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Cosmic Charlie; the hip-hop scene

Cosmic Charlie keeps truckin¹ with the Grateful Dead: Athens guitarist Michael Wegner assents that when he was a teenager in Rhode Island, he legitimately could be described as a Deadhead, a part of the cultural phenomenon that placed the Grateful Dead at the center of the universe. While Wegner isn't as fervent about the Dead these days as he was growing up, the seminal San Francisco-based band still occupies a solid spot in his world. Wegner plays in the Grateful Dead tribute group Cosmic Charlie, which will celebrate its seventh year together and the 64th birthday of the late Jerry Garcia Monday at the Georgia Theatre. Full story.

Classic City Hip Hop reboots for summer: Like thousands of University of Georgia students this summer, members of the hip-hop scene in Athens are taking some time to regroup. Tommy Valentine, one of Athens' hip hop's most vocal proponents, wants to solidify a community that, thus far, has been fractured. It's been a couple of months since an article offering a comprehensive survey of Athens hip hop was published in Flagpole magazine, bringing to light that lack of unity. Valentine says the article was an "eye opener" that cued him in to the big picture of a scene he's been on the inside of for several years. Full story.

Out on the town

• Caledonia: Telenovela, Freeze Tag.
• Farm 255: Tino Garrido.
• Flicker: Altruzine, Craig Lieske.
• 40 Watt: Push!, King of Prussia, Vetran.
• Last Call: Battle of the Bands with Dark Horse, With the Sun, Free Lunch, Carla LeFever & the Rays, Matt Wink.
• Little Kings: Jumpin' Jesus Christers.
• Lunch Paper: The Body Electric, Danny Feedback, Nose Cone Prophets.
• Melting Point: Whoa Nelly.
• Mercury Lounge: Killick Erik Hinds.
• Tasty World (downstairs): Bellyache, Puffin, Paper Tanks, Heart Mother.
• Tasty World (upstairs): Another Fiasco.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Lixx.

R.E.M. releasing I.R.S. years CDs, DVD

From REMHQ:

On September 12th, EMI will release the first comprehensive CD and DVD anthologies of R.E.M.'s 1980s I.R.S. Records catalog. The CD will be called "And I Feel Fine ... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987" and will be available in 2 formats: a 21-track single-disc collection of hits and band/fan favorites and a 2-CD Collector's Edition with a second 21-track disc of rarities including alternate takes, demos, previously unreleased songs, mixes, and live recordings of classic R.E.M. The DVD, "When the Light Is Mine The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection," includes the music videos from Chronic Town through Document, as well as live television performances and James Herbert’s short film, Left of Reckoning. DVD extras feature early interviews and rare acoustic performances.

Bertis Downs had the following to say about the upcoming release: "This will be a noteworthy package of R.E.M.’s early years, which a lot of people don’t know very well. The guys themselves picked the songs to be included and sequenced the records, had some fun with the liner notes, and Michael and Chris coordinated on a lot of key aspects of the package (actually all key aspects of the package). As for “Why Now?” Well, for one thing, there has never been a real great retrospective of the 5 year/5 album period of R.E.M.’s history known as the I.R.S. years. For another, after 25 years (or 26 but who’s counting?), a recognition of the specialness of these recordings seemed a fine and appropriate thing, and we figured if the band and HQ staff here in Athens had some input, the world would end up with a package that truly has “something for everybody.” ...

For the R.E.M. aficionado, there are some surprises and true rarities here that are sure to delight and amuse; for the uninitiated, or those who first came into the R.E.M. world during Stand or Losing My Religion or Daysleeper or Imitation of Life or Bad Day or Leaving New York, whether by factors of geography, or age, or siblings, or whatever reason, this is a good history lesson on the days of yore when the band first started out and were writing sometimes 2-3 songs a day, many of which became classics, and some of which were lost in the mists of tape and time and vault. So…with those sorts of considerations as the guiding lights and impetus, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe and the rest of us are pleased to participate in this exercise of re-releasing the “hits” of their early years, accompanied by some great things that we had forgotten about, if we ever remembered them in the first place: And I Feel Fine… the Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982- 1987. The bonus disc is especially chock full of material for the experienced, discerning fan and the newcomer alike."

