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Vetiver
Tuesday, March 24
Vetiver,
Larkin Grimm
40 Watt Club
Songwriter Andy
Cabic heads up
San Francisco neo-
Folk band Vetiver,
and it's a heady
endeavor indeed he
undertakes. Over
the course of three
previous albums, his
tunes veered from
the abstract and sur-
really atmospheric to
warmer and more comfortable sounds. On Tight Knit, the band's first release for the ven
erable Sub Pop label, Cabic 8. Co. expand on past sounds while remaining firmly, deeply,
inextricably rooted in '60s folk and 70s songwriter-plus-band trends.
In feet, Vetiver's been downright bucolic and a fine addition for Sub Pop, a label
that has ever more shifted from the heavy grunge of the '90s to the reverberatingly
blissful folk rock of, well, now and then. Heck, Vetiver may be the best example of this
new brand of backwards-glancing rockers (see also: Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, Devendra
Banhart) in that Cabic's emphasis on songwriting is in no way distracted or bent by
style. You could plug in these guitars and lay some synth melodies over tunes like the
jangly "More of This" or the tithely funky "Another Reason to Go" and they'd be just as
strong. Tight Knit, in feet, is less woodsy than past Vetiver albums, but the gauzy harmo
nies remain versatile and inviting.
Cabric has toured the world extensively both in his own right and as a leader of
Vetiver. You may have also seen him backing longtime friend Devendra Banhart on guitar
and vocals on many of Banharfs sundry projects. Vetiver was last in Athens two years
ago opening for '60s folkie Vashti Bunyan; this time around the band's headlining, bring
ing along another folk winner in avant-Appalachian songstress Larkin Gr\mm.
Doors open at 9 p.m., and advance tickets are available online at www.40watt.com for
$10. [Chris Hassiotis]
Caledonia Lounge
• 10 p.m. $5(21+), $7(18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
DROPSONIC Driving, incessant guitar
and yearning vocal melodrama in a
Chris Cornell/Jimmy Page kinda
way characterize this energetic
Atlanta trio.
EAT LIGHTNING DIY garage rock
trio from Augusta, featuring dreamy
arrangements and layered, distant
vocals.
THE EMPTIES Local pop-rockers The
Empties combine melancholy vocals
with surprisingly harmonized cho
ruses, in an interesting combination
of rhythmic mope-rock and more
driving hard rock.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
HOLA HALO “70s keys, dripping gui
tars and marching band drums* are
the specialty of this local band.
STILL, SMALL VOICE AND THE
JOYFUL NOISE A revolving lineup
of family and friends pounding out
garage-rock spirituals
Fat Daddy’s
9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241
AGAINST ALL ODDS Alternative rock
band based in Danielsville, GA.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 pm. $5. www myspace com/
flickerbar
THE DARK KNIGHTS OF CAMELOT
Heavily touring, cinematic indie-rock
trio from Mississippi, like Cursive or
Shudder to Think.
FACE Tender acoustic rock trio featur
ing locals Jay Kellom on vocals,
guitar and piano, Cole Keese on up
right bass and Tad Wilder on drums.
ROMANENKO Local trio draws from
70s pop and folk with a modern
rock edge—like Mary Timony front
ing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
LATE SHOW. 12:30 a.m. www mys-
pace.com/flickefbar
PRESCHOOL Dirty, dancy “fun-punk*
(funk?) from Brattleboro. Vermont '
Featuring members of Michael
Jordan's Touchdown Pass.
THE WILD Driving, impassioned
folk-punk from Atlanta. First show
in Atnens!
Georgia Theatre
8 p.m. SOLD OUT! www.georgiatheatre.
com
INFERNO Hot electronic trance from
Atlanta.
STS9
Go Bar
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar
CEREPHESIS Dirty punk from
Florida, pumped up with ska and
hardcore.
DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk,
sultry soul, righteous R&B, and
a whole lotta unexpected faves as
DJ Mahogany dips into his bag of
goodies from the ‘60s, 70s and '80s.
Following the live music.
REEKS OF FAILURE Three-piece
punk band that takes its cues from
bands like Bad Religion, Jawbreaker,
Minor Threat, The Descendants and ’
Face to Face.
SO IT GOES Socially conscious punk
rock band that infuses elements of
Spanish rock, folk and ska.
Happy Valley Pottery
Spring Fling Pottery Sale 7 p.m. FREE!
706-769-5922
MAD WHISKEY GRIN Alternating
between six- and 12-string guitar,
local musician Frank Williams slides
and finger-picks his way through
bluesy and decidedly American
sounds.
