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SLEEPY GENES Rock and roll from
Atlanta.
DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry
soul, righteous R&B and a whole
lotta unexpected faves.
DJ CHAMPALE Will Stephenson of
WUOG.
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoftee.com
BETSY FRANCK This focal song
writer offers soulful, brassy Southern
rock and country.
High wire Lounge
•Friday Night Jazz.’ 8r11 p.m. FREE!
www.highwireiounge.com
RAND LINES Original compositions
of pianist Rand Lines with drum
mer Ben Williams and bassist Carl
Lindberg.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/
Ikshuffleclub
TATERZANORA Angular, often dis
sonant but catchy grunge that main
tains a distinct sense of melody.
THE GOONS Local indie-pop-
rock featuring members of The
Glands, Casper & the Cookies and
Marshmallow Coast
VISUALIZATIONS Three-piece band
influenced by early post-punk era
bands, new wave, psychedelic and
experimental musicians.
ANTLERED AUNTLORD Fuzz-pop
guiter/drums duo featuring featuring
focal producer and songwriter Jesse
Stinnard. no'*.?
The Molting Point
8:30 p.m. $12 (adv.J, $15 (door), www.
meltingpointathens.com . r .r.
ABIGAIL WASHBURN Nashville-
based clawhammer banjo player
who pairs folkefements with far- • /
flung sounds. Her albumTravelfng
Daughter features songs written in
Chinese (she's fluent).
MANOOUM ORANGE Led by song
writer Andrew Marlin and vocalist/
instrumentalist Emily Frantz, this
contemporary folk due ornaments
lyric and harmony-focused tunes
with acoustic and electric guitars,
fiddle and mandolin.
New Earth Music Hall
9:30 p.m. $10. www.newearthmusi-
chall.com
MANSIONS ON THE MOON Los
Angeles trio of writers and pro
ducers specializing in electronic
down-tempo and ambient rock. See
Calendar Pick on p. 17.
FLT RSK A funky blend of electronica
and space rock featuring members of
DubConscious.
ELECTROPHORIA DJ set from Kai
KaiReidl.
No Where Bar
10 p.m. $3,706-546-4742
SHOWTIME Elite tha Showstoppa’s
band plays eclectic hip-hop mixed
with rockin' funky soul.
LOWDIVE Local ska/reggae band.
The Office Lounge
9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840
KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the
Queen of Karaoke! The first Friday of
every Month.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5:30-7:30 p.m. $10 (Glass), www.ter-
rapinbeer.com
JACK OF HEARTS Four-piece pop
ensemble from Atlanta with some
folky undertones.
Saturday 7
40 Watt Club
8 p.m. $12 (adv). www.40watt.com
REAL ESTATE Timeless, melodic
and finely crafted pop songs. See
Calendar Pick on this page.
TWERPS Australian pop band offers
cheeky yet heartfelt tunes with infec
tious melodies.
FOLKLORE Jimmy Hughes is back
in town to deliver fuzzy pop songs
that break from the mold by taking a
pseudo-mythical storytelling route.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5(21+), $7 (18-20). www.
caledonialounge.com
THUNDERCHIEF Local act with a
West Coast punk sound influenced
by classic rock.
CLOAK AND DAGGER DATING
SERVICE Local six-piece ensemble
plays loud and loose straightahead
rock with dueling maleAemale
vocals. •
Farm 255
11 pm FREE! www.farm255.com
GRASS GIRAFFES Featuring Eddie
“the Wheel’ Whelan, this Athens
band crafts minimalist bedroom pop.
TIMMY'TUMBLE In addition to the
Modem Lovers cover set. we also
get a set of Tim Schreiberis original,
howling garage rock anthems.
VELOCIRAPTURE Loud and brash
local rock duo that names Velvet
Underground and Stooges among its
influences.
Front F*orch Book Store
6 p.m. REE! 706-546-6840
BETSY FRANCK Local songstress
plays her Southern rock and country
tunes as part of the Summer Music
Series, followed by a cookout on
the lawn.