And I Feel Fine...The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (CD)

1. Begin the Begin
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Pretty Persuasion
4. Talk About the Passion
5. (Don't Go Back to) Rockville
6. Sitting Still
7. Gardening at Night
8. 7 Chinese Bros.
9. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
10.Driver 8
11.Can't Get There From Here
12.Finest Worksong
13.Feeling Gravity's Pull
14.I Believe
15.Life and How To Live It
16.Cuyahoga
17.The One I Love
18.Welcome To the Occupation
19.Fall On Me
20.Perfect Circle
21.It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

And I Feel Fine...The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
Collectors' Edition (2-CDs)
(Contains Disc 1 + Rarities Disc)

1. Pilgrimage (Mike's pick)
2. These Days (Bill's pick)
3. Gardening at Night (slower electric demo; previously unreleased)
4. Radio Free Europe (Hib-tone version)
5. Sitting Still (Hib-tone version)
6. Life and How to Live It (Live at the Muziekcentrum, Utrecht, Holland 9/14/87; previously unreleased)
7. Ages of You (Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83; previously unreleased)
8. We Walk (Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83; previously unreleased)
9. 1,000,000 (Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83; previously unreleased)
10.Finest Worksong (other mix)
11.Hyena (demo; previously unreleased)
12.Theme From Two Steps Onward (previously unreleased)
13.Superman
14.All the Right Friends (previously unreleased)
15.Mystery to Me (demo; previously unreleased)
16.Just A Touch (live in-studio version; previously unreleased)
17.Bad Day (session outtake; previously unreleased)
18.King of Birds (last song cut from the Best Of…)
19.Swan Swan H (live, acoustic from Athens,GA-Inside/Out)
20.Disturbance at the Heron House (Peter's pick)
21.Time After Time (annElise) (Michael's pick)

When The Light Is Mine
The Best Of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection (DVD)
1. Wolves, Lower
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Talk About the Passion
4. Radio Free Europe (Live, The Tube, 11/18/83)
5. Talk About the Passion (Live, The Tube, 11/18/83)
6. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
7. James Herbert's "Left of Reckoning" (20-minute film)
8. Pretty Persuasion (Live, The Old Grey Whistle Test, 11/20/84)
9. Can't Get There From Here
10.Driver 8
11.Life and How To Live It
12.Feeling Gravity's Pull
13.Can't Get There From Here (Live, The Tube, 10/25/85)
14.Fall On Me
15.Swan Swan H (Athens, GA-Inside/Out)
16.The One I Love
17.It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
18.Finest Worksong
DVD extras include rare interview footage and acoustic performances.

Get over the hump

• Georgia Theatre: Cowboy Mouth, Southern Bitch.
• Last Call: Battle of the Bands with Aegis of Athena, Carrabelle, Kill LeBaron, Cinjed, Celerity.
• Tasty World (downstairs): Made In Canada, 10 Count Fall, Jil Station.
• Tasty World (upstairs): The Mr. Move, Of Legend, A.R.E. Weapons, Attila, Look Out!
• Wild Wing Cafe: Milligan.

Patterson writes from the road

From Jenn in the DBT camp:

What's up DBT friends? I know, it's only been a couple of weeks and here I am with more news! It's a good month.

Good News - The DBT Fall Tour will be announced on Aug. 1. Look out for it. I know the DBT's been having fun with The Black Crowes but it'll be good for them to get back to their own shows and rock it out. Watch for tour dates in your town!

Our friends The Drams are releasing their first CD today. Go buy it, because it's frickin' great, and we should all support good music. Speaking of, Patterson mentions this in the Dispatch from the Road he's just sent us, along with a lot of other things that have been on his mind lately. I've added it below. Take care now. -j

DISPATCH FROM THE ROAD: July 23 2006 - Boston

Y'ALL:

Greetings from Boston (or actually the back parking lot of some amphitheater somewhere outside of Boston). Tour is going fine and dandy. Homesick for my family (we all are) as we're weeks past our 3 week law with a few more left to go. ...

The tour is going well for us, in that we've covered a lot of ground, some familiar and some new, everyone has been super nice to us.

The Black Crowes band and crew couldn't be a more swell bunch of folks and we've been shown hospitality at every turn. We play 40 minute (rigidly timed) set, early as hell as a very sober audience walks into the arena. Not exactly rockstarshit, but it beats sacking groceries and waiting tables (two jobs I'm only barely qualified to do, but have done for years at times). It's made us a tighter band than ever and our upcoming fall tour will be the payoff for all this pent up ROCK. (Richmond and DC last weekend gave us a glimpse of what lie ahead).

