originally published December 27, 2006

Wednesday, Dec. 27

THE BOOZE (EARL)

THE COATHANGERS (EARL)

THE OPERA SEQUENCE (EARL)

THE WAILERS (Roxy)

Thursday, Dec. 28

CAPTAIN SOULARCAT (Smith's Olde Bar)

CHESTER (Masquerade)

DAY MARS RAY (EARL)

FIVE FOOT FLAME (Smith's Olde Bar)

GOODNIGHT INSOMNIACS (EARL)

HUBCAP CITY (EARL)

KATO (Masquerade)

MURPHREE'S JAR (Masquerade)

SPECTRALUX (Smith's Olde Bar)

JIL STATION (Masquerade)

Friday, Dec. 29

BEGGARS GUILD (The 585)

BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND (Smith's Olde Bar)

CARTEL (Masquerade)

CLUB AWESOME (EARL)

DISGUISE THE SKY (Red Light Cafe)

GATES OF BERLIN (Masquerade)

HOLIDAY PARADE (Masquerade)

IGNORANT MISFORTUNE (Masquerade)

LAST YEAR PORTRAIT (Masquerade)

LEAGUE OF EVIL (The 585)

THE PROTECTORS OF (EARL)

RANTINGS OF EVA (The 585)

PAUL REEVES (Red Light Cafe)

SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9 (Tabernacle)

THE SQUIRRELHEADS (Smith's Olde Bar)

CHRIS UNCK (The 585)

WHOA NELLY (Smith's Olde Bar)

WIDESPREAD PANIC (Roxy)

Saturday, Dec. 30

23JINX (Masquerade)

CADILLAC JONES (Smith's Olde Bar)

CENTRO-MATIC (Variety Playhouse)

CRUMBLING ARCHES (Masquerade)

DEAD TWINS (EARL)

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (Variety Playhouse)

DROPSONIC (EARL)

DUBCONSCIOUS (Smith's Olde Bar)

ECHOVALVE (Masquerade)

HYBRID-L (Masquerade)

MANDRAKE THEORY (Masquerade)

SOVUS RADIO (EARL)

WIDESPREAD PANIC (Philips Arena)

Sunday, Dec. 31

CENTRO-MATIC (Variety Playhouse)

THE CHEETAH GIRLS (Gwinnett Arena)

DEERHUNTER (Drunken Unicorn)

DEREK TRUCKS BAND (Fox Theatre)

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (Variety Playhouse)

DUBCONSCIOUS (Smith's Olde Bar)

GRINGO STAR (Drunken Unicorn)

KEM (Atlanta Civic Center)

MICHELLE MALONE & THE LOW DOWN GA REVUE (Eddie's Attic)

THE SELMANAIRES (EARL)

REASON:BIODYNAMICS (Smith's Olde Bar)

SNOWDEN (Drunken Unicorn)

SOUTH 70 (Eddie's Attic)

SUSAN TEDESCHI (Fox Theatre)

TENEMENT HALLS (EARL)

THEE CRUCIALS (EARL)

WIDESPREAD PANIC (Philips Arena)

Monday, Jan. 1

APATHETIC DISCHARGE (Masquerade)

ARMAZILLA (Masquerade)

AUTUMN ARIA (Masquerade)

BLACK AS DAY (Masquerade)

LOUD BRAINARD PROJECT (Masquerade)

THE LOVEBUZZARDS (Masquerade)

THE MURDERED (Masquerade)

ORGAN (Masquerade)

SYBARITIC (Masquerade)

THREAT OF LIFE (Masquerade)

VITRIOL (Masquerade)

WAITED (Masquerade)

WHISKEY SHIT VOMIT (Masquerade)

WITHERED (Masquerade)

Tuesday, Jan. 2

PACKWAY HANDLE BAND (Smith's Olde Bar)

Wednesday, Jan. 3

FRED EAGLESMITH (Eddie's Attic)

I-NINE (Smith's Olde Bar)

Thursday, Jan. 4

THE ALMOST (Masquerade)

FORGIVE DURDEN (Masquerade)

MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA (The 585)

SLOW EARTH (Smith's Olde Bar)

STELLAMARIS (The 585)

VEDERA (Masquerade)

