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THE CALENDAR!
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+) www.cale-
donialounge.com
BO BEDINGHELO Singer and pri
mary songwriter for local band The
Wydelles. Bo Bedingfield* smooth,
warm vocals are steeped in all the
soul of country music without the
twang.
ROMPER STOMPERS Southern-
tinged rock songs written from
children's perspectives. Featuring
members of Bloodkin. Barbara Cue
and Widespread Panic.
Farm 255
10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Local
experimental pop band that plays
idiosyncratic, psychedelic tunes.
MO USER Exuberant garage-pop that
experiments with noise jams.
TACO LEG Duo from Perth. Australia
that plays lo-fi, spare punk songs
and cites as influences early K re
cords bands like Beat Happening.
TIMMY TUMBLE Tim Schreiber
(Dark Meat, The Lickity-Splits)
howls over pre-recorded beats, liter
ally tumblmg across the floor, enrap
tured .vith his garage-rock lust.
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8 p.m. FREE! 1560 Oglethorpe Ave.
MARY SIGALAS Talented local jazz
vocalist Mary Sigalas perlorms with
her new classic jazz, swing and
blues band
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlek-
ingsshuffleclub
BANGRADIO Self-styled slinger of
‘Athens Euro," this DJ offers a mix
of Eurotrash, dirty South, hip-hop,
dubstep, classic rock, rock and pop
remixes.
DJ KILLACUT Local tumtabilist DJ
Killacut spins dance tunes branded
by his unique style of mixing and
scratching.
The Max Canada
“Happy Hour Show.’ 6-9 p.m. FREE!
. 706-254-3392
GREG & GEORGE Members of riff-
heavy bluesy rock band Shallow
Palace play a stripped down, mini
mal set
New Earth Music Hall
9 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall.
com
NEW EARTH XXX-MAS PARTY
Dance party!
No Where Bar
10 pm 706-546-4742
BRAD DOWNS AND THE POOR
BASTARD SOULS Local singer-
songwriter oerforms roots rock with
h* aH-star band. This Is a special
Christmas party show before the
band hits the road.
The Pub at Gameday
9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-2831
THE 25TH HOUR BAND Newly re
located to Athens, this band plays a
funky mix of psychedelic blues.
Roadhouse
“Holiday Toy Drive and Low Country
Boil.’ 9 pm FREE! (with toy dona
tion)^. 706-613-2324
THE DfCTATORTOTS Outrageously
crude, the longtime Athenian chaos
cultivators stomp about and trash
the night, as usual, with their beery
post-grunge sounds.
TOOD MCBRIDE AND THE
COOLER HEADS Former
Dashboard Savior Todd McBride
turns out fine rootsy rock and
Americana.
Thursday, Dec. 9 continued from p. 25
Rye Bar
10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
ryebarathens
BIRDLIPS D.C. band that recalls
Animal Collective* juxtaposition ol
(oik melody and dance rhythms.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com
NOLAN WILSON PROJECT
Husband and wife duo who mix
comedy into their country music.
283 Bar
‘Lindsay’s Birthday Bash.’ 10 p.m.
FREE! 706-208-1283
IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ
Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. mashes up high-
energy electro and rock.
TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold
Party. The Agenda) and friends spin
late-night glam rock, new wave. Top
40, punk and Britpop
WUOG 90.5FM
5-10 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org
‘WUOG CHRISTMAS BREAK
LGBBYFEST" Manray and Lazer/
Wulf will perform first in a mini
series of break radio performaq^es
orHhe college radio station. Listen
over the air or drop by the station.
The Bad Manor
9 p.m. FREE! {21+), $5(184 706-
850-8500.
DJ FRANKY FINGAZ Scratching and
sliding hip-hop.
Borders Books & Music
4:30 and 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-583-
8647
THE CHOIRS OF EAST JACKSON
HIGH Join this High School's
Chorale, Advanced Women's
Chorus, and Freshman Chorus
for two holiday performances.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $6 (21 +). $8 (18+). www.caie-
donialounge.com
CINEMECHANICA This intensely vo
luminous local quartet is the aggro
math-rock indie outfit that doesn't
know its a metal band. Or perhaps
vice versa.
CO CO Rl CO Angular, guitar-driven
rock that melodicaliy meanders
through post-rock soundscapes fea
turing technical drums, wandering
bass and glockenspiel.
SO MANY DYNAMOS Driving, inno
vative rock that has earned Its share
of comparisons to Q and Not U and
Les Savy Fav.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
THE DREAM SCENE Javier Morales'
lo-fi avant-garde rock project.
Playing a special Christmas show
tonight and celebrating the re-re
lease of The Dream Scene Christmas
album with two new bonus tracks!