FALL TOUR is about to be announced (if it hasn't already). I know it will involve shows (a long time in coming) with our good friend BOBBY BARE JR. We've played together occasionally in the past and I've long been a big fan and look forward to some hang time. (Congratulations on the beautiful new addition to your family Bobby).

I also hear it will involve some long awaited dates with our very close friends THE DRAMS. Three of those guys were in Slobberbone, whose history has been so tangled with ours since our beginnings. The new band is even better and their new album is out any day now. A fine fucking album and a must have for discerning fans of well written well played Rock and Roll.

Otherwise I've been keeping myself busy writing for several different projects.

Wading through the Rockin' Bones Box Set of 50's punk which is already my favorite new box set since the fabulous Faces set 2 years ago. Watching the Dylan No Direction Home documentary, reading the Conversations With Tom Petty book (looking forward to his new album tuesday), watching the news and frothing at the mouth at the tragic absurdity that passes for world policy, Watching PJ Harvey DVD, Network, We Jam Econo (Minutemen Doc. DVD), and Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol 2. Also read Phillip Roth's Everyman, which is the finest fiction I've read this year. A beautiful and haunting book.

Still digging The Gnarles Barkley, on a big Bowie Alladin Sane kick, Neko Case's new album (my favorite so far this year along with Centro-Matic's latest). and loving the new album by a Nashville band called Glossary. Watch out for them.

Neil Young selected Jason's song Dress Blues to be placed on his website. I think its the finest song Jason has written yet and probably my favorite song this year.

World of Hurt is #1 on RollingStone.com. I'm not quite sure what that means, but I'm happy for that song to get noticed, as I probably feel stronger about that one than anything I've written since The Living Bubba. I think it's a hit whether it sells or not, but what do I know?

We're close to announcing a massive Nuci's Space Benefit for late in the year. They are our #1 cause and pet local charity. If you're not familiar with them or what they do check out http://www.nuci.org/ and see for yourself. What they are trying to do in Athens GA should serve as a prototype for something that should spring up in every town with a music or arts scene.

THANKS again to everyone out there who has come early to catch our sets. Thanks to our friends back home for providing so much moral support and help for our families.

We look forward to seeing you soon.
BEST ALWAYS,
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers

Ooh, isn't that Jeff Mangum?

A Mangum Report from the Pitchfork folks.

Just a taste of music

• Farm 255: Tuesday Night Jazz.
• Tasty World: Parafinale, Austre Gilstrap, Treas in Season, Cranksanatra.

A whole lot of shakin' going on

Friday:
• Caledonia: Garbage Island, Hildegard.
• DT's: Head Trip.
• Flicker: The Deacon Brandon Reeves.
• 40 Watt: Redbelly Band, Bang Bang Bang, Variac.
• Georgia Theatre: Don Chambers + GOAT, Nutria, Adam Musick, Kimberly Morgan.
• Go Bar: Cold Hands, Engineering.
• JR's Baitshack: Dusty Rhodes.
• Last Call: Brantley Gilbert, Holman Autry Band.
• Melting Point: Clarence Young.
• Mercury Lounge: Kenosha Kid.
• Tasty World (downstairs): Countdown to Ecstacy: A Tribute to Steely Dan.
• Tasty World (upstairs): Classic City Hip-Hop.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Tim Miller.

Saturday:
• Caledonia: Music Hates You, Polemic, Hope + Suicide.
• DT's: Sarah Tollerson, Dan Vaillancourt.
• Eastwood Pub: Ralph Roddenbery.
• Farm 255: Modern Skirts, The Comfies, The Empties.
• Flicker: Nic Goodson & Craig Lieske.
• 40 Watt: Randall Bramblett, The Revival.
• Georgia Theatre: Grogus, Reason: Biodynamics.
• JR's Baitshack: T.J. Mimbs.
• Lunch Paper: Horrible Idea, Jeanne Flight, Parade, The Sterns.
• Melting Point: Adam Klein.
• Tasty World: 6 p.m. - Nathan Beaver, Nick Light; 10 p.m. - Big City Sunrise, Wilx, Stampead.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Matt Wink.

