Photos: Evangelicals, This Piano Plays Itself, Sound On Film @ Drunken Unicorn (6/30/09)
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- Posted by Kevin Griggs on July 2, 2009 at 2:03 pm
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Videos: Living Rooms, Blastoids @ I Can Fly 2 (6/28/09)
After leaving Corndogorama Sunday night a little early, I headed over to the new I Can Fly house. The DIY venue used to be located in my old neighborhood of Home Park, but when I moved to Reynoldstown, it moved over here too. This was my first time at the new one, and was very impressed with the crowd they drew for a Sunday night party with no beer. The venue space inside was pretty small, so it was really too packed out for me to go in and hear The Sunglasses or Siddhartha, but both sounded great from outside. I then went in up front to catch Blastoids and Living Rooms and both of them were incredible. The Blastoids‘ drummer is something else. I picked up their album for sale, which I can’t even determine what it is called, but it is really, really good. This was my first time catching Living Rooms and I’m definitely now a fan. I shot a video of each, but it was so dark in there there is very little to see, so they serve more as an audio sampling.
- Posted by Davy Minor on July 1, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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Photos: It’s Elephant’s, Whores, The Long Shadows @ The Earl (6/26/09)
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- Posted by Kevin Griggs on July 1, 2009 at 2:39 pm
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Corndogorama 2009: Sunday (Day 2)
All photos by Clint Miller
I made my way into the festival to grab some breakfast, and then caught the end of The Slackey Family, who weren’t very memorable. As soon as that ended, This Piano Plays Itself unleashed a sonic assault that brought most of the sparse festival crowd over to witness. Their set was only comprised of two newer songs, but they were probably each about ten minutes long. This was the first show with Doug from the now defunct Athens band Kebert Xela in the lineup, and this new 5-piece incarnation was blissful controlled chaos.
Next up were two bands that would broadly fit in the genre of 90’s Frat Rock. I would guess these bands would kill it in Buckhead, but totally weak sauce for Corndogorama.
Get Small:
Niagra Mohawk:
Then Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun (someone needs to coin a short, catchy nickname for this band) took the main stage and played a stunningly compelling set, as they always do. It is hard for me to think of another young band in this city that combines accessibility with more talent than these guys and gals. I definitely wish this set would have been longer.
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- Posted by Davy Minor on June 30, 2009 at 11:23 am
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Photos: Adron, A Fight to the Death, Lindsay Appel, Royal Bangs @ Star Bar (6/25/09)
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- Posted by Kevin Griggs on June 29, 2009 at 9:53 am
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What Up In The ATL?
Best Shows In Atlanta June 29 - July 5:
Tuesday:
Evangelicals, This Piano Plays Itself, Sound On Film @ Drunken Unicorn
Wednesday:
Tiny Vipers, Balmorhea, Ben Trickey @ 529
The Renegades (Cole, Joe and Ian of Black Lips), Baby Dinosaur Vs. Extinction, Pizza Party, Trip Hop Cowboy (Bobby Ubangi Benefit) @ Drunken Unicorn
Thursday:
The Black Lips, Dan Sartain, Carnivores @ The Earl (SOLD OUT)
Jeffrey Butzer, Tous Les Jours, The Sick Figures, Grand Prize Winners, Surfer Blood @ Star Bar
Friday:
Snowden, Sealions, Abby Go Go @ The Earl
Zoroaster, Spooks, Thy Mighty Contract, Dancer Woman (WRASFest) @ Eyedrum
Judi Chicago, Noot d’ Noot @ Smith’s
Our Brother The Native, Religious Girls, Facehugger @ Drunken Unicorn
Hollyweerd, Social Studies @ Star Bar
MSTRKRFT, A-Track, Matt & Kim @ Opera
Saturday:
The Selmanaires, Rizzudo, The Orphins, Young Antiques, Anna Kramer & the Lost Cause, Pardner, The Meeks Family, Hollow Stars, Lonesome, The Long Shadows @ The Earl
James Hall, The Constellations, Death on Two Wheels, The Whiskey Gentry, Batata Doce, Brain Box, The Weeks, Strangers Family Band, F’ing Heartbreaks, El Cobra Negro @ Star Bar
Noot d’ Noot, Judi Chicago @ Smith’s
Carbonas, Predator, Customers, Barreracudas @ 529
Japandroids, Guyliner @ Drunken Unicorn
- Posted by Davy Minor on June 29, 2009 at 9:03 am
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Corndogorama 2009: Saturday (Day 1)
All photos by Clint Miller
We got a later start yesterday than I would have liked and didn’t make it to Corndogorama until The Goldest began their set. I loved their EP, but in previous occasions thought their live show was a bit lacking. This time they sounded really good.
I got some lunch at the Australian Bakery, which has served as our Corndog home base for escaping the heat and grubbing, and then caught Sonen. Their set at last year’s corndog was lackluster, but this year it was not enjoyable at all. The vocals were very loud in the mix, and these two so called “vocalists” have no business singing. It was hard to even give the music underneath much of a chance with how bad the vocals were.
Next, Nomen Novum played one of the better live sets I’ve seen them do. They started out with some guitar loop build up songs and then moved to more electronic stuff near the end. While the duo churned out the tunes, they were joined by a dancer for this set who even contributed some neat sound effects using blades of grass.
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- Posted by Davy Minor on June 28, 2009 at 1:10 pm
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Sunday Night In The A: Dead Confederate, Mice In Cars, Living Rooms, Blastoids
It is a great day for checking out local music in Atlanta. Corndogorama closes out tonight with Dead Confederate and they just did a Laundro Matinee session that you can check out here. After that, there are two great options for the afterparty. Mice In Cars are playing The Earl right down the street. I’ve been listening to their newest album, 53 Bicycles and a Dead Man, and have been enjoying it more and more with each listen. It is very raw and the vocalist is definitely an acquired taste, but the record is a great combination of sweet instrumental jams and post-punk intensity. The other afterparty option tonight sees one of my favourite DIY venues return in a new location in Reynoldstown with a great lineup. I Can Fly House part duex showcases Living Rooms, Siddhartha, and Ohmpark favourite Murfreesboro, Tennessee’s Blastoids. One of Blastoids‘ members, Shit Wolf, did a remix of a Living Rooms song that I posted below. Get directions to that show here. Go see some bands!
Blastoids : Morning Light
Living Rooms : How We Do It (Shit Wolf remix)
Mice In Cars : Doors Do Not Rebound Or Spring Back
Dead Confederate : It Was A Rose (Laundro Matinee Session)
Dead Confederate myspace
Video and Audio of Laundro Matinee Session
Mice in Cars myspace
Buy 53 Bicycles And A Dead Man
Living Rooms myspace
Blastoids myspace
Shit Wolf myspace
- Posted by Davy Minor on June 28, 2009 at 10:57 am
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