Sound Menu August 12 2000 Sat

NOTED ACTS

ATLANTIS MUSIC CONFERENCE — See articles.

TONY BENNETT, DIANA KRALL, ASO — The vocal jazz event of the summer, featuring two headliners with massive popularity, not surprisingly sold out months ago. Comely singer and inventive pianist Krall seemed to emerge from nowhere when her string-laden When I Look Into Your Eyes began a non-stop, 32-week residency atop Billboard's jazz album list. The 75-year-old Bennett needs no introduction as the living personification of sophistication. His entry into the MTV world was one of the '90s more fascinating, yet puzzling, examples of his timeless cool as well as cross-genre appeal. The crooner's recent interpretative albums (of Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra) are some of his best work in a remarkable 50-year career. You're guaranteed a classy show, but adding the ASO to the mix plops a delicious cherry atop an already delectable evening. Chastain Park Amphitheater (Horowitz)

CHARLES WALKER & JOHNNY JONES SOUL & BLUES REVUE — Veteran rhythm & bluesman Charles Walker recorded for Chess and Decca records back in the day and also spent some time as a staff songwriter at Motown. He's got a new CD, Leavin' This Old Town, which marks his 40th year in music. He's joined by another long-time Nashville musician, blues guitarist Johnny Jones, and a full band for a night of soul and blues. Rib Shack Café/Tucker (Sarig)

EXPO2000 — Athens label Kindercore celebrates its 50th release in four years with four nights of shows. Tonight's lineup includes the Great Lakes, the Four Corners and Richard Davies. 40 Watt Club/Athens (Smith)

RORSCHACH TEST — Though self-described as a "techno-industrial rock band," this Seattle combo, despite the occasional electronic flourish, are really just plain old metal. The beat is hard 'n' heavy, the guitars dirty, the vocals indiscernible and the lyrics fall into typical downer/outcast territory. What's more interesting than the band's music is the story of their unlikely genesis. Apparently Rorschach Test mastermind James Baker was a seminary school graduate defrocked by the church for heresy. Sounds like the ultimate heavy-metal creation myth to me. Masquerade (Robertson)

SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY — See review. Masquerade (Horowitz)

SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS — Southern beach music comes to "the Beach" — or at least the closest thing to it in Clayton County. South Carolina's Swingin' Medallions have been around since the '60s, when they scored a hit with "Double Shot of My Baby's Love," and they're still causing spontaneous bouts of shagging throughout the Southeast. Clayton County International Park (Sarig)

TRUCKADELIC, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, SLOBBERBONE — Three of the South's rawest, raunchiest country rock bands team up tonight. Truckadelic are Atlanta cats with a spirit hotter than the brakes on a runaway Freightliner. The Drive-Bys are Athens' answer to them, a buncha woebegone boys who must have grown up on a diet of Skynyrd 8-tracks and stolen bottles of Rebel Yell. Texas-based Slobberbone are the Lone Star State's version, with a kinship so close that head-Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood actually appears on their new CD. Smith's Olde Bar (Nicoll)

ALSO PERFORMING

9 LIVES SALOON: Atlantis Music Conference: Bent, 5lb Bag, Superconductor, Frankie Machine, Lolli-Pop-Lust Kill

513 CLUB: Juliana Theory, River City High, Stryder, Atonement, Just for Kicks

ARCTIC CIRCLE: DJ Rock's Dance Party

BASIL'S CAFÉ-MARIETTA: Steven Charles

THE BEACH-CLAYTON COUNTY INTERNATIONAL PARK: The Swingin' Medallions

BILLY'S TAVERN: Brian Jones of Deep Blue Sun

BLACK REPERTORY GROUP: Not Just Another Hair Show

BLUE PIG-WOODSTOCK:

