Minus The Bear’s best CD yet
After more than a year of waiting, Minus The Bear’s latest album, “Menos El Oso,” hit stores Tuesday. The band’s sophomore effort (excluding the amazing “They Make Beer Commercials Like This” EP, released for the last tour to tide rabid fans over) surpasses all expectations and sets the bar higher. ALBUM REVIEW Band: Minus the [...]
Comas to play electronic emo
March 10, 2005 by Dan Pye
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The Comas are bringing their electronic and emotionally-tinged indie rock to the 40 Watt tonight. The band’s latest album, “Conductor,” was said to have been written by singer Andy Herod after a breakup while he spent time on North Carolina’s beaches in the winter of 2003. “I wrote some of it out there. The beaches [...]
Umphrey’s turns up jams
March 10, 2005 by Dan Pye
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Jam bands are getting harder and harder to categorize, each bending genres to its own particular palate. Umphrey’s McGee tries to explain its sound as simply as possible. “A little bit of everything played at an aggressive volume,” is what guitarist Jake Cinninger called the band’s sound on their Web site. The band’s sound on [...]
Afroman seeks to rise above one hit
February 24, 2005 by Dan Pye
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Things have changed for Joseph Foreman, a.k.a. Afroman, since he made it big with his hit single, “Because I Got High.” While many may assume his disappearance from mainstream media is a symptom of the one-hit wonder curse, Foreman offers a different explanation. “I eat at Taco Bell. I’m not Jessica Simpson, I’m Afroman,” Foreman [...]
NYC a haven for Tishamingo
February 17, 2005 by Dan Pye
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On a short break before diving head first into a tour supporting the new album “Wear n’ Tear,” Tishamingo guitarist and singer Cameron Williams is enjoying a little time by himself — at least as solitary as a person can be in New York City. TISHAMINGO When: Saturday, 10 p.m. Where: Gus’s Admission: $5 “I [...]
Tevye and co. end theatre run
February 17, 2005 by Dan Pye
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Athens Creative Theatre will complete it’s run of “Fiddler on the Roof” this weekend amidst wide acclaim and high attendance. Bryan Shaw is playing the lead role of Tevye, a Jewish father trying to instill tradition into his daughters in the face of social change and anti-Semitism. Shaw has been in several community productions, including [...]
Lights, camera, Boulevard
February 10, 2005 by Dan Pye
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Local high-energy pop-rockers Boulevard (above) will be filming their live set when they open for I Am The World Trade Center Friday night, and they’ve pulled out all the stops to make sure the DVD will capture a night to remember. “We have a lighting designer coming in from Charlotte to make sure everything looks [...]
Squat given Ga. reunion
February 10, 2005 by Dan Pye
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This Saturday night will be a reunion of sorts, pairing the well-known Athens jazz quartet Squat (below) with long-time friends Moonshine Still. “We played with Moonshine Still in Macon (many) years ago. We played together so much we’d alternate who would open and close the show,” said Squat guitarist Trey Wright. “But we haven’t even [...]
Sister Hazel’s new tour gives Georgia Theatre a ‘lift’
February 3, 2005 by Dan Pye
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Sister Hazel is stopping in Athens tonight as part of the tour to support its new album, “Lift.” Drummer Mark Trojanowski said the new album was worked out mostly in the studio rather than at home or during live shows, giving the album a different feel than the band’s four previous albums. “We had been [...]
Art auction, three-piece show continues benefit weekend
February 3, 2005 by Dan Pye
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Continuing the Mental Health Benefit into the weekend, there will be an art auction and three bands performing Saturday night at Tasty World. The art auction begins at 6 p.m. upstairs, said Brian Dixon, spokesman of the benefit. The art to be auctioned was donated by local Athens artists, and all proceeds go to benefit [...]
