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THE CALBUDAR!
current pop with forays into rock, old
school, country and electronica.
The Bad Manor
“F.O.O.T.S.T.E.P.S. Benefit Concert.'
9 p.m. $8 (adv.). $10 (door) www
thet3admanor.com
DOCTOR SQUID Jangly. frenetic rock
and roll.
LEAVING ARABY Pop-rock quartet
with a style akin to yesteryear radio
sweethearts Goo Goo Dolls. Gin
Blossoms and the like.
LEFTY HATHAWAY Local singer-
songwriter Lefty Hathaway plays
rock and roll soul with turbulent
piano jams reminiscent of the late,
great Lowell George and fellow
Tulsan JJ Cale.
THE LESS Atlanta pop band with
a sound thats in the vein of John
Mayer.
THE ORKIDS Polished local elec
tropop group with alternating male/
female vocals and super-hooky
refrains
Buffalo’s Southwest
Cafe
7:30 p.m. $10. (adv.), $12 (door), $80
(table of ten) 706-354-6655
ELVIS! A night with The King. Monthly
sensation returns to entertain you
with all your Elvis favorites. Backed
by a live band, you won't see a better
impersonator than this!
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $7. www.caledonialounge.com
AMERICAN CHEESEBURGER
Athens four-piece that boasts former
members of No!. Divorce and Carrie
Nations, delivering rapid-fire, loud
and aggressive old-school thrash
rock. Fronted by Jeff Rapier (ex-The
Dumps).
HOT BREATH Thrash trio featuring
members of experimental local acts
Garbage Island and S.V.A.
JUCIFER Intense metal with guitar
work that ensures that for all the
screaming, the songs don't lack in
melody. All ages show! See story
on p. 19.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
CATAWBA Local four-piece perfor-
maing windswept Americana.
STEREOFIDEUCS This Asheville duo
has the energy of bluegrass, the se
duction of Latin music, the freedom
of jazz and the raw passion of hard
rock driven by instinctive virtuosity
and musicianship.'
Flicker Theatre &. Bar ’
8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/
flickerbar
THE COCKER SPANIELS Austin.
TX indie pop with melodic leanings
reminiscent of Elliott Smith, albeit
a great deal cheerier. See Calendar
Pick on p. 24.
FOUR EYES Jace Bartet and Erin
Lovett lovingly mingle gentle melo
dies with bombastic shredding.
WEREWOLVES Local band featuring
quirky lo-fl rock with bright, bouncy
flourishes, unique instrumentation
and emotive lyrics.
YE OLDE SUB SHOPPE Big-hearted
pop music played on tiny instru
ments.
40 Watt Club
9:30 pm $8 (adv), $10 (door).
www.40watt.com
DELETED SCENES Eclectic indie
rock that shares a lot with The Shins
and a little with Vampire Weekend.
The soaring vocals and swirling gui
tars are accented by colorful vibra
phone. trumpet, organ and piano.
GRAPE SODA Lewis pothers Ryan
and Mat team up to create soulful.
Friday, Nov. 12 continued from p. 25
spaced-out pop songs buried in lush
reverb. Debut album is coming out
very soon!
MODERN SKIRTS This piano-driven
foursome has become one of Athens'
most treasured and acclaimed lo
cal pop acts, with its songwriting
growing more adventurous with
each record. This show will be the
only chance for anyone to purchase
Gramahawk (in CD format only) be
fore its official release date in early
2011. See story on p. 14.
The Globe
10 p.m. FREE! www.globeathens com
JEREMY ROBERTS QUARTET Live
jazz! Every Friday
Go Bar
"WUOG Fest.' 9 p.m. FREE! (2L)$3
(18+). www.myspace com/gobar
ABANDON THE EARTH MISSION
Ambient and lush atmospherics,
featuring the tender vocals of Josh
McKay (ex-Macha) and eclectic
instrumentation that includes vi
braphone, hammered dulcimer and
electronic beats
ARTURO IN LETTO Backup guitarist
and brother of local artist Allison
Weiss. AJ Weiss shows off his solo
chops under the name Arturo in
Letto, singing mostly sweet, melodic
songs written in Italy about his time
abroad.
IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ
Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. mashes up high-
energy electro and rock.
MARRIAGE Local envelope-pushing
hard rock band. Now featuring
Bryan Aiken (Lazer/Wulf. 'Powers)
on guitar.
YO SOYBEAN Local ‘party-folk* trio
_ featuring upbeat, sing-a-long num
bers with guests on guitar, banjo,
mandolin, violin and more. For fans
of Bright Eyes and the like.
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050
BILL MALLONEE The engine behind
seminal Athens outfit Vigilantes of
Love. Bill Mallonee takes his love
of twangy. soulful pop to near
perfection on his numerous recent
releases. This is his first show back
in Athens after his move to Santa Fe!
Highwire
8 -11 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8510
RAND LINES TRIO Pianist Rand
Lines performs original composi
tions with the help of drummer Ben
Williams and bassits Mike Beshara.
