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Tonight in Athens: The Mattson 2


Slimmish pickings for live entertainment tonight, but if you’re out and about, consider popping into Green Room, where The Mattson 2 will perform. The California-based group, composed of twin brothers Jonathan and Jared Mattson, takes cues from jazz, surf, drone and new wave; all together, it’s a chilled-out, West Coast take on the hyper-extended electro-jazz of Tortoise and their ilk.

Local experimental favorite Hand Sand Hands and a stripped-down duo version of jazz mainstay Kenosha Kid will also perform. 

Stream the Mattson 2’s new album, Agar, which is out today on Um Yeah Arts, below:

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