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PACKWAY HANDLE BAND
Packway’s "gather around the mic"
approach to bluegrass provides sly,
hearty original songs and renditions
ol classic tunes. The band's close
lour-part harmonies are backed by
high energy, and the contemporary
lyrics are delivered with an engaging
sense of humor.
Mercury Lounge
8 p.m. FREE! www.mercuryathens.com
DJ APPLEPAUL Late-night dance
party following the band.
ONE TON TOMATO Local salsa band
featuring members of The HEAP.
Nu^i's Space
Day of the Horse! 8 p.m. $5. www.
nuci.org
GIFT HORSE Athens’ Gift Horse is as
dark and brooding as it is sensual.
The ominous yet sparse tones creep
and ache with tingling reverb.
HORSE EGGS Members of Quiet
Hooves.
SLEEPY HORSES NicGoodson’s
band Sleepy Horses specializes in
West Texas alt-country rock and
feedback-and-loop-laced shoegazey
soundscapes. New EP out now! Read
our review on p. 30.
Rye Bar
10:30 p.m. $3 (21+). $5 (18+). www.
myspace.com/ryebarathens
THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH
Athens-based instrumental jam band
with some tropical leanings.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com
SPLINTER BELLY This local band
describes itself as “blue(s)grass."
which seems to be an apt summa
tion of its soulful, rootsy Americana
sound.
Wild Wing Cafe
10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com
WORMSLOEW This polished young
band from Savannah blends the
folky alternative rock of Sister Hazel
with the bluesy improvisation of a
jam band.
WUGA 91.7 FM
4 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org
“IT’S FRIDAY" Jazz band Free
Lunch and country rocker Betsy
Franck perform on the local radio
station’s weekly program. University
Cable Channel 15 will also broad
cast the show.
Saturday 13
283 Bar
10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283
IMMUZIKATION Local deejay
Immuzikation is Alfredo Lapuz, Jr.
He just wants you to know that "he
mixes music together." Learn more
about the mix master at www.im-
muzikation.net.
VELVETEEN PINK This matching-
outfit-clad quartet of funksters plays
electro-based, groove-laden, upbeat
stuff in the Prince, Stevie Wonder
and Jamiroquai style.
40 Watt Club
9 p.m. $10 (advance). www.40watt.
com*
PRINCETON Somewhat sparse,
upbeat pop with mopey but charm
ing vocals. If you enjoy Vampire
Weekend’s instrumentation and ar
rangements or Belle and Sebastian's
twee melodies, this might be for you.
RA RA RIOT Upbeat indie pop
darkened by stirring violin and cello
accompaniment.
SO MANY DYNAMOS Driving, in
novative rock that has deservedly
earned its share of comparisons to
Q and Not U and Les Savy Fav. See
p. 25.
Alibi
9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
JEREMY SCRUGGS Multi
instrumentalist from Anderson, SC
with powerful, classic rnck vocals.
Allen's Bar & Grill
9:30 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill.
com
GRAINS OF SAND Performing clas
sic Motown hits.
Borders Books & Music
3 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647
SEAN ARINGTON Rip-your-heart-out
acoustic pop originals and covers
from Athenian singer/songwriter
Sean Arington, formerly of bands
Big Atomic and One Big Eye.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
BAMBARA Citing both dreamy and
aggressive bands as influences, this
local band has a sound that is truly
right in between—Slowdive-like
atmospherics marched occasionally
with Fugazi ferocity.
IRON HERO Epic and intricate dark
poetry sung over propulsive, reverb
laden rock.
VINCAS Project from Chris McNeal
(ex-Paper Lions. Teenage-Meth Lab.
Maserati).
Cin6 Barcafe
11 p.m. FREE! (ladies), $7 (guys).
www.athenscine.com
FIESTA! LATIN NITE Atlanta-based
DJ E.U. spins fresh cuts of salsa,
merengue, reggaeton, bachata and
mixes from his new LP, Ke Es La
Ke, Vol 1.
Farm 255
11 p.m. www.farm255.com
DRUID CITY "Original compositions
blending consumer-grade electronic
keyboards, guitar and saxophone.’
Featuring Julien DeRocher (guitar,
banjo), Larry Tucker (sax) and Aaron
Wegelin (drums), DeRocher’s songs
are pastoral, emotional and sincerely
moving folk-leaning works deco
rated with electronic flourishes.
D. CHARLES SPEER Founding
members of New England avant-
gardists No Neck Blues Band and
Sunburned Hand ot the Man playing
revisionist honky tonk influenced by
Gary Stewart and Nets Cline.
Fat Daddy’s
9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241
DIXIE MAFIA Local rock cover band.
Flicker Theatre &. Bar
Flicker PA. Benefit. 8:30 p.m. $5. www.
myspace.com/flickerbar
DON CHAMBERS This local favorite’s
whiskey-soaked bootstomps capture
a certain dusty closing-tiflle chic.
Rough and tumble vocals scratch
and howl over rootsy guitars, banjo
and pedal steel.
HOLA HALO “’70s keys, dripping gui
tars and marching band drums" are
the specialty of this local band.
KAITLIN JONES Local folk guitarist/
vocalist Kaitlin Jones (Fine Line.
Porch to the People) performs a set
of Americana-tinged tunes.
TIN CUP PROPHETTE Local artist
Amanda Kapousouz blends genres
as she switches instruments and
loops her airy vocals and violin
around guitar and drums, backed by
percussionist Jeremy Wheatley.
Georgia Theatre
9:30 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.
com*
BETSY FRANCK & THE BARE
KNUCKLE BAND Soulful, brassy
Southern rock and country songs
rooted in tradition, but with a mod
ern sensibility.
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THE SPLITZ
Tickets $7 adv • $10 at the door
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18
Monthly Jazz Series featuring
THE HALF
DOZEN BRASS
BAND
1/2 Price Wine and only $3 ot the door
FRIDAY DECEMBER 19
An Evening with
ABBEY ROAD
LIVE!
performing the Abbey Road
album in its entirety & more
Tickets $10 odv • $12 at the door
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20 '
Holiday Gathering with
DUBCONSCIOUS
with special guests
KENOSHA KID and
DJsTRIZ and SEA DUBS
Tickets $10 adv • $13 at the door
COMING SOON —
12/26 - Evening with RANDALL BRAMBLETT BAND
12/27 - RACK OF SPAM ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW
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SPECIALS & GIVEAWAYS ALL NIGHT1
DEC 10 - BIG C & THE RINGERS
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DEC 17-THE MARQUEE BLUES BAND
JAN 7 - THE V1BRATONES
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