Lamar Dodd School of
Art
8 p.m. FREE! www.amanamun.com
AMAN AMUN Part musician, part
performance artist. Brian McGaw
will debut new “visual instruments'
he has created to manipulate and
project his art.
Last Call
9 p.m. $12 (adv., from www.athensmu-
sic.net). www.lastcailathens.com
REHAB With several big radio hits un
der its belt (‘Last Tattoo,* “Bartender
Song* and more) this Atlanta band
continues to blend alternative
Southern rock with hip-hop on its
new album. Welcome Home.
RITTZ Atlanta hip-hog artist working
in the style of his hometown, recall
ing both Outkast and more recent
mainstream fare.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. $5. www.myspac8.com/littJek-
ingsshuffleclub
CARS CAN BE BLUE Quirky and
sometimes naughty local duo that
sounds like “Sarah Silverman front
ing Dressy Bessy: bubblegum pop
with raunchy, satirical lyrics.*
THE HUMMS Local three-piece
known for its toud and bizarre shows
and a raunchy, grooving blend of
psychedelic garage rock.
LOS MEESFITS The music of The
Misfits done in Spanish/Cuban
salsa style.
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
Ethereal metal riffs and spacey dance
beat all wrapped up in a punk rock
tortilla served hot.
The Melting Point
8:30 p.m. $10 (adv), $14 (door) www
meltingpointathens.com
SENSATIONAL SOUNDS OF
MOTOWN Local six-piece of veter
an players takes on all your favorite
Motown hits.
Nugi’s Space
‘Nugi's Space Jam * 7-10 p m $5. All
ages, wwwnuci org
THE K-MACKS Danceable. high-
energy country-fried punk rock for
fans of acts like The Avett Bros.
MAH KABUS This Atlanta-based
singer-songwriter has a sweet pop
voice and delivers heartfelt acoustic
ballads.
The Office Lounge
8:30 p.m. $5. 706-546-0840
DWIGHT WILSON AND THE
CLASSIC CITY SOUL Motown and
R&B classics.
Rye Bar
10:30 p.m www myspace.com/rye-
barathens
DAVE DANIELS & THE PTA Daniels
is a personable, perceptive song
writer who writes earnest Americana.
The P.T.A., consists of Chris Blais on
drums (ex- Beautiful Mess). Nathan
Sadler on bass (ex-Soft Targets),
multi-instrumentalist David Fountain
(Damion Suomi & The Minor
Prophets) and pedal steel guitar
guru Mark Van Allen.
BRETT VAUGHN Member of
indie-pop band The Urns and
recent Athens transplant plays his
songwriter-type folk music.
WUGA 91.7 FM
4 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org
“IT’S FRIDAY” Shades of Blue
and Michael Logan will perform
on the local radio station* weekly
program. University Cable Channel
15 will also broadcast the show.
Saturday 13
170 Virginia Ave
‘Firefly Brew.* 7 pjn. $20 (benefits
Cucuyo Art Program). RSVP at
moreplease@cucuyo org or via
Facebook
EMILY HEARN Young singer-
songwriter performs sweet, innocent,
melodic acoustic ballads.
RYAN MONAHAN Local musician
who performs Brit-pop influenced
indie-folk-rock, with impressive, Jeff
Buckley-esque vocal prowess.
KATE MORRISSEY Best known
throughout this corridor for her dark
velvet voice that stands on its own,
Morrissey's songwriting is literate
and sincere, and her conversational
live shows come punctuated with an
orfbeat sense of humor.
Alibi
9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy!
Bishop Park
8 a.m.-12 p.m. Athens Farmers
Market. FREE! wwwathensfarmers-
market.net
CARLY GIBSON Georgia-born song
writer who draws on rock. jazz, folk
and blues. (8a,m.)
Saturday, November 13
Kevin Dunn and the
Common Article III,
Tunabunny,
Flash to Bang Time
Caledonia Lounge
It's been said that
Athens had a pretty good
music scene before all
those art students ruined
everything. What did rock
music look like in pre-1980
Atlanta? “It looked like
Skynyrd and the (Allman]
Brothers, ar d that was
pretty much it," says Kevin
Dunn from his home in .. „
Atlanta. White this idyl- Kevin Dunn
lie Eden certainly has its
charms, the rest is history: from 1977 on, the art students reigned supreme. But even
before the art students took over, there was Kevin Dunn and the Fans.
“We started up in '75, but no one had any context for what we were doing,* says
Dunn. Working in the still-nascent medium of new wave, the Fans mined the same chilly
vein as Joy Division with an ear for chiming guitars and Brit-like hooks.
Their hometown reception ranged from ambivalence to outright deprecation. So, it
was only natural that the group was attracted to the odd noises being emitted from the
small college town just northeast of the city.
“Athens was, apart from a few small enclaves of Atlanta, the most artistically
advanced part of the state at the time in terms of rock and other sorts of music,* he says.