OPEN DRUM CIRCLE Led by Kevin
Shulhan, following live music.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. www myspace com/littlek-
ingsshuffleclub
A POSTWAR DRAMA Local group
featuring edgy, original folk tunes.
EUREKA CALIFORNIA Recently
expanded fromlhe solo project of
Jake Ward to a full band, Eureka
California is a local indie band
influenced by American indie that
sounds like British indie influenced
by American indie. Also, it rocks.
HORSE PARTY Almost-epic Casio
pop with a self-described ’melodra
matic* tendency.
STEGOSAURUS Usually witty,
sometimes danceable and always
raw. this local trio plays songs about
down-and-out characters who crash
on .‘14 Couches,* don't want to roll
cigarettes or feel as ancient as a
dinosaur.
The Melting Point
6 p.m. $10 (adv), $13 (door), www.
meltingpointathens.com*
CEDRIC WATSON AND BIJOU
CREOLE Graramy-nominated
zydeko and Creole artist plays
fiddle, accordion and sings lead for
his folk/afro-beat collective, Bijou
Creole.
Mercury Lounge
8 p.m. FREE! www.mercuryathens.com
LIVE JAZZ Jazz Fridays feature a new
jazz band every week. Call for this
week's lineup.
Rye Bar
10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
ryebarathens
FASCINATION An '80s dance party
with DJ Gregory!
Tasty World
10 p.m. $5. wwwtastyworld.net
THE DROWNOUT The Drownout is
high-energy indie-rock from Atlanta
combining New Wave beats with
grungy guitars.
LAST NOVEMBER North Georgia
band Last November plays a high-
strung kind of cock rock with a nod
towards pop-punk. All the Gory
Details is the name of the debut
album.
SEQUOYAH PREP SCHOOL
Southern rock from Florence, SC
with subtle twang and a heavy coat
of pop gloss.
THE MEDIA SAYS Doe-eyed boys
whose windswept bangs give the
JoBros a run for their money. The
vocals are churned through Auto-
Tune, the polished rock is electroni
cally enhanced, and the MySpace
page will suffocate you with all its
Twittering, chatrooms and youthful •
vibrancy.
Tasty Bar (Downstairs). North East
Georgia Food Bank Benefit. 10 p.m.
$1 (w/ canned food), $2 (w/o canned
food), www.tastyworld.net
CANS U DIG IT? Local independent
record label Mantooth Music pres
ents the second of this year's hip-,
hop canned food drives. Tonights
show features: Stanza, Son1 and
the Insurgents. J-Prophet, The
King DJ, Lil’Jaband Kinghill.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com
SUEX EFFECT The trio of guitarist
Ricky Barrett, drummer Jonathan
Daniels and bassist Miles Karp
plays psychedelicized funk rock
instrumentals, relying on spacey
harmonies. Faces of the Tree is the
full-length debut.
Wild Wing Cafe
10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com
JUSTIN BROGDON Rock vet Justin
Brogdon puts a lot of Southern soul
into his epic songs—drawing from
artists like The Black Crowes and
Tom Petty.
WUGA 91.7 FM
4 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org
"IT’S FRIDAY!” UGA Opera
Ensemble will perform on the lo
cal radio station's weekly program.
University Cable Channel 15 will
also broadcast the show.
Saturday 21
283 Bar
10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283
DJ ANONYMI Blending elements
of world music and contemporary
hits to bring a fresh sound to dance
music. Tonight's theme Is The Balkan
Basement, spinning "gypsy hotstep,
Balkan beats and drum 'n' brass.*
40 Watt Club
VH1 Save the Music Benefit. 9:30 p.m.
$6 (21+), $8 (18+). www.40watt.com
BEHIND THE SUN Red Hot Chili
Peppers tribute.
EL SCORCHO Weezer tribute.
Alibi
9 p.m. $5.706-549-1010
BIG DON BAND Real Southern rock
featuring vocals with lots of soulful
drawl backed by smooth, bluesy gui
tars. Lynyrd Skynyrd would approve.
The new lineup features Big Don
Spurlin (guitar), Brian Daniel (bass),
Jeff Hargens (drums) and Jason
Crowe (keys).
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Allen's Bar & Grill
9:30 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill.
com
ELIJAH This four-piece band takes
cues from blues, rock, funk, jazz
and even some hip-hop to mix up.
an improvisational stew. Winner of
the 2008 Flagpole a ward for Best Up
and Coming Artist
Borders Books & Music
3 p.m. FREE' 706-583-8647
OR. IAN JOHNSON Easy listening
* jazz on two keyboards to emulate a
jazz band sound.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (2t+), $7 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
APOB Self-proclaimed *un-punk*
band based out of Lilburn, GA
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