Sound Menu June 20 2001 Wed
ATLANTA FEST — Behold! This year’s annual four-day Christian concert expo hits the carnival atmosphere of an amusement park. Music and speakers are scheduled each day, with main-stage headliners including DC Talk (Thurs.), Smalltown Poets (Fri.), Newsboys (Sat.) and Jennifer Knapp (Sat.). Knapp is a wonderfully engaging performer who has lived on the other side of life and freely testifies without heavy-handed preachiness. For details, see www.atlantafest.com. Six Flags (Smith)
BOBFIELDS — Hook-heavy power-pop with a tech edge, Jersey City’s Bobfields crafts solid rock exercises balancing the visceral and cerebral. While prone to the occasionally less-than-motivated vocal, the band’s most recent album, Head So Full, bangs out one charged, melodic, indie-rockish anthem after another. Dark Horse Tavern (Hutchinson)
RAY CHARLES, ASO — He’s an American institution in his 70s with nothing left to prove. Brother Ray has quit recording, content to ride out his days getting standing ovations, singing “Georgia” for the zillionth time. And, well, he’s earned it. But be prepared for disappointment. Chastain Amphitheatre (Horowitz)
DIDO, TRAVIS — Since Eminem sampled Dido’s song “Thank You,” the one-time singer for British progressive-house group Faithless has gone from intimate theaters to headlining amphitheaters. She has a lovely voice that goes well with her electro-organic ethereal arrangements. Travis’ sweet and majestic pop songs put them at the head of a pack of UK bands some have deduced as a new British Invasion. HiFi Buys Amphitheatre (Ware)
SEE VENUS — Think Everything But The Girl, but with more swing. Soulful vocalist Rocky Ordonez leads this five-piece Miami act into mostly charted territories of electronica, taking rhythmic notation from the likes of Air. Subdued trumpets and a dash of drum ‘n’ bass round out their temperamental (and titillating) lullabies of clubland. MJQ Concourse (Butler)
ANDALUZ: Flamenco Company
APACHE CAFE: Good Acoustiks
ATHENS: Athfest with Little Red Rocket, Kitty Snyder, Krush Girls
ATLANTA FEST-SIX FLAGS: Melissa Tawlks, Aurora, Scarecrow & Tinmen, Sonicflood, Pete Orta, AudioAdrenaline, Katy Hudson
BAYOU ROOM: Zydefunk
B-52’S: Open-mic night with Pieces Bled
BILLY’S: Heather Luttrell
BLIND WILLIE’S: Francine Reed & the Shadows
BLUE RACCOON: Acoustic open-mic with Andrew Black
BRANDYHOUSE: Nitti, Sipe & Cunningham Trio
BRIDGES: Piano with Bruce
CAJUN KITCHEN: Megaphone Man
CHASTAIN AMPHITHEATRE: Ray Charles with the ASO
CHECKERED PARROT: John McClain
CHURCHILL GROUNDS: Pursuance with Lee Hogan & Dan Furman
CJ’S LANDING: Top of the Tree III with GruvnHi, Blindspot, Remi
CLUB GENO’S: The Bretheren
COMEAUX’S: Sal Gentile & Rick Bell
COWBOYS: Darrin Robbins, Kickback
DAILEY’S DOWNSTAIRS: Atlanta Blaze
DARK HORSE TAVERN: New Talent Night with Low Z, Surface, BobFields
DARWIN’S: Open Blues Jam with The Blues Barons
DEUX PLEX: Funk Trancendental
DT’S DOWN UNDER-ATHENS: Nathan Sheppard
ECLIPSE DI LUNA: Bonaventure Quartet
EDDIE’S ATTIC: Maria Gabriella, Sean Smith, Jody Thompson
1848 CAFE: Jazz with Yusef Sharif
FADO IRISH PUB: The Charms
FAT MATT’S RIB SHACK: The Electromatics
40 WATT CLUB-ATHENS: Mogwai, Bardo Pond
FUZZY’S: Mike Veal
THE GRAPE AT VININGS: New South Jazz
HIFI BUYS AMPHITHEATRE: Dido, Travis
JAKE’S ROADHOUSE: Yonrico Scott Band
KARMA: Cream
KAYA: Live jazz, spoken word, poetry
KAZOO’S: Band X
LUBY’S: DJ Chris Meadows
METROPOLITAN PIZZA: Metropolitan Wednesdays
MJQ CONCOURSE: See Venus
9 LIVES SALOON: Bitch, Precious Metal, Karen Russ & Radiant Tribe
NOMENCLATURE MUSEUM: dark wave, ether pop and trance
NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Daniel “Mudcat” Dudeck
PEASANT UPTOWN: The Steven Charles Jazz Duo
PECKERHEAD BREWERY-DOUGLASVILLE: Open-mic with DeBone
POPPER’S: Bill Sheffield acoustic blues
RED LIGHT CAFE: Open-mic
SAMBUCA JAZZ CAFE: Forte
SMITH’S OLDE BAR: Vinyl, Acres, the Loft
SOMBER REPTILE: Stone Pony, Chronic MD, A Day Too Late
SPORTSTIME: Karaoke
STAR BAR-L5P: Myssouri, Salome’s Wish, Flowers for Luci
UNCLE VITO’S-DULUTH WAL-MART: Andy Margolis & the Blues Machine
VININGS INN: Ian Schumacher
VIOLETTE RESTAURANT: Jus Jazz with Dave Wallis, Eddie Taylor, Dan Coy, Shack Lewis, Rita Graham
WHISKER’S TAVERN-DUNWOODY: 7 Sharp 9