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DAVID W. GRIFFETH,
Attorney
announces the relocation of his law office
to Downtown in the Fred Building
220 College Ave. Ste. 612,
Athens, Georgia
(706) 353-1360
(former location 9")7 Baxter St'
Admitted to the Bar of the United
States Supreme Court since 1976*
•And lesser courts
Specializing in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death,
Criminal Defense, Credit Card/Debt Relief, DUI,
Drug Cases and more.
Listed in Error in the AT&T/Bellsmith_
Phone Book under “Law Office” »
www.DavidWGriffeth.com
1HE CALBUDARI
Tasty World
10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net
HELEN, DODGE Local Americana act
that began as a songwriter-in-the-
round on a back porch and has now
finally cemented into a full-fledged
band featuring Neal Canup, Mark
Cunningham, Roger Alan Wade
and Corey Holland performing both
original music and obscure covers.
Thursday 28
40 Watt Club
10 p.m. $5 (21+). $7(18+).
www.40wtt.com
ALL-CITY CANNONBALLERS
Local songwriter J.S. Dillard fronts
ACC, formerly known as Honey. If
you’re into swell classic rock like
Creedence, The Faces, T. Rex. the
Stones and Tom Petty, you'll find a
lot to like here.
THE IBILISI TAKEDOWN This
Athens band plays energetic
Southern rock and sultry blues
punctuated by fiddle, harmonica
and guitar.
LONA Local Southern rock band
fronted by Clay Leverett and featur
ing members ot other bands such as
Hayride, Star Room Boys and Drip.
Alibi
9p.m.-1 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
“STAN’S ALMOST FAMOUS
KARAOKE’’ Karaoke lady Lynn is
your energetic host for the night.
Every Thursday.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
JUNGOL Experimental electronic
rock from Atlanta that ranges from
ethereal to aggressive with operatic
pop vocals.
KEBERT XELA With Chris Howe
currently on tour with Virginia band
Shapiro, the other half of Kebert Xela
(Doug Saylor) will be manning the
mountain of electronics tonight with
a little help from some friends.
TODAY THE MOON, TOMORROW
THE SUN Endearing electro-rock
from Atianta featuring sweet and
strong female vocals backed by
fierce guitars. See Record Reviews
on p. 13.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
CHIP MCKENZIE The Still, Small
Voice and the Joyful Noise frontman
plays a solo set.
Flicker Theatre & Bar”
8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/
flickerbar
THE HEAP Local indie-soul band
that’s been praised by the likes of
Violent Femmes and Kevn Kinney.
VINYL STRANGERS Timelessly
charming classic-sounding pop
rock reminiscent of early Beatles
and Byrds.
Georgia Theatre
10 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com*
3 FOOT SWAGGER Local band
featuring musicians Dave Cardello,
Jake Cohen, Scott Lerch, Charlie
McCoy and Jeff Reusche. The
Swagger plays dynamic, high-ener
gy rock and roll with a lot of funk.
Girasoles
6-9 p.m. FREE! 706-310-0410
SONNY GOT BLUE Local jazz group
featuring James Goodhand (bass),
George Davidson (tenor sax),
Andrew Miirrlison (trumpet) and
Karl Friday (drums) plays swing and
Latin jazz standards for the dinner
crowd every Thursday.
Wednesday, May 27 continued from p. 19
Go Bar
9 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar
“DR. FRED S KARAOKE” Hosted
by karaoke fanatic John ‘Dr. Fred’
Bowers, every Thursday, following
thp tivp mncir
MURDER MEDIA Hardcore punk out
of South Carolina.
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.
( SMEGMA Featuring members of
scrappy punk band Rockspring
Destroyers.
The Melting Point
Athens 441.8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7
(door), www.meltingpointathens.
com*
DEAD CONFEDERATE With its
moody, dark weaving of Southern
rock and grunge, Dead Confederate
is quickly ascending in popularity
across the nation and beyond.
PARKER GISPERT The Whigs’ lead
vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist
gives an opening solo performance
accompanied by Matt Stossel. See
Calendar Pick on p. 20.
No Where Bar
11p.m. 706-546-4742
ADAM PAYNE BAND Paynes
impressively versatile tenor is some
what reminiscent of Neil Young’s
nasal delivery. Payne writes songs
with a lot of heart—the kind of tunes
that can either make you tear up or
laugh out loud.
The Office Lounge
6-8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840
JOANNE PARKS TIDWELL This
singer-songwriter from Jackson, MS
covers all the classics plus some
new popular music in her own style.
Rye Bar
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryeba-
rathens
UP WITH THE JONESES Peppy, up
beat melodic rock four-piece out of
Chattanooga, TN that is into incor
porating some country-style vocal
harmonies and is heavy on energetic
stage antics.
