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THE CALENDAR!
Go Bar
10 p.m. wwv.myspace.com/goter
DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted
by karaoke fanatic John *Dr Fred’
Bowers, every Thursday
Hotel Indigo
“Live After Five “ 6-6 p.m. FREE! www
athensdowntownhote! com
KENOSHA KID Borrows freely from
multiple sources and hammers It all
into a seamless product glistening
with inspiration
Last Call
10 p.m FREE 1 www.lastcallathens.com
BATTLE OF THE BANDS ROUND
1 Featuring rock groups The Good
Doctor Dr. Squid and Bodega
Roja
The Melting Point
$10 (adv.). $14 www.meltingpomta-
thenscom
ANDERS OSBORNE Longtime New
Orleans resident and Grammy-
winning songwriter performs soul-
baring rock, blues and ballads
The Office Lounge
830 p.m. RE' 706-546-0640
KARAOKE Every Thursday with The
Singing Cowboy
Terrapin Beer Co.
5 p.m. www4errapinbeer.com
TIM MCNARY Sincere lyrics and
soulful melodies
40 Watt Club
9 pm $10. www.40watt.com
THE CARIBBEAN Subtle and sparse,
this D C -based collaborative otters
delicate, tender pop with warm at
mospherics. See story on p. 13.
VENICE IS SINKING CD Release
Show! With boy/girl vocals, a
cinematic jangle and a sweeping,
emotional punch courtesy of a viola.
Venice Is Sinking* piano-based
torch songs bum bright Admission
to tonight's show includes a copy of
Sand & Lines See Record Reviews
onp.11.
Alibi
9 pm. FRE! 706-549-1010
DIAMONDBACK Hard Southern rock
influenced by Lynyrd Skynyrd and
AC/DC.
Bad Manor
11 pm. FRE! www.ftebadmanorcom
MOBY DICK Atlanta-based cover
band that plays the best of rock, pop
andmetai
Bailey's American
Tavern
9 p.nft-midnjghL FREE! 706-543-7591
KYSHONA ARMSTRONG Her music
is soulful, passionate and honest.
Every Friday at Bailey*!
Buffalo's Southwest
Caff*
8pm $10 706-354-6655
POWER PUY Urn tend playing
coLdtry, rock and pop from the t»s.
Cslodootn Lounge
.0 pm. $5 (21*), $7 (18*}. www.cate-
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lyrics delivered with an air of whmv
sy. Of Montreal fans might find a tot
to love here
Ricker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/
flickerbar
MELISSA COLBERT You've seen
Colbert strut her stuff in local tends
Creepy and Everybody Everybody.
Don't miss her always energetic per-
^ formances and rich, powerful vocals
MADELINE Bell-voiced local song
writer Madeline Adams plays en
dearing songs of small-town loves,
hopes and other assorted torments
and joys.
JESS MARSTON Smgef/guitarist
from local rock band Romanenko
NERDKWEEN Atlanta's Monica
Arrington performs as Nerdkween
relying on her versatile voice to
swing from sultry and soft to down
right fierce
Gnat’s Landing
6-9 pm- FREE! www gnatstanding net
NATHAN SHEPPARD The local
acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is
known tor his emotive singing style
aid his modern reworkings of clas
sic tunes.
Go Bar
11 p.m. www.myspace.conVgobar
IMMUZJKAT10N Celebrated local
DJ Alfredo Lapuz Jr. mashes up
high-energy electro and rock. Starts
spinning after the drag si tow!
Last Call
10 pm. RE! www.lastcallathens.com
BATTLE OF THE BANDS ROUND
2 Featuring Misfortune 500 and
The District Attorneys
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/lfttlek-
ingssftuffieciub
SHAUNICHATTERJEE Four-piece
pop band from NC. The band's
upcoming E. Magnetic North. was
mixed by Mitch Easter.
SUPERCLUSTER This “Appalachian
Wave’ group features all-stars from
such bands as Pylon, Casper & the
Cookies and Olivia Tremor Control.
The Melting Point
8 30 pm. $17.50 (adv.), $22 (door).
www.meftingpointathens.com
NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE
SAGE America's premiere psy
chedelic cowboy band. The group
started in the 60s with Jerry Garcia
and other original members of the
Grateful Dead on board
The Office Lounge
9:30 pm. $5.706-546-0640
THE BIG DON BAND A catalog of
Southern blues covers and originals.
Twrapki Beer Co.
5 pm. www.tenapinbeer.corr.
DUSTY U6OTSWITCH This revolv
ing cast of local eccentrics delivers
rock and rod wfih eptc possjowtes
Sumy 18
40 Watt Club
“Whatever ttltees Benefit* 8 pm. $6.
wanx.40watt.com
GRAPE SOOA Lewis brothers Ryan
aqd Mat town up to create soufluf,
spaced-out pop songs buried in
lush rewb.
THEHOWUES This MM band
rock and roft sounds with sweet
fmm Orlando wHh Mfwtoe-driven
local latent bom N Amped,
feetoring Fti Carpenter (vocals and
guitar). Nsck (vocals are!
keys), Nick Brow (drums) and trert
Andrews (bass), Maying ongtete
songs wKhrock-and-rolthewfl
THE HEAP Funky local indie-soul
band based here in Athens with a
killer horn section and fronted by
Bryan Howard's low. bass growl.
Alibi
9 pm. FRE! 706-549-1010 .
