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AUG. 11 - THE NASHVILLIAN FAMILY BAND I
AUG. 18-HIGH STRUNG I
AUG. 25 - STRING THEORY V jX
SEPT. 1 - JOHNNY ROQUEMORE , V*
& THE APOSTLES OF BLUEGRASS
SEPT. 8 - THE DRIFTWOOD BAND
DOCTOR SQUID
with VENICE IS SINKING
BIRDS + WIRE
w/ KAITUN JONES & THE COUNTY FAIR
Tickets $5 cdv. $7 door • Music at 9pm
An evening with
STRAWBERRY FLATS
AMERICAN AQUARIUM W
FREE SHOW! MUSIC AT 9PM
Women of Song:
Songwriter in the Round showcase featuring
CAROLINE AIKEN,
MEIKE KOESTER (from Germany)
& KATE MORRISEY
Tickets S5 adv. • S8 at the door
ABBEY ROAD LIVE!
S12 at the door
8 24 • Swing Night with SUGG
3/26 • John Straw i Monthly Blue* Show tout b ERIC CULBERSON BAND
8 23 THE HJGH6AUS
3 '29 Evening with FRANCINE REED and JAVA MONKEY
9,4 HOLMAN AUtRY BAND
9/9 - Bowie i Guitarist REEVES GABRElS 6. HiS -MAGiNARY Fr.3NDS
9 I o' SQUAT
9 U SONS OF YAIIORS Jimmy Bofictt Tribute
9 17 The return of legendary LEON RUSSELL with special ocoust t guests BLOODKIN
9 18 MISSING CAI5 featuring JOHN JOJO HERMANN & SHERMAN EV/ING
9/23 INGRID MICHAEtSON *
9 24 A HAWK «. A HACKSAW with DAMON & NAOMI
9/25- THE JESTERS
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THE CALENDAR! continued from a 33
Fall,' featuring the work of 13 artists
addressing the current state of the
American news media. 7-9 p.m.
www.athica.org
ART: Athens Artists Clearance
Sale 9/26 (Chase Street
Warehouses) Young, Foxy & Free
magazine and local artists team up
to sell their wares. 12-7 p.m. matt-
blanksart@gmail.com
'Advance Tickets Available
LIVE MUSIC
Tuesday 11
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5(21+), $7 (18-20). www.
caledonialounge.com
HOW I BECAME THE BOMB Synth-
heavy danceable pop rock with an
extra dose of geeky charm.
MARSHMALLOW COAST Local
. group that once featured smooth and
airy, swirly indie-pop recently turned
up the funk on Phreak Phantasy.
SIMPLE TEEK Young local hip-hop
artist with a positive message. Her
beats are programmed by Andy
Gonzales (Marshmallow Coast).
Fat Daddy's
10p.m.-1 am FREE! 706-353-0241
OPEN MIC Every Wednesday featur
ing Avery Dylan.
Caledonia Lounge
9:30 p.m. $5(21+), $7 (18-20). www.
caledonialounge.com
ADAM PAYNE BAND Paynes
impressively versatile ter.or 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.
ASHUTT0 MIRRA This alternative
rock quartet features members ol
altema-soul group The Revival.
JAMES & THE RAINBR0S Indie
poppers from Detroit that like to mix
in a dash of funk, soul and reggae.
SPACE CITY No info available
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
DAN NETTLES Celebrated local jazz
musician known for his work front
ing Kenosha Kid.
Fat Daddy’s
10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241
KARAOKE Huge karaoke dance party
hosted by Lynn every Tuesday.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
littlekingshuffleclub
PUNK ROCK DANCE PARTY Every
Tuesday! Hosted by Randy Smyre.
The Melting Point
7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens.
com
THE NASHVILLAIN FAMILY
BAND This Atlanta band is like The
Ramones meet bluegrass.
No Where Bar
9 p.m. 706-546-4742
SUEX EFFECT The Irio of guitarist
Ricky Barrett, drummer Jonathan
Daniels and bassist Miles Karp
plays psychedelicized funk-rock
instrumentals, relying on spacey
harmonies.
Tasty World Uptown
GA Theatre Presents. 10 p.m. $5. www.
tastyworld.net
JOHN BROWN S BODY
Massachusetts 9-piece that stretches
the perception of dub reggae.
PASSAFIRE Savannah band with a
unique sound that is sometimes
bluegrass, sometimes reggae,
and sometimes something else
altogether.
Wild Wing Caf6
10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com
KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at *
the downtown wing chain's upstairs
space.
f • ' $4
Wednesday 12
Alibi
9 p.m. FREE! 706-456-0840
SOLAR Heavy metal purism from a
new localquartet.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
llickerbar
ROB VEAL Rob Veal (currently of Jack
Logan's Monday Night Recorders
and Todd McBride's Cooler Heads,
and formerly of The Dashboard
Saviors, Liquor Cabinet and Little
Oconee) is a songwriter whose casu
al performance style can sometimes
hide a pointed focus on lyricism.
