Tonights
installment of the weekly bluegrass
mght features the Lonesome
Traveler Bluegrass Band They are a
Colorado-based five-piece that plays
linger-picksd bluegrass. touching
on country, Celtic and other folk
influences
• www meltingpointafhens com $3
7-10 pm
No Where Bar
AVERY DYLAN PROJECT Guitarist
Avery Dylan recently ieltisoned his
hacking band and got rid of the
Dylan Blues Project name, even
though the Possum Hollow Poaa
album just dropped Dylan is now
turning out electric blues backed
by buddies Clint Swords and Mike
Strickland
• 706-546-4742 $1 10 p m
Rye Bar
DUB REGGAE Soulful reggae, hyp
notic nddims. heavy dub selections
interspersed w;th toasters, guest vo
calists and instrumentalists to spice
it up Hosted every Tuesday night by
Adrian Zelski
• www myspace.com/ryebar FREE’
10 pm.
Tasty World
BATATA DOCE The tropical sounds of
Atlanta-based Batata Doce are driven
by Brazilian lead singer Leticia
Arioli This band is the brainchild of
Russell Owens (King Congregation),
and includes members Justin Sias
(Elevado), Justin Hughes (The
Rock-A-Teens) and Todd Morrison
(Pistolero). Batata Doce plays late
70s punk-disco infused Brazilian
garage rock
LATE NIGHT PICTURE SHOW
Atlanta's Late Night Picture Show
aims tor danceable hard rock that
ends up sounding a bit like Blondie
fronting a young version of Black
Sabbath
THE VULPINES Newly located to
town from Atlanta The Vulpines play
a guitar-heavy brand of rock and
roll that comes across a lot like the
American-influenced British rock
bands ot the early 1970s See box
Also performing at Flicker on Friday.
Mar 14
• www tastyworld net $5 10 p m
WUOG 90.5FM
COMPLETE ADVENTURER New
local rock trio featuring Jake Ward.
Coilin Dibble and Randy Singer
Melodic guitars, spoke-sung-
shouted vocals and lots of heavy
percussion This performance is
pan ot WUOG’s weekly "Live in :r.e
Lobby" series
• www wuog org FREE’ 8pm
KARAOKE, ETC.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
MCBRAYER'S OPEN MIC-STAND-
UP COMEDY EXPLOSION Local
comeoy genius Pete McBrayer hosts
a mght ol local comedy Download
his comedy album for tree at www
petemcbrayer com.
• www myspace com/tlickerbar $5
8:30 p m
Oconee County Library
ANIME NIGHT FOR TEENS Play
Yu-Gi-Oh!, trade manga or practice
your amme drawing Also, see Grave
of the Fireflies and eat pizza Ages
11-18
• 706-769-3950 FREE' Mar 18.
6 30-8 30 p m
Walker's Coffee & Pub
KARAOKE In the cafe/ bar s down
stairs room, every Tuesday and
Thursday night.
• 706-543-1433 FREE' 10 p m
Wild Wing Cafe
KARAOKE
• wwwwildwmgcafe.com FREE' 10
pm
Monday, March 17
Tin Cup Prophette
Flicker Theatre & Bar
Though most of the
attention focused on
Tin Cup Prophette, the
musical project of local
songwriter Amanda
Kapousouz, comes due
to her own ethereal, dra
matic tunes, Kapousouz
at times plays shows
where she spins through
a repertoire of traditional
Irish folk and American
bluegrass numbers. That's
the case this week, with what's become an annual tradition around St. Patrick's Day.
Tin Cup Prophette's tunes generally rely on a lot of sampling and looping of vocals
and violin lines, but for these traditional shows, Kapousouz cuts back on the workload.
"It'll be a lot more comfortable, that's for sure," says Kapousouz, "and a lot easier,
because there's not so much technology happening. It'll be about as rootsy as possible."
The comfort she mentions is in reference to the birth of her son Basil last month. Due
to her pregnancy, Kapousouz took most of the past six months off, save for a celebratory
40 Watt gig (while eight-months pregnant) where she had to sport her guitar side-slung,
and members of the audience all seemed to lean forward on their chairs a little whenever
Kapousouz did anything even slightly strenuous.
Guitarist Jesse Flavin and percussionist Jeremy Wheatley provide tonight's accompani
ment, as they have for Tin Cup Prophette's past Irish music shows, and local songwriter
Bain Mattox—Kapousouz's husband—will likely sit in on a few numbers. "Basil will be
there, too," says Kapousouz. "We'll probably have to smuggle him in in a sling. That'll be
Bain's challenge." [Chris Hassiotis]
Amanda Kapousouz
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