QUIET HOOVES High-energy, idio
syncratic pop that’s loose and full of
fun S/jb story on p. 17.
Ricker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/
fttckerbar ~ ‘
MARY SiGALAS Taletfed local jazz
vocalist Mary Sjgalas performs with
her new classic jazz, swing and
blues band.
40 Watt Club
“3rd Annua? Tidings tor Tikes.’ 10
p.m. $5 (with toy donation), $7.
www.40wafi.com
FUTUREBIRDS Local folk-rock band
with a tattered, raspy edge and sweet
harmonies.
NINJA GUN Full-on pop that recalls
heavier, early Wilco and the best of
‘90s alternative with big vocals on
the choruses and the most powerful
of power chords.
SONG SWAP Hunter Morris. Nate
Nelson, Vaughan Lamb and Eddie
Wheidu lake turns playing each
other's tunes!
Gnat’s Landing
6:30 p.m. FREE' 706-850-5858
MILLIGAN Acoustic duo performing
a set of cover songs from CSNY to
Johnny Cash to Jack Johnson to
Maroon 5, this band reworks both
classic rockers and more recent hits.
Go Bar
10 p.m. www myspace.com/gobar
BABY BABY This power trio can be
described simply as “fun-rock."
Look for its debut album. Drinking.
Drama, Dance.
DJ Z-DOG Zack ’Z-Dog’ Hosey spins
dance classics, punk, '80s and more.
IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ
Alfredo Lapuz. Jr mashes up high-
energy electro and rock.
SUNSPOTS Bedroom psych-pop with
tropical beats and airy vocals.
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8 p.m. FREE! 1560 Oglethorpe Ave.
JUSTIN EVANS Local musician
with a rich, deep voice who sings
about hard drinkin’. last women and
country roads. Evans incorporates
elements ot old-time fiddle, New
Orleans jazz, blues and Americana.
Highwire
8-11 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8510
RAND UNES TRIO Pianist Rand
Lines perlorms original composi
tions with the help of drummer Ben
Williams and bassist Mike Beshara.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
littlekingsshuffleclub
DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted
by karaoke fanatic John ‘Dr. Fred*
Bowers.
The Melting Point
9 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door), www.
meltingpointathens.com
ABBEY ROAD LIVE! Here come the
sun kings! The local cover band de
livers a start-to-finish4)erformance
of The Beatles' Abbey Road and
tosses in otner high-energy, later-era
Beatles rockers. Winners! the 2010
Flagpole Miens Music Award for
best cover band.
New Earth Music Hall
9 p.m. $10. www.newearthmusichall.
com
CHARLIE P Dubstep artist from
Atlanta.
SAMPLES Ben Samples of duo
Fresh2Death spins crunk glitch-hop
with bass-heavy remixes. From
Denver, CO.
SAVOY Heavily electronic music with
a strung, irresistible groovy dance
beat.
The Office Lounge
8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840
THE UNFORGIVEN Expect bluesy
tunes from this Atlanta-based tour-
piece.
Rye Bar
10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
ryebarathens
THE HYRSYS Prog-'ock jam band
from Tuscaloosa.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5:30 p.m. FREE! wwwtefTaginbeer.com
DON AUBER Local balladeer whose
weary acoustic tales speak of
outcasts, drifters and Appalachian
tulfabies.
Saturday,
Hendershot’s Cff
Any successful
live wiU tell you that it's
important to put your'
best foot forward. Thatis ?•
the kind of high-efficiency\
attitude demonstrated
by instrumental trio The - ;
Nice Machine. When we
asked guitarist Chris
his vocal skills and those
of his bandmates, one to 10, he answered, Td say five or below for all of us. Actually,
Steve [Abercrombie], out bass player, he can sing. He's probably a seven, maybe. Eric
TMcOowell, drums) is a three. Tm maybe a four and a half.'’
By jettisoning the human voice altogether, The Nice Machine puts its quirky take
on surf rock at the forefront* A spiritual cousin to both Shadowy Men on a Shadowy
Planet and Ween, the band transplanted to Athens from Greenwood, SC a few years ago.
The group camd to Athens via its old friend Rorshak, the one-man hip-hop horror show
perhaps best known as one quarter of the now sadly broken up Deaf Judges. 'Shak has
been a longtime supporter of The Nice Machine, putting out all four of its releases on his
Emerald City Ruins label. He also mastered The Nice Machine's latest Terrordactyl Face,
and fully collaborated with the band on its first release of 2010, TV Dinners. Explains
Vanderford: "We gave him a bunch of stuff that we'd recorded, because we always have
parts just floating around. I had all this stuff on my computer, so I just gave it aU to
him to see what he could do with it, and he ended up with a 40-minute album—which
is a really long album for us; most of them are 20 minutes or less. And it sounds pretty
good."
