Sound Menu May 30 2001 Tues
FOETUS, DRILL TEAM — Godfather of the apocalypse, Foetus returns from a six-year hiatus with a new album and a new lineup featuring former members of Swans, Unsane and Congo Norvell; see article. East Atlanta rockers Drill Team, featuring former members of Tweezer and Fiend Without a Face, open the show. Echo Lounge (Radford)
CURTIS SALGADO — This rugged soul singer/harpist is a veteran rock journeyman, having logged time with Roomful of Blues, Robert Cray’s band and his own groups for almost three decades. A solid songwriter in his own right, Salgado effortlessly transforms even potential schlock like “Every Time You Go Away” into R&B classics. Blind Willie’s (Horowitz)
SLANG — More than just another side project, Slang is a significant departure for Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools. With collaborator Layng Martine III — son a famed Nashville songwriter and assistant to eclectic dub/electronic producer Bill Laswell — Schools crafts an impressive debut, The Bellwether Project (on local label Terminus). Combining rootsy guitars, keys and horns with vocal effects, samples, beats and scratches, Slang creates modern-primitive mood pieces that neither bore you with jams nor pander with repetitive loops. Schools and Martine host a listening party tonight, where they’ll be signing and giving away free CDs. Smith’s Olde Bar (Sarig)
JAMES TAYLOR — See listing for Mon., June 4. Chastain Park Amphitheater (Robertson)
BILLY’S: Martay’s Dance Partay
BLIND WILLIE’S: Curtis Salgado
BRANDYHOUSE: Mile 8, Atma
CHASTAIN AMPHITHEATER: James Taylor
CHECKERED PARROT: Dance party
CHURCHILL GROUNDS JAZZ CAFE: Jam Session with Danny Harper
DAILEY’S DOWNSTAIRS: Atlanta Blaze
DARWIN’S: Forrest McDonald’s Blues Jam
DIXIE TAVERN-MARIETTA: Ian Schumacher
THE EARL: Butterfield 8 presents “Ladies Night”
ECHO LOUNGE: Foetus, Drill Team
ECLIPSE DI LUNA: Trio Latino Band
EDDIE’S ATTIC: Jon Michaels, Deuce, Daniel Jacobs
1848 CAFE: Blackgrass Blues with Hal Beaver
FAT MATT’S RIB SHACK: Rough Draft
40 WATT CLUB-ATHENS: Martyr & Pistol, Azalia Snail, John Hart
FUZZY’S: Donna Hopkins
KAYA: Elevation with Sol Konfuscation and DJ Bruce Banner; House Arrest - house DJs including Kemit, Kevin O and J-Luv, plus buffet
MCDUFF’S IRISH PUB: Open mic with Vicki Salz
MELLOW MUSHROOM-SNELLVILLE: Music trivia
METROPOLITAN PIZZA: Karaoke
NOMENCLATURE MUSEUM: Food For The Distraught with rotating DJs Spearhead X, J-Sun, Boolicious and Hazeus
NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Mountain Jam hosted by Devon Oxford
OLDE PECULIAR PUBLIC HOUSE: Open-mic
PEASANT UPTOWN: The Steven Charles Jazz Duo
RED LIGHT CAFE: Cookies & comedy
SAMBUCA JAZZ CAFE: Jamie Shepard
SMITH’S OLDE BAR: Slang CD listening party with Dave Schools & Layng Martine III
STAR BAR-L5P: Funk with Romeo Cologne
VIOLETTE RESTAURANT: Jus Jazz featuring Dave Wallis, Eddie Taylor, Dan Coy, Shack Lewis, Rita Graham and Pete the bartender
WILD WING CAFE: The Pheromones