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THE CALENDAR!
Wednesday, Sept. 14 continued from p. 19
ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum
ol Art) Meet docents in the lobby tor
a tour of highlights from the perma
nent collection. 2 p.m. FREE 1 www
georgiamuseum.org
KIDSTUFF: DIY Craft (Treehouse Kid
and Craft) Wednesdays, 4 p.m. $10
706-850-8226, www treehouseki-
dandcraft.tumblr.com
KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime
(ACC Library) For children ages
18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays &
Wednesdays, 9 30 & 10 30 am.
FREE! 706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday
for Teens (ACC Library) Up next:
Fabric beads! Make a unique fabric
bead necklace out of scraps For
ages 11—18 4 p.m. FREE! 706-
613-3650
LECTURES & LIT.: Genetics
Seminar (UGA Miller Learning
Center, Room 102) "Evolution
of Darwin's Finches: The Role of
Genetics, Ecology and Behavior,"
presented by Peter and Rosemary
Grant,4 p.m. FREE' 706-542-1127
LECTURES & LIT.: Georgia
Gold Medal Symposium (State
Botanical Garden of Georgia)
Featured speakers include Rita
Randolph, Coach Vince Dooley
and Wilf Nicholls Shop for gold
medal plants at the plant sale or walk
through the display gardens during
the lunch break 8:30 a m.-4 p m.
$48 706-542-6156, www uga.edu/
botgarden
GAMES: Dart League Tournament
(Alibi) Meet up with other sharp
shooters 8 p m FREE' 706-549-
1010
GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef 0
Brady's) Every Wednesday Win
house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-850-1916
GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Buffalo's
Southwest Caf6) Poker night every
Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at
6 30 p.m. Dealing begins at 7:30
p.m. FREE 1 www interstatepokerclub
com
GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern,
Broad St.) Think you know it all?
Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. 706-548-
3442
GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek
Brewing Company) Come test
your trivia chops for prizes! Every
Wednesday night at 9 p.m FREE'
706-546-1102
GAMES: Trivia (Willy's Mexicana
Grill) Test your trivia knowledge
for prizes every Wednesday' 8 pm.
FREE! 706-548-1920
Down the Line
EVENTS: Drafts & Laughs 9/20
(The Pub at Gameday) Five beers,
five comics, five bucks. More than
five laughs 9 $5.9:30 p.m. 706-
353-2831
EVENTS: 2nd Annual Hop Harvest
Festival 9/24 (Terrapin Beer Co.)
This year's festival features 12 casks
of ale, each dry-hopped with a dif
ferent variety of hops, educafional
guest speakers, food and the har
vesting of Terrapin’s very own hop
garden. 4 30-8:30 p.m. $10 www
terrapinbeer.com
EVENTS: The Mystique of the
Automobile: A Festival of Cars,
Art and Fashion 9/24 (Lyndon
House Arts Center) For the classic
car enthusiasts, a broad array of vin
tage motor cars will be displayed. A
fashion show (2 p.m.) will showcase
attire contemporary to the automo
biles. Kids' activities, live music and
an artist exhibition fill out the after
noon until the concluding awards
presentation 12-5 p.m. FREE! www
boomersinathens.org
KIDSTUFF: Second Saturday
Storytime 10/8 (Sandy Creek
Nature Center) Join the SCNC staff
for stories about the woods and its
resident creatures 2:30 p m FREE!
706-613-3615, www.accleisureser-
vices.com
* Advance Tickets Available
LIVE MUSIC
Tuesday 6
Farm 255
9 p.m FREE' www farm255.com
DELETED SCENES Eclectic indie
rock that shares a lot with The Shins
and a little with Vampire Weekend.
The soaring vocals and swirling
guitars are accented by a colorful
mix of vibraphone, trumpet, organ
and piano.
PRETTY BIRD Heavy on percussion
and tribal-style hollering/chanting/
panting, expect an avant-garde
performance that’s equal parts weird
and fun.
SPIKED PUNCH Reggae band from
Austin.
STAR SLAMMER New rock band
dishes out the good vibes with
drums and wires, keys and croons
Features ex-members of Wickets,
Iron Hero, Casper & the Cookies and
Shitty Candy.
Highwire Lounge
8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge 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). Every
Tuesday.
The Loft Dance Lounge
9 p.m. 706-613-7771
ATHENS 2 IBIZA DJ BangRadio pre
sides over a special Girls' Night Out,
for which he remixes current pop
radio hits with fistpumping beach
party beats Every Tuesday.
The Melting Point
"Terrapin Bluegrass Series." 7 p.m. $5
wvrtv.meltingpointathens.com
STRING THEORY Traditional, old-
time Appalachian music.
