Live Videos: Cinemechanica (4/24/2008) Drunken Unicorn

I was able to get out of work with just enough time to catch Cinemechanica at The Drunken Unicorn last Thursday night, and again they were straight up spectacular. I think they may be my favourite Athens band short of Of Montreal right now. Here they are rocking out:

Video Of The Day: Feist (On Colbert)

What Up In The ATL?

Tonight there are two big shows going on. Jay Reatard is big on the hype tip right and will be doing his thing as Lenny's. You can find more about him at his myspace or watch videos of him fighting with his audience here. If you are in love with the Black Lips, then this is probably the show for you to catch. While I wouldn't mind catching Jay Reatard, I am way more excited to see Destroyer tonight. Most people have been on the Destroyer-backlash bandwagon, but I absolutely love Trouble In Dreams. "Foam Hands":



Another album I have been jamming hard is Genghis Tron's Board Up The House. They will be at The Masquerade tomorrow with Converge. Genghis Tron at SXSW:



The other good show tomorrow night is at the Earl with Atlanta's Envie and One Hand Loves The Other, who has gone through some inner turmoil lately. It is a bit confusing to me, so here's Gavin from Stickfigure explaining the situation:

hey everyone,

One Hand Loves The Other are going on hiatus. Lou Rodriguez (the vocalist) is planning to reform the band but it appears at this point that he will be the only member continueing as one hand loves the other.

Mike Johnson, Mary Knight and Nancy Shim will be forming a new band. It is not 100% certain if Nancy Shim is leaving One Hand Loves The Other as well, but Mike Johnson and Mary Knight are playing their final performances with One Hand Loves The Other over the course of the next week. Of course in the age of reunion tours we can not definately say final shows @ this point now can we. but we can state that it will years before you can see this line up of the band every again.

the shows are as follows:

Tuesday April 29th @ the Earl. One Hand Loves The Other is headlining and performing with mystery palace and envie.

Saturday May 3rd @ Vinyl. Like Clockwork and When Rocky Beats The Russian are headlining since it is their cd release show. The Judies are also playing. At this time we do not know whether One Hand Loves The Other is opening or playing second.

take care,

gavin

So this week seems to be your last chance to check this out.

Other cool shows I like this week:

Friday: Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir at The Masquerade
Friday: Cracker, Dead Confederate at the Variety Playhouse
Saturday: Yeasayer, Man Man at Lenny's

One Hand Loves The Other : One Hand Loves The Remix : Tortoise (Treasure Fingers remix)


Yeasayer : Sunrise (Hey Champ remix)

Videos of The Day: Coachella 2008

Here's some vids from Coachella over the weekend:

Prince covering Radiohead:



Animal Collective "Comfy In Nautica":



Portishead "Roads":



Hot Chip "Ready For The Dancefloor":

Albums I Love: Perfect From Now On

There is probably no other album that has affected me as profoundly as Built To Spill's Perfect From Now On. It is easily one of my top three personal favourite albums of all time. Back around the beginning of this decade, I got my first real exposure to indie rock as a great friend and roommate at the time would be jamming Modest Mouse and Built To Spill incessantly. At first I hated it, especially Issac Brock's vocals. I talked so much smack about these bands, and then one day after listening to them over and over, something inside me clicked. Suddenly, the more I listened to those two bands, the more I enjoyed them. It was at that point where I lost interest in the jambands, classic rock, and techno I had been listening to after initially coming to college. These new bands I discovered seemed to have so much depth compared to everything else I had been listening to at the time, and I basked in the ecstasy that can only be felt appreciating music as art.

Simultaneously as I was starting to embrace and explore good, progressive music, I was also going through a period of self discovery and trying to figure out what my life was all about. At almost the exact moment I got obsessed with Perfect From Now On, I had a spiritual epiphany of sorts, and listening to this album was instrumental towards that occurring. While I know that Doug Martsch is always downplaying the importance of lyrics in interviews, PFNO is one of the most brilliantly conceived and executed concept albums ever written; metaphysically epic yet simple words armed with beautiful melodies and long, complex song structures that no other album, BTS or otherwise, has come close to reproducing again. While classics like Darkside Of The Moon and OK Computer dealt with similar questions central to our existence, they failed to provide any real path to deal with these issues. Perfect From Now On not only takes you on a similar journey of despair, but also contains a framework for addressing these problems. And not in a preachy, tell-you-what-I-think way, but in a more abstract method where different listeners can reach different verdicts based on their own interpretations and experiences. The music I love the most is the sort that can be successful and enjoyable on as many different levels as possible, and it is hard for me to think of another album that conquers the multitude of emotions and aesthetics that this one does.

