Sound Menu June 27 2001 Fri
MARCIO FARACO — This young French-based Brazilian displays a lush, breathy, ethereal and romantic take on bossa nova on his impressive debut, Ciranda (Blue Thumb/ Verve), which he’s promoting with an acoustic quintet on this tour. Spivey Hall (Falstaff)
FIVE EIGHT — Long a fixture of the Athens scene, this three-piece is throwing a special fan appreciation night for their Atlanta friends. Currently recording demos for the follow-up to last year’s excellent album, The Good Nurse, Five Eight is planning a CD/DVD of past and present career highlights. Tonight’s show will be recorded for the project. Admission is $1, and Kenny Howes and the Yeah! open. PlanetJam Cotton Club (Smith)
GARY MOTLEY TRIO --- This jazz trio christens the new High Note Jazz Club at the Vault, the former Buckhead dance club turned jazz venue. The now jazz-only club is open Wed.-Sat. Motley recently returned to his trio days and released Compassion, a CD made up mostly of original compositions, but also includes old standbys such as “My Romance” and “Summer Night.” High Note Jazz Club at The Vault/3259 Roswell Road (Keel)
GOODIES — Putting the “good” in these Goodies is Holiday Childress, who may well be the most dynamically talented (as well as the zaniest) frontman this region has seen in years. His songs are mini-operas told with loopy humor, often delivered while he dances onstage atop high heels, while simultaneously playing wicked lead guitar. Scrappy Hamilton opens. Smith’s Olde Bar (Nicoll)
LIZ MELENDEZ — See listing for June 27. Pepper’s/Riverdale (Sarig)
ORQUESTA IBRAHaM FERRER — This retro-Cuban entourage continues to thrill audiences thanks to the superb musicianship of octogenarian pianist Rubén GonzAlez and an incredibly tight big band, as well as honey-throated singer Ibrahim Ferrer (now in his 70s), who can moonwalk with the best of them. Cameroon native Richard Bona opens. Chastain Park Amphitheatre (Falstaff)
RED LETTER BLONDE, HOT AUGUST KNIGHTS, BLUEJAYS — Red Letter Blonde is a rocked-up Americana band who suggest what might happen if Paul Westerberg swallowed Buck Owens. Opening act the Bluejays fit right in here, with a sweetly mellow and breezy approach to country twang, but the Knights’ amusing punked-up Neil Diamond tribute sticks out like a goose in the henhouse. Echo Lounge (Nicoll)
ROD STEWART — What’s a 50-something rocker to do? Prancing around to the old hits simply looks lame. Retool himself as a contemporary pop singer and he sounds out of his league. The ex-Face instead opts for something in between, tempering his slick new R&B with a stripped-down band (and five-piece string section), while infusing just enough “Maggie May”-era nuggets to keep the keisters in the seats. Philips Arena (Horowitz)
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, JOYDROP — Opening for They Might Be Giants (see article) at this week’s On the Bricks free concert, slyly seductive Canadian pop band Joydrop are touring to support their forthcoming album Viberate. Vocalist Tara Slone and her group also perform a mini-set live on 99X today at 9 a.m. Centennial Olympic Park (Smith)
THIRD COAST THE CITY RELEASE PARTY — Atlanta’s hip-hop underbelly is laid bare at this event, celebrating the release of the Third Coast The City: Vol. 2 compilation. Scheduled acts include Minamina Goodsong, Exile, Vintage Imperial, Fatbak and Bloodfang, with DJ T’Challa on the wheels. MJQ Concourse (Hutchinson)
ANDALUZ: Duo Latino
ANTHONY’S-DECATUR: Cooper Tisdale
BAYOU ROOM: Crystal Clear
B-52’S: Blue Collar All Stars
BILLY’S: Dan Coy Trio
BLIND WILLIE’S: Houserocker Johnson & the Shadows
BLUE RACCOON: Kathy Carlile
BRANDYHOUSE: YG, Capt. Solarcat
BRIDGES: Jazz with the Sharp Four
BUFFALO’S-PLEASANT HILL: Karaoke
CAJUN KITCHEN: Pead Boy
CENTENNIAL PARK: They Might Be Giants, Joydrop, Film
THE CHAMBER: Alabaster - progressive hits
CHASTAIN AMPHITHEATRE: Orquestra Ibraha Ferrer
CHECKERED PARROT: The Talk
CHIP’S-WINDER: Electric Eels
CHURCHILL GROUNDS JAZZ CAFE: Jacques Lesure & Hardbop
CJ’S LANDING: Hobex, Hannibal Jones
C.K.’S GRILLED PIZZA: CK’s Jazz Combo
COMEAUX’S: Jungle Jim & the Swingsets
CLUB RARITY: DJ Das Wright
CLUB VENUS: DJ Gary B.
