Brownsville — Jeff Brown
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A mix of Soul, Jazz, World Music and Soulful House with an eclectic, feel-good vibe. Warm grooves, deep rhythms, and sounds that move people without forcing the party.
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Ahmad Jamal, Madeline Bell, Black Radio, Maleet
The Golden Sound — Chris Devoe
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the hip hop golden era of the late 80s through mid 90s defined by socially conscious, sample-based production and lyricism.
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A Tribe Called Quest, BDP, Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, Public Enemy
Night School — AirWolf
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A genre fluid soundscape with disco, psych and international goodness.
Tuesday Movie Night – What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
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An in-depth documentary about the life of the legendary Nina Simone, a talented concert pianist and pop singer of various styles. This biography walks through all aspects of Nina’s rise to fame, including the good, the bad and the ugly. WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? is beautifully made with pre-recorded interviews from Nina Simone herself and from those that walked this long journey with her. The documentary captures the full life of Nina Simone, beginning to end. There is an overarching question of “what happened to Nina Simone” that is answered quite wholesomely throughout, and portrays her as accurately as possible in each chapter of her life.
Lost in Oscillation — Yasmine
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A sonic journey traversing through ethereal minimal synth and industrial sounds that conjure images of arctic frost, biting winds, and crystalline ice formations. She delves into downtempo sounds infused with the haunting, hymnal strata of rhythms and voices that echo nature's distant past. Fusing '80s analog experiments with the digital futurism of the late '90s, she juxtaposes and weaves together sonic landscapes from music, film, and beyond.
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Chris & Cosey - Cords of Love, Nightmare Lodge - Mirage IV, Cyrnai - Climb The Sun, Ronan Girre – Le Beau Mariage (Danse) [from the score for Eric Rohmer's Le Beau Mariage]
Bird — Austin “The Judge” Wheeler & Bruce Phillips
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Austin Wheeler and special guest Bruce Phillips play an all vinyl set of warm, inviting jazz from around the world
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Teruo Nakamura, Wessel Ilcken trio
Dedicated Listening – DJ Shadow’s Entroducing
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‘Ask the NoCal turntable nerds, the trip-hoppers, the frat boys, the hippies or the ravers stoned on the beach at sunrise: Endtroducing... is deeply spiritual. Not in the conventional sense, but in the spirituality of the soul that lives in your chest and got there from the ether and returns to the collective unconscious-- the one you feel when you feel things. That's the spirit that saves us from being fleeting and disposable: If I necked with that one girl that one sunset, with Endtroducing on the car stereo, then no matter who else did the same thing, I'm me and that moment's still mine. Dig?
Endtroducing taps that inner-whatever better than most of the albums of its day, and it swims so easily that it established an entire genre of instrumental hip-hop-- count how many records come out every month and are dubbed "Shadowesque." Building the album from samples of lost funk classics and bad horror soundtracks, Shadow crossed the real with the ethereal, laying heavy, sure-handed beats under drifting, staticky textures, friendly ghost voices, and chords whose sustain evokes the vast hereafter. Even the "look at me" cuts like "The Number Song" didn't break the mood; the album was so perfect and the technique, so awesome that it's still definitive today, and Shadow has yet to top it.’
Sample Clearance — Chris Devoe and Nabani Banks
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the obscure and dusty vinyl albums that, thanks to sampling, have become part of the quilt of modern music
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Dorothy Ashby, David Axelrod, Eugene McDaniels, Ramsey Lewis
Cowpoke Soosh — Allen Suh
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Allen Suh (Gato Arigato, Gaja, 8Arm), returns to Commune for Cowpoke Soosh, his fun and delicious take on Japanese country food.
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Freshly made ramen noodles with rib eye, cold smoked Bramlett trout, sooshie rolls!
