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All proceeds from the event will benefit two deserving local initiatives: Wholesome Wave Georgia and the Classic City Chef's Association. sr,0 1>KK PKRSON Tickets available at the Athens Farmers Market or www.brownpaportickets.conv event/206111 ATHENS ■ - w iwtUjp c>m* wave J ronted by studio-guy-turned*lead-guy Michael "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, L.A.'s Fitz and the Tantrums don't know when to stop sweating. Since the band formed in 2008 and released its impressive debut album, Pickin' Up the Pieces, the band has maintained a nonstop schedule. The energy necessary to tour constantly is reflected in the group's sound: an invigoratingly polished take on Motown R&B informed by croony new wave and slick '80s pop. Delivering impassioned tunes of heartbreak, the band is able to bridge genres without getting gimmicky. Noelle Scaggs is the band's backup vocal ist, if you want to get technical about it, but she's a whole lot more than just some shoop- shoops and sha-la-la-la-las (though she does a fine job with those, too). Her powerful voice and chemistry with Fitz are why the act's cha risma registers so high in a live setting, and she can act as Greek chorus, voice of reason, scolder, challenger and flirt. "It's interesting because we've been very close since tne inception of the band," she says. "We've always had that passion and energy there that I've never experienced with any other individual. We click; we get each other; we balance each other. And of course there's the male-and-female dynamic, where the songs come from his point of view, and then there's me basically coming in and being this secondary voice." Scaggs says the band—Fitz, Scaggs, Joe Karnes (bass), James King (sax, flute, trumpet, harmonica, etc.), Jeremy Ruzumna (keys) and John Wicks (drums)—puts a lot of preparatory work into its performances, and knowing their tunes, routines (and each other's personali ties) is what allows for onstage vitality. "When you're onstage, you let loose, and when you're rehearsing you're focusing on being tight so you can be loose later on," she says. "In a rehearsal setting, we keep it light and relaxed and talk through opinions to try to achieve balance through communicating with each other." It's maybe no surprise that onstage rapport is essential to delivering a solid live show; any band could tell you as much. But the Tantrums make a particular point of it and work hard at maintaining that level of performance rather than hoping it develops. "The minute you start thinking of it like a job, it's not fun. It is exhausting being on tour," says Scaggs, "but to keep things in perspective you have to support each other. We aim for positivity in this band, and we're blessed with it. We're making a conscious effort to never be on autopilot, to [always] challenge each other. We keep things fun in our performance, keep it engaging and try to make the audience a part of the show." Fitz and the Tantrums' support doesn't exist in a fans-ooly sphere, and the band has found open arms among some of music's more established names. In October of 2010, for instance, members of the band appeared on "Live from Daryl's House," an online series curated by Daryl Hall, the legendary, blonder half of duo Hall & Oates, to whose combina tion of R&B and pop Fitz and the Tantrums owe a good debt. "That was really great! And it was on my birthday!" says Scaggs. "A few months prior [to the show] I had emailed our management about how I wish we could be on that show, and I wrote a letter to Daryl Hall. Turns out our manager had already been in the process of putting it together, and we got the call. It was so fun!" Members of Fitz and the Tantrums jammed with Hall and members of his backing band, ripping through lively versions of some Tantrums numbers and some of Hall's tunes, including "Sara Smile" and "Girl I Love You." "The worst thing to do is think too highly of a person you admire and build up those hero expectations, and they turn out to be a dick," says Scaggs. "But the minute we walked in there we felt so welcome... everything was loose and yet professional. He made it very clear that it was a jam and it would be OK to mess up, and that's the character of [the show]. When we did that session we maybe went over those songs once, maybe twice... but hearing our songs being sung by Daryl Hall? Amazing!" Chris Hassiotis WHO: Fitz and the Tantrums, Walk the Moon WHERE: 40 Watt Club WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 3,8 p.m. HOW MUCH: $18 V __ ) 16 FLAGPOLE.COM • NOVEMBER 2, 20! ALICIA ROSE
