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Howard (The HEAP) end drummer
Mar 1 ' Brill (Hayfidei playing straight-
up, loud rock and roll’
THE RATTLERS Att
getic Southern rockers with a guitar-
driven sound and an exciting show
that otten features surprise special
guests
No Where Bar
10 p m 706-546-4742
THE SHACK BAND Classic rock trom
Richmond, VA, replete with guitar
solos and Creedence-style vocals
The Office Lounge
9:30 p m FREE' 706-546-0840
RICK FOWLER BAND Local guitarist
Rick Fowler (Lonely White Boys,
Ralph Roddenbery, etc) specializes
in a classic British blues rock
Terrapin Beer Co.
5 30 p m $10 glass www terrapmbeer
com
THE SHACK BAND Classic rock trom
Richmond, VA, replete with guitar
solos and Creedence-style vocals.
Also playing tonight at Nowhere Bar
Saturday 23
Athens Dodge Chrysler
Jeep
11 a m - 4 p m www athensdodgeram-
chrysleneep com
BANGRADIO atch
DJ BangRadio spinning country and
rock and roll in the midst o' a literal
car dealership circus
Alibi
9pm FREE' 706-549-1016
KARAOKE
Amici
11 30 [ m FREE' 706-363-0000
JUKE JOINT BLUES f. 1 i.-nshinr
dnnkin' barroom blues
Bishop Park
Athens Farmers Market 8 3 m
noon FREE' wwwathen.Jaimers-
market net
KYSHONA ARMSTRONG Thi
engaging local songwriter performs
a unique fusion ot acoustic folk and
soul (10 a m )
REPENT AT LEISURE
Celtic tunes (8 a m)
Caledonia Lounge
9 30pm $6(21+) $8(18+) www
caledomalounge com
BIT BRIGADE these gi vs [ ay the
soundtrack to your favorite Nintendo
games live while a master player
beats the game'
THE BRONZED CHORUS Hello Sir
Records' instrumental guitar-and-
drum duo plays trotting acrobatic
indie post-rock
ESZETT Greensboro. NC melodic,
post-rock instrumentals that takes
lull-advantage ot dynamic range,
trom barely audible to deatenmg
PRIZMATIC SPRAY Jace Bartel
(Four Eyes) playing "chip tune"-
style songs, a very retro videogame
soundtrack style utilizing those bips
and bleeps that you remember so
well trom childhood
Farm 255
11 p m FREE 1 www tarm255 com
BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Local
experimental pop band that plays
idiosyncratic, psychedelic tunes
D. CHARLES SPEER Atlanta born
David Charles Shulord has been a
member ol the No Neck Blues Band
lor 15 years This wildly eclectic set
covers 'wangy Americana, Middle-.
Eastern melodies 20th-century
Greek music anu more, all with
unique instrumentation and an al-
finity tof 60s and 70s psychedelia
and dub
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8 30 p m $5 www flickertheatreandbar
com
BUTTERFLIES Indie bedroom-pop
trom Chapel Hill
DADDY LION Columbia, S C based
solo acoustic pop with retro synths
and clap-along rhythms.
MOTHS Featuring Jacob Morris
of Haml, Moths plays a mostly
acoustic sort ol '70s folk-rock with
a pop sensibility and an inevitable
psychedelic tinge
SHMOUSER Colby Carter of Mouser
performs solo acoustic
40 Watt Club
"Seventh Annual Darius Goes
Wes/Benefit'8pm $10(adv.)
www40waf1 com
BUBBA SPARXXX The semi-Athens
based chart-topping rapper known
for big beats, honest lyrics and a
mild booty obsession
DARIUS WEEMS The star of Darius
Goes West takes the stage to perform
his brand-new, original rap songs.
