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