WE ARE ONLY FICTION (Masquerade)

Friday, Jan. 5

ANCIENT EVIL (Masquerade)

THE BEST TRAGEDY (Masquerade)

DEAD CONFEDERATE (Smith's Olde Bar)

BEBEL GILBERTO (Symphony Hall)

IMMERSED IN FLAMES (Masquerade)

THE PROMETHEANS (Masquerade)

Saturday, Jan. 6

FIVE EIGHT (Smith's Olde Bar)

BEBEL GILBERTO (Symphony Hall)

HARRY & THE POTTERS (Masquerade)

MELTDOWN (Drunken Unicorn)

OVERDOSE (Drunken Unicorn)

SECOND GLANCE (Red Light Cafe)

SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT BOB (Masquerade)

SLAP DASH (Masquerade)

SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELSTIN (Masquerade)

TOY DEVILS (Masquerade)

TRICK RED (Masquerade)

WAR HUNGRY (Drunken Unicorn)

Tuesday, Jan. 9

PACKWAY HANDLE BAND (Smith's Olde Bar)

Wednesday, Jan. 10

7:30 CLUB (Smith's Olde Bar)

Upcoming:

NATHAN ANGELO / GLENN TILBROOK (5 Spot) 1/12

SAM FISHER / STEVEN MARCHI / ADAM JAMES (The 585) 1/12

THE MIGHTY HANNIBAL & THE BLACK LIPS / THE REIGNING SOUND (EARL) 1/12

MODERN SKIRTS / BRETT DENNEN / BAND MARINO (Smith's Olde Bar) 1/12

STACEY EARLE & MARK STUART (Eddie's Attic) 1/12

COPE / LEFTY WILLIAMS / OLD UNION (Smith's Olde Bar) 1/13

FROM EXILE / DEAREST AZAZEL / OCTOBER FREQUENCY (The 585) 1/13

ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART (5 Spot) 1/13

MISSION OF BURMA / SOME SOVIET STATION (EARL) 1/13

CHRIS BOTTI (Tabernacle) 1/14

ENTER THE HAGGIS (5 Spot) 1/14

ERIC JOHNSON (Variety Playhouse) 1/14

PACKWAY HANDLE BAND (Smith's Olde Bar) 1/16

CAMERA OBSCURA (EARL) 1/17

CARBON LEAF (Smith's Olde Bar) 1/17

COLLECTIVE EFFORTS (EARL) 1/18

SAM SHABER / KYLER ENGLAND (Eddie's Attic) 1/18

LIKE CLOCKWORK / FOXTROTSKY / CHAINESTEREO (The 585) 1/19

ROD STEWART (Philips Arena) 1/20

INCUBUS / ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. (Tabernacle) 1/23

PACKWAY HANDLE BAND (Smith's Olde Bar) 1/23

BIG CITY SUNRISE / BEGGARS GUILD (Smith's Olde Bar) 1/26

GUY CLARK / JOE ELY / JOHN HIATT / LYLE LOVETT (Tabernacle) 1/26

CHRIS HILLMAN & HERB PEDERSEN / ROD PICOTT (Eddie's Attic) 1/26

LEAVING ARABY / TAKING LOTTIE HOME / HIGH FLIGHT SOCIETY / WE ARE ONLY FICTION (The 585) 1/26

MORNING STATE / AIRSPACE / THE WORKOUTS / HARRISON HUDSON (The 585) 1/27

ERIC TAYLOR / KYLE SHIVER (Eddie's Attic) 1/27

PACKWAY HANDLE BAND (Smith's Olde Bar) 1/30

TAJ MOTEL TRIO / 50:50 SHOT / THE EMOTRON / THE DISREGARDABLES / FOXES THAT FIGHT (The 585) 2/2

DIR EN GREY / FAIR TO MIDLAND (Roxy) 2/3

REDFLECKS / THE BLOOD VIOLETS (The 585) 2/3

ARLO GUTHRIE (Ferst Center) 2/4

MIDLAKE (EARL) 2/4

DOUGIE MACLEAN (Eddie's Attic) 2/6

A STATIC LULLABY / EMERY / KADDISFLY / RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS / SCARY KIDS SCARING KIDS (Masquerade) 2/7

