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Ring It In
Flagpole’s New Year’s Eve
CONCERT GUIDE
N ew Year's Eve is on a Monday this year.
That's kinda Lame, right? Depends
on your work situation. In my case,
thanks very much for asking, it's actually
pretty awesome. We Flagpole grunts are get
ting like, a week and a half off for the holi
days, and that shit is A-OK with me. (Shout
out to Pete and Alicia, the best overlords a
guy could ask for!)
Anyhow, you may have already noticed that
we're basically phoning in the issue you're
reading right now. Holiday cheer—and the
psychic allure of our impending time off—has
gripped us like a fever. Most of us have been
drunk at the office all week (right guys?), and
there are at least four spontaneous Christmas
carol sing-a-longs every day. As I type this,
city editor Blake Aued is barfing up eggnog in
a hallway closet. It's a scene, man.
Where was I? Oh yeah, New Year's Eve. Even
though it's on a Monday, a day that's been
scientifically proven as the absolute worst of
days, there are a bunch of music things going
on, as always. You should go check them out,
maybe. Or, you know, whatever. Auld lang
syne, chumps!
Radiolucent, Shonna Tucker, Dana
Swimmer @ 40 Watt Club
I'm all about Shonna Tucker's music these
days. The former Drive-By Trucker has got a
new band, some new songs and a new lease on
life. (I haven't verified that last one, but it's
probably true.) If you've caught any number
of her recent sets, you know what I'm saying.
Those other bands are cool, too, but S-Tuck is
the draw, y'all. Ring in the new year with some
real-deal rock and roll.
Modern Skirts, Kishi Bashi, Yip Deceiver
@ Georgia Theatre
It's always fun to see the Skirts, and Yip
Deceiver brings the hardcore booty-shakin'
funk like no other, but the real star of this
showcase is Mr. K Ishibashi. If you attended
the Flagpole Athens Music Awards back in
June, you already know that not only is dude
one hell of a songwriter, he's a consummate
showman, too. You're all, "Why do I want to
listen to a guy play the violin on the biggest
party night of the year?" but trust, fella: you
do.
DubConscious @ New Earth Music Hall
Athens' legendary reggae-party-time
collective returns with a blowout gig sure
to feature the requisite happy hordes of
unwashed hippie-sters and a truly random
cross-section of the rest of the local popula
tion. "We're so excited to announce the return
of DubConscious to all of its tribal and fam
ily intentions," reads a post on the group's
Facebook page. They're promising tons of spe
cial guests, so go satisfy your curiosity, mon!
Muuy Biien, Vincas, The Powder Room,
National Anthem @ Caledonia
Objectively speaking, the awesomest bill
of New Year's Eve takes place at the 'Doner.
I mean, look at that lineup, a who's who of
heavy/weird/anti-rock in Athens. If your idea
of a swell New Year's Eve is drinking a ton of
cheap beer, beating the hell out of your ear
drums and contending with a youuuge crowd
in a tiny room, then you are a misanthrope,
and this show is for you.
The Dream Scene Band plays Talking
Heads, Prince @ Farm 255
This sort of showcase isn't
really anything new or unusual
for ye olde Farm—a bunch of
over-caffeinated neon-punks
playing jittery, loose ver
sions of party-time tunes by
their musical heroes—but,
when you think about it, it's
kind of the perfect NYE show:
all let-go exuberance and
drunken, pleasure-zone pop.
Yes, plz.
Kinchafoonee Cowboys,
Clay Leverett, Charlie
Garrett Band @ Melting
Point
For those who are less
enthused about the idea of
avant-pop cover tunes courtesy
of a bunch of stinky, shiftless
20-somethings, or folks look
ing for more of a family-fun
time, the Foundry Park Inn's music venue offers
its annual New Year's throwdown with some
sweet, sonorous, country-rock stylings.
The Gold Party, Die Young Stay Pretty, DJ
Twin Powers @ Go Bar
Dance the night away with DYSP, Athens'
official Blondie cover act. Blondie's whole cat
alog is pretty good, but you know what would
be the best? If the band just played "Heart of
Glass" over and over and over and over and
over and over and over and...
DJs @ Everywhere
No, "Everywhere" isn't the name of a hot
new club. I just mean there will be DJs liter
ally everywhere downtown. Pick a venue. Any
venue. And, for heck's sake, dance. It's New
Year's Eve, people.
Gabe Vodicka
This list is incomplete. Visit our online Calendar at
Flagpole.com for the full listing of New Year’s hap
penings.
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HOT STONE SUNDAY
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