Sound Menu September 05 2001 Wed week out
THE COMAS, THE STARLIGHT MINTS — Shifting from languid emo-core to loop-enhanced singer/songwriter melodies, co-ed Chapel Hill indie darlings the Comas sound like the Velvets if Nico hadn't left so soon. Shimmering, dreamy post-alt strumming with violin and languorous melodies that cautiously float but never drift off into thin air. It's self-described as "stoner-pop" — and that about nails it — but it's just as effective if you're straight. The Starlight Mints follow in the footsteps of fellow Oklahomans the Flaming Lips with delicious orchestral pop that works both as engaging eclectic pop and as easily digestible ear candy. Their 2000 album, The Dream that Stuff was Made Of, is exactly that. Echo Lounge (Horowitz/Sarig)
GARGANTUA — If the lovable clods of Spinal Tap ever had their equivalent in a local Atlanta rock group, that band would without doubt be Gargantua. As ridiculously overblown as their name suggests, this big-bottomed combo attacks its audiences with two — count 'em, two — bass guitars and enough cartoonish Wagnerian heavy-metal histrionics to raise a smile on a poster of Gene Simmons. (Or, in tonight's case, Elvis.) Star Bar (Nicoll)
PUSH KINGS — See Record Reviews, p. 98. MJQ Concourse (Ware)
JIMMY THACKERY — See listing for Tues., Sept. 11. Blind Willie's (Horowitz)
BAYOU ROOM: Shyanne
BILLY'S: Martay's Partay
BLIND WILLIE'S: Jimmy Thackery
BRIDGES: Piano with Bruce
BUFFALO'S-PLEASANT HILL Live entertainment
CAJUN KITCHEN: Occams Razor
CALLENWOLDE FINE ARTS CENTER: Poetry rading
CHURCHILL GROUNDS JAZZ CAFE: Pursuance with Lee Hogan & Dan Furman
CLUB GENO'S: The Brethern
COMEAUX'S: Sal Gentile & Rick Bell
COWBOYS: Darrin Robbins, Kickback
DARWIN'S: Open Blues Jam
ECHO LOUNGE: The Comas, Starlight Mints
ECLIPSE DI LUNA: Bonaventure Quartet
FAT MATT'S RIB SHACK: The Electromatics
40 WATT CLUB-ATHENS: Call
FUZZY'S: Motor City Josh
HARD ROCK CAFE: Bertie Higgins, Island Bound CD release party
KARMA: Cream
KAYA: Wind Down Wednesday - live jazz, spoken word, poetry
METROPOLITAN PIZZA: Metropolitan Wednesdays
MJQ CONCOURSE: Push Kings
NOMENCLATURE MUSEUM: Reunion - featuring dark wave, ether pop and trance
NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Daniel "Mudcat" Dudeck
PECKERHEAD BREWERY- DOUGLASVILLE: Open-mic with Debone
RAY'S ON THE RIVER: Waveform with Doc Samuels, Larry Jackson, Tom Woodruff
SOMBER REPTILE: Subject to Change, Hybrid
STAR BAR-L5P: Gargantua
THAD AND JOE'S: Trivia
VIOLETTE RESTAURANT: Jus Jazz featuring Dave Wallis, Eddie Taylor, Dan Coy, Shack Lewis, Rita Graham
Contributors to this week's Menu are Jamie Allen, Bill Clifford, Hal Horowitz, Matthew Hutchinson, James Kelly, Gregory Nicoll, Justin Robertson, Roni Sarig, Lee Smith and Tony Ware.