I managed to snag some tickets for ATP New York and I am ecstatic to catch Built To Spill performing this album. If you have never listened to this one, obviously I can't recommend it enough:

Built To Spill : Perfect From Now On : Kicked It In The Sun



"Stop The Show":



"Velvet Waltz":



Here is an instrumental jam session that Doug and Brett Netson did on Record Store Day in Boise, Idaho as a bonus:

DOUG MARTSCH & BRETT NETSON of
BUILT TO SPILL
19 April 2008
Boise, Idaho
Record Exchange
National Independent Record Store Day - In-store appearance

Sonic Studios DSM-6s > Sonic Studios PA-6LC3 (middle bass roll-off setting) > iRiver H120

No setlist - improvised jam

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

Track 4

Track 5

Track 6

Track 7


Download Lossless Audio Torrent Here

Download Video Torrent Here

Video Of The Day

Alice Cooper is no joke;



Apparently, the woman he pulls up in the beginning and the dancer at the end are the same person; his wife...

A great entertainer.

Video Of The Day: "M-Train"

Ok, here's another hilarious Atlanta affiliated rap video from my Alma Mater (thanks to teh 1337s for pointing this out):

Friday Free-Style

Let's get your weekend started with some local flavour. Atlas Sound will be remixing a Sian Alice Group song for a forthcoming EP. Here's a video for one of my favourite Atlas Sound songs, "Recent Bedroom":


Atlas Sound- Recent Bedroom from Michael E Palm on Vimeo

Atlas Sound : Virtual 7" No. 3 : No Longer


The Snowden tour is coming soon:



Check out how fun Snowden tours can be:



Mastodon and Neurosis are interviewed by Pitchfork.tv

Mastodon have a massive tour schedule between their Bonnaroo appearance and their Rockstar Mayhem Tour:

Jun 14 - Manchester, Tennessee @ Bonnaroo (2:00P)
Jul 9 - Seattle, Washington @ White River Amphitheatre
Jul 11 - Sacramento, California @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Jul 12 - San Francisco, California @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Jul 13 - San Bernardino, California @ Glen Helen Pavilion
Jul 15 - Fresno, California @ Save Mart Center
Jul 16 - San Diego, California @ Coors Amphitheatre
Jul 18 - Phoenix, Arizona @ Cricket Pavilion
Jul 19 - Albuquerque, New Mexico @ Journal Pavilion
Jul 20 - Denver, Colorado @ Coors Amphitheatre
Jul 22 - Kansas City, Kansas @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Jul 23 - St. Louis, Missouri @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Jul 25 - Dallas, Texas @ Smirnoff Music Centre
Jul 26 - San Antonio, Texas @ Verizon Amphitheatre
Jul 27 - Houston, Texas @ Sam Houston Race Track
Jul 29 - Tampa, Florida @ Ford Amphitheatre
Jul 30 - Miami, Florida @ Sound Advice Amphitheatre
Aug 1 - Virginia Beach, Virginia @ Verizon Amphitheatre
Aug 2 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania @ Post Gazette Pavilion
Aug 3 - Scranton, Pennsylvania @ Toyota Pavilion
Aug 5 - Boston, Massachusetts @ Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Aug 6 - Uniondale, New York @ Nassau Coliseum
Aug 8 - Toronto, Ontario @ Downsview Park
Aug 9 - Detroit, Michigan @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug 10 - Chicago, Illinois @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Aug 12 - Atlanta, Georgia @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
Aug 13 - Indianapolis, Indiana @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
Aug 15 - Camden, New Jersey @ Tweeter Center at The Waterfront
Aug 16 - Hartford, Connecticut @ New England Dodge Music Center
Aug 17 - Washington DC @ Nissan Pavilion
Aug 19 - Buffalo, New York @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

"Sleeping Giant":



Long time friends of Ohmpark, Parade, have announced their show tonight at Lenny's is going to be their last. They still have a new forthcoming album in June, but are not planning to do any shows in support of it apparently. This is very sad news for us, so here's some Parade tracks to jam and if you never caught them, go see them tonight while you still have a chance.

Parade : The P EP : Slow Tuesday


Parade : A Red Button : Penelope Shoes


Parade : Answer Me EP : That's Hott


You can stream the new Portishead album here.