DADDY D’Z: Kindle Williams Sr. and Blue Soul
DAILEY’S DOWNSTAIRS: Atlanta Blaze
DARK HORSE TAVERN: Drednot, Rev 7, IPS
DARWIN’S: Charles Walker & Johnny Jones
THE EARL: Intergalactic Cowboy, Jerkwater, Amy Pike & the Last Cold Beer
ECHO LOUNGE: Red Letter Blonde, Hot August Knights, Bluejays
ECLIPSE DI LUNA: Kim Rushing Band Jazz Quartet
EDDIE’S ATTIC: Jan Smith & Right as Rain
1848 CAFE: Jazz trio (upstairs); live music (downstairs)
FAT MATT’S RIB SHACK: Fatt Bottom
40 WATT CLUB-ATHENS: Zaireeka Party, the Currents, Finally Next Day Blinds, the Waves, Used for Comparison
FRONT PAGE NEWS: Zydefunk
FUNNY FARM: Steve Mingola, Gregg Thibodeau
FUZZY’S: Cornbread
THE GRAPE AT VININGS: Dollar Pen
HIGH NOTE JAZZ CLUB @ THE VAULT: Gary Motley Trio
JAKE’S ROADHOUSE: Slim Fatz with Donnie McCormick
KAYA: Northern Exposure with V-103’s Frank Ski, DJ Kemit, Buddy and J-Nice playing house and hip-hop plus soul/funk
KAZOO’S: Living Large
KILLER CREEK: Showtyme Jazz Duo
LENNY’S: Chicken & Pigs, guests
LUBY’S: Big Al Juno & Blues Mafia
MARY’S: Music videos with DJ Jigsaw
MCCOLGAN’S IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE: Buddy O’Reilly Band
METROPOLITAN PIZZA BAR: DJ Dance
MJQ CONCOURSE: Third Coast The City Release Party with Minamina Goodsong, Exile, Vintage Imperial, Fatbak, Bloodfang
MONTANA’S: Alien
MURPHY’S LAW: Dixie Blues
9 LIVES SALOON: Cyberia Industrial, Sunshine, Throttlerod, Freightliner, Plaster
NOMENCLATURE MUSEUM: SoCo Audio Fridays - DJs Michael Scott and Marcos Pieras
NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Mudcat
OLDE PECULIAR PUBLIC HOUSE: Brian Doyle
PECKERHEAD BREWERY-DOUGLASVILLE: Eric Culberson
PEPPER’S-RIVERDALE: Liz Melendez
PHILIPS ARENA: Rod Stewart
PIPER’S PUB: Livin Large
PLANETJAM COTTON CLUB: Five Eight, Kenny Howes & the Yeah!
POOR RICHARDS’ PUB: Maxwell Lumas
POPPER’S: Bill Sheffield
QUEEN OF SHEEBA: Live jazz
RAY’S ON THE RIVER: Tony Winston Jazz Trio
RED LIGHT CAFE: Count M’Butu
ROXY: Pat McGee Band, Virginia Coalition, Marathon
SAMBUCA JAZZ CAFE: Gwen Hughes
SAWNEE CENTER-CUMMING: Summer Showdown with Monday Night Hero, Blindsided, Kringeshaw, Milo, Invisible Sun, Stone Haven, Beyond Twelve, Cipher Zero
SCROOGE’S: Picasso
SMITH’S OLDE BAR: Goodies, Lithp, Scrappy Hamilton
SOMBER REPTILE: Cocked Eddie
SPIKE’S BRICK OVEN PIZZERIA: Traci Wynn Trio
SPIVEY HALL: Marcio Faraco
SPORTSTIME: Section 8
STAR BAR-L5P: X-Impossibles, Lust
STARBUCKS-VA-HI: Jeffrey Butts
SWEET DEVIL MOON: Mauricio Mamya
SWEET MELISSA’S-DECATUR: Entrophy
TEN27: DJ Drama and J-Sun
THAD AND JOE’S: Heather Luttrell
THREE DOLLAR CAFE-SANDY SPRINGS: Ian Schumacher
UGLY MUG PUB: Alley Katz
UNDERGROUND ATLANTA: Umoja
THE VAULT: Retro Wave with DJ Caz10
WHISKER’S TAVERN-DUNWOODY: Rats in the Attic
WILD WING CAFE: ’70s dance party
WOODEN NICKEL: Hung Jury