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285 W Washington St Athens. GA • Call 706-549-7871 lor Show Updates
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Fat Daddy’s
10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241
KARAOKE Huge karaoke dance party
hosted by Lynn every Tuesday.
Go Bar
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar
THE BORDER LIONS Rock and roll
trio that plays 70s-inspired songs,
with styles ranging from beachy to
bluesy.
EUREKA CALIFORNIA Recently
expanded from the 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.
ROMANENKO Local trio draws from
70s pop and folk with a modern
rock edge, like Mary Timony fronting
the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
whose plaintive voice is reminiscent
of Jeff Mangum's.
PONY BONES Experimental folk art
ist Pony Bones wails and screams
over de-tuned guitars and modified
banjos.
Go Bar
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar
PUSHY LIPS This experimental
Nashville band pumps out post-rock
in the spirit of Stint with lo-fi psy
chedelic female vocals.
Harry Bissett's Bayou
Grill
6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193
TINY JAZZ ARKESTRA Experimental
yet accessible, the Tiny Jazz Arkestra
plays music influenced by the last
half century of jazz: from the golden
age of Blue Note to the postmodern
sounds of The Knitting Factory.
The Melting Point
8 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.
com
THE DADDY MACK BLUES BAND
No-nonsense blues legends with
licks as sharp as their suits. Fronted
by guitarist “Daddy" Mack Orr.
The Office Lounge
9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840
KARAOKE Every Wednesday with
Stan.
Thursday 11
40 Watt Club
10 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com
ALL THE SAINTS Jagged and distant.
All the Saints' atmospheric guitar,
vocals and percussion craft a great
wall of psychedelic noise that’s equal
parts Sabbath and Floyd.
TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS
Prolific, progressive and eloquent
indie punk band that infuses ele
ments of folk, hardcore and soul.
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TITUS ANDRONICUS Reckless, spir
ited punk rock stomps with grungy
undertones inspired by bands like
Minor Threat and Galaxie 500.
Alibi
9 p.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.
Allen’s Bar & Grill
6:30 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill.
com
JON PENLAND This acoustic singer-
songwriter from Toccoa, GA is
influenced by artists like Switchtoot,
Creed and Jack Johnson. He has a
“rare comfortableness iq front of a
crowd' thanks to years performing at
his church.
Blur
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/biurathens
DJS LATINUM 10K & D:RCThetwo
DJs spin their best drum and bass.
Buffalo’s Southwest
Caf6
6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655
LIVE JAZZ Jazz Tuesdays feature a
. new jazz band every week. Call for
this week's lineup.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
DEAD DOG Local band delivers
frenetic, spunky lo-fi punk delivered
with a pop smile.
HOTCHACHA With husky, sultry
rock vocals like Kim Gordon (Sonic
Youth), this all lady quartet from
Cleveland mixes moody post-rock
guitars with new wave sass and edgy
rhythms.
SPRING TIGERS UK transplant Kris
Barratt (ex-Capes) fronts Athens’
own melodic Britpop rockers.
TUNABUNNY Experimental local .
act featuring hazy and warped ex
perimental psychedelia. Dual female
guitarists/vocalists are backed by
synthesized percussion and a wall
of noise.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
DAN NETTLES Celebrated local jazz
musician known for his work front
ing Kenosha Kid.
The Melting Point
7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens.
com*
REDLINE EXPRESS This Hillsboro,
GA group features music vets whose
interests range from classic blue-
grass to modern acoustic sounds.
THE CALENDAR! continued from p. 19
Athens and Clarke County. Space is
limited. RSVP by June 24.5:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-353-1801
EVENTS: Star Spangled Classic
7/4 (Bishop Park) Featuring inflat-
ables, old-fashioned family games,
a dunking booth, children's art
activities, music and concessions.