Coachella will be webcasting performances this weekend here.

Download a new NIN song here.

Blood On The Wall will be at The Earl on May 13th.

Jambase has a really great piece on Akron/Family, who we love.

The AthFest line-up is out, and notables include Dark Meat, Cinemehanica, We Vs. The Shark, Elf Power, Twin Tigers, Venice Is Sinking, and Dubconscious. The fest is going down June 18-22 in Athens, Ga.

Rock The Bells tour is back and looking good, but the closest it is coming to us is Miami, FL:



Tegan And Sara are coming back to Atlanta for two dates at Chastain June 16 & 17.

Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst is doing a solo album.

Peter Bjorn And John's next album is going to be completely instrumental.

Southern Shelter has the Explosions in The Sky show in Atlanta a few weeks ago for you to download or listen to here.

Radiohead on Conan (The Atlanta show is getting so close!):



Portishead on Jools Holland:



Jane's Addiction's latest reunion show:



Tokyo Police Club on Letterman:

Videos Of The Day: Kaki King

I just don't feel like she gets enough exposure on the web considering how awesome she is, so here's some vids:

"Pull Me Out Alive":



The Making Of Dreaming Of Revenge (part 1):



The Making Of Dreaming Of Revenge (part 2):



The Making Of Dreaming Of Revenge (part 3):

Tonight In The A: Cinemechanica, Bad Dudes, Ho-Ag, The Liverhearts

Cinemechanica

This show at The Drunken Unicorn tonight is gonna be hott so here's a few tracks to entice you into catching it:

Cinemechanica (Athens) : Brain Tarp


Bad Dudes (Los Angeles) : King Kong


Ho-Ag (Boston) : American Mall (Elek)


The Liverhearts (Atlanta):

Record Store Day In Atlanta: Dead Confederate, The Coathangers, Club Awesome

I spent a few hours last weekend at Criminal Records for their Record Store Day celebration. Here are the three local bands who played there that matter most:

Dead Confederate:



We've been talking about them for a while now around Ohmpark and the justified hype is starting to get some traction on the webs post-SXSW. Earfarm spent some time with them while they were down in Austin and has a bunch of cool material. Speaking of SXSW, you can get an entire performance here. Southern Shelter has just put up a show on their site where Dead Confederate played nothing but Sonic Youth covers at The 40 Watt in Athens earlier this year here. A sample:

Dead Confederate : Silver Rocket (Sonic Youth cover)


At Criminal:



They are touring steadily this summer, so go check them out:

23 May - Seattle, WA @ KEXP
24 May - Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch! Festival
28 May - Washington D.C. @ DC9
29 May - New York, NY @ Piano's
30 May - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint
31 May - Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber
1 June - Boston, MA @ TT the Bears
4 June - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
5 June - Asheville, NC @ The Rocket Club
6 June - Knoxville, TN @ Barley's
7 June - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
14 June - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
17 June - Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Brewing Company*
18 June - Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre Flagstaff*
19 June - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre*
20 June - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern*
24 June - Sacramento, CA @ Empire Room*
25 June - Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom*
26 June - Spokane, WA @ Big Easy - Spokane*
5 July - Rothbury, MI @ Rothbury Festival

* w/ Drive by Trucker


The Coathangers



The Coathangers quick rise to ATLien elite status last year is an interesting phenomenon, and while I'm not the biggest fan of bands getting popular in this town solely because of their stage act and attitude rather than their music, these girls back up their their brash aura with clever lyrics and catchy tunes. I stumbled across this great remix of one my favourite Coathangers songs on the 'net last night:

The Coathangers : Parcheezie (Griff Remix ft. Fitzgerald)


Here they are doing that song last Saturday:



And Kimcriminal has one up too, she has tons of vids of in-store Criminal Record performances you an check out here.