Georgia Theatre
8 p.m. $8. www.georgiatheatre.com
DARNELL BOYS The three Darnell
brothers play and sing country blues
• originals backed by upright bass,
singing saw and junkyard percus
sion.
HIGH STRUNG STRING BAND This
local act offers three-part harmonies
and ramblin', upbeat bluegrass on
acoustic guitar, banjo and mandolin.
Expect a blazing, high-energy set!
THE WHISKEY GENTRY Formed
in the spring of 2009. The Whiskey
Gentry is a band of Atlanta misfits-
that defy categorization in Adantals
saturated music market. Songs
range from bluegrass to folk to old-
time country.
JUNIOR LEAGUE Atlanta frontwoman
Ussy Rosemont plays down-home
folk with a Southern accent
Go Bar
9 p.m. 706-546-5609
TIGER! TIGER! Four-piece co-ed
rock and roll with, a grungy, Clash
like edge.
THE RODNEY KINGS Scuzzed out
punk.
THE HUMMS Local three-piece
known for its loud and bizarre shows
and a raunchy, grooving blend of
psychedelic garage rock.
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
9 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com
QUIABO DE CHAPEU Local musi
cians playing a lively mix of authen
tic Brazilian music.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/
Ikshuffleclub
DJ MAHOGANY Birthday dance party!
Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous
R&B and a whole lotta unexpected
faves.
The Melting Point
8:30 p.m. $10 (adv) $13 (door) www.
meltingpointathens.com
DEJA VU John Keane, Nathan
Sheppard and friends play a tribute
to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
NATHAN SHEPPARD The local
acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is
known for his emotive singing
style and his modern reworkings of
classic tunes, from Dylan and Neil
Young to Van Morrison.
The Office Lounge
3rd Anniversary Party! 7 p.m. FREE!
706-546-0840
THE SHADOW EXECUTIVES A night
of classic blues numbers and fun.
Get there at 6 p.m. for food! Music
starts at 7 p.m.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5:30-7:30 p.m. $10 (Glass), www.ter-
rapinbeer.com
SOYLENT REO This Atlanta band
plays a soulful blend alternative rock
and blues.
Monday 9
Georgia Theatre
8 pm $10. www.georgiatheatre.com
CENTRO-MAHC Texas band with
hefty Athens connections plays *
Southern rode with a certain grungy
sheen and poetically disjointed
lyrics.
DAVID BARBE AND THE QUICK
HOOKS Acclaimed local producer
and former member of Sugar and
Mercyland, Barbe writes a special
brand of full-throttle rock that
ventures from indie psychedelia to
twangy blues.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS This
Atlanta/Athens group plays breezy,
beachy Americana.
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8 pm FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.
com
OPEN MIC Local songstress Kyshona
Armstrong hosts this open mic night
every Monday!
The Melting Point
8 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens.
com
THE HOOT Monthly showcase put
on by the Athens Folk Music &
Dance Society. Tonight features the
harmonizing talents of folk duo The
Sklpperdees plus rockabiliy/old
country from Vacant House and
local pop rock act Vinyl Strangers.
Susan Staley opens and hosts.
Tuesday 10
Georgia Theatre
9 p.m. $8. www.georgiatheatre.com
PUNK ROCK LOBSTERZ All-star
Athens band featuring members
of Dead Confederate, Futurebirds.
Kuroma, The Quick Hooks and
other surprise guests! The band will
perform classic Athens rock tunes
by artists such as The Glands, Star
Room Boys, Widespread Panic,
Vic Chesnutt, R.E.M. and more as
a benefit for The Wounded Warrior
Album Charity.
HEAVY PETTY Former members of
Masters of the Hemisphere and The
Possibilities rock through the back
catalog of Tom Petty.
“Get Up Gel Down” on the ">oftop! 11
p.m. $2. www.georgiatheatre.com
CHERUB Self-described as a “sexy,
avant-garde, electro-pop duo that is
the dance love-child of ‘80s funk and
pop music from the future.’
IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local
DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. hosts a dance
party featuring high-energy electro
and rock.
Wednesday 11
Caledonia Lounge
9:30 pm $5 (21+). $7(18+). www.
caledonialounge.com
OCEAN IS THEORY Atlantans who
combine post-rock melodies wiih
hardcore-lite vocals.