ELITE THA SH0WST0PPA Gravel
voiced rapper Elite tha Showstoppa
is one of Athens’ favorite hip-hop
personalities and performs a wide
variety ot styles within the genre
with ease
THE GEORGIA GURLZ Four-piece
female hip-hop group that mashes
up crunk-style rap. big crunchy gui
tars and Beyonce-esque vocals
THE NAPPY ROOTS After a su
cesstul appearance on the AthFest
main stage earlier this summer, the
Kentucky rap group returns to town
with its unique blend ot country
Gnat’s Landing
6 f* m FREE' 706-850-5858
HARP UNSTRUNG ThisK.il ■;(
vt‘S melodic, alternative rock a
Miit-sy. Southern twist Performing
js an acoustic duo
Go Bar
9pm www myspace com/gobar
DJ MAHOGANY Freaky
soul righteous R&B and a whole
lotta unexpected laves Late night
dance party after the bands
MISFORTUNE 500 Moody and
melodic local band with soaring
anthemic moments influenced by
post punk and '80s new wave
STARBOLT 9 Glamorous arena-style
pop rock that's got a big retro sound
Little Kings Shuffle Club
SlopFest6 p m -2 a m $8 (2-day
wristband), $6 (per night) www
myspace com/littlekmgsshutfleclub
CARS CAN BE BLUE Sweetly
sarcastic lo-fi pop duo of Becky
Brooks and Nate Mitchell recently
acquired a bassist (Jeremy Dyson)
Our songs are catchier than genital
warts." says the band
COLD ONES Local punk band featur
ing members ot Christopher's Liver,
among others Skuzzy and straight
forward with rifts and rough vocals,
but not without melody
DANGER BUCKET Solo acousti-
punk, like an Amish Ramones
DARK RIDES Blurry experimentations
that are sometimes quirky with a
tolky pop feel but often scatter into
chaotic, competing layers of synth
and guitar madness
FUTURE VIRGINS Catchy pop punk
GNARX The latest protect from
Christopher Ingham (Christopher s
Liver, Liverty) plays bluesy bar punk
HIDDEN SPOTS Punk rock trom
Chattanooga TN
HOLLOWS This Chicago group offers
an eerie, organ-driven take on 60s
girl group sounds with some garage
rock bile like the soundtrack for a
retro haunted house
LITTLE MASTER
enced by bands like The Wipers. The
Replacements and even the Meat
Puppets
MANGER Punk rock four-piece with
screaming guitars and vocals.
SEA OF DOGS Songwriter and banjo-
picker Emily Armond leads this
endearing folk group with disarming
honesty, candid lyrics and warm
harmonies.
SHAVED CHRIST New local grinder/
punk band featuring members ol
American Cheeseburger, Witches,
Dark Meat and Hot New Mexicans
SHEPHERDS Noise pop from mem
bers of Tendaberry.
D. CHARLES SPEER Atlanta-born
David Charles Shuford has been a
member of the No Neck Blues Band
for 15 years This, originally his
home recording project, offers a
wildly eclectic set that covers twangy
Americana. Middle-Eastern melo
dies. 20th-century Greek music and
more, all with unique instrumenta
tion and an affinity for '60s and '70s
psychedelia and dub
WADE BOGGS New band featuring
Ian McCord (Hot New Mexicans.
Carrie Nations) Check out our fea
ture on the band in our music blog
Homedrone this week
Nugi’s Space
7 p m FREE' www nuci.org
CAMP AMPED SESSION TWO
GRAND FINALE Come out and
watch the most talented young musi
cians in Athens' After two weeks
of rehearsal and instruction, Camp
Amped participants will periorm lor
a packed house You won t want to
miss this 1 See story on p 15
The Office Lounge
6 p m $5 (portion of the proceeds ben
efit Nugis Space) 706-546-0840
TWANGAPALOOZA Featuring a
gaggle ol The Offices regular folk
and rock ads plus more, including
Starlite DeVilles. The Welfare Liners.
The Burning Angels. Betsy Franck.
The Vestibules, Borderhop Five and
Dodd Ferrelle
The Roadhouse
11p m FREE'706-613-2324
ROLLIN HOME This local group jams
on originals with a Grateful Dead
fine ot groove and a Southern rock
leaning
Terrapin Beer Co.
