Peter Buck and Kevn Kinney head back to the Rialto Club

The hometown duo's July run at Hotel Indigo sold out. Now there's a Monday night on Nov. 23, and the room hasn't gotten any bigger.

The last time Peter Buck and Kevn Kinney played the Rialto Club, Athens bought every ticket. The two-night run in late July sold out, the second night included. So when a new date showed up on Oct. 22, the useful question was how fast you could get to the ticket page.

Peter Buck plays The Rialto Club @ Hotel Indigo on Monday, Nov. 23, at 8 p.m., with Kevn Kinney. Tickets run $25 to $100 through Eventbrite.

You don't need the introductions, but here they are. Buck is the R.E.M. guitarist. Kinney is the songwriter behind Drivin N Cryin. The partnership goes back a long way. Kinney's band keeps a review on its own site of the pair working through the MacDougal Blues songs together at the 40 Watt, and Flagpole reviewed another Buck-and-Kinney night at the 40 Watt. Kinney has also described rehearsing his set with Mike Mills before a November show of Buck's there. Their shows are loose, warm and often unpredictable. Kinney's songs sit at the center, and Buck plays alongside him the way a bandmate does, without making it a showcase.

The unpredictability is part of the appeal in Athens. Buck's shows with Kinney have drawn surprise guests, and Mills himself has turned up unannounced to sit in on one in town. Nobody is promising anything for Nov. 23, and you shouldn't buy a ticket expecting a reunion. But it's an Athens bill on an Athens stage, which means anyone could be in the audience.

The July run sold out both nights. The room hasn't gotten any bigger.

The room is a big part of the draw. The Rialto Club is the music room inside Hotel Indigo downtown. It's an all-seated listening room. People sit and pay attention, and the songs get room to breathe, unlike a packed rock-club floor. For two players this deep into their catalogs, that suits them. It also means capacity is the catch, and the July run showed how quickly the seats go.

The price range is wide. $25 gets you in, and the $100 end goes to people who want to be right up front. Monday nights in Athens are usually quiet, and this one gives you a reason to stay downtown, have a drink in the lobby and walk in before the 8 p.m. start.

Buy through the Eventbrite link on our listing and be skeptical of anyone reselling. If July is any guide, this won't be on sale for long.

Some towns have a legend come through once a decade. Athens has a few who just book a Monday night downtown, play songs with an old friend and go home. Get there for that.

Sources: SOLDOUT - Kevn Kinney & Peter Buck @ Hotel Indigo's Rialto Club July 29 — Eventbrite (eventbrite.com); MacDougal Blues feat. Kevn Kinney and Peter Buck satisfies at Athens' 40 Watt Club (show review) — Drivin N Cryin (drivinncryin.com); Review: Kevn Kinney & Peter Buck at The 40 Watt — Drivin N Cryin (drivinncryin.com); Live Review: Peter Buck and Kevn Kinney at the 40 Watt Club — Flagpole (old.flagpole.com); Win Tickets + Q&A with Kevn Kinney — Flagpole (old.flagpole.com); R.E.M.'s Mike Mills makes surprise appearance at Peter Buck's Athens show with Kevn Kinney — KSLX (kslx.com); Peter Buck at The Rialto Club — Eventbrite tickets (eventbrite.com)