Tuesday Movie Night – Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
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Along with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Thelonious Monk is credited as one of the pioneering musicians of bebop and is the second most recorded jazz composer in the world. Charlotte Zwerin's documentary tries to unravel Monk, who was known for having a thorny personality and an aggressive playing technique to match. Interviews with Monk's son and fellow musicians shed some light, and performance footage from a European tour captures his idiosyncratic style.
Adult Film Soundtracks — DJ Zig-Zag
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Adult film soundtracks from the 60s, 70s and 80s by international composers. Bom-chica-bom-bom.
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Piero Umiliani, Patrick Cowley, The Cyrkle, Gert Welden & Orchestra
Tuesday Movie Night – SLAM
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The unanimous winner of the 1998 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Camera d'Or and Prix du Public (Audience Award) at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, Slam is an emotionally charged, uplifting film about a talented young man who discovers himself through the love of a woman and through his extraordinary talent at spoken word poetry 'slamming'—a combination of poetry and rap which is exploding across America. Spoken word poetry 'Slams' are competitions in which poets go one on one against each other using only their words and their emotions
Prince Day — Chris Devoe & Cozy Shawn
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All Prince, all night!
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Prince!
Jeni Wang – Lotion House
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An eclectic selection of jazz, jazz fusion, afro-pop, post-punk, synth-pop, new wave, ambient, and more!
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Mulatu Astatke, Talking Heads, William Onyeabor, Holger Czukay.
Made in Atlanta — Scott Morris
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Music made and recorded in Atlanta. Homegrown funk, R&B, hip hop, indie rock, electronic.
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Organized Noize, S.O.S. Band, Faye Webster, Gucci Mane, Lee Moses, Prefuse 73
LIVE SET – Vibraphone Duo
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Dylan K. Smith and Casen Alesi will perform a live set on vibraphones.
Dylan K. Smith is a vibraphonist, composer, and producer from Augusta, Georgia, whose deep love for jazz, hip-hop, and all things music fuels everything he touches. Whether touring Costa Rica, releasing his own album, or playing in Wycliffe Gordon’s band, Dylan brings soul, skill, and sincerity. He’s worked with legends like Stefon Harris and Dezron Douglas, all while using his voice to celebrate the beauty of the Black experience through rhythm, harmony, and truth.
Described as “Endlessly creative” by ATLVoyage and “A shining new face in jazz” by Bold Journey, Casen Alesi is a genre-defying percussion powerhouse from Kennesaw, Georgia. From orchestras in Vienna to Atlanta jazz clubs, he’s played it all—collaborating with greats as diverse as Jon Faddis to ELEW and Porter Robinson. He’s also a sought-after educator, theater musician, and director of The Bebop Lounge, blending jazz with pop culture and performing at conventions across the country. In short: if it involves rhythm, Alesi’s involved or already doing it
*Please note that a $8 cover will be added to your bill to support our guests
Tuesday Movie Night – Wattstax (1973)
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In 1972 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, director Mel Stuart captures the performances of the Watts Summer Festival. Organized by Stax Records, the festival is a gathering of musicians and entertainers from the black community, brought together to remember the Watts Riots from seven years prior. Key performances include those of comedian Richard Pryor, and singers Isaac Hayes and Luther Ingram. Stuart also presents shots of the Watts streets and community along with the festival footage.
Ryan Rasheed – Theme from the Planets
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Balearic Beat, Leftfield Disco, Trip Hop, IDM, Dream Pop, Art Rock
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YMO, Actress, Boards of Canada, Loose Joints, Broadcast, Grace Jones
Dedicated Listening – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
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Debí Tirar Más Fotos is the sixth solo studio album by Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny. Benito synthesizes the past and present sound of Puerto Rico for an anthemic, cross-generational album. He’s a master at work to enact his vision for the future of música urbana.
