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Eat. Drink. Listen Closely.
TUESDAY, MAY 31
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
I FRIDAY JUNE, 3
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
MONDAY, JUNE 6
TUESDAY, JUNE 71
| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8
FRIDAY, JUNE 10
ON THE HORIZON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15
GEOFF ACHISON
& THE SOULDIGGERS
with RANDALL BRAMBLETT
Tickets $7 ck^y. ♦ $10 at the door
COMING SOON
Terrapin Bluegrass “Senes featuring
THE DEFIBULATORS
$5 Admission V 52 Terrapin Pints!
JUSTIFIED
TRUE BELIEF
$5 Admission
SWINGIN'
MEDALLIONS
Tickets S20 adv. • $25 at the door
AthFest
THE HOOT
Terrapin Tuesday fiiwegrcss Series featuring
NORTH GEORGIA
BLUEGRASS BAND
$5 Admission • $2 Terrapin Pints!
MAC LEAPHART
BRET MOSELY
$5 Admission
HACK BARTLEY
AND SHUFFLE
(ORIGINAL MEMBER OF
THE SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS)
Tickets S8 adv. • $ 12 at the door
706^54.6909
•W W W. M £ I.T4 N G P01N1 AT H E N
THE CALENDAR!
Wednesday, June 1 continued from p. 17
MR. GUPPY FIN Old-time acoustic
geetar and warshboard gospel blues
duo featuring Zacb Clayton from A
Postwar Drama
Locos Griff & Pub
6 p.m. FREE! www.locosgriil.com
(Timothy Rd. Location)
NAPOLEON SOLO The multitasking
one-man rock band handies it all.
The Melting F’oint
8 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens
com
JUSTIFIED TRUE BEUEF New band
featuring indie rock originals by
Second Son bassist Henry Barbe.
New Earth Music Hall
9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall
com
RENE BRENTON Borrowing trom the
Surrealists' ‘automatic writing' tech
nique. Brenton sets it to a lull band
(piano, drums, bass, and lead guitar)
backed up by three-part harmonies
INTIMATE STRANGER Anglo-
Chilean avant-pop making waves
in Latin America and in the U.S.
underground
The Office Lounge
9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840
KARAOKE Tonight with your host
Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke! Part of
“Gay Night’: a gay-triendly evening,
every Wednesday.
Omega Bar
0 p.m. $3. dg2003@yahoo.com
SPICY SALSA No partner necessary.
Every Wednesday!
Rye Bar
10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ .
ryebarathens
CHRIS CUNDARt Jam. electronica
and reggae performed live with a
looping technique similar to Keller
Williams
TINA SPARKLE Illinois indie-rock
with a grungey irreverence across a
catalogue that touches all corners of
rock, from punk to arena to Southern
ballads.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5-7 p.m. $10 Glass, www.terrapinbeer.
com
THE FRONT PORCH PROJECT
Expect a mix of bluegrass, folk and
thrash from this trio.
Thursday 2
Alibi
9 p.m. FRE! 706-549-1010
COUNTRY NIGHT A whole evening of
country karaoke and line dancing to
help work the red into your neck.
DePalma’s Italian Cafe
7 p.m. Timothy Rd. 706-552-1237
OPEN MIC NITE Contact Ben to sign
up! Email timothy@depalmasitalian-
cafe.com or call. Accepting family
friendly entertainment acts.
Farm 255
11 p.m. REE! www.farm255.com
GREEN GERRY Particularly dreamlike
and subtly electronic local artist.
YVETTE Psychedelic noise-rock,
guitar/drums duo from Brooklyn.
Thundering drums, lots of scary ef
fects and vocals, tied together with a
sense of nervous energy.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
9 p.m. $3 (proceeds benefit Girls’ Rock
Camp Athens & Project Safe), www.
flickertheatreandbar.com
HYrttN FOR HER A refreshing mix of
thrashing country rock, acid blues
and fuzzed out Americana.
