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White, Leon Russell, tickling those ivories in
his Southern style, but also of interest is the
opening act Bloodkin (Melting Point, 9/17),
which has blown up in popularity since a
recent raving Rolling Stone write-up, and will
perform e rare acoustic show this night; that
show's followed the next night as Widespread
Panic keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann teams
up wi|h his old pal and former Columbia
University classmate Sherman Ewing, a skilled
guitarist, lyricist and vocalist, as Missing Cats
(Melting Point, 9/18).
The Kindercore Records/ Owl Scooters
Hootenanny (Caledonia Lounge, 9/17 & 18;
40 Watt Club, 9/19) is a three-day, two-club
throwdown from the local label and the soon-
to-debut local scooter shop. The first two
nights feature Je Suis France and The Agenda,
among others, while a reunited Masters of the
Hemisphere heads the second Caledonia night,
with Mark Mailman and The Gold Party also on
the bill. The Hootenanny wraps with Maserati,
Still Flyin', Young Sinclairs, Ruby Isle and
Venice Is Sinking.
A new club in town located in the former
Blur spot at the corner of Hull and Doughtery,
New Earth Music Hall wants to focus on elec
tro, jam, world and other acts more or less
homeless without the Georgia Theatre. Rusko
(New Earth Music Hall, 9/19), the only act
announced so far, is a deejay who's collabo
rated with Diplo, Yo Majesty and Santigold.
The enchanting solo performer Ingrid
Michaelson (Melting Point, 9/23) settles into
the Melting Point, while the following night
sees the same venue, normally a more staid
place, dip into the world of indie rock as A
Hawk & a Hacksaw, featuring former Athenian
Jeremy Barnes (ex-Neutral Milk Hotel, The
Gerbils), and Damon & Naomi (Melting Point,
9/24) liven up the joint.
Noted "yacht rock" purveyor Christopher
Cross (Rialto Room, 9/25), he of hits like
"Sailing" and the theme to the Dudley Moore
comedy Arthur, plays in the performance space
in the new Hotel Indigo downtown.
Athens will also host the bookish theatrics
of Portland band The Decemberists (Classic
Center, 9/26), which will likely feature songs
off its latest rock opera The Hazards of Love.
Tickets for that show go on sale Aug. 15.
That same weekend Perpetual Groove (40
Watt Club, 9/26 & 27) settles into the 40 Watt
for a two-night stand originally scheduled...
well, you know the drill. The local freeform
rockers have generated a tremendous amount
of goodwill for the Georgia Theatre over the
years, and expect to hear a number of shout
outs to their home-away-from-home as they're
away from home on the Watt's stage.
There's another double-header courtesy of
Sun 0))) (Seney/Stovall Chapel, 9/27 & 28),
a legendary drone-metal band bringing its
monstrous ambient sound to the surprisingly
under-utilized-by-musicians Seney-Stovall
Chapel. The Minus 5 (40 Watt Club, 9/28),
R.E.M. pal Scott McCaughey's band, wraps up
the month. Pete Buck's playing with the group
these days, too.
OCTOBER
Venerable bluesman B.B. King (Classic
Center, 10/2) is a living icon, in his mid-80s
and still able to wrestle out a heart-wrenching
vibrato from his guitar. His "farewell tour" has
been going on since 2006, make of that what
you will, but the R&B trailblazer has lost little
of his light over the years. Catch him now.
That King show's probably early enough,
too, that you could still make it over to see
the peppy Boston-based rock band State
Radio (40 Watt Club, 10/2), a band well on
its way to finding the potential in its hits and
applying them across the board.
California's lo-fi punk team Wawes pairs
up with party-ready electro sensation Dan
Deacon (40 Watt Club, 10/3) for the kind of
thing that two years ago would've been at the
DIY haven Setfret Squirrel. One of the more
'vibrant live bands on the circuit today is Titus
Andronicus (Caledonia Lounge, 10/7), an
ultra-exuberant punk band out of New Jersey
playing some seriously anthemic rock and roll.
Circulatory System returns to Athens after
a tour promoting its tremendous and long-
awaited new album, Signal Morning, and is
paired with Faust (40 Watt Club, 10/10), the
German 70s band revered by record geeks for
its pioneering innovation in the krautrock
genre and steadfast expert me nta [ism since.
Probably not a lot of crossover in crowds for
the North Georgia Folk Festival (Sandy Creek
Park, 10/10) that same day.
Brooding country singer Jamey Johnson
(40 Watt Club, 10/14) and his intense beard
is the last (for now) in a series of shows relo
cated from the Theatre to the Watt, though
his maverick attitude and disregard of current
norms would put him right at home at either
club, really.
And it's been a few years since Built to
Spill (40 Watt Club, 10/20) has brought its
extended guitar heroics to Athens, and recent
shows have leaned heavily on the band's ear
lier work. Good news for those who weren't
able to get Leonard Cohen tix, by the way
(he's at Atlanta's Fox Theatre that night).
Former Soul Coughing frontman M’ke
Doughty (Melting Point, 10/22) offers up an
acoustic presentation of his tunes accompa
nied by cellist Andrew "Scrap" Livingston.
Back on the other side of town, aging rocka
billy punks Social Distortion (40 Watt Club,
10/23) bring the leather, eyeliner and catchy-
as-helt rockers to Athens after years and years
away.
And right in time fo r Halloween madness,
local rock monstrosity Dark Meat (40 Watt
Club, 10/30) celebrates the release of its
sophomore album Truce Opium. That about
wraps up what we know, but keep your ears to
the ground and your eyes on this paper and
on Flagpole.com every week, as more shows
get confirmed and the schedule rounds itself
out. See you out!
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