KARAOKE Every Monday. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Saturday with the
Singing Cowboy!
The Bad Manor
11 pm. RE! www.thetedmanor.com
FALLBACK Playing a mix of originals
and cover songs from “90s greats
like Nirvana. Foo Fighters and
Incubus
Bishop Park
8 a.m.-12 p.m. Athens Farmers
Market REE! wwwjtheretarmers-
market.net
MIKE EUDY The Heathens' vocalist-
guitarist plays his unique brand of
Southern alternative rock solo Set
starts at 8 a m.
NATHAN SHEPPARD AND JOHN
KEANE Acclaimed producer and
rocker John Keane will be joined by
acoustic stalwart Nathan Sheppard
tor a set of rock and Americana
numbers Set starts at 10 a m
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m $5 (2W), $7 (18+) wwwcate-
doniatounge.com
A POSTWAR DRAMA Local act
plays folk-rock with an occasional
Eastern European bent. Dramatic
tales of loss and hardship are mixed
with driving, upbeat stomps
HANS OARKBOLT Brand-new local
band performing fiercely melodic
pop tunes with swelling vocals and
eerie harmonies.
NUCLEAR SPRING This local rock
band plays sleazy, freaky psyche
delic garage rock with glam swagger
Club Chrome
9 pm $7,706-543-9009
HOLMAN AUTRY BAND Described
3 “a little bit of Hank, a rmie bit
of Metollica and a healthy dose of
Southern rock.* Fans of tends like
the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd
Skynyrd can't go wrong here
Farm 255
11 pm. FRE! www.tarm255.com
THE STATE LOTTERY Energetic
pop-pur* with evocative lyrics and
flourishes of saxophone, trumpet
and trombone.
WITCHES Influences include The
Breeders and Neil Young.
Ricker Theatre & Bar
9 pm. FREE! www.myspace.com/
flickerbar
DISNEY HERPES You realty never
know vrftf Dave Barnes and his
comedy vaudeville group Disney
Herpes will be up to. Improv, music,
costumes. ..it* always fun and H*
always a surprise. The fun starts
after the 8 p.m. art opening featuring
the work of David and Nina Barnes
Gnat’s Landing
6-6 pm. FREE www.gnatetanding.net
TONGUE B GROOVE The acoustic
quartet pteys cowers and originals .
Go Bair
10 pm wwwmyspacexorrvpoter
HOWL YE An eclectic whirlwind of
toft and scrominQ notes rock.
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quirky io4 rock wtet bright bouncy
flourishes, unique instrumentation
and emotive lyrics
Last Call
10 pm. REE www.iastcalWhwis.com
DJ AND MECHANICAL BULL That*
right. Drink, dance and ride that bull!
Little Kings Shuffle Club
“Burger Records Caravan of Stars
TourT 3 pm REE! www.myspace
com/WttekingsshufflecUii
THE AGENDA In-your-face pur* rock
ensemble that features an energetic
show that's both reckless and wildly
entertaining
ALRIGHTY 00 ME A FAVOR One-
man band from Alabama 1
APACHE Classic punk/roc* and roll
fantasy band from San Francisco by
way of El Paso
BARRERACUDAS Punk band Irom
Atlanta featuring Adrian Barrera of
Gentlemen Jesse and His Men.
B0MB6N Ail-girl surf rock Trio from
San Pedro, CA* See Calendar Pick
onp 19
COSMONAUTS Trancey garage pop a
la Thee Oh Sees
CUM STAIN Porno pop* from
California Where else would ‘porno
pop’come from?
GARBO S DAUGHTER Bubblegum
party pop from Florida
THE HUMMS Local three-piece
known for its loud and bizarre shows
featuring everything from sex toys to
strobe lights. The tunes are a groov
ing blend of raunchy psychedelia
MAH KUR2 ONE One-man rock ~
machine Matt Kurz literally plays
drums, keyboard,^itar and bass,
by himself, all at the same time.
Expect a mix of garage rock stomps
and bluesy croons.
PIPSQUEAK Jangty garage rock influ
enced by 60s girl groups and bands
like Monks and Roiling Stones
TRASHCANS Nate Mitchell of Cars
Can Be Blue heads up this garage-
rock project that's self-described as
“lo-fi. biown-out scuzz punk “
TIMMY TUMBLE Tim Schreiber
(Dark Meat The Uckity-Spirts)
howls over pre-recorded beats, liter
ally tumbling across the floor, enrap
tured by his garage-rock lust.
VINCAS Energetic, enatic garage punk
with growling guitars howling vo
cals and rockabilly blues swagger
10 pin. FREE www.myspace.com/
iittlekingsshuffiedub
THE KING’S BIRTHDAY DANCE
PARTY Little Kings'favorite DJ gets
behind the decks for a celebratory
nighl of dancing.
Meson Park
7-9 p.m. RE! wwwmesonpark.com
THE RICK FOWLER BLUES BAIffi
Celebrating the dedication of Meson
Park located in downtown Lexington
Local guitarist Rick Fowler special
izes in dassic British blues rock.
The Office Lounge
930 pm. FREE 706-6464640
THE COUNTRY INVER BAND
Southern rock and county melodies.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5 pm. www4errapirtoeer.com
THE FIVE TONES Blues and rockinc
from Nashville w&i heavy gaiter, dy-
ramteharmonca and e freighter
rhytom section.
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