Deacon Reeves, Aparao, Last Waltz

The Deacon Brandon Reeves finds a higher place in his music: While his folksy Delta-blues certainly elicits a spiritual response, Gainesville's The Deacon Brandon Reeves (playing Friday at Flicker) is an accidental Deacon. "I played with a friend named Doo, and he went by The Reverend Dr. Doo, because he's got three Ph.D.'s in theology; he's actually a doctor and a Reverend - and he plays an amazing blues harmonica. He just kinda called me 'The Deacon' at a gig, and it floated around, then stuck." Full story.

For Atlanta's Angie Aparo, performance is key: In recent years, Atlanta music veteran Angie Aparo has embraced the Internet in a big way, but when it's all said and done, every new medium he tackles returns him to the essence of his original love, performing before an audience. "We'd been using the Internet for promotion for a long time, and I didn't really care about it," says Aparo, who will appear with his band the Infidels at Tasty World tonight. "But once I realized how monumental the Internet was and how it changed our ability to access information, I thought of it as a canvas and an art form, as opposed to just a promotional tool." Full story.

Ensemble goes back in time in tribute to The Band: This year marks the 30th anniversary of "The Last Waltz." On Thanksgiving Day in 1976, 5,000 fans got to witness one of the greatest farewell concerts of all time. The Band, which initially began as Bob Dylan's backing band during his "electric" period, bid farewell with the help of an amazing list of guest musicians. The concert was filmed and released in 1978 by famed director Martin Scorsese and to this day is still regarded as one of the finest concert films - rockumentaries - ever. And now, with the help of the Atlanta-based The Last Waltz Ensemble, fans can experience "The Last Waltz" for themselves. They perform tonight at the Georgia Theatre. Full story.

Bramblett ready to push new CD

Athens music man extraordinaire Randall Bramblett will see the release of his latest CD, "Rich Someday," on New West Records on Tuesday. The 13 tracks, produced by percussionist Gerry Hansen at Atlanta's Creekside Station (with a few tracks mixed by John Keane in Athens), offer another solid selection of Bramblett's beautifully crafted songwriting - from the slightly edgier title track to the quieter, sweetly reflective "Stupid Shoes" and "Concrete Mind." (Not that it wasn't pretty clear before, but it's now obvious Bramblett simply can't write a bad song.) He's joined by old friend and fellow Athens legend Davis Causey, with Mike Hines, Michael Steele and Hansen.

Before taking off on a tour of the Southeast for the remainder of the summer, Bramblett celebrates the release of the CD on Saturday at the 40 Watt Club. Doors open at 9 p.m. Advance tickets are $8 at SchoolKids Records. (From Marquee)

Good press for DBT, The Whigs

Here's a story from Style, a Richmond, Va., alternative publication, about the Drive-By Truckers: "It Takes a Village to Raise Hell."

The Knoxville Weekly Voice writes about the Whigs, who are on tour, with "Whigging Out: The toast of Athens makes its Knoxville debut."

Lots of music for a summer Thursday

• Caledonia: Misfortune 500, Spy for Hire.
• DT's: Coleridge, Merge Left.
• Farm 255: Tino Garrido.
• Flicker: Thunder Thighs, Bellyache.
• 40 Watt: Bloodkin, Dictatortots.
• Georgia Theatre: The Last Waltz Tribute, Nathan Sheppard.
• JR's Baitshack: Spencer Frye Explosion.
• Last Call: Battle of the Bands with Dark Horse, Free Lunch, Morgan & Bell, Carla LeFever and the Rays.
• Lunch Paper: Her Name is June, The Notes and Scratches, The Swinging Field.
• Melting Point: Hard Labor.
• Mercury Lounge: Birds & Wire.
• No Where Bar: Liquid Sundrop.
• Roadhouse: Brown Frown, Sleepy Horses.
• Tasty World (downstairs): Angie Aparo & the Infidels, Davin McCoy.
• Tasty World (upstairs): Another Fiasco.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Josh Taylor Band.

News you can use

For more info on tomorrow night’s Last Waltz Ensemble gig featuring Nathan Sheppard (the guy behind “Damn Good Dawg,” a song the Savannah Morning News called “the definitive musical tribute to University of Georgia football fans and their favorite pigskin canine”) please go here.

An Aquarium Drunkard has a post about Don Chambers + GOAT and their recent AthFest appearance.

