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Monday, June 21
Hot & Cold, Pocahaunted,
Freon Fighters, Woodfangs
Caledonia Lounge
Amanda Brown comes up with
band names in her sleep. "Yeah,
it came to me in a dream," she
laughs,' after a raw-food brunch on
a lovely day for recording in sunny
Los Angeles. "I had a dream that we
had named our band Pocahaunted,
and when I woke up, I said,
'Pocahaunted, that's us'"
Up until a recent shift in style
("the band sounds much different
now," she says), the mostly girl-
powered psychedelic collective had
been freeing noise, sounding "like
we were doing these very Native
American spiritual incantations," and
generally living up to the expecta
tions of its metonymically hip handle
since 2006.
"In the very beginning," says Brown, the group's vocalist, "the name defined us."
Brown's husband and bandmate Britt agrees. "Now it's just a pun that's vaguely amus
ing,” says Britt, the group's guitarist. "But for us, we run a record label, too, and we get
a few demos per day, and it's funny to just look at the names of the bands. It's like I
already know what this is going to sound like."
In addition to Pocahaunted, the bill for the label's (Not Not Fun) 2010 SXSW showcase
included acts like Eternal Tapestry, Psychic Reality, Teeth Mountain, Wet Hair, Sex Worker
and Sun Araw.
Tm a big sucker for band names," Britt says. "Sometimes if I hear a band name and
like it, Tm predisposed to like the band."
Are practitioners of hipster psychedelia as formulaic as emo bands when it comes to
naming themselves? Is a Psychedelic Band Name Generator about to dot com?
"I think it's still a little too random for there actually to be a formula or pattern to
it," he laughs, "Sometimes a band is just called Deerhunter."
Must have been one hell of a dream. [Jeremy Henderson]
Pocahaunted
Monday 21
1 800 Crescent Lane
7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE!
ATHENS FLUTE CHOIR SUMMER
CONCERT Bring a lawn chair and
watch Athens Flute Choir* summer
concert. ‘Music lor the Moon .’
Caledonia Lounge
9:30 p.m. $5(21+). $7(18+). www.
caledonialounge.com
FREON FIGHTERS Members of the
Futurebirds change things up with
this experimental side project.
HOT & COLO Local duo featuring
Chase Prince (Spring Tigers) and
Joseph Campbell playing raw blues
rock that sounds like a combination
of The Cramps and Flat Duo Jets.
POCAHAUNTED L A. psych rock
band with tribal rhythms and trance-
inducing melodies. See Calendar
Pick on this page.
WOODFANGS Grungy, lo-fi psyche
delic pop.
Cin6 Barcafd
6 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com
JAZZ JAM SESSION Athens jazz
ensemble Sonny Got Blue hosts a
standing jam session on Mondays.
New Earth Music Hall
9 p.m. $6. ‘Summer Soulstice.' www.
newearthmusichall.com
THE DEAD KENNY G’S Jazz punk
act that names the Art Ensemble
of Chicago and John Coltrane as
influences.
Tmfey22
Barnette's
9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0966
OPEN MIC Bring your guitar and
some tunes!
Caledonia Lounge
9:30 p.m. $5 (21+). $7(18+). www
caledonialounge.com
JET W LEE Nineties-influenced alter
native rock with jangly guitars and
earnest vocals.
THIEVES MARKET Local alternative
rock band.
Doc McGee’s
8 p.m. FREE! (musicians,) $5 (non
musicians). www.docmcgees.com
MUSICIAN ALL JAM Hosted by The
Mike Delaney Project. Grab that
instrument and come on down!
Flicker Theatre &. Bar
8:30 p.m. $3 (suggested donation).
www.myspace.com/1lickerbar
JEREMY WHEATLEY His solo shows
feature warm, endearing ballads ac
companied by guitar.
TESS WILEY Singer-songwriter, for
merly of Sixpence None the Richer,
currently living in Germany.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
Athens Farmers Market. 4-7 p.m.
FREE! www.athenstemersmarket.net
LARA Local songwriter who plays
soulful piano ballads mixed with
folksy poetic rock.
STUDIO SKY Singer-songwriter Lara
Oshon* current project.
The Melting Point
7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens.
com
BORDERHOP TRIO This biuegrass
trio sums up its sound in two words:
‘high’ and ‘lonesome.’
