In the Clubs: 03-31-08
Monday, March 31st, 2008• Melting Point: R.E.M. “Accelerate” Listening Party.
• Tasty World: Elevation, Harrison Hudson.
Archive for March, 2008
In the Clubs: 03-26-08
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008• Caledonia: AM Syndicate, Cars Can Be Blue, Hello Lefty.
• Flicker: Matias, Venice Is Sinking.
• Georgia Theatre: Sister Hazel, Ernie Halter.
• Melting Point: The Healers.
• Tasty World: Corey Crowder, Dead Stick Landing, Sun Domingo.
• Tasty World (upstairs): Gypsies Killing Unicorns.
• Washington Street Tavern: Uncle Daddy & the Time Machine Revival.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Kip Jones.
• WOW Cafe and Wingery: Nathan Shepard.
The Gourds promenade into Athens
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
The official story sounds a little like pennies from heaven. Kevin “Shinyribs” Russell was messing around with a ukulele chord book when he stumbled upon a magical - no, heavenly - few chords. Those chords became a melody that led Russell, one of two primary songwriters and a vocalist for the Austin, Texas-based alt-country rockers The Gourds (Friday, Melting Point), to write the ballad “Promenade.” Russell loved the song. But it didn’t exactly fit in with the smart, raucous roots music - dubbed “hillbilly literati” by The Gourds’ PR people - the band normally plays.
Listen to “How Will You Shine” by The Gourds:
In the Clubs: 03-25-08
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008• 40 Watt: Phantom Planet, House of Heroes.
• Melting Point: The Suggins Brothers.
• Rye Bar: Dub Reggae.
• Tasty World: Captain #1, Finn Riggins, Nicolas Jacques, Rockefeller Twins.
In the Clubs: 03-24-08
Monday, March 24th, 2008• Tasty World: Minsk, Music Hates You, Zoroaster.
The Buddy System pairs tunes, ‘toons
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Local musician-entrepreneur-artist-writer-doorman Ryan Lewis has played in his share of bands, with the Agenda and the Sunshine Fix among them. But Lewis’ latest musical endeavor is something that reaches far beyond anything he’s done before. Guitarist Lewis and his drummer brother Mat have joined forces with bassist-illustrator Lauren Gregg and keyboardist-animator Craig Sheldon to make up the Buddy System, a consortium blending sci-fi instrumentals - particularly the bewitching tune “Return from Horse Mountain” - with inventive animated shorts to create a unique entertainment form.
B-52’s album reflects the past
Friday, March 21st, 2008
It’s so hard to be incognito in Athens - when you’re the B-52’s. Last spring, you could hardly walk downtown without hearing word of “a B-s sighting” - or having a sighting of your own. “I just saw Fred (Schneider) in a bucket hat buying tofu at the grocery!” Or, “Guess what! I heard the B-52’s practicing at Chick Piano and saw them come out of one of the rehearsal rooms - they were amazing!” Mmm hmm. If there’s one thing you know if you know the B’s, it’s that the band loves Athens.
Podcast: This Weekend 03-21,22-08
Friday, March 21st, 2008
THIS WEEKEND IN THE CLUBS: Who’s playing where this weekend in Athens, featuring a song from Lake City.
In the Clubs: 03-21,22-08
Friday, March 21st, 2008Friday:
• 40 Watt: a.armada, Boats-Dock’s Party, Dan Hole Pond, Dead Elephant Bicycle, Deaf Judges, Mouser, Nomenclature, Paper Tanks.
• Allen’s: Lucas Cates & Kenny Leiser.
• Caledonia: The Empties, Lake City, J-Roddy Walston and the Business.
• Classic Center: Decemberadio, Third Day, Sanctus Real.
• Flicker: Angi West, My Unborn Children, Nerdkween.
• Georgia Theatre: Heavy Petty, ZZ Topless.
• Go Bar: Jeremy Wheatley.
• Little Kings: Breathlanes.
• Melting Point: Bobby Lee Rodgers & the Codetalkers, Papi Mali.
• Mercury Lounge: The Peabodies.
• No Where Bar: Dr. Louis Sullivan.
• Rye Bar: Gift Horses, Hardy Morris & Brantley Senn.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Grayson Hill.
Saturday:
• 40 Watt: The Buddy System, Folklore, Iron Hero, King of Prussia, Puddin’ Tang, Sea of Dogs, Sleeping Friends.
• Allen’s: Rollin’ Home.
• Caledonia: Michael Guthrie Band, Misfortune 500, Young Antiques.
• Downtown Athens: Hope for Nicaragua Benefit, 2 p.m. to midnight: Dodd Ferrelle, Ted Franklin, Full Fathom Five, The Happy Are Dead, Pilot Coat, That’s What She Said.
• Flicker: Cortez Garza, Nick Light, Marry A Thief.
• Georgia Theatre: Stars, Martin Royle.
• Gnat’s Landing: Avery Dyland Project, Josh Taylor.
• Go Bar: Nightingale News.
• Little Kings: Black Dominoes, The Cubs, Christopher Henderson.
• Melting Point: Betsy Franck & the Bareknuckle Band, Charlie Garrett Band.
• Nuci’s Space: Nathan Beaver, Mike Killeen and the Sweethearts, Chris Moore.
• Tasty World: Ben Stevens & Nolan Terrebone, The Bros. Marler, Elite the Showstoppa, Figaro, King Hill, Kosher Beets, Kowboy, Mr. Nasty, The Rattlers.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Lullwater.
Dark Meat finds its way in the touring world
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
No matter how you slice it, traveling with 20 people isn’t easy. Ask the members of Dark Meat, who, until recently, stuffed themselves in two passenger vans any time they hit the road for shows outside Athens. “Tempers can flare when you’re traveling constricted in a little ball,” says singer and guitarist Jim McHugh.
But as the band took off last week for Austin, Texas,’ South by Southwest music festival, they enjoyed a little more leg room. Riding for the first time in their recently-purchased 35-foot coach bus (bought from a diving expedition company that planned to use the vehicle for spare parts), the group enjoyed a much more comfortable voyage. Of course, they had new issues to deal with once arriving in Austin.