40 Watt Club
9 p.m $8(21+), $10(18+).
www.40watt.com
BLOODKIN The long-running Athens
quartet plays a bluesy style of
roots-rock music with big guitars
and sharply written lyrics for darkly
countrified bar-room rock. Acoustic
set tonight.
JERRY JOSEPH Soulful singer/
songwriter from Portland with ach
ingly emotional lyrics and a sort of
heartland rocker persona.
NEW SNEAKERS Rockin’ local band. .
Go Bar
10 p.m. REE! www.myspace.com/
gobar
DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted
by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred’
Bowers
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoflee.
com
KENOSHA KID Centered around the
instru-improv jazz compositions of
guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid
also features Robby Handley (bass)
and Marlon Patton (drums).
Hotel Indigo
6-8 p.m. FREE! www.athensdowntown-
hotel.com
TODD COWART Souther roots rocker
and Hushpuppies Band vocalist
performs tonight with Michael C.
Steele.
The Melting F*oint
8:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $8 (door), www.
meftingpointathens.com
DELTA MOON Atlanta's Delta Moon
plays dusty, rusty blues rock laden
with slide guitar and fancy finger-
work.
New Earth Music Hall
10 p.m. www.newear1hmusichall.com
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.
The Office Lounge
8:30 p.m. REE! 706-546-0840
BLUES NIGHT Fight off the Thursday
night blues in the good company of
blues jams
Rye Bar
10 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/rye-
barathens
ATOMIC BOOGIE Rockabilly, boogie-
woogie and scorching hot blues
• from Atlanta.
GRAHAM’S NUMBER This band
plays a progressive style of rock
and roll/blues/bluegrass/funk with a
reggae feel.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5-7 p.m. $10 Glass, www.terrapinbeer.
com
STRANGE TORPEDO This local band
offers moody harmonies and an alt
rode meets post-punk sound.
Friday 3
Alibi
9 p.m. REE1 www.facebook.com/
alibibar
DWIGHT WILSON AND THE
CLASSIC CITY SOUL Motown
and R&B classics. There w»l also be
food and party favors as the Office
Lounge celebrates its anniversary.
Boar’s Head Lounge
9 p.m. 706-369-3040
NATHAN SHEPPARD The local
acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is
known for his emotive singing
style and his modern reworkings of
classic tunes, from Dylan and Neil
Young to Van Morrison.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www cale-
donialounge.com
BLACK SKIES Heavy, scruffy rock
and roll out of Chapel Hill, conjuring
thoughts of Sabbath and its count
less offspring.
CALTROP This Chapel Hin band of
fers heavy, riff-based rock that fakes
its cues from Sabbath but presents
them in a series of very modern ar
rangements.
HOT BREATH intense thrash trio
featuring members of Savagist and
Rectanglers.
SHARKHEART Local progressive
metal band. Formerly known as
Cancerstick.
Farm 255
11 p.m. REE! www.farm255.com
TENT CITY This Athens-based four-
piece blends new-age funk with
soulful blues.
40 Watt Club
8 p.m. www.40watt.com
THE GOONS New indie-pop-
rock featuring members of The
Glands, Casper & the Ccokies and
Marshmallow Coast.
MADEUNE AND THE BLACK
VELVET BAND One ot Athens'
most beloved singer-songwriters.
Madeline's poignant, witty tolk songs
can break and mend hearts in one
fell swoop. Tonight she celebrates
the release Black Velvet with the help
ot her top-notch backing band.
THE PLAGUE Original '80s Athens
punk band revitalized in 2005 and
continuing to tear it up with dark,
angular rock.
Hendershot's Coffee
Bar
8 p.m. FRE! www.hendershotscotfee,
com
HEATHER LUTTRELL Georgian
singer/songwriter with a seductive,
soulful, Margo Timmins voice and
Indigo Girls-style folk.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlek-
ingsshuffleclub
ANTLERED ANT LORD Featuring
local producer, and songwriter Jesse
Stinnard.
