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THE CALENDAR!
Fnday, Dec 23 continued from p 19
MANRAY Local band waves a big
middle finger fo traditional song
structure while playing what
Flagpoles Gordon Lamb has coined
“complicated-core *
WADE BOGGS Local punk band
featuring Ian McCord (of local bands
Hot New Mexicans and Carrie
Nations) and lots of raw. catcby
hooks
YE OLDE SUB SHOPPE Big-hearted
pop music played on tiny instru
ments
The Melting Point
Annual Christmas Show 8 30 p m $10
(adv) $13 (door) wwwmeltmg-
pointathens com*
RACK OF SPAM This regional eight-
piece group got its start here in
Athens in 1981 With three decades
in the business, the groups Detroit-
style R&B and blue-eyed soul still
sounds powedul Celebrating their
35th anniversary tonight' Read a
tan s recollections of the bands
career at www flagpole com
The Office Lounge
9pm FREE' 706-546-0840
THE TANGENTS This country-fried
rock group from Watkinsville car
ries Lynyrd Skynyrd licks and John
Mellencamp melodies.
Saturday 24
Go Bar
9pm 706-546-5609
DJ MARK MOBLEY Get your Xmas
groove on with Mark, who'll be
"spinning music for the season
from The Nutcracker Suite to The
Pogues “
Monday 26
Go Bar
10 pm FREE'706-546-5609
DR. FRED S KARAOKE Hosted
by karaoke fanatic John Dr Fred"
Bowers and featuring a large assort
ment of pop. rock, indie and more
Tuesday 27
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p m 706-369-3144
OJ LOZO Spinning punk rock'
EL HOLUiN Local band offers
ethereal vocals and minimalist ar
rangements
KOKO BEWARE Surf rock outfit from
Augusta
YOUNGER SIBLINGS Featuring
members of PS Eliot stradling the
indie-pop/punk line
The Melting Point
7pm $5 wwwmeltmgpointathen <:
com
BORDERHOP 5 This bluegrass quin
tet sums up its sound in two words
" high" and "lonesome'
Wednesday 28
Boar’s Head Lounge
9 p m 706-369-3040
OPEN MIC NIGHT Welcoming smg-
er-songwriters every Wednesday
Caledonia Lounge
8pm $5(21 +•) $7(18+) wwwcale-
domalounge com
AN ISLE ATE HER A hybrid of techni
cal metal and grmdcore from Atlanta
CITY OF IFA Progressive and play
fully experimental screamo from
Orlando
COME WHAT MAY Melodic hardcore
band with a positive message for
the people
HEATHEN TALK Brand-new local
‘jazzy tap math' band featuring ex
members of Cioudeaters
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8 30 p m FREE' www tlickertheatrean-
dbar com
BOYCYCLE Brand-new local band
featuring Andre Ducote Ashley
Floyd Austin Williams and Bryson
Blumenstock playing dreamy inven
tive tunes driven by various percus
sive instruments and synth
GLUPIST New band featuring Danny
Gorbachev formerly of Nuclear
Spring, playing folky rock numbers
with a sense of humor
WOODWORKS Jenny Woodward and
Mandy Riley (of Like Totally') and
Stephanie Davis (visiting from the
Big Apple) sing ethereal folk songs
that will knock you to your knees
They'll be joined by Scott Woodward
on percussion and Will Taylor on
cello
Hendershot's Coffee
Bar
8pm $3 wwwhendershotscoffeebar
com
SCOn SPILLANE The former
Neutral Milk Hotel horn player and
current Gerbils frontman will play a
solo set
The Office Lounge
9 p m FREE' 706-549-0840
KARAOKE This is your last chance
this year to party with your host
Lynn the Queen of Karaoke'
' Advance Tickets Available
Wednesday, December 21
The Winter Sounds
Caledonia Lounge
According to the flyer for
this special holiday show.
The Winter Sounds will be
playing “BUTT-NAKED,*
and by butt-naked they
mean STRIPPED DOWN. And
by “stripped down* they
mean... acoustic. The one
time Athens-based electro
pop band chums out melodic
and intricately lush tunes
accented by synth and vio
lin, but bass player EUen Angelico says this set will feature accordion and banjo instead
of keys and bass.
“It's going to be pretty chill,* she says, with the band tackling “as many Christmas
songs and fun '80s covers as we can think of...*
And dam it, The Winter Sounds deserve a good time. The Nashville-based band has
been touring nonstop since September, swinging through Athens several times this fall.
And while the band has been busy, they did manage to record a sweet little EP called
L'fte des Trois Michelles. “Merci Michelle Dupont* offers a rousing anthemic chorus in
French, while "Michelle and Ryan* bounces with a new wave feel as it depicts a hipster
and her whale tattoo (“and if you think it's a shark—you're way off*). Final track “The
Glorious Union" showcases The Winter Sounds' more orchestral side, with swelling strings
and equally lavish vocal harmonies.
How does a band get lucky enough to write three different songs about Michelles?
Angelico explains. "The EP was made after The Winter Sounds did a couple different
fundraisers and ended up writing a bunch of songs for donors. Three of the songs ended
up being pretty good, and they also ended up being about girls named Michelle who
donated to the fundraisers." Gee, aren't Michelles generous? And modest, too.
Another interesting side note: the artwork on the EP was designed by another former
Athenian: Allison Weiss, and it's “made up entirely of pictures of people who donated to
The Winter Sounds' first Kickstarter campaign.*
Check out www.thewintersounds.com for the EP, and then head to Caledonia Lounge
fo’’ a free show. The band might not play any of the Michelle tunes, but you will likely
hear a lot of songs about some guy whose birthday is pretty soon. [Michelle Gilzenrat]
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