Friday, September 16
HotChaCha,
Spring Tigers,
Spirit Hair,
Summer People
Caledonia Lounge
You know a band has
the tour jones when it
could be mistaken for
a local band. One could
easily make this error
regarding HotChaCha, HotChaCha
who in fact hail from
the rock and roll wasteland of Cleveland, OH.
"We tour a lot, but we always make sure we go down to Georgia because we really like
it a lot in Athens. It's one of our favorite places to play," says Jovana Batkovic, vocalist
for the art-punk-pop quartet, speaking to Flagpole as the band speeds through a west
ward drive from Chicago to Des Moines.
Athens audiences last saw HotChaCha at the Caledonia Lounge's "Dirty Athens"
AthFest day party, but lest we start to really feel special, it's worth noting that they are
a very hard-touring group.
"We went for a month and a half, and now we're on tour for 48 days again that
started a week ago," says Batkovic. "I think we would have done even more, but we had
a member quit in February, so we had to kind of figure that out. It's going to be about
three months [total] this year that we've toured."
At the moment, the bandmembers are out promoting Do It, their new split LP
with Summer People, who will be appearing with them at this week's show. Musically,
HotChaCha is consistently driving itself, employing steady-rocking, delayed-out punk
moves. Batkovic's personal boldness works in the same vein as Future Island's Samuel
Herring, unafraid of skirting the edge of melodrama. In February the group welcomed new
member Greg Gebhard, who represents a first for HotChaCha, being the only male musi
cian to have joined their ranks. Has it changed the dynamic at all? "Not really, because
Greg's kind of like a girl," says Batkovic, eliciting snickers from the van. [Jeff Tobias]
Tuesday 20
Caledonia Lounge
10 pm $5(21+) $7(18+) wwv/cale-
donialounge com
ADAM ARCURAGI & THE LCS Folk
rock group with a bohemian street
performer quality
BRASS BED A charming r 31 age
ol late-era Beatles and pedal-steel
country big. effervescent pop melo
dies wooing backing voca>s and
lighter-lhan-air choruses
KATE MORRISSEY BAND I
known for her dark velvet voice that
stands on its own Morrissey s song-
writing is literate and sincere
CARL LINDBERG
Lindberg performs standards, ongi
rials and som* surprising tunes from
divergent styles
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8 30pm $5 wwwflickertheaireandbar
com
MADELINE Bell-voiced local
songwriter Madeline Adams plays
endearing songs of smalltown loves,
hopes and othei torments and toys
YOUR HEARTBREAKS indie rock,
folk, queercore and punk collab
orative music protect that includes
regular members Clyde Petersen.
Karl Blau and Steve Moore, as well
as around 50 other participating mu
sicians scattered across the country
Flight Tapas and Bar
8pm 706-549-0200
HUNTER MORRIS r > an tor Gif
Horse plays a set of originals.
Go Bar
10 p m 706-546 5609
CONFUSED LITTLE GIRL : : an
gry Southern rc:> - :m Grlandc
Hendershot s Coffee
Bar
RUSTY BELLE
Kate Lorenz otter strong harmonies
and raw. original tunes that can ei
ther 'hand you your a” or make you
miss your Mom ”
Highwire Lounge
8 p.m. FREE' www highwirelounge com
KENOSHA KID Centered around the
instru-improv jazz compositions ot
guitarist Dan Nettles. Kenosha Kid
also features Robby Handley (bass)
and Marlon Patton (drums)
Little Kings Shuffle Club
Athens Farmers Market' 4 30-6 30
p.m FREE' www athensfarmersmar-
ket net
CAROLINE AIKEN Funky rock origi
nals and covers'
The Loft Dance Lounge
9pm 706-613-7771
ATHENS 2 IBIZA DJ BangRadio pre
sides over a special Girls Night Out.
tor which he remixes current pop
radio hits with beacti party beats
The Melting Point
Terrapin Biuegrass Series ’ 7 p m $5
www meltmgpointathens.com
HIGH STRUNG STRING BAND This
local act otters three-part harmonies
and ramblm upbeat biuegrass
No Where Bar
10 p.m. 706-546-4742
MAC LEAPHART& THE GUILD
RIDDEN TROUBADOURS Rowdy
Soulhern rock and country blues
Wednesday 21
Alibi
9pm FREt’ 706-549-1010
KARAOKE ..
Ashford Manor
, p 'i $1 ■). >12 (W'Student i. 1 military
ID) $5 CmT und^r 12) FREE’ ikids
i* ' h l /. /. 1 *'i
RANDALL BRAMBLETT BAND
ol Soutbern music. Either blowing
the sax or delivering his gruff 'n'
grumbly vocals. Bramblett can toss
out direct. Southern R&B kickers.
Blue Sky
5-10 p.m. www blueskyathens.com
VINYL WEDNESDAY Bring your own
vinyl and be a DJ lor the night.