New Earth Music Hall
9 p.m. $3. www.newearthmusichall.
com
GHOST LIGHTS Local psych-rock
three-piece that likes to get loud
MAN/MIRACLE San Francisco
four-piece that weds powerful post
rock and gentle, country-tinged
harmonies.
Wednesday 7
Alibi
9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy!
Blue Sky
5- 10 p.m www.blueskyathens.com
VINYL WEDNESDAY Bring your own
vinyl and be a DJ for the night.
Boar’s Head Lounge
9 p m 706-369-3040
OPEN MIC NIGHT Welcoming sing
er-songwriters every Wednesday.
Farm 255
Jazz Night. 8 p.m FREE' www farm255.
com
DIAL INDICATORS Background
sounds for dinner and cocktails.
This quiet jazz duo features Jeremy
Roberts on guitar and George
Davidson on tenor sax playing odd
covers and improvising on familiar
themes
10 p m FREE! www farm255.com
ROYAL BATHS Droning psych-rock
from San Fran.
TIMMY TUMBLE Tim Schreiber
(Dark Meat. The Lickity-Splits)
howls and spasms over garage
rock-anthems and pop songs His
backing band features members of
Mouser, Bubbly Mommy Gun, All
City Cannonballers and The Humms.
TUNABUNNY Local act featuring hazy
and warped experimental psychede
lia Dual female guitarist/vocalists
are backed by synthesized percus
sion and a wall of noise.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
10 p.m. www flickertheatreandbar.com
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.
George’s Lowcountry
Table
6- 9 p.m. FREE! 706-548-3359
THE HANDS OF TIME Rock covers
featuring Charles Burgess (The
Common Peoples Band) on vocals
and keys, Amy Pritchett (Forward
Motion) on keys and vocals, JC
Plant (Blue Flame) on guitar and
vocals, Kenny Brawner (The Grains
of Sand) on bass, Danny Anthony
(The Grains of Sand) on sax. Jeff
Hammond (The Soul Pleasers) on
trombone. Bill Oglesby (The Soul
Pleasers) on sax and Larry Freeman
(The Soul Pleasers) on drums
Go Bar
10 p.m. 706-546-5609
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. $5 www hendershotscoffeebar.
com
SCOTT BAXENDALE Guitar dynami-
cism from the owner of Baxendale
Guitars. Classic bluesy riffs and a
lot of soul.
DUSTIN EDGE Widely traveled New
York songwriter focused on “extend
ing the boundaries of traditional pop
music."
Little Kings Shuffle Club
9 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlek-
ingsshuffleclub
LAND MINE This is the third show
for local band Land Mine featuring a
new and dynamic line up.
THE MOANERS Two Chapel Hill
ladies play slide-guitar-led rock that
sounds like the grungy, beachy side
of The Breeders stripped down to
its core.
THE STONE BREAKERS Local act
playing straight-up rock and roll
with influences like Elvis Costello
and The Who.
Locos Grill & Pub
7 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com
(Timothy Rd. location)
CLASSIC CITY SOUL Expect a slew
of Motown hits and loads of R&B
classics.
The Melting Point
6 p.m. $5 (adv). $7 (door), www melt-
mgpointathens.com
SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND
Greg Reese (Redneck GReese), Ken
Will Morton, Scott Low (Efren) and
Holly Belle will gather onstage to
share songs and stories.
The Office Lounge
9:30 p.m FREE' 706-549-0840
KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the
Queen of Karaoke'
Porterhouse Grill
7-10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990
JAZZ NIGHT Every Wednesday! This
week features Steve Key and Friends
with Bill Baker, Jeremy Roberts and
Nic Wiles. Stop by for live jazz and
drink specials.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5 30 p.m. $10 glass www lerrapin-
beerco.com
MCNARY Three-piece pop band play
ing a blend of up-tempo cover songs
and soulful originals.
Thursday 8
Amici Italian Cafe
11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000
THE WELFARE LINERS Bluegrass
band complete with upright bass,
banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle,
featuring the founder of Ghostmeat
Records and members of 6 String
Drag. The Burning Angels and The
F-Holes
Blind Pig Tavern
"Live on the Patio." 8 p.m. FREE! 706-
548-3442 (West Broad St.)
CORRY PARKER This local singer/
guitarist is inspired by classic rock
and folk.
Boar’s Head Lounge
9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040
CONNOR PLEDGER TRIO Pledger's
mostly acoustic sound is influenced
by acts like Dave Matthews, John
Mayer and Jack Johnson, now with a
rhythm section.