For the past couple of decades, Dunn admits that playing music has been a *pretty
hermetic activity... I was performing ensemble performances up to about '88 or '89 or
so, and then family stuff got in the way, and I just let it go for a while, without any
intention to let it go forever."
in 2009 Brad San Martin of the Casa Nueva Industries label approached him about
releasing a retrospective of his largely out-of-print catalogue. The result is No Great
Lost: Songs, 1979-1985, a collection of the entirety of The Judgment of Paris along with
numerous Other buzzy, frantic new wave jams collected from various EPs and singles. No
Great Lost is immediately remarkable for its prescience: it fits somewhere between XTCs
wackball pop and the Futureheads' most eccentric moments. (Jeff Tobias]
CAROUNE AIKEN Renowned acous
tic folk artist Caroline Aiken shared
the stage with The Indigo Girts for
some time. Her soulful voice purrs
and growls the blues over bright
finger-picking. (10 a.m.)
Boar’s Head Lounge
9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040
WINGMAN Rock covers and originals.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). wwwcale-
donialounge.com
FLASH TO BANG TIME This local
band has been playing its pensive,
new wave rock soundscapes since
2000, featuring Lynda Stipe's brood
ing vocals and cello. Celebrating the
release of a new 7-incn!
KEVIN DUNN AND THE COMMON
ARTICLE III Progressive rock. See
Calendar Pick on this page.
TUNABUNNY Local act featuring hazy
and warned experimental psychede
lia. Dual female guitarist/vocalists
are backed by synthesized percus
sion. LP release show!
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.larm255.com
THE HUMMS Local three-piece
known for its loud and bizarre shows
and a raunchy, grooving blend of
psychedelic garage rock.
Ricker Theatre & Bar
8 JO p.m. $5. www.myspqce.com/
. flickerbar
DAVID FAIRBAIRN Local musician ^
and designer David Fairbaim (ex-
Michael) performs z solo set on
acoustic guitar.
SHAUNA GREESON Also currently
a member ot .lanny Island and Hoia
Halo. Greeson performs solo on
scousticguitarandpiano.
JESS MARSTON Singer/guitarist
from local rock band Romanenko.
IAN MAULOIN Folk singer from
Atlanta singing sparse and emo
tional songs.
40 Watt Club .
•WUOG Festival.* 9 p.m. $5 (2H). $7
(16f) www.40watt.com
BIGFOOT Howling indie classic rock
as intriguing as it is difficult to pin
down. This Athens group mixes
Tom Petty guitar solos with Captain
Beefheart strangeness.
GREEN GERRY Particularly dreamlike
and subtly electronic local artist.
ORYX & CRAKE Indie rock that mixes
in elements of psych pop, elec
tronica and R&B. Recommended for
Ians of Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver and
Arcade Fire.
REPTAR Angular, highly danceable
rock punctuated by electronics and
taking cues from from Talking Heads
and Animal Collective. Expect a
sweaty audience covered in facepaint
and confetti.
VENICE IS SINKING With boy/girl
vocals, a cinematic jangle and a
sweeping, emotional punch courtesy
of a viola, Venice Is Sinking* piano-
based torch songs burn bright.
Go Bar
8 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar
BANG-U TOT Fast-paced, inven
tive rock with unpredictable song
structures. Members Big Hug Little
Kiss and Shithead. Record review
on p. 16.
HELMSMAN Epic doom metal in
fluenced by Big Business. Om and
Black Sabbath.
SHITHEAD Local band with members
of Bang-U-Tot and Big Hug Little
Kiss plays indie rocket Sonic Youth
volume.
SORRY NO FERRARI Instrumental
math rock from Atlanta. For fans of
Cinemechanica. Manray, etc.
TWIN POWERS DJ Dai Geller (Gold
Party. The Agenda) and friends spin
late-night glam rock, new wave. Top
40. punk and Britpop.
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050
TASTES LIKE GOOD Rock with im-
provisational leanings pfusccvers.
Acoustic set.
Last Call
‘Pepperland Cabin Jam.’ 5 pm. $10.
www.peppertarxXarmcamp.org
CAROUNE AIKEN Renowned acous
tic folk artist Caroline Aiken shared
the stage with The Indigo Girts for
some time. Her soulful voice purrs
and growls the blues over bright •
finger-picking.
CARLA LEFEVER AND THE RAYS
Old school funk and pop covers and
originals.
COPIOUS JONES Earnest melodic
acoustic pop rock.
DIANE DURRETT Soulful songstress
from Atlanta.
CARLY GIBSON Georgia-born song
writer who draws on rock, jazz, folk
and blues.
GLENN PHILUPS BAND Atlanta
group led by a dynamic blues and
jazz guitarist
GREEN BRACELET Gritty 70s
Southern rock with a distorted guitar
and reverbed female vocals that
recall Heart.
HIGH STRUNG STRING SANO This
local act offers three-part harmonies
and ramblin', upbeat bluegrass on
acoustic guitar, banjo and mandolin.
THE SQUIRRELKEADS Funky,
danceable rock band armed with
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