Gnat’s Landing
6 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net
DAVID PRINCE This Athens staple
and one-time member of The Jesters
plays your favorite soul, rock and
R&B oldies.
Harry Bissett’s Bayou
‘Grill
8 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193
PAUL LOMBARD AND FRIENDS
Backed by George Norman, Edward
Hunter and Mora, Lombard performs
a blend of folk, bluegrass, country '
and blues.
Locos Grill & Pub
8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Weslside
location)
RANS THOMAS & FRIENDS Local
musician brings some friends along
for a menage-a-trois of country,
Southern rock and bluegrass.
The Melting F^oint
9 p.m. $5 (adv), $7 (door), www.melt-
ingpointathens.com
DR. SQUID Jangly, frenetic rock and
roll at its best when emphasizing its
British Invasion sounds.
VENICE IS SINKING With boy/girl
vocals, a cinematic jangle and a
sweeping, emotional punch courtesy
of a viola, Venice Is Sinking’s piano-
based torch songs burn bright.
The Office Lounge
9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840
KARAOKE Every Wednesday with
Stan.
Rye Bar
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryeba-
rathens
DAYS OF HYSTERIA Local metal
band formerly known as Stereo Gun.
Tasty World Uptown
10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net
BANGTAIL CATS Rugged blues rock
that names Dire Straits and The
Band as influences.
MARSHALL RUFFIN TRIO Roots
and blues singer/songwriter from
Columbus, GA.
NOBLE THIEVES Local folk-rock duo
with an eclectic multi-instrumental
approach.
Thursday 13
283 Bar
10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283
DJ SHINE(Y) Mixing up dance hits
from female artists in celebration ol
ladies night.
40 Watt Club
9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com
CAPTAIN S0ULARCAT These
Georgia boys write songs for sunny
Southern days—lots.of soulful blues
organ and guitar, smooth melodies
and classic rock and roll soul.
LULLWATER This local rock band of
fers high energy and solid melodies
that pull from both alternative music
and acoustic folk.
W0RMSL0EW This polished young
band from Savannah blends the
folky alternative rock of Sisler Hazel
with bluesy improvisation.
Alibi
9p.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 ol a
crowd’ thanks to years performing at
his church.
Broad Street Bar and
Grill
10 p.m. 706-548-5187
KARAOKE Every Thursday.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $6 (21+). $8 (18-20). www.
caledonialounge.com
PANDA RIOT Chicago shoegaze
band ^ith a sound like a happier My
Bloody Valentine.
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.
TWIN TIGERS Loud and lush at the
same time, this local rock band
combines jarring guitar riffs with
sweeping melodies and heavy
percussion.
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.
Fat Daddy’s
9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241
PONCHO MAGIC Bluegrass sensi
bilities with country-rock execution.
How! Became the Bomb
Wednesday, August 12
Marshmallow Coast,
How I Becamethe Bomb,
Simple Teek
Caledonia Lounge
How I Became the Bomb has
won praise from RollingStone.
com, Billboard magazine and the
Guardian UK for its pop-music
base layered with various ele
ments of sound from darkness
to '80s electronica and catchy
bubblegum hooks, and like most
bands, this was no overnight suc
cess. Two members, Jon Burr (lead
vocals, keytar) and Adam Richardson (synth, vocoder, vocals), originally met in a Rome,
GA high school in 1997, but it wasn't until 2005 and three more members later—Andy
Spore (drums), Denis Deck (guitar, vocals) and Ricky Bizness (bass, vocals)—that the
group finally found itself writing songs and shorting out the power in its self-storage-
facUity-turned-practice-space in Tennessee. Around the same time and with only four
shows under its belt, the band began recording its debut EP, Let's Got, and soon scored
a slot on the European festival circuit performing with the likes of Arcade Fire, Jarvis
Cocker and The Jesus and Mary Chain.
But just as national and international press began to take notice, th£ foursome went
into hiding, as it were, for roughly 18 months, emerging on Guy Fawkes Day 2008 with
the first of several digital-only, three-song volumes, VoL 1: Who Dares Wins. Now, with
four volumes available for free download on the.Intemet, How I Became the Bomb will
bring its oddly informed pop rock to the Caledonia Lounge with Marshmallow Coast and
Simple Teek on Aug. 12. Admission will cost you $5 if you're of drinking age and $7 for
those 18 and older. The band's inspiration, Dr. Strangelove, would, at the very least, be
intrigued. [Jennifer Gibson]
34 . FLAGP0LE.COM • AUGUST 12,2009