SCOTT H. BIRAM (Star Bar) 2/7

DOUGIE MACLEAN (Eddie's Attic) 2/7

MIEKA PAULEY / BENJY DAVIS PROJECT (Smith's Project) 2/7

ADRIANNE / STEPHANIE CALLAHAN / SARAH PEACOCK (Eddie's Attic) 2/8

SHANNON McNALLY (Smith's Olde Bar) 2/8

DONNA THE BUFFALO (Variety Playhouse) 2/9

SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS (Smith's Olde Bar) 2/9

JON HARRIS & THE SIN HOUNDS (The 585) 2/10

THE HEARTATTACKS / THE MANSFIELDS / THE QUEERS (Star Bar) 2/10

ESCAPE THE FATE / I AM GHOST / THE HIGHER / THE MATCHES (Masquerade) 2/13

SHANNON McNALLY (Smith's Olde Bar) 2/15

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND (Tabernacle) 2/16

BISHOP DON / NATHAN BEAVER / THE BEGGARS GUILD / INTERGALACTIC COWBOY / WARM IN THE WAKE (Smith's Olde Bar) 2/17

GUSTER / MASON JENNINGS (Tabernacle) 2/17

THE GREENCARDS / TOMMY EMMANUEL (Variety Playhouse) 2/17

JANDEK (Academy of Medicine) 2/17

JONATHAN RICHMAN & TOMMY LARKINS (EARL) 2/17–2/18

LIVINGSTON TAYLOR (Eddie's Attic) 2/19

AKRON/FAMILY (EARL) 2/20

GLEN PhilipS (Eddie's Attic) 2/21

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA (Variety Playhouse) 2/22

CHICK COREA & BELA FLECK (Georgia Tech) 2/23

CATIE CURTIS / LIZ CARLYSLE (Eddie's Attic) 2/24

DR. DOG / TEETH (EARL) 2/24

OF MONTREAL (Variety Playhouse) 2/24

CARRIE RODRIGUEZ (Variety Playhouse) 2/27

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE / PINK (Philips Arena) 2/27

TODAY'S DEBUT / HARRISON HUDSON (The 585) 3/2

SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS (EARL) 3/2

ADRIENNE YOUNG / LITTLE SADIE (Eddie's Attic) 3/2

SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS (EARL) 3/3

HARRY CONNICK, JR. (Fox Theatre) 3/7

JOE FIRSTMAN (Smith's Olde Bar) 3/7

ELVIS PERKINS (EARL) 3/7

LEON REDBONE (Ferst Center) 3/9

JOHN GORKA (Eddie's Attic) 3/11

FLOGGING MOLLY (Roxy) 3/12

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY / THE PAPER CHASE / ELUVIUM (Lenny's) 3/13

NICKELBACK / BREAKING BENJAMIN / THREE DAY GRACE (Gwinnett Arena) 3/16

OBSESSION DAY (Philips Arena) 3/16

BLACK LIPS / PONY (EARL) 3/21

BOYS LIKE GIRLS / CARTEL / COBRA STARSHIP (Masquerade) 3/24

TIM BRANTLEY (Andrews Upstairs) 3/24

SUPERCHIC[K] (Gwinnett Arena) 3/24

OBSESSION DAY (Andrews Upstairs) 3/31

ELECTRIC SIX / NIGHT KILLS THE DAY (EARL) 4/3

ALEXISONFIRE / ANTI-FLAG / SET YOUR GOALS / THE EXPLOSION (Masquerade) 4/11

TRANS AM / ZOMBI (EARL) 4/13

ZELAZOWA (10 High) 4/13

HOT BUTTERED RUM (Georgia Tech) 4/14

VIENNA TENG (5 Spot) 4/17

ACID MOTHER'S TEMPLE (EARL) 4/20

CHRISTINA AGUILERA / DANITY KANE / THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS (Gwinnett Arena) 5/2

RALPH STANLEY (Rialto) 5/5

MONO / WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND / GRAILS (EARL) 5/10

GWEN STEFANI (HiFi Buys Amphitheatre) 5/11

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER (Chastain) 6/30

EARTHA KITT (Symphony Hall) 10/19–10/20