Just Putting This Out There: So, there's this crew called Cult of Riggonia that has put out nine “releases” since 2008 (which you can find over at cultofriggonia.bandcamp.com). As best I can tell—and, admittedly,  this is due to my own prejudice against corresponding with people who only go by nicknames—the project is at least tangentially related to Future Ape Tapes, but wildly more hippie. Aside from a show at Farm 255 on Tuesday, Dec. 4, which you might be able to catch if you grabbed the paper in time—go! now! hurry!—it doesn't look like the Cult has anything booked, so if you want to hear the band, you gotta surf over to the link above. It's so weird. Normally, I'm utterly repulsed by this type of thing, but I've found myself oddly drawn to Cult of Riggonia. So, anyway, that's why I'm putting this out there. Figure it out on your own from here via facebook.com/cultofriggonia.

Seth Hendershot of Old Skool Trio

Season's Reasons: Life Church will host a Christmas concert on Saturday, Dec. 8. You might recall that the church hosted a block party this past summer featuring performances from several Athens musicians. This is similar in scope but a little bit different—you know, because it's cold, and Christmas time and all that. Featured acts for the Christmas concert are Old Skool Trio (Seth Hendershot, Carl Lindberg, Jason Fuller), National Anthem (Jace Bartet, Brent Blalock, Allen Owens, Nick Splendorr, Tim Payne), Clarence Cameron (Big C & The Velvet Delta) and The Life Church Band & Kids. The whole thing kicks off at 6:30 p.m., it's free, and there will be refreshments. Life Church is located at 120 Ware St. (just off College Avenue near downtown Athens). This event, like all Life Church musical events, was coordinated by Josh Wootton, who used to jam hard in Athens band Marriage. You can collect any other information you need at lifechurchathens.com.

Dig, Dug: The frustratingly spaced K I D S, whose name I think is technically supposed to be lowercase but I'm capitalizing here for some semblance of clarity, released its debut EP on Friday, Nov. 23. And it's sweet, brah! Lots of reverb, echo, throbby bass and sweet-n-light melancholy melodies. The band told me "it's hissy and loud like a heat-warped tape," and it is. It sounds like something stumbled upon or rediscovered. All in all, it's really good, and it's the perfect length, too, at seven tracks. Frontman K. Jared Collins is responsible for the whole thing, recording half of it at Jesse Mangum's Glow Studio and half at his home (except for one song that was recorded in a closet back in 2010, and another that was previously released). It's titled These Days, and is available right now at thebirdhouse.bandcamp.com, home of all the bands associated with the Birdhouse Collection, but Collins plans to have cassettes available at Wuxtry Records and Secret Sounds in the near future.

For Added Emphasis: In related news, the Birdhouse Collection is on a tear lately. The musicians' collective just released the “soundtrack” for a project named Cover Your Face in Christmas Lights, Close Your Eyes and Try to Remember the Ones You Love and has approximately four new releases planned for the coming weeks. Remember how a mere paragraph ago I told you about music that was dreamy? Well, this soundtrack is, too, but in a completely different way. Do you ever get those little electrical brain shocks/ audible dream explosions that happen as you're drifting into REM sleep? This is what that's like. And when it does break into a more traditional verse-chorus-verse structure, it's way more Spaceman 3 than, say, Mojave 3. Oh, it's so good, though. At the risk of getting terribly fan-boyish, the Birdhouse Collection has yet to disappoint. That address again is thebirdhouse.bandcamp.com.

Stop Everything: And don't even think about going anywhere else but the Georgia Theatre on Wednesday, Dec. 5. That night, the deservedly titled Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson, is playing, and tickets are only $15. Trust me, this is a steal. And culturally speaking, it's one of your last chances to see a true rock and roll pioneer who's easily as bad-ass as Elvis or Jerry Lee Lewis and 100 percent an artistic peer of each. The fact is, there aren't going to be many artists born way back in 1937 who are willing or able to rock out with you much longer. The show will also feature opener and Jackson backup Jonny Fritz, who used to go by the godawful name Jonny Corndawg. So, there's that. This is an early show starting at 7 p.m., so don't be late! And if you don't see her, go visit wandajackson.com so you'll know exactly how hard to kick yourself.