5 30 p m $10 glass www terrapinbeer
com
ANGWISH Hook oriented power pop
that bears a passing resemblance to
RET' and other college radio tare
Sunday 24
Farm 255
10 p m FREE 1 www farm255 com
EYES LIPS EYES Infectious pop band
with post-punk hooks and funky
beats that recall Talking Heads and
The Strokes
LOUD VALLEY Orlando band for
merly known at Bananafish, with a
spacey attitude and a mellow, folky
pop sound accented by trumpets
Highwire Lounge
8-11 pm FREE!wwwhighwirelounge
com
(SEMICIRCLE Local project featuring
dreamy vocals, sweeping strings and
gently plucked acoustic guitar
TUMBLEWEED STAMPEDE
Acoustic set from the adventurous
local folk-rock band
Viva! Argentine Cuisine
9 p rn 706-850-8284
BETSY FRANCK This local song
writer otters soulful, brassy Southern
rock and country songs rooted in
tradition but with a modern sen
sibility
Monday 25
Go Bar
9 pm. www myspace.com/gobar
GOOGOLPLEXIA Goofball pop/
anti-pop feat accordion, ukulele
and banp
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8 p.m. FREE!, $3 to play. 706-353-
3050
OPEN MIC Mondays! Hosted by local
soulful singer Kyshona Armstrong
Tuesday 26
8e’s Bar
9 p m. FREE' facebook com/tecropolis
TECROPOLIS Join your fellow
citizens of Tecropolis, capital of the
United States of Electronica and hear
your favorite techno, trance, house,
drum & bass, dubstep and more
This week feat DJs andyredrum. xb,
D RC and more.
Farm 255
11 p m FREE'www Iarm255 com
ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT
Baltimore band that plays a wild mix
of experimental rock—from neurotic
poetry to rhythmic, anti-me'ody
hollering and drum pounding See
Calendar Pick onp. 18.
MOUSER Exuberant garage-pop that
experiments with noise |ams
Go Bar
9 p m www myspace.com/gobar
EASTER ISLAND Lush post rock-
influenced shoegaze with sweet, pop
melodies, tender harmonies and
shimmering guitars
M TANK Hazy and fuzzed out garage
punk trom Charleston, SC that
sounds like the first tew days of
summer
F-lighwire Lounge
8-11 p.m wwwhighwirelounge.com
KENOSHA KID Centered around the
instru-improv iazz compositions ol
guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid
also features Robby Handley (bass)
and Marlon Patton (drums) The
new originals spark like Booker T &
the MGs mixed with 20th-century
harmony, the new covers include
musical twists ol Willie Nelson, The
Beach Boys and Radiohead
The Loft Dance Lounge
9 p m 706-613-7771
ATHENS 2 IBIZA DJ BangRadio pre
sides over a special Girls Night Out,
lor which he remixes current pop
radio hils with fistpumping beach
party beats Every Tuesday
The Melting Point
Terrapin Bluegrass Series 7 p m $5
www meltingpointathens com
THE BARKER BROTHERS A family
atliar, playing live-piece bluegrass
with big harmonies so sweet only
real kin could pull them off.
TOM MCBRIDE Underground
Americana artist whose poignant,
urgent, inspired songs have been
compared to Ryan Adams, Josh
Ritter and Neil Young
State Botanical Garden
of Georgia
Sunflower Music Series 7-9 p m
$5-15 www uga edu/botgarden
PACKWAY HANDLE BAND
Packway's "gather around the mic”
approach to bluegrass provides sly.
hearty original songs and renditions
of classic tunes The band's close
lour-part harmonies are backed with
energy, and the lyrics are delivered
with humor Bring a picnic'
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COMING SOON
8.2 - HOMESICK ELEPHANT
8.5 - MEN OF THE CLASSIC CITY
BACHELOR AUCTION
8.12 - WILD WILD WEST BUILDERS
BASH
8.13 - KINCHAFOONEt COWBOYS
8.19 • ABBEY ROAD LIVEI
8.20 - RANDALL BRAMBLETT BAND,
CALLAGHAN
8.26 - BUND BOYS OF ALABAMA
8.27 - DEJA VU: TRIBUTE TO
CSN4Y
9.20 - HIGH STRUNG STRING
BAND
9.25 - MEAT PUPPETS, HAYRIDE
11.16-CHARLIE HUNTER
11.19 - JORMA KAUKONEN
Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring
WELFARE LINERS
$5 Admission •
An Evening of
CONSCIOUS FOOD &
CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT
Enjoy a three course vegan meol prepared by Foundry Park Inn
& Spa's Executive Chef, Martin Smetana and a Bellydancing class
taught by Maggie Moore! Call 706,549.7020
A Night of Country Music featuring
JOHN KING BAND
DANIEL LEE BAND
S5 Admission
LIARS & LOVERS
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS (ACOUSTIC)
HARP UNSTRUNG
$5 Admission
Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring
BARKER BROTHERS
$5 Admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!
Southern Ground Recording Artist
NIC COWAN
PATRICK SCOTT
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