PopFest is around the corner. Will pre-ordering M Coast’s “Say it in Slang” ensure you know all the words to every song before their Aug. 10 set at the 40 Watt? Ask the HHBTM folks.

The Workplay is a club in Birmingham, Ala., and they have a podcast. The latest features Bain Mattox. Go here now.

Have you experienced The Melting Point’s “Bluegrass Thursday on the Patio” yet? Here’s a list of upcoming shows:
7/20/2006 Hard Labor
7/27/2006 Whoa Nelly
8/3/2006 Johnny Roquemore & The Apostles of Bluegrass
8/10/2006 Solstice Sisters
8/17/2006 String Theory
8/24/2006 Hal Misseri & Friends
8/31/2006 Boss Hawg

Am I always the last to hear about the good stuff? Go here to learn more about “The Next To Last Festival” being held this weekend just outside of Athens. Rooster’s BBQ is feeding you and bands like Phosphorescent, Mouser and Summer Hymns are set to entertain. I’ll see you there.

Go forth and listen

• Caledonia: Liz Durrett, Jennifer O'Connor, Hotel Lights.
• Farm 255: Waxwing Trio.
• Flicker: Will Bangs, The Government, Witt Wisebram.
• Last Call: Counterpart, Jumpin' Jesus Christers, Last Witness.
• Tasty World: Last November, Labeling Deloris, Kilroy.
• Transmetropolitan: Honey, Jail Moves, Little Light.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Milligan.

What a slow night

• Farm 255: Tuesday Night Jazz.
• No Where Bar: The Brothers Marler.
• Tasty World: The Suex Effect, Redstone Rising.

Roller Derby + Music

As a favor to my daughter (who's on a roller derby team in the Raleigh area), I thought I'd pass this along, since it does include some music:

Monday, Monday, Monday! One day only!! The Athens Roller Derby's first fabulous recruitment party and fundraiser extraordinaire!

Monday, July 17th from 7-9 PM at Skatearound USA- 3030 Cherokee Road in Athens.

FEATURING:

* Live music from Of Legend and Choptop!
* Skating zombie ghoulscouts!
* GhoulScout bake and crafty sale!
* Skating cakewalk and more! ...

Admission $4, skate rental $1 ($3 for speed skates)

Raffle tickets will be available for $1 each, or $5 for 6. Fabulous prizes include:
* Gift certificates from Pain and Wonder Tattoos and Piercing
* Haircut certificates and merch from Rocket Salon
* Jewelry from Pancake Meow
* Merch from Gonzoriffic Films
* Gift certificate for a free massage and henna session
* Artwork from Tom Enlow (see more of Tom's fab work at www.myspace.com/29ford)
* And perhaps a few more surprises still to come!

So, come one, come all!

Support your local roller derby queens! Help us to buy insurance, legal coverage, practice equipment, merchandise and... of course, lots and lots of band-aids!

A mighty fine mix

• Caledonia: Sparrows Swarm & Sing, Golden Emperor, Aegis of Athena.
• DT's: Alter Ego, Carrabelle, Celerity, Pegasus 59.
• Farm 255: Tino Garrido.
• Flicker: Homemade Knives.
• 40 Watt:Mandy Jane & the Jaws of Life.
• Georgia Theatre: Lefty Williams, Bonobos Convergence, Ralph Roddenbery.
• Last Call: Battle of the Bands with Holman Autry Band,
Millhill
, Matt Wink.
• Lunch Paper: hey, revolution!, Timber, Tracer Metula.
• Melting Point: Larry Keel and Natural Bridge.
• Mercury Lounge: Neal Fountain's Babylon Mining Co.
• Tasty World (downstairs): 6 p.m. - Wesley Cook, Mullinix & Vickery; 10 p.m. - Tamara Burch Project, The Help, The Cool S.W.A.P..
• Tasty World (upstairs): Another Fiasco.
• Wild Wing Cafe: The Mighty McFly.

Isbell, Bramblett and ... American Idol?

The Drive-By Truckers’ Jason Isbell talks to Jambase.

Randall Bramblett has forgotten more about music than I’ll ever know. Creative Loafing profiles the man.

Athensmusic.net has launched a record label. They have Team Clermont Summer Festival tickets too. Soul Miner’s Daughter still occupies the top spot in the Best Sellers list. Go there now!

