Sound Menu August 26 2000 Thur
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24
?Noted Acts?
BLUE JAYS, AMY PIKE, HERITAGE CHERRY — The Jays are a wonderful new country/rockabilly band featuring Jay Murphree and Kat Cunningham from Poor Little Fools. Amy Pike will perform new original alt-country tunes "and a couple of jazzy covers," with her former Continentals bandmate Mike Hammer on drums and Kerry Sanders (wife of Tore Up's Stuart Sanders) on bass. Also on the bill is Shannon Tanner's easygoing rock band, Heritage Cherry. Echo Lounge (Nicoll)
DQE, HUBCAP CITY, JUDSON HENRY — DQE, sometimes known as Dairy Queen Empire, will serve up a double scoop of their frosty weirdness tonight. Your waitress will be Grace Braun and she'll take good care of ya, hun. Bill Taft will be at the grill cookin' up some unusual uses for duct tape when he opens his trunk full of oddities and brings his Hubcap City project to life. Judson Henry completes this night of inventive songwriting and outcast ruminations. Star Bar (Smith)
LIZ MELENDEZ — Fully recovered from the bout of laryngitis that sidelined her for a while, bluesrocker Melendez is back in action. She's also been working on her debut CD, which will now include two live cuts from one of her smokin' stage performances. Darwin's/Marietta (Nicoll)
RYE COALITION, BLACK MOLLIES, DALEK — A varied bill featuring experimental hip-hop group Dalek, local heavy rockers the Black Mollies and New Jersey aggro-punkers Rye Coalition. The Earl (Sarig)
SISTER SEVEN, ISAAC CURRY — Hailing from Austin, Tex., this former jam band has transformed into a slick, pop-rock outfit with considerable VH1 hit-potential. True to form the lyrics tend toward reflexive preciousness, and the musical backdrop is pure adult alternative (meaning when they rock out, it's with measured consideration rather than reckless abandon). Still, singer Patrice Pike has a powerful voice, which could make them the next big thing, for those so inclined to watch for such things. Local five-piece Isaac Curry have a new CD of dramatic modern rock called Fear & Desire; they open the show. Smith's Olde Bar (Robertson)
WOMEN OF MP3 TOUR — Eddie's welcomes the first of a two-night local stand for the nationally touring female fest. Tonight, the always-enjoyable singer/songwriter Amanda Garrigues (from Gainesville, Fla.) returns to the Attic, her home away from home, to join Atlantans Greta Lee, Nillah, Weaklazyliar and Salamander Tales for a long evening of the most requested songs from the artists' MP3 file sites. Sure to generate some hits. Showtime is 8 p.m. Eddie's Attic (Smith)
WU-TANG CLAN — Publicity on this tour has been suprisingly scarce, which doesn't bode well for how smoothly this multi-rapper live show is executed on stage. If it's another one of those "concerts" with dozens of guys milling around on stage, yelling randomly into mics while a DAT rolls, don't bother. But if the Wu-Tang can get the most talented and/or insane members of their clan (Method Man, Genius, Raekwon, Ol' Dirty Bastard, etc.) to put on a real performance, this could be a night of true musical mayhem. Tabernacle (Sarig)
ALSO PERFORMING?
9 LIVES SALOON: Ted's birthday: The Almighty Bitch with Stevie Tombstone and many more
40 WATT CLUB-ATHENS: Velure, Field Trip
AFTER DARK CABERET: The Hooplas
ARCTIC CIRCLE: Trivia with DJ Rock Entertainment
THE BAYOU ROOM-MARIETTA: Ricky Fargo
BILLY'S: Beni's Basement
BLIND WILLIE'S: Houserocker Johnson and the Shadows
BLUE RACCOON: Open mic hosted by Bill Sheffield
BRIDGES: Paula Harris and guest
BRANDYHOUSE: Deep Blue Sun, Ralph Rodenberry
CAJUN KITCHEN: Ghost Train
THE CHAMBER: Club FetishCJ'S LANDING: Mike and Hank and Tim Acres; Anitra Holley
COBALT LOUNGE: Blueroom with DJ Luv; Decadence upstairs with early '90s dance hits
DARK HORSE TAVERN & GRILL: 1401, Stereo Popsicle, The Chain Poets
DARWIN'S: Liz Melendez
THE DERBY: Derek St. Holmes
DOTTIE'S: Twittering Machine with special surprise guest
THE EARL: The Rye Coalition, Black Mollies, Dalek
ECHO LOUNGE: Blue Jays, Heritage Cherry, Amy Pike
ECLIPSE DI LUNA: live jazz and latin music
EDDIE'S ATTIC: Women of MP3 Tour with Nillah, Weaklazyliar, Salamander Tales, Greta Lee Band, Amanda Garrigues
FAT MATT'S RIB SHACK: Chickenshack
FUEL: fete with djs Marc-Alan Gray, Levi, Alex King and Justin
FUZZY'S: Tak Attack
GEORGIA THEATRE-ATHENS: Burning Spear
KAYA: Fiesta Latina: Latin DJs spinning salsa, Latin house
KILLER CREEK: Showtyme Jazz Duo
LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATER: Further Festival with The Other Ones, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Alphonso Johnson, Mark Karan, Steve Kimock, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
MARY'S: Video DJ Jigsaw
MASQUERADE: Dave Brockie Experience and Deist Requiem with Fusebox and Superjack; Old Wave original '80s dance party in Hell
NORTHSIDE TAVERN: The Breeze Kings
POPPERS: Steve Hawkins
RAY'S ON THE RIVER: Mina
SAMBUCA JAZZ CAFE: Salsa Thursdays with World Mambo Mission
SMITH'S OLDE BAR: Sister Seven, Isaac Curry
SOMBER REPTILE: Flowers for Lucky, Noziroh, Dead Alive, Zen Pusher Gasoline
STAR BAR-L5P: DQE, Hubcap City, Judson Henry
THE TABERNACLE: Wu-Tang Clan, Kill Army
WHISKER'S-DUNWOODY: Freak the Jones
WILD WING CAFE: Hound Dog Handsome