Culminates with a movie in the
park that will replace the traditional
fireworks display. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-
613-3589
LECTURES & LIT.: “Emancipation:
Lincoln’s Second Thoughts" 7/5
(ACC Library) Dr. Barry Schwartz,
Professor Emeritus of Sociology at
UGA, discusses Lincoln’s feelings of
ambivalence about the Emancipation •
Proclamation. 3 p.m. FREE! 7(36-
613-3650
* Advance Tickets Available
Expect a genuine downhome sound
complete with fiddle, resonator,
acoustic, stand-up bass and banjo.
No Where Bar
9 p.m. 706-546-4742
LANEY STRICKLAND BAND Classic
Southern rock with bluesy riffs, wail
ing organ and soulful vocals.
Square One Restaurant
and Bar
8-11 p.m. FREE! www.squareon-
efishco.com
ROBBY WELLS Vocalist for the
Savannah-based jam band Mellow
Motion plays a solo acoustic set on
the patio.
Wild Wing Cafe
10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com
KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at
the downtown wing chain's upstairs
space.
Wednesday 10
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
CHARTREUSE Drew Smith, guitarist
lor Chrissakes, now makes icy, am
bient music under this moniker.
LET’S GO EXPLORING Lethargic,
minimalist riffs and punkish vocals
dominate this Florida band's sound.
THE RANDOM NOTES OF DECAY
The melodic death metal Irom this
Florida band carries its own blend of
lo-fi vocals and shoegazey drone.
Fat Daddy’s
10p.m.-1 a.m. FREE! 706-353-0241
OPEN MIC Featuring Avery Dylan.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
flickerbar
OWLBEAH Solo acoustic singer/
songwriter based here in Athens
St Vincent
St. Vincent's one-woman
show Annie Clark—a member
of The Polyphonic Spree and
a touring musician in Sufjan
Stevens' band—was an
instant charmer on her 2007
debut Many Me. Meticulous,
knowing pop veered between
the innovative and the twee,
tying together and shaking
out a number of pop influ
ences. Though Many Me's
whimsical flourishes haven't
been set completely aside
for Clark's sophomore effort (which also boasts an increase in contributing musicians),
they've been buried, exhumed and reinterred on Actor, secluded deep within tangled
arrangements and guitar tones pushed subtly into the red.
And the cleanliness of Clark's vocals remains, spotlighted against the cacophony of
Actor, it's the sort of jazzy, lounge-friendly, open-voweled delivery that Nellie McKay uses
(to, granted, much more precious effect). The incessant, pounding second half of "Black
Rainbow/' though, a string-laced apocalypse, is more indicative of Actor's nightmarish
turn.
"Marrow" owes a serious debt to Bjbrk, packed as it is with fuzzed-out distortion,
digitized brass, hauntingly weird vocals and girded by a foreboding technological beat.
(Bowie's Scary Monsters could just as easily be a touchstone.) In.fact, a lot of Bjork's
love of both techie innovation and old-school, classicist nostalgia—particularly as evi
denced on her Debut and Past albums—shows up on Actor, released last month, though
Clark pretties up the pretty while letting the dirty remain just so. And like her Icelandic
counterpart, Clark revels in idiosyncrasy and is all the more successful for doing so. The
calm first, now the storm. (Chris Hassiotis]
LIVE MUSIC
Tuesday 9
40 Watt Club
10 p.m. $5. www.caiedonialounge.
com*
AMONG THE OAK & ASH Featuring
Josh Joplin and Garrison Starr,
both artists signed independently to
major labels as teens. The duo plays
modern interpretations of dark, strik
ingly beautiful numbers rooted in the
sullen melancholy of Appalachian
ballads.
FUTUREBIRDS Local folk-rock col
lective with a tattered, raspy edge.
JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD Young,
edgy musician who approaches
country sounds with an alternative,
indie perspective.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $8 (21+). $10 (18+). www.
caledonialounge.com
D NUMBERS A colorful hybrid of in
strumental rock and electronica that
ranges in mood and tonality from
ambient to rock to funk. Features
both analog sounds plus layers of
loops and samples.
SEADUB Local DJ Colin Williams
spins and mixes dubstep.