Caledonia Lounge
9:30 p.m. $5(21+), $7(18+). www.
caledonialounge.com
EMPEROR X Low-fi "speed folk-
one-man band with elements of
electronica
FOUR EYES Jace Bartet and Erin
Lovett lovingly mingle gentle melo
dies with bombastic shredding.
THE FRONT BOTTOMS Pop punk
vocals layered on acoustic indie
rock.
GRAPE SODA Local band featuring
the brothers Lewis (Mat and Ryan,
also of The Agenda), on vocals,
organ and drums, playing reverb-
heavy garage psych-rock.
DePalma’s Italian Cafe
6:36-8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237
(Timothy Rd. location)
THE BURNING ANGELS Sweet,
male/female harmonies sharing wis
dom over soulful Americana. Bring
blankets, chairs and snacks for this
outdoor, family-friendly show.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE 1 wwwfarm255.com
JESSITEICH R&B/blues/pop/rock
singer-songwriter/pianist born
in New Jersey and raised in the
New York jazz scene. Also playing
Saturday at Little Kings Shuffle Club.
VINCENT THE DOG Athens rock
power trio informed by classic rock,
blues, funk, jazz, hard rock and pro
gressive rock.
Georgia Theatre
8 p.m. $30. www georgiatheatre.com*
BRIGHT EYES Doe-eyed troubadour
Conor Oberst backed by Mike Mogis
and Nathaniel Walcott has added
a bit more grit and raw rock power
behind his famously incisive and
engaging lyrics. His new album, The
People's Key, was released earlier
this year See Calendar Pick on this
page.
FIRST AID KIT Swedish sisters
playing big-hearted indie-folk, drip
ping with harmonies and charming
simplicity.
Go Bar
10 p.m. FREE' www.myspace.com/
gobar
DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted
by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred"
Bowers and featuring a large assort
ment of pop, rock, indie and more.
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8 p.m. $3. www hendershotscoffeebar.
com
EMILY DAVIS Young singer/song
writer who has been at it for the
majority of her life.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlek-
ingsshuffleclub
ANTLERED AUNT LORD Fuzz-pop
guitar/drums duo featuring featuring
local producer and songwriter Jesse
Stinnard.
GREEN GERRY Particularly dreamlike
and subtly electronic local artist.
LOS MEESFITS Cuban salsa Misfits
cover band includes locals Geoff
Terry and Selana. Translated by
Eric H.
TATERZANDRAZANDRA Brand-new
local band playing angular, often
dissonant, but catchy grunge that
maintains a distinct sense of melody.
Max
9 p.m. $5. 706-254-3392
KITE TO THE MOON Local band
led by Timi Conley and featuring a
stimulating live show with jubilant,
rowdy pop music accompanied by
spontaneous video mixing, trapeze
girls and more.
THE WOODGRAINS Local band that
plays a blend of funk, rock and soul
Thursday, September 8
Bright Eyes,
First Aid Kit
Georgia Theatre
As a longtime critics'
darling, pop songwriter
Conor Oberst always
seems to have something
to prove whenever his
main project, Bright Eyes,
readies a new release.
Since his days front
ing the Omaha band
Commander Venus in
the mid 1990s, Oberst's
melodic sensibilities and
distinctively emotive
singing style have been
on the radar. Bright Eyes
began as a solo thing, but
the project soon evolved
into a full-band affair.
The band made big splashes in the indie underground in the late '90s with releases on
the Saddle Creek label (a company Oberst helped establish in Omaha), and the songwriter
and bandleader landed on the top of many music writers' and fans' lists.
Oberst and his Bright Eyes team—anchored by multi-instrumentalist Nebraskans
Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott—hit the road last spring behind their seventh studio
album, People's Key, the long-awaited follow-up to the lush 2007 collection Cassadaga.
In recent years, Oberst recorded and toured with several side projects and collaborations,
including the Mystic Valley Band and the Monsters of Folk. He recorded People's Key in
Omaha at the band's own ARC Studios with Mogis and longtime Athens fixture and stu
dio partner Andy LeMaster (Now It's Overhead) at the helm. A slew of guest musicians
helped out, too, including Matt Maginn (Cursive), Carla Azar (Autolux), Clark Baechle
(The Faint), Shane Aspegren (The Berg Sans Nipple), Laura Burhenn (The Mynabirds) and
Denny Brewer (Refried Ice Cream).
The People's Key is a melodic, snappy gem with a rich sound: an autumnal blend of
dreamy guitar pop, brilliant lyrical play and hesitant euphoria. There's a sense of yearn
ing in Oberst's voice, from the staccato singing on lead-off single "Shell Games" to the
pounding of danceable "Jejune Stars" and the drowsy hypnotic "Approximate Sunlight."
Longtime fans surely approve. [T. Ballard Lesemann]
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