‘Across five studio albums in just over six years, Bad Bunny has made music for the masses without sacrificing his culture. Now, as he enters his 30s, Benito has paused to reflect on this unprecedented moment: a time when música urbana has surged onto the global stage and risks being diluted by its own commodification. He could’ve recruited the biggest names in Latin music to chase more Grammys and streams. Instead, Bad Bunny returned to his beloved Puerto Rico, forging a deeper connection to his community and producing his most profound statement yet. In a fraught political moment following the victory of Donald Trump and a devastating loss for the Puerto Rican Independence Party in the 2024 election, Bad Bunny’s sixth studio album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (I Should Have Taken More Photos), is a bold declaration—a groundbreaking testament to his evolved artistry and vision for the future of música urbana.’
Beatlemania – DJ BC
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An evening of Beatles hits, rarities, covers, versions and solo works from the the Fab Four.
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The Beatles!
Tuesday Movie Night – Music Videos
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We’re playing music videos! Join us for a night of our staff’s favorite music videos from the 80’s to today. We’ll take requests too.
Dine with Day - 7 Course Dinner (SOLD OUT)
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Award-winning Chef Day invites you to an exclusive 7-course tasting experience, crafted for those who appreciate the extraordinary. Drawing from her rich Afro-Caribbean heritage, French technique, and modern fine dining sensibility, each dish promises a journey of flavor, texture and emotion.
For one night only, indulge in a menu that captures the essence of the season: luxurious seafoods, premium proteins, tropical produce, and house-ferments — meticulously paired with Grey Goose cocktails and plated with elegance.
Seats are intentionally limited to preserve the intimacy of this rare experience.
Drums on Fire — Chris Devoe & DJ Euts
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Excursions into new electronica, Afro-house, UK Funky and Soul, Amapiano, Gqom
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Scratcha DVA , Jlin, Kelela, Bok Bok, Karen Nyame KG, Sault, Kaytranada, Channel Tres, Loraine James
Eastern European Wine Dinner – Beksa Lala & Specialty Wines
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We're partnering with Beksa Lala and Specialty Wines to bring you an incredible evening of food, wine and music from Eastern Europe.
For more information and to book a table, check out the Resy event page.
LIVE SHOW – Kate & Tate, Ramble
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Tonight we’ll have two Atlanta based duos performing live! Guitar players Kate & Tate do classical compositions, improvisations and originals, while Ramble sings sweet with vocal and guitar.
Tuesday Movie Night – Wild Combination (2008)
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A moving and celebratory portrait of avant-garde musician and disco producer Arthur Russell, an enigma who bridged the gap between the highbrow world of modern composition and the ecstatic freedom of the discotheque. "Matt Wolf's documentary reconstructs the emergence and all too quick dissolve of the musician and composer, who died of AIDS in 1992 - as well as the rise and fall of the downtown New York community that nurtured him. A young man from Oskaloosa, Iowa, with bad acne scars and a cello, Russell landed in New York in 1973, after a short stint in a commune in San Francisco... Wolf has dug up rare footage... pictures of the Loft, the informal dance party that some claim as the birth of disco itself, and short films of Russell performing by himself, seated with his cello and singing the unearthly ballads that were exactly the ‘Buddhist bubblegum' music he told Allen Ginsberg he wanted to make." — Sasha Frere-Jones, New Yorker
Cabaret Night with Mr. John
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Our Neighbors at Mr. John’s Music are having a fun end-of-session performance from their Adult Cabaret Classes! The bar will be open for the audience. Sorry kids, this is a grown-ups only event.
Townsend – Turnin’ & Burnin’ Spin Off
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The wild and powerful party sounds of the 1960s - Greasy R&B, Garage Pounders, Northern Soul, & Gritty Rock N Roll. Bringing stacks of obscure, and the well known sounds, for your Saturday night!
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Don Gardner, Big Maybelle, Four Tops, & The Mysterians
Cowpoke Soosh — Allen Suh
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Allen Suh (Gato Arigato, Gaja, 8Arm), returns to Commune for Cowpoke Soosh, his take on Japanese country food.
