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doors open at 9pm & twelve dollars adv.
SATURDAY. AUGUST 29
MODERN SKIRTS
THE LOVE LANGUAGE
EXCALIBRAH
TEMBER
9/10 TEA LEAF GREEN / MICHAEL BELLAR /
AS-IS ENSEMBLE
9/12 WILL HOGE / KATIE HERZIG
9/16 CROSis CANADIAN RAGWEED
9/26 THE DECEMBERISTS
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Caledonia Lounge
Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records
10th Birthday! 9 p.m. $5 (21+). $7
(18+). www.caledonialounge.com
THE L0LUGAGS Danceable yet dark
electro tunes fill The Lolligags’ latest
record. Out of Perversity Join Hands.
LOS MEESPHITS Salsa Misfits cover
band featuring members of American
Cheeseburger and Eric Hernandez.
MARSHMALLOW COAST Local
group that once featured smooth and
airy, swirly indie-pop recently turned
up the funk oh Ptireak Phantasy.
OH-OK Linda Hopper (Magnapop) and
Lynda Stipe (Flash to Bang Time)
reunite their former band. Influential
and much-loved in the early -80s,
Oh-OK was notable for its driving
rhythm section and childlike vocals.
Cin6 Barcaf6
The Pearl Jam Child Cancer Benefit.
7 p.m. $8, $5 (if you wear pearls).
www.athenscine.com
FLATWATER JUNKT10N This Athens
band plays a mix of Southern rock,
blues and soul.
REID GARNER Guitarist and vocal
ist ot Southern rock band Stone
Phoenix.
CARSON HAND Guitar-wielding
singer-songwriter pens inspirational
tunes.
EMILY HEARN Young singer-song-
. writer performs sweet, innocent, me
lodic acoustic ballads. She's joined
by Timothy and Jonathan Riordan.
REBECCA PARRISH Young song
writer based in Georgia.
WORN THROUGH BLUE Featuring
Scott Welborn, Michael Mansfield
and Chris Pethan singing acoustic
, rock originals and covers.
Club Chrome
9 p.m. FREE! (ladies). $5 (guys). 706-
543-9009
ELI CARLAN BAND Bluesy Southern
rock cut of Commerce, GA. tearing
through tunes from the 50s up to
todayt country hits.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
HEAVY PETTY Former members of
Masters of the Hemisphere and The
Possibilities rock through the back
catalog of Tom Petty.
Fat Daddy’s
9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241
FORWARD MOTION BAND Rock
covers and originals.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/
flickerbar
A TALE OF TWO CALEYS The
quirky lyrics address meta- and
astrophysicai concerns, and feature
a heavy amount of French and Greek
wordplay..
FACE Tender acoustic rock trio featur
ing locals Jay Kellom on vocals,
guitar and piano, Cole Keese on up
right bass and Tad Wilder on drums.
MATT HUDGINS Former member of
The Visitations, Matt Hudgins plays
his own brand of electronic folk.
The Globe
10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721
MELVIN MATHURIN & FRIENDS
This quartet plays jazz essentials and
original pieces. Featuring Mathurin
on sax, Mitch Rothstein on piano,
James Goodhand on bass and Joe
Ellison on drums.
Gnat’s Landing
6 p.m. FREE! wwvir.gnatslanding.net •
KINKY WAIKIKI Featuring members
of Kenosha Kid, Birds+Wire, Big C
and the Ringers. Vigilantes of Love
and Pride Parade, this group plays
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modern arrangements of traditional
Hawaiian music, with a little Western
swing thrown into the mix. Call it
steel guitar cocktail music.
LEAVING COUNTRIES Warm, invit-
. ing talk rock from here in Athens
featuring tender violin, aching
harmonica and melodic acoustic
guitars.
Go Bar
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar
IMMUZIKAT10N Celebrated local DJ
Alfredo Lapuz Jr.—also known for
his over-the-top Daft Punk tribute
act—mashes up high-energy electro
and rock
MISFORTUNE 500 Hook-heavy,
mid-tempo local rock with a strong
melodic backing and an enthusiastic
stage show.
MONAHAN Ryan Monahan backed
by Josh McMichael on bass and
Lemuel Hayes on drums. Ryan has a
gorgeous, qxpressive Jeff Buckley-
esque voice that soars and sighs
with equal grace.
