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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Don't look now, but it's been a busy week
here in Athens. Let's just jump into it below...
Remembering Randy: A tribute, gathering
and celebration for the life of the late Randy
Bewley will be held on his birthday, Saturday,
July 25, at the 40 Watt Club. Featured
performers include Flash to Bang Time,
Tunabunny, The Gold Party and temporarily
reunited Everybody, Everybody (see below
for more info) and it looks as if a few choice
Pylon covers will be somewhere in the mix,
too. At the time of his passing in February
of this year, Bewley was actively playing in
Sound Houses, Supercluster and, of course,
Pylon, the band he founded in the late 1970s
with musician and artist Michael Lachowski.
Lachowski and Spencer Rich will be DJ*ing
throughout the night, spinning "music perti
nent to Pylon's heritage." Lachowski describes
his selections as "What Randy and I would
have played if this party was in 1979."
Attendees will also get to see previously
unscreened segments of the never-released
Pylon Movie which was shot over several road
trips by the band in the late 1980s. Special
limited-edition tribute t-shirts will be on sale,
and Nu^i's Space will benefit from a portion
of the proceeds. All in all, this event is a lov
ing tribute crafted by some of Bewle/s closest
friends in the world. I can't imagine he'd be
anything less than entirely pleased.
A Reunited: Nate Mitchell will treat Athens
to an encore performance of his multi-
media dance band Everybody, Everybody.
Formed in the summer of 2007 by Mitchell
(Cars Can Be Blue) and Laura Swindall
(Christopher's Liver), the band had expanded
to include Melissa Colbert (Creepy), David
Specht (Quiet Hooves) and John Fernandes
(Circulatory System). After a mere handful of
shows, Swindall moved to San Francisco and
Mitchell, loathe to replace her, pulled the plug
on the band. Now, with Swindall visiting town,
Everybody, Everybody will perform at Ben's
Bikes on Sunday, July 26. This is the full-
fledged reunion show, and it will be, according
to Mitchell, "quite the gala event" featuring
disco lights and video projections from artists
Michael Lachowski and Ray Burg. The afore
mentioned 40 Watt appearance was booked
later, and it will serve mostly as a teaser for
this show. Refresh your memory over at www.
myspace.com/evrybdyevrybdy.
Watch for Falling Homeboys: Athens' country-
rapper Colt Ford was honored by Wal-Mart
this month by becoming the chain's "Country
Pick" for July. Additionally, Ford's debut
album, Ride Through the Country, has sold
around 40,000 physical copies and 100,000
certified, paid downloads. Ford is currently on
tour, and his dates can be found by heading
over to www.coltford.com.
A Few Things Here: Venice Is Sinking
will be heading out of town several times
between now and early August, mostly in the
Southeast. Also, while the band is still hot
to trot from its newest album, Azar, Venice Is
Sinking will release a new five-song EP called
Okay on Sept. 22. The record will include a
couple of alternate mixes of songs from Azar.'
You can stream the EP over at www.ilike.com/
artist/Venice+Is+Sinking/album/Okay. In other
news, the band was originally raising money
for its third album through Kickstarter.com,
but in the wake of the fire at the Georgia
Theatre they have decided to donate all pro
ceeds from this process to the Theatre fund.
Venice Is Sinking spent several weekends .
recording in the Theatre, and had grown to
love the acoustics of the
room. Please see www.
kickstarter.com for more
details on this and www.
veniceissinking.net for
more details in general.
Women on Tracy: New
ATHICA music director,
longtime local musician
Erica Strout, has assem
bled a special show for
Wednesday, July 29 at
the arts space. The show,
Guitars and Their Girls:
An Evening of Original
Acoustic Music, will
feature performances
from Heidi Hensley,
Charleston, SC artists Megan Jean and the
Klay Family Band and Brooklyn artist Chelsea
Lynn La Bate who will be joined by Tommy
Hunt. The show runs from 7-10 p.m. and
will feature a special set of children's songs
performed by Hensley in its first half hour.
Children under six are free, and the suggested
donation for everyone else is $6-$9. For more
information, please see www.athica.org.
That's Entertainment!: Another Athens hotel
is jumping into the live music game. Although
not yet opened, the Rialto Room, located
at the yet-to-be-opened Hotel Indigo,
has announced its first shows. They'll host
David Smits (9/11), yacht rock godhead
Christopher Cross (9/25), T. Graham Brown
and Jimmy Hall (10/2), gravel throated, oh-
yeah-you-know-that-one-song Kim Carnes
(11/6), Shawn Mullins (11/13) and, accord
ing to the Rialto Room a very special appear
ance that will be announced on August 29 for
a performance on November 20. Now, given
the above list, let's just guess. Survivor? Eddie
Money? Gerry Rafferty? Oh, the possibilities
are endless. For more information, please see
www.therialtoroom.com/index.htmi
Just announced: Acclaimed drone metal band
Sunn 0))) is playing two nights at the Seney-
Stovall Chapel on Milledge Avenue, Sept. 27
& 28. The acoustics at this intimate theater
should be amazing. Tickets go on sale Friday,
July 24 at Wuxtry and School Kids record
stores for $15! [Michelle Gilzenrat]
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