This show at Hendershot's will commemorate the release of Terrordactyl Face, the
cleanest-yet offering from The Nice Machine. The album features plenty of the band's
signature bite-sized mini-songs that use surf rock as a basic template and take off into
all manners of direction, throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the listener—
everything but the kitchen sink rnd vocals. {Jeff Tobias]
This-Way-Out (T-W-O)
7-10 p.m. FREE! 680 W. Broad St.
EMILY ARMONO The singer/song
writer behind Sea of Dogs performs
her heartfelt folk ballads solo over
banjo and guitar.
KATE MORISSEY 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
offbeat sense of humor.
Wayfarer Music Hall
8 p.m. $7.114 N. Broad SI Monroe.
GA
DONNA HOPKINS Blues songwriter
boasting a soulful voice and diverse,
rootsy backup band.
RALPH RODDENBERRY Traditional
country music with a pleasing hon-
kytonk swagger accentuated by the
singer* raspy voice.
Saturday 11
Alibi
9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy!
Athens Farmers’ Market
10 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE! www.athens-
farmersmarketnet
KYSHONA ARMSTRONG This local
songwriter plays smooth, funky rock
that* good for the-soul. See story
onp. 18.
The Bad Manor
9 p.m. FREE! (21+). $5(18+). 706-
850-8500
DJ RX DJ-remixer Brian Gonzalez
delivers original mixes of mainly
current pop with forays into rock, old
school, country and electronica.
Borders Books & Music
2:30 p.m. FREEI706-583-6647
LARRY CORNELIUS AND
JENNIFER CORNELIUS SNIPES
Larry Cnmeiius ("Johnny Crash')
and Jennifer Cornelius Snipes,
winner ot the Athens’ Got Talent
Competition will be singing favorites
from the’50s and‘60s during the
Barbara Cornelius book signing.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (2H). $7 (18+). wwwcale-
donialounge.com
OIERZ EVE Pre-heat your bass drum
to 160 bpm and turn up the distor
tion pedals for this local three-piece
metai act.
KILL THE SCHOOL Local metal
four-piece.
MANGER Punk rock four-piece with
screaming guitars and vocals.
STYGIAN APOTHEGM Local four-
piece that creates heavy-ass stoner-
metal in leather pants, drawing on
bands like Pantera and Opeth.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.larm255.com
THE WELFARE LINERS Bluegrass
band with upright bass, banjo, man
dolin. guitar and fiddle, featuring
the founder of Ghostmeat Records
and members of 6 String Drag, The
Burning Angels and The F-Holes.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
flickerhar
GLASGOW Brainchild of Sam and
Jack Craft. A tightly orchestrated set
of prog-pop.
HANS DARKBOLT Local band
• performing fiercely melodic pop
. tunes with swelling vocals and eerie
harmonies.
THE RIVERMEN Lewd Christmas
songs from the hosts of tonight*
‘SexxXmas Party.'
VINYL VAWUA New local electronic
rock duo influenced by electropop
and folk.
40 Watt Club
10 p.m. $10 (per couple). www.40*att.
com
TOWNIE WINTER FORMAL Bring
your roommate* ex. With DJ sets by
Reflections (Z-Dog, Nate Nelson,
Vaughan Lamb) and special guests
’Sexy-tacky’ clothing is recom
mended.
Gnat's Landing
6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858
STEVE SHIVFR Jazz rock trio from
Watkinsville, GA citing John Mayer
and Gordon lightfoot as some of
their influences.
Go Bar
’Go Bar and Team Clermont Christmas
Party!’ 9:30 p.m. www.myspace.
com/gobar
DJURBN TRBN Putting the desi
, jn desire, DJ Shi! Patel selects
subcontinental dance from golden-
age Bollywood blowouts. Tonight's *
sets will feature classic Bollywood
dance songs, New Jack Swing, *80s
and '90s hip-hop and “anything
else fun.’
THE GOLD PARTY Performing a set
of spet-on new wave, Britpop and
'80s covers! Grab a free copy of the
band* new EP tonight
SPRING TIGERS Led by British expat
Kris Barratt, this Athens-based band
offers angular, edgy pop and an
energetic live show. Recommended
for tans of Blur or XTC. Tonight the
band debuts its new drummer. Brad
Elliott.
TWIN POWERS DJ Dan 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! 1560 Oglethorpe Ave.
THE NICE MACHINE Instrumental
rock with surf undertones. CO
release tonight! See Calendar Pick
onp. 26.
Highwire
9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-8997
DUSTY LIGHTS WITCH Quirky, high-
energy loot band featuring Wues-
influenced rock.
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