Mark your calendars Athens-area vocalists – American Idol auditions begin August 8.

Not only did the talented song-writing trio of Hood-Cooley-Isbell make the Paste Magazine 100 Best Living Songwriters List – they offered their opinions on the other folks that made the cut.

Thursday offerings

• Caledonia: Still Small Voice & the Joyful Noise, Walker Lundee.
• Farm 255: The Packway Handle Band.
• Flicker: Too Fat to Scratch.
• 40 Watt: Joseph Plunket & the Weight.
• Tasty World (downstairs): Mic Harrison & Matt Woods, Adam Musick.
• Tasty World (upstairs): Of Legend, Cobra Clutch, The Crimescene.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Milligan.

Tonight in Athens

• Farm 255: Tuesday Night Jazz.
• Flicker: A Wonderful, Carbonic.
• State Botanical Garden: hope for agoldensummer, Tin Cup Prophette.
• Tasty World: The Free Lunch Band, The Winter Sounds, Hope Dialect.

Weekends rock

Friday:
• DT's: Millhill, Of Mirth and Matter,
• Eastwood Pub: Carla LeFever & the Rays.
• Farm 255: Scott Leon-O'Day Quartet.
• Flicker: Craig Lieske, Heather McIntosh & John Fernandez, Emma Zunz.
• 40 Watt: Producto, The Mendoza Line.
• Georgia Theatre: Stewart & Winfield, Bloodkin (acoustic).
• JR's Baitshack: The Law Band.
• Last Call: Brantley Gilbert, Holman Autry Band.
• Mercury Lounge: Breathlanes.
• Tasty World: Classic City Hip Hop.
• Wild Wing Cafe: The '60s.

Saturday:
• Caledonia: Ham1, The Mattoid, The Good Ship.
• DT's: 23 Jinx.
• Flicker: Bo Bedingfield,
• 40 Watt: Krush Girls, Twin Powers.
• Georgia Theatre: Moonshine Still.
• Hot Corner Coffee: Steel Woool.
• Last Call: Boy Hits Car, Suburban Camoflauge, Echo Valve.
• Lunch Paper: Cranksanatra, New Granada, 696, Umbrella Tree.
• Melting Point: John James' Waxwing Trio.
• Mercury Lounge: Box Devils.
• Tasty World: Benefit for Project Safe with Effie's Club Follies, Classic City Kings, The Athenian Nights Belly Dance Troupe.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Legend Has It.

Ham1, Cartridge Famliy

• Athens' Ham1 (playing Saturday at the Caledonia) defies easy-to-market compartmentalization. The creative outlet for songwriter (and elementary school reading teacher) Jim Willingham resists simple description and being pigeon-holed by a specific style or genre. Last year's critically embraced self-titled debut is a folksy, quirky and often psychedelic album that explores the outer limits and inner workings of pop music in that the exotic instrumentation and unique approach are catchy without being spoon-fed. Full story.

• Greg Rice thinks he's a rock star - or at least his band, the Cartridge Family, wants you to think all the members are rock stars. Or perhaps the band just thought "Here Come the Rock Stars" was a good name for its 2005 debut album. Whatever the reason, Athens music fans can decide for themselves what the rock star status is of the Raleigh, N.C. foursome (Rice on keys, Joe Rechel on guitar, Stephen Gardner on drums and C. J. Irwin on bass) when they play at Lunch Paper tonight. Full story.

Your Thursday offerings

• Caledonia: Sailor Winters, Colossus.
• DT's: Coleridge.
• Flicker: The Feral Throes, Hot Grits.
• 40 Watt: Acid House Kings, The Legends, Savoir Faire, Cars Can Be Blue.
• Georgia Theatre: Liquid Sundrop, Grand Committee, Treas In Season.
• JR's Baitshack: Zac Taylor & the Drugs.
• Last Call: Battle of the Bands with The Free Lunch Band, Morgan & Bell, Innervieu, With the Sun.
• Lunch Paper: Ken Will Morton and the Wholly Ghosts, The Cartridge Family, Sol Driven Train.
• Melting Point: Bluegrass Alliance.
• Mercury Lounge: Ed Dowling.
• Tasty World (downstairs): Battle of the Beats.
• Tasty World (upstairs): Another Fiasco.
•: Wild Wing Cafe: Full Fathom Five.