Boar’s Head Lounge
9 p m 706-369-3040
OPEN MIC NIGHT Welcoming sing
er-songwriters every Wednesday
Caledonia Lounge
9 30pm $5 (21+), $7 (18+) www
caledonialounge.com
JURASSIC HEAT Columbia. SC
three-piece refers to "filthy blues"
m its origin story, to which they've
added strong female post-punk
vocals, yrungy riffage and primal
pounding to get a mix of Joan Jett,
Blondieand Pixies
THE NICE MACHINE Local, instru
mental rock with sort undertones
THIEVES MARKET Local alternative
rock band
Farm 255
Jazz Night 8pm FREE' wwwlarm255
com
DIAL INDICATORS Background
sounds lor 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
11pm. FREE' www tarm255 com
BIRD NAMES A somewhat maniacally
twisted menagerie of psychedelic,
olten distorted sounds and childlike
melodies Tne former duo recently
expanded into a six-piece
BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Local
experimental pop band that plays
idiosyncratic, psychedelic tunes
LE BLORR
SUNBEARS
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8 30p m $5 wwwflickertheaireandbar
com
JUNIOR ASTRONOMERS Dancey
rock band that describes its sound
as "akin to hearing Ted Leo being
played by lads years younger than
The Black Lips."
SPACE GHOST Expect keyboard-driv
en pop Irom this local four-piece.
THE WARM FUZZIES Weezer-
inspired quirky local pop-rock outfit
with adorably nerdy tunes
THE WINTER SOUNDS New wave
punk and synth-pop melded into
lyrically inspiring songs
Flight Tapas and Bar
8 p m FREE' 706-549-0200
MARY SIGALAS Visiting standards
and not-so-standards from the 20s
through the 50s Every Wednesday
40 Watt Club
8 p.m. $13 (adv ). www 40watt.com*
THE LOW ANTHEM Theis sweeping
Americana act offers goosebump
raising harmonies, lonesome lap
steel and lush arrangents.
SLEEPY SUN Blissed out psych-
folk with dreamy vocals and fuzzy
basslines
George’s Lowcountry
Table
7 p m FREE' 706-548-3359
NAPOLEON SOLO The multitasking
one-man rock band handles it all.
Georgia Theatre
8 p m $12. wwwgeorgiatheatre com
THE ANTLERS Beginning as the solo
project of Peter Silberman. right after
he moved to Brooklyn. The Antlers
have become an indie-rock sensa
tion featuring heartfelt lyrics and
lush atmospherics
YELLOW OSTRICH Ethereal space
pop with deeply layered vocals puls
ing like a dying star.
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8 p m S3 www hendershotscoffeebar
com
SONS OF DAUGHTERS Young
drums/bass/sax jazz trio with major
credentials, including big-name col
laborations. study at top schools and
international experience See how
it's paid off in hot originals and new
lakes on standards
Locos Grill & Pub
7 p m. FREE' www.locosgrill.com
(Timothy Rd location)
VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE
LAUGHTER No into available
New Earth Music Hall
9 pm. www newearthmusichall com
B0N0B0 English DJ Simon Green
presents his inventive electronica
with a live band, featuring sampler,
sax. a three-piece string section, a
vocalist and moie
PHAELEH With a classical music
education and a fascination with the
world of electronic music, Phaelah
(pronounced Fella) mixes a variety
of styles, from Nordic electronica to
cinemalic breakbeat
The Office Lounge
9 30 p m FREE' 706-549-0840
KARAOKE With your host Lynn the
Queen ot Karaoke 1
Omega Bar
9 p.m. S3 wvAvtheomegabar.com
SPICY SALSA Lessons at 9 30 p m
followed by open dancing at 10 30
Porterhouse Grill
7-10 f) m FREE' 706-369-0990
JAZZ NIGHT
bands and dunk spirals.
' Advance T'ckets Available
OKeqifiLiliveiL
WYE OAK
doors open at 8pm
DREWHOLCOHB
D THE NEIGHBOR!
MIKE KINNEBREW • NATHAN ANGELO
doors open at 8pm *
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15
ZUMBA AfTCR DARK
doors open at 7:30pm
FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 16
THE DISTRICT WTORNEYf
EDDIE AND THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS • MR. FALCON
doors open at 9pm
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21
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? * % ANTHEM
gj SLEEPY SUN
doors open at 9pm
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
street
& wtone
STALKING LOUISIANA
doors open at 9pm
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Matt Pond PA
ROCKY VOTALATO
doors open at 9pm
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 24
WILL HOGL
NIC COWAN • THE JOHN KING BAND
doors open at 8pm
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
TEAL WOIZ
CHRIS McKAY & THE CRITICAL DARLINGS • LOWDIVE
doors open at 8pm
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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 30
LER/4 LYNN
SHOVELS AND ROPE • RUBY KENDRICK
doors open at 9pm
All Shows 0 and up • + $2 for Under 21
* Advance Tlx Available at Wuxtry Records
** Advance Tbc Sold at httpLZZwww.40watt.com
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