WADE BOGGS New’ band featuring
Ian McCord (Hot New Mexicans,
Carrie Nations).
The Melting Point
8:30 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door), www.
meltingpointathens.com
SWINGIN’ MEDALUONS The new
generation ot ‘60s beach music
group perhaps best known tor the
hit song “Double Shot (ot My Baby's
Love).’ Mostly made up of children
or relatives o! the original lineup, the
Medallions bill themselves as “the
party band of the South.’
New Earth Music Hall
9 p.m. $8. www.newearthmusichall.
com
DINNER AT THE THOMPSONS
French/American electro-soul-hip-
hop duo promoting new album. Off
the Grid.
The Office Lounge
8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840
KARAOKE Be the rock star you always
dreamed of... at least until your
song is over.
Rye Bar
10 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/rye-
barathens
AFRO AMERICA Mixing elements of
progressive rock, electronica. psy
chedelic rock, funk and bluegrass
into seamless compositions
SWIRLY TEMPLE Three-piece pro
gressive rock from ATL adds a dose
of funky to blues and rock.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5-7 p.m. $10 Glass www.terrapinbeer.
com
JASON A?<‘Q THE PUNKNECKS
LA-based cowpunk duo that blends
punk, country, folk and bluegrass.
Saturday 4
Alibi
9 pm FRE! 706-549-1010
KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy!
Bishop Park
“Athens Farmers Market.’ 8a.m-
noon. RE 1 www.athensfarmers-
market.net
HOBOHEMIANS Local tour-piece
playing a mix of proto-jazz blues
and folk music of the 1910s 20s
and‘30s. (10 am.)
TRE POWELL Solo blues and R&B
guitarist. (8 am.)
Caledonia Lounge
9:30 p.m. S7 (21+). $9
(18+). www.caledonialounge.com
CONSIDER THE SOURCE Brooklyn
trio influenced by travels to India
and the Middle East and the funda
mental styles of traditional Eastern
music. See story on p. 12.
GEMNEYE Live electronic and dub,
mixed into what Nick Stewart, ‘or
on Planet Rage, gemNeye,’ calls
‘raqestep.’
JUNGOL Experimental electronic
rock from Atlanta that ranges from
ethereal to aggressive with' operatic
pop vocals.
LAZER/WULF This avant-mefa! in
strumental trio mixes in prog, thrash
as well as more eclectic influences
for a high-energy and highly enter
taining live show.
Farm 255
11 p.m. REE! www.tarm255.com
BURN BARREL Mostly acoustic pop
with a slight touch ot Americana
twang. Featuring members of Ham1.
DAVIS GRIFFIN Local performer
who uses guitar pedals to create
live loops.
JEREMY WHEATLEY You may have
• seen Wheatley perform as a member
of Tin Cup Prophette, The Low Lows
and Je Suis France. His solo shows
feature warm, endearing ballads ac
companied by guitar.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
9 p.m. www.1lickertheatreandbar.com
HANS DARKBOLT Local band
performing fiercely melcdic pop
tunes with swelling vocals and eerie
harmonies.
HMMY TUMBLE AND THE
TUMBLERS Tim Schreiber (Dark
Meat, The Lickity-Splits) howls and
spasms and literally tumbles over
garagey rock-anthems and retro-
inspired pop songs. The Tumblers
consist of members of Bubbly
Mommy Gun and The Humms
Front Porch Bookstore
6 p.m. REE! 706-372-1236
NORTH GEORGIA BLUEGRASS
BAND An eclectic blend of tradi
tional and contemporary acoustic
music.
Go Bar
10 p.m. wwwmyspace.com/gobar
DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry
soul, righteous R&B and a whole
lotta unexpected faves.
TOM EiSENBRAUN From-the-heart
acoustic ballads from this local artist
call to mind the works of Nick Drake,
M. Ward r* Andrew Bird.
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