Something like —
Freshly made ramen noodles with rib eye, cold smoked Bramlett trout, scallion pancakes
Criminal Records Cutting Crew
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The crew from Criminal Records, featuring DJ Indacouch, DJ Big Daddy, DJ Swivel and DJ E (owner Eric Levin) spinning a variety of wax. They’ll be handing out special surprise packs. Don’t miss this one!
Bird — Austin “The Judge” Wheeler & D2T
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Austin Wheeler and special guest Danny / D2T play an all vinyl set of warm, inviting jazz from around the world
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Teruo Nakamura, Wessel Ilcken trio
Something Wild — Millie De Chirico
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80s, new wave, world music, afro-beat, reggae, electro funk
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Jonathan Demme soundtracks & planning summer road trips
Tuesday Movie Night – Sisters with Transistors (2020)
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Narrated by legendary multimedia artist Laurie Anderson, Lisa Rovner’s superb Sisters with Transistors showcases the music of and rare interviews with female electronic pioneers Clara Rockmore, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Éliane Radigue, Maryanne Amacher, Bebe Barron, Suzanne Ciani, Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Spiegel, and Wendy Carlos.
As Rovner’s documentary demonstrates, these women—many of whom were classically trained musicians, brilliant mathematicians, or a combination of both—relished the freedom of electronic music, even as they were discriminated against because of their gender and because of their chosen medium.
Through their inventiveness and rebellion, these trailblazers’ music went on to influence musicians working in a variety of genres, and proved the worthiness of going electric. Sisters with Transistors is an essential primer for those interested in discovering this vital, oft-overlooked history but also offers plenty of pleasures for crate-digging experimental music obsessives who know the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s output like the back of their hand. Contemporary musicians, such as Holly Herndon and Kim Gordon, also offer insights into their forebears’ indelible music and their personal significance.
Mother Tongue — Allie Bashuk
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Effortlessly cool and ethereal girly vocals gliding over a lush mix of post-punk, international electro-pop, lo-fi pop-rap and disco – a bold and charming set for Mothers.
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Pylon, Yaeji, Sneaks, Habibi, Diana Ross
Pastels – Avondale Wine & Art Walk
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We’ll be opening a bit earlier at 3pm as part of the Avondale Estates Wine & Art Walk with floral vignettes and pastels set up on our tables. It’ll be a like a paint and sip, but cool? (Also would make a nice mom’s day gift)
Pastels and paper will be available for $8, along with our full drink menu.
To take part in the Art & Wine Walk, which includes select pours you can purchase tickets here.
Pop Life — Chris Devoe
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Sophisti-pop, 80s R&B, Disco, Synth-pop
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Asha Puthli, Prince, Anna Domino, Simply Red, DeBarge, Giorgio Moroder, Sade
Commune’s One Year Anniversary Party – David Portner
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We’re turning ONE! Come celebrate Commune’s One Year Anniversary with a DJ set by Animal Collective founder, solo artist and record crate digger Dave Portner, aka Avey Tare. He’ll play a vinyl set of jazz, Atomic Age exotica, dub, kraut, world grooves and space disco.
Local friends Mimms Cross and Lily Roche will open and close the evening.
We’ll have drink specials and big cake to share.
Thank you for being a part of this place, it’s been a wild and wonderful year. <3
Justin Chesarek Trio
$12 Cover*
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A live jazz set by Atlanta drummer Justin Chesarek with Patrick Arthur, and Robby Handley
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Percussionist Justin Chesarek performs regularly with the Joe Alterman Trio, Trey Wright, Anita Aysola, and is a regular at the Atlanta Jazz Festival. Notable performances include The Iridium and The Blue Note in New York, D.C’s Kennedy Center, the Juneau Jazz and Classics Festival in Alaska, The North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland and the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
Chesarek teaches Jazz Percussion at Kennesaw State University, is the Artist Affiliate of Jazz Percussion at Emory University, and is the former Professor of Percussion at Morehouse College.
Justin lives in Decatur, Georgia with his wife and daughters.
*Per person cover charge added to bill