New Earth Music Hall
9 p.m. $6. ‘Summer Soulstice.’ www.
newearthmusichall.com
THE DEAD KENNY G’S Jazz punk
act that names the Art Ensemble
of Chicago and John Coltrane as
influences.
State Botanical Garden
of Georgia
10th Annual Sunflower Concert Series.
7-9 p.m. $15, $10 (Friends of the
Garden). $5 (children ages 6-12).
www uga.edu/botgarden
RANDALL BRAMBLETT Longtime
Athenian Randall Bramblett will
perlorm his blend of funky, soulful
Southern Americana. The concert
takes place in the new flower garden
between the Day Chapel and the
Visitors’ Center. Blankets and picnic
supplies recommended!
RICK FOWLER Local guitarist Rick
Fowler (of Lonely White Boys. Ralph
Roddenbery. eta) specializes in a
classic sort of British blues rock.
WUOG 90.5FM
8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org
LIVE IN THE LOBBY Lefty
Hathaway will perform on the
college radio station* twice weekly
program. Listen over the air or drop
by the station to watch!
Wednesday 23
ATHICA
8 p.m. $10 (suggested donation), www.
athica.org
POCKETFUL OF CLAPTONITE
Pulling the power trio into a wide -
open stream of consciousness, this
new local group features Darrin
Cook on bass, Jamie DeRevere on
drums (the same rhythm section as
Breathlanes) and acclaimed experi
mental artist Killick on guitar.
THE THING AND JOE MCPHEE
Hard-blowing Scandinavian jazz trio
fronted by saxophonist and Sonic
Youth collaborator Mats Gustafsson.
The band boldly takes on unconve-
tional rock covers, with composi
tions by Frank Lowe. PJ Harvey.
White Stripes and more filling out
the set. Joined by American free jazz
legend Joe McPhee on reeds and
pocket trumpet.
Barnette’s
9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0966
OPEN MIC Bring your guitar and
some tunes!
Boar’s Head
FREE! 706-369-3040
KARAOKE Make new friends
Caledonia Lounge
10 p m. $5 (21+). $7 (18+) www cale-
donialounge.com
THE GOONS New indie-pop-
rock featuring members of The
Glands. Casper & the Cookies and
Marshmallow Coast
PIPES YOU SEE, PIPES YOU
DON’T The delightfully warped
psychedelic pop project headed by
Peter Erchick (Olivia Tremor Control.
Circulatory System) and featuring
other Elephant 6 members.
THE POISON CONTROL CENTER
Iowa-based outfit weaving between
lo-fi fuzz pop and ‘60s garage rock.
Farm 255
9 p.m. FREE! www.tarm255.com
DAVID AND NOEL BLACKMON
The husband and wife team from the
band Curley Maple perform old-time
music on mandolin and more.
Go Bar
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar
DUSTY LIGHTSWITCH Quirky,
high-energy local band featuring
blues-influenced rock puncfuated by
dueling trumpets.
HYENA Upbeat pop fock with a neo
folk tendency. >
MANS TRASH Local DIY promoter
and mutli-instrumentalist Mercer
West fronts this new project featur
ing improvisation, controlled chaos
and a muted pop spirit.
STEVEN TRIMMER Acoustic psych-
lolk from longtime Athenian aid
co-founder of the AUX festival.
Last Call
9 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE! For more info
contact dg2003@yahoo.com
SPICY SALSA DANCING Lessons
begin at 9 p.m. and dancing starts at
10 p.m. No partner required.
The Melting Point
’Stay and Play Summer Concert
Series.’ 6-6 p.m. FREE! www.melt-
ingpointathens.com
THE BIG DADDYS BAND Covering
rock legends like Eric Clapton and
The Allman Brothers.
The Office Lounge
9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840
KARAOKE Every Wednesday with
Lynn!
Tasty World Uptown
9 p.m. www.myspac8.com/tasiy-
worlduptown
TIMI CONLEY The current Kite to the
Moon frontman wifi play new tunes
off his solo record, Nerd Sexy.
THE EXTRAORDINARY
CONTRAPTIONS Atlanta band with
a quirky, guitar-driven vision of the
retro-future.
KRISTI MCCORD The’Rocker with
the Knockers’ isa local drag sensa
tion and shell be emceeing hard
core. hard rockin' karaoke.
WITNESS THE APOTHEOSIS
Athens-based new wave/industrial
two piece that play heavy, rapid-fire
electronic dance beats.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com
PADDY DOVER Rootsy acoustic gui
tar from Columbia, SC.
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