Blue Pig Allstars

BLUE RACCOON: Frankie Moates

BORDERS-DOUGLASVILLE: Nine Dollar Mellon Baller

BRANDYHOUSE: Dr. Barry Richman

BRIDGES: Jazz, the Sharp Four

CJ'S LANDING: Mike & Hank, Anitra Holley

THE CHAMBER: Europa w/DJ Gene Carbonell

CHASTIAN PARK: Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, ASO

CHIP'S: Mondo Heptet, Lachez-Les

CHURCH STREET COFFEE HOUSE: Elliott Michaels

CHURCHILL GROUNDS: Dennis Springer Quartet

CLASSICS: Stacey James Band

COBALT: Supernova Saturdays

COTTON CLUB: Atlantis Music Conference featuring Chubby, Dezerey's Hammer, Modern Hero, Sick Speed, Edward James Band, Jake

CRESCENT ROOM: Karl Injex

DARK HORSE TAVERN: Atlantis Music Conference

DARWIN'S: The Breeze Kings

THE DERBY: Blues Cruisers

DOTTIE'S: Bootleg, Shannon, Returns

EARL: Atlantis Conference with Radiogram & Al Moss present the Ex-Husbands, Two Dollar Pistols, Star Room Boys, Carbines, Dirtball

ECHO LOUNGE: Enon, Plastic Plan, Telepathics

ECLIPSE DI LUNA: Trio Latino

EDDIE'S ATTIC: Memory Dean, Swan Dive

EL PATIO: Bryan Doyle

FADO IRISH PUB: The Charms

FAT MATT'S RIB SHACK: Delta Moon

FUZZY'S: Donnie McCormick

HOUSE OF BLUES: Flashback Festival 2000 with Evelyn Champagne King, Rose Royce, B.T. Express, Brothers Johnson, Confunkshun, Morris Day & The Time

HUEY'S: Jason Pellet Quartet

JACKAL'S: Live Band

JAKE'S ROADHOUSE: Rikki Fargo

KAYA: Hip-Hop Saturdays w/DJs Mars, Shakim and Farenheit

KILLER CREEK : Showtyme Jazz Duo

LAST GREAT WATERING HOLE: Ron Norris, Bullethead, Progres-sion Model

LESTER'S: Ben Bover and The Tennessee Tucker Band

LOS LOROS: Bob Beckwith

MASQUERADE: Bile, Rorscharch Test, Snake River Conspiracy, NC-17, Freaky Foam Party in Hell

MCCOLGAN'S IRISH PUB: Mickle-a-do

MEANS STREET ARTERY: Underground hip-hop, jungle, house and trance

MIKE-N-ANGELO'S: Swami

MURPHY'S LAW: Alien

NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Richard Marks and the Marksmen

THE OFFICE: Alien

THE PLACE: The Boneshakers

POPPERS: Steve Hawkins and the GA Jam

RAY'S ON THE RIVER: Mina

REDLIGHT CAFÉ: The Dappled Grays and Caterpillars of the Community

RIB SHACK CAFÉ-TUCKER: Charles Walker and Johnny Jones Soul and Blues Revue

SCROOGES: Soul Shine

THE SHACK: 14K Gold

SMITH'S OLDE BAR: Truckadelic, Drive By Truckers, Slobbberbone

Crickets and AFGO

SOMBER REPTILE: Jane Adds Up, Death Rockabilly, Getting' Headstones, The Heathens, Spectramen

SPON DIVITS: Don Law

STAR BAR: X-Impossibles, Super X-13, Squatweiler, Donkey Punch, Black Mollies

SWEET MELISSA'S RESTAURANT: The Organizers

TABERNACLE: The Superb, Smakdab, Plankroad Chaingang, Frisbie, Colony

UGLY MUG PUB: Lou's Blues Revue

VARIETY PLAYHOUSE: Atlantis Music Conference: Ultraphonic, Big Sky, King Konga, Weekend Excursion, Cool for August

THE VAULT: '80s Retro Dance Party

WHISKERS-LAWRENCEVILLE: Uncle Don's Bullet-Proof Band

WILD WING CAFÉ: Nick Savage Band

WOODEN NICKEL: Alien