Tasty World
10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net
THE CHRIS DEMARCO BAND Last
year, the titular frontman from this
Georgia-based classic rock band re
leased his ‘lost tracks’ from the 70s
and ‘80s alongside his most recent
spacey new wave and synth sound.
LEAVING ARABY Pop-rock quartet
with a style akin to yesteryear radio
sweethearts Goo Goo Dolls, Gin
Blossoms and the like.
MEGAFAUNA Energetic distorted
guitar riffs, lilting female vocals and
straightforward drums highlight this
Austin indie band's chaotic music.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com
JAZZCHRONIC Local five-piece band
JazzChronic explores freaky, funky,
psychedelic fusion jazz while incor
porating rock, R&B, heavy beats and
more into the stew.
Wild Wing Caf§
9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com
NAPOLEON SOLO This multitasking
one-man rock band handles it all.
40 Watt Club
9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt.
com
THE CORDUROY Colorado’s The
Corduroy provides a groovy blend of
funk, blues and Americana complete
with alto sax. flute, guitar and bass.
MAMA’S LOVE Young, funky jam
band from right here in Athens.
Alibi
9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
HAMMERSTRAT Blues-heavy
Southern rock based in Statham,
formerly known as The Rustlers.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $6 (21+), $8 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
THE CLASSIC BASTARDS Members
of the Primus Cover Band offer
original songs with a similar cheeky,
funk-metal swagger. And if they
sneak in a few covers... is it luck?
GAYLORD This Atlanta-via-Rochester,
NY prog-metal band experiments
with genres such as electronica, jazz,
funk and surf rock.
LAZER/WOlf This local avant-metal
trio mixes in prog, thrash as well as
more eclectic influences, and was
named the 2008 Flagpole Band ot
the Year. The group recently released
its debut LP, The Void That Isnl
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‘Las Venas Abiertas de America
Latina.’ 9 p.m. $5. www.athenscine.
com
INCATEPEC A combination of tra
ditional tunes from South America
and Cuba with a unique jazz twist.
Tonight is a special performance in
honor of the indigenous people of
Latin America. Aerial dancers will
also perform.
ONE L Local band One L plays Afro-
Cuban-inspired music that blends
rock, funk and soul with clave pat
terns and electric guitar. Featuring
Afro-Cuban percussion, a searing
horn section and authentic Cuban
instruments.
Crossroads Community
Church
6 p.m. $5. 706-247-6322.
SCARLET SNOW Local band Scarlet
Snow (Ian Canalis, Mike Cowan
. and Suzanne Cowan) offers melodic
Christian rock in a Coldplay/U2-lite
vein All proceeds tonight benefit the
church’s mission project in Varna,
Bulgaria.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
BRIAN CONNELL Local musician
whose original songs are in the
classic spirit of Leonard Cohen and
Bob Dylan.
ROMANENKO Local trio draws from
70s pop and folk with a modern
rock edge, like Mary Timony fronting
the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Fat Daddy’s
9 p.m. FREE'706-353-0241
IMPULSE RIDE Covers and some
‘90s alternative rock-sounding origi
nals. The group has opened for the
Goo Goo Dolls and Third Eye Blind.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/
flickerbar
PATRICK CAREY The Ginger
Envelope trontman plays slow-
rolling countryish pop marked by
Thursday, May 28
Megafauna,
Leaving Araby,
The Chris DeMarco Band
Tasty World
Remember the shock of see
ing Juctfer for the first time? The
adrenaline jolt of seeing lead
singfer Amber Valentine shred her
guitar in a one-million-notes-a- Megafauna
second blast of power? If that
experience is worth reliving, be sure to check out Austin's Megafauna.
Megafauna lead singer and chief songwriter Dani Neff may not be the heavy metal
hero that Valentine is, but she does share the dubious reputation for lulling the casual
and presumptive listener into thinking that her band may be something a bit softer, a
bit quieter and a bit more laid back than the grunge rock and metal-inspired guitar mad
ness than it unleashes. And Neff is quite used to preconceived notions about being in a
female : fronted band.
"There's a stereotype with people assuming what kind of music we play. Actually, the
paper in Chicago described us as a folk-pop band, and I don't know how, but it's great to
mess with people's expectations," says Neff.-
Megafauna's roots aren't in the flowery pop of Joni Mitchell or the angst-ridden dirges
of Tori Amos, instead’Neff and fellow bandmembers Will Krause and Cameron Page craft
music with a bit more muscle and masculine influences.
For those who are in the know, expect a great evening of powerful guitar rock with
ethereal vocals, and be sure not to ruin the surprise for those who have no idea. Music
starts at 10 p.m., and the show costs $5 at the door. [Jason Bugg]
YAM