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Fat Daddy’s
10 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE! 706-353-0241
OPEN MIC Every Wednesday featur
ing Avery Dylan.
Go Bar
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar
BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Raucous
psychedelic explorations led by
members of Sleeping Friends,
The Lickity-Splits and Ice Cream
Socialists.
FAST BOYES Members of Quiet
Hooves and friends lead what they
call an “improvisational group and
dance therapy." The group records
live onto a four-track, slows it
down, and then jams overthe track
for a while, building up to “the Dig
surprise."
NARWHALZ This Richmond elec
tronic group has been described as
“insano 8-bit shards of icecream,"
a description that oddly starts to
make perfect sense after giving them
a listen. *
ROMO ROTO Percussion-driven
experimental noise duo.
Harry Bissett’s Bayou
Grill
6 p.m. FREE'706-552-1193
MILLIGAN Performing a set of cover
songs from CSNY to Johnny Cash
to Jack Johnson to Maroon 5, this
band reworks both classic rockers
and more recent hits.
Locos Grill & Pub
8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Westside
location)
JOHN KEANE AND NATHAN
SHEPPARD Acclaimed producer
and rocker John Keane will be joined
by local acoustic stalwart Nathan
Sheppard for a set of rock and
Americana numbers.
The Melting Point
9 p.m. $5. meltingpointathens.com
ROLLIN'HOME This band jams
originals with a Dead groove and a
Southern rock leaning.
The Office Lounge
9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840
KARAOKE Every Wednesday with
Stan.
Tasty World Uptown
10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net
KAOS House music every Wednesday!
Thursday 23
283 Bar
10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283
DJ SHINE(Y) Mixing up dance hits
trom female artists.
40 Watt Club
9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt.
com
CLAY LEVERETT One of this town's
finest country frontmen, Leverett has
led both The Chasers and Lona.
NIGHTINGALE NEWS The musical
vehicle of local songwriter Coy King.
Expect some indie country with
poetic lyricism.
TIMBER Frontman Daniel Aaron
serves up his brand of hangover-
friendly country rock. His lyric-
focused arrangements are often
nestled within minimalist instru
mentation, incorporating the fiddle,
piano, pedal steel and xylophone.
Alibi
9 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
KARAOKE DANCE PARTY WITH
LYNN 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 Switchfoot,
Creed and Jack Johnson. He has a
‘rare comfortableness in front of a
crowd* thanks to years performing at
his church.
Blur
10 p.m. FREE! 706-543-8283
DJ D:RC PRESENTS NEON The
second installment of NEON dance
party at Blur, with Lexus Luttior,
Thump & Hustle and, of course,
DJ D:RC. Featuring electro, indie,
house, nu-disco and more.
Broad Street Bar &. Grill
10 p.m. FREE! 706-548-5187
KARAOKE Every Thursday.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
GLEN IRIS This group shares a
garage-rock aesthetic with fellow
Atlantans The Black Lips.
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS FROM
LAST YEAR An innovative quartet
of producers/songwriters based in
Atlanta that has somehow created a
sound that sits somewhere between
Morris Day and the Time and TV on
the Radio.
HAYRIDE This long-running Athens
trio has maintained a steady output
of prog- and metal-influenced rock.
Hayride’s punk leanings, however,
don’t exclude strong melodies.
Club Chrome
9 p.m. 706-543-9009
KARAOKE Every Thursday night at the
new dance club off Atlanta Highway*
across from Sam's Club.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
JEWS/CATHOLICS Hailing from
North Carolina, this post-punk duo
features a winning yet little-used
comoination of upright bass and
electronica.
MAH KURZ ONE One-man rock
machine Matt Kurz literally plays
drums, keyboard, guitar and bass,
by himself, all at the same time..
Expect a mix of garage rock stomps
and bluesy croons.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. FREE! myspace com/
flickerbar
AMO JOY! A fun group featuring
light-hearted melodies and lyr
ics with an assortment of oddball
instruments like the kazoo and slide
whistle.
GEMINI CRICKET Local three-piece
plays sleazy garage stomps that
swagger through reverb and jangle
with an air of ‘60s abandon,
scon SPILLANE Former Neutral
Milk Hotel horn player and current
Gerbils frontman goes solo.
Girasoles
6-9 p.m. FREE! 706-310-0410
SONNY.GOT BLUE Local jazz group
featuring James Goodhand (bass), .
George Davidson (tenor sax),
Andrew Murdison (trumpet) and
Karl Friday (drums) plays swing and
Latin jazz standards for the dinner
crowd every Thursday.
Go Bar
9 p.m. FREE! myspace.com/gobar
ARTURO IN LETTO Backup guitarist
and brother of local artist Allison
Weiss. AJ Weiss shows off his solo
chops under the name Arturo in
Letto, singing mostly sweet, melodic
songs written about his time abroad
in Italy.
HILLSIDE DRIVE Local pop-punk
group combines acoustic guitars
and female singers for a sound that's
not unlike like an acoustic Kim Deal-
fronted Pixies.
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