. Harmony Grove Grille
8:30 p.m. FREE! www.harmonygroveg-
rille.com
CHINUA HAWK AND CHRIS
BLACKWELL This duo performs
R&B soul.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlek-
ingsshuffleclub
DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk,
sultry soul, righleous R&B. and
a whole lotta unexpected faves as
DJ Mahogany dips into his bag of
goodies from the ‘60s, 70s and ‘80s.
The Melting Point
9 p.m. $8 (adv), $10 (door), www.melt-'
ingpointathens.com*
TOTALLY ’80S DANCE PARTY
WITH THE HIGHBALLS Athens
music vets The Highballs will per
form a totally awesome set of 70s
and ‘80s dance hits.
New Earth Music Hall.
Welcome to New Earth Grand Opening.
$20. www.newearthmusichall.com*
AMON TOBIN This internationally
. acclaimed beatmaking Brazilian ex
pat recently turned his attention to
songs crafted using field recordings.
SIMON B UK-native brings his rub
bery electronic beats stateside.
WELDER San Francisco native deliv
ers warm, tuneful electronica.
The Office Lounge
7 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840
BLOSSOM CREEK BREEZE This
duo plays upbeat guitar tunes.
Rye Bar
9 p.m. (706)354-6629
JASON BECKHAM’S INNOCENT
Although he's known for his acoustic
ballads, his band isn't afraid to rock,
kicking out edgy Amer : .ana.
COY KING Nightingale News frontman
performs an acoustic solo set of his
poetic country-tinged ballads.
Square One Fish Co.
9 p.m. FREE! www.squareonelishco.
com
THE HYPSYS Prog-rock jam band
from Tuscaloosa.
Tasty World Uptown
10 p.m. FREE! www.tastyworld.net
BEARFOOT HOOKERS This rowdy
local band performs funky, good-
humored country. It's beer-drinkin’
gospel.
WOODGRAIN Austin, TX foursome
that mixes electronic sounds with
meta! drums.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com
WILX Local rock band with alterna
tive and grunge roots, soaked in
Southern styling. The band's inter
active live show tends to be more
progressive or jam-based than the
recordings.
Wild Wing Caf6
9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com
DEEPSTEP This country rock band
out of Dublin, GA is equally adept at
both old-school country sounds and
newer pop-rock Nashville tunes.
WUGA91.7 FM
4 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org
"IT’S FRIDAY!” The Half Dozen
Brass Band and Jesssica Ulrich
will perform on the local radio sta
tion's weekly program: University
Cable Channel 15 will also broad
cast the show:
Saturday 29
40 Watt Club
9:30 p.m. $10 (adv). www.40watt.com
EXCALIBRAH Boastingly tongue-in-
cheek, Je Suis France member D.J.
Hammond performs hip-hop with
an experimental, almost psychedelic
Thursday, August 27
BoomBox,
Aman Amun
40 Watt Club
Aman Amun is more
than just a band—it's
a cutting edge com
puter programming
feat. Brian McGaw,
the solo mastermind
behind this project,
is a fourth year""311
x" major at UGA,
meaning his work is
not attached to any
medium. "I can experi
ment in sculpture or
drawing," he says," but
what I end up using it
for most is to practice.
with interactive art
and finding new ways
to compose, perform
and visualize music."
In fact, all of Aman
Amun's performances «
in Athens thus far have been limited to exit shows on campus, so Thursday's performance
marks his club debut Even McGaw isn't sure what his target audience will be. His songs
have organic, acoustic elements but are.driven by electronics. "It's more like In Rainbows
Radiohead than Kid A," he offers as a comparison.
What sets Aman Amun apart, however, is his unique and highly visual electronic inter
face. He has written a program that allows him to trigger samples and instruments by
interacting with a screen projection. He also has a program-running that creates colorful
visualizations of the music on a larger projection screen. So, on one screen his music is
manipulating the artwork, and on another he is manipulating the images to create music.
"I want to take the hidden part of the performance that's usually done on the laptop
and put it in front of the audience," he says. Oh, and he's got a bluetooth-powered wire
less pedal that he handmade, too. Pretty sweet.
For the lucky few who saw Aman Amun's earliest incarnations on campus, you'll be
in for a treat, as he has written a whole album's worth of new material and completely
recoded the back end of his program in order to make the flow more seamless and cohe
sive. Look out for a special guest performance by an iPhone as well, which McGaw says
will be "introduced ill an unexpected way." [Michelle Gilzenrat]
Aman Amun
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