Here are some pictures from the Kooks concert on the 14th of October that actually fit onto the page. Thanks to Kelsey Fiehrer for the taking these pictures at Newport Music Hall.

Although I had a complete meltdown during my last blog entry over the music scene--or the apparent lack of a music scene--in Athens, I'm very happy to have done some more in-depth research to find two pretty good bands from my university's hometown. 

Wheels On Fire and Papadosio all give Athens an alternative to the cliché, Papa Roach metal that I found littering the "Athens, Ohio" Myspace Music pages. Thank God for these Ohio University luminaries.

Wheels On Fire is a garage rock, up-tempo band that sounds like a country-fused version of the Thermals, a sound befitting of the Appalachian ruggedness of Athens. "Too Stubborn to Fold" is a dizzying, progressive jam that sounds like an ode to Chuck Berry.

Papadosio combines elements of psychadelia and electronica to make a distant, relaxing concoction of synthesizer and pedals. "By the Light of the Stars" uses hollow drumming, trippy vocals, and a lethargic sound that sounds almost as if syrup is dripping off of the keyboards lacing this track. 

Papadosio's EP, By the Light of the Stars, can be downloaded for free off of the band's website (www.papadosio.com) and all of Wheels On Fire's tracks can be purchased for $0.99 off of their myspace page (www.myspace.com/wheeelsonfire).