SLEEP DANCE A combination of
acoustic rock, jazz and indie rock
featuring ambient soundcapes,
intricate guitar work and complex
percussion.
YOUNG AMERICA Upbeat, bouncy
alt-country songs accented by
strings.
Farm 255
11 p.m. FREE! www.ferm255.com
CALEB DARNELL Member of The
Darnell Boys and Bellyache sings
the blues.
Georgia Theatre
8 p.m. $12. www.georgialheatre.com
REHAB With several big radio
hits under its belt (’Last Tattoo,*
‘Bartender Song’ and more) this
Atlanta band continues to blend
alternative Southern rock with
hip-hop.
JT CURTIS AND THE SILVER
EAGLE BAND Nashville singer/
songwriter whose genuine country
sound has garnered a substantial
grassroots following.
Highwire Lounge
8-11 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). The new
originals spark like Booker T & the
MG's mixed with 20th century har
mony, and will appeal to a strange
cross section of indie noise rockers
and noodle-limbed jam-band fans
alike. Every Wednesday in April!
Locos Grill & Pub
6-9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700
(Timothy Rd. location)
NATHAN SHEPPARD The local
acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is
known (or his emotive singing style
and his modern reworkings of clas
sic tunes from Dylan, to Neil Young
to Van Morrison.
DAMIAN CASCAPO Playing classic
covers.
The Office Lounge
9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840
KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the
Gueen of Karaoke!
Buffalo’s Southwest
Caf6
7-10 p.m. $5.706-354-6655, www.
buffaloscafe.com/athens
LINE DANCING Learn to line dance in
the Big Back Room! Every 2nd and
4th Monday.
Caledonia Lounge
8:30 p.m. $5(21+), $7 (18-20). www.
caledoniafounge.com v.-. :
ABOVE THE ATLANTIC Indie rock/
pop trio from Cleveland. Influences
include Death Cab for Cutie, Kings
of Leon, The Whigs, Radiohead and
more. '• 4 ;.rn .v
WESTON TAYLOR Singer/songwriter
and mufti-instrumentalist who draws
on mefodic pop acts like Rilo Kiley. .
The Format and Cofdplay.
MR. MUSTACHE High-energy rock
band with loud gutters and lots of •;
crowd interaction.
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Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. FREE! www.fHckertheatrean-
dbar.com
THE FOUR THIEVES This local band
offers up folky ’thrash-grass.’
Hendershot’s Coffee
Bar
8:30 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.
com
IKE STUBBLEFIELD AND FRIENDS
Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is
a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his
teeth backing Motown legends like
the Four Tops and Marvin Gaye.
The Melting F’oint
7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.
com
KELLY MCFARUNG TRIO Haunting,
raw vocals over original rhythm and
bluegrass instrumentation.
ANGELA EASTERLING Americana/
roots singer-songwriter based in. v.
Greenville, SC who recently released
a French language album titled Mon
Secret (My Secret).
No Where Bar
10 p.m. $2,706-546-4742
EB REECE Nineteen-year-old singer/
songwriter from Ellijay, GA.
The Volstead
9p.m.-1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300
KARAOKE Every Tuesday!
Walker’s Coffee & Pub
9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1433
LIVE JAZZ Every Wednesday!
Featuring Taj.
The Winery
7-11 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0095
LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local
singer-songwriter performs solo folk
and country. Every Wednesday
Down ffie Line
4/12 JUSTIN KENNEDY/EMILY
HEARN/THE WELL REDS (40
Watt Club) .
4/12 LOS PAJSANOS (DePalma’s
Italian Cafe). .. :
4/12 KARAOKE (Go Bar)
4/12 OLD SMOKEY (Hotel Indigo)
4/12 UP UNTIL NOW/SIR
CHARLES (New Earth Music Hall)
4/12 THE BROADCAST (No Where
Bar)
4/12 THE SHADOW EXECUTIVES
(The Office Lounge)
4/13 CALTROP / ARTISTS OF WAR
/MAKE/KILUCK (Flicker Theatre
&Bar)
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