They are also on summer tour, so go to a show:

2 May - Atlanta, GA @ The Star Bar
9 May - Atlanta, GA @ Smith's Old Bar (500 Songs For Kids)
15 May - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
16 May - Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor
23 May - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
7 June - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
9 June - Nasheville, TN @ Springwater Supper Club
10 June - Hot Springs, AK @ The Exchange
11 June - Fayetteville, AK @ New Deli House *
12 June - Wichita, KS @ Barleycorns *
13 June - Norman, OK @ Opolis *
14 June - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada *
15 June - Austin, TX @ Emo's *
2 July - Detroit, MI @ Alvin's
3 July - Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class
6 July - Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor

* w/ El Paso Hot Button


Club Awesome



Atlanta's Club Awesome, known for their pool parties and "Whyte Tygre" suit, are what I would describe as in the greater post-punk/post-pop vicinity. I arrived too late to get some video of their show, but I did pick up a handmade advance copy of their debut album, and it is really good. Here's a track:

Club Awesome : Trainwreck


They have a few shows coming up:

3 May - Atlanta, GA @ Smith's Olde Bar (500 Songs For Kids)
25 May - Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox (We Festival)
29 June - Atlanta, GA @ Lenny's (Corndogarama)
5 July - Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar (July 4 Weekend Fest)

Live Review: Nophest 4&20 2008

I spent the majority of last weekend at Nophest and had a really fun time. The weather was perfect, the fest was extremely chill and I got to see a ton of cool local artists. I don't really have a play-by-play analysis because I decided to just kick back and enjoy this one rather than play the hardcore journalist, plus after my DJ set on Sunday I was pretty obliterated. I ended up missing many of the acts I wanted to catch, but that typically happens at a fest packed to the brim with great bands. Missile Command was one of my favourite sets of the weekend. They were noisy and brutal, two things I highly appreciate. Envie was really stellar again, although the vocals and keys were not loud enough and they are the sort of band that I think requires a good sound setup. I really enjoyed the Ship To Shore set. Mice In Cars rocked it. And of course Sorry No Ferrari and This Piano Plays Itself both put forth typically amazing sets. If you missed this one, be sure not to make that mistake again and catch the winter edition later this year. Here's some photos I took:

R_Garcia:



Lovesick Scientist:



Missile Command:







Ship To Shore:



Mice In Cars:

Live Show: Fleet Foxes (4/14/2008)

The blogosphere has fallen in love with this band almost as hard as they did for Vampire Weekend pre-backlash. I like them, but I sort of file them in the same spot I put bands like Black Mountain and The Sword, a very enjoyable band, but not really the most original. And its not the Band Of Horses/My Morning Jacket similarities that bother me as much as the Neil Young riffs that seem overtly stolen. But regardless of their lack of progressiveness or uniqueness, they are still very nice to listen to, so here is a live show for you to jam:

Fleet Foxes
4.14.2008
The Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source: Microtech Gefell M300's > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 >
Firewire > Adobe Audition > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by: Lance Stack (inthistube [at] gmail.com)

Setlist (41:57):
1. Sun Giant

2. Sun It Rises >

3. Drops in the River

4. English House

5. White Winter Hymnal

6. Your Protector

7. Oliver James

8. Mykonos

9. Blue Ridge Mountains *



Notes:
* = w/ members of Blitzen Trapper

Download Lossless Torrent Here

Fleet Foxes Myspace

Best US Festival Of The Year: All Tomorrow's Parties Fest

OMFG!!!!!!!
Pitchfork reporting:

My Bloody Valentine (Curating the fest)
Built To Spill (performing Perfect From Now On) (That in itself makes this the best fest of the year)
Meat Puppets (Performing Meat Puppets II)
Thurston Moore (Performing Psychic Hearts)
Tortoise (Performing Millions Now Living Will Never Die)
Shellac
Mogwai
Polvo
Fuck Buttons
Autolux
The Drones
Low
Wooden Shjips
Edan with Dagha
Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra

Also, only 3000 tickets will be sold to the 3 day fest happening in New York, September 19th-21st. It looks to be really pricey, but I can't miss this one. ATP website. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Tonight In The A: Cloud Cult

Ok, I wasn't feeling the new Cloud Cult material I had listened to casually on the Internet or at SXSW, but I just got finished listening to the new album, Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes), and it is pretty damn good. So I retract any negative statements I made about it (this is one reason I'm not the biggest fan of early leaks). Not only are these guys a great band, but they are big time environmentalists riding a bio-diesel bus and putting out their releases on their label that uses recycled materials. When I caught them at SXSW they had a painter on stage creating art while they were performing. Tonight they will be at Smith's Old Bar, so I recommend checking them out:

Cloud Cult : Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) : May Your Hearts Stay Strong


Cloud Cult : Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) : Hurricane And Fire Survival Guide


Also, you can download a live show of theirs from earlier this month here.

Cloud Cult : Chain Reaction (4/11/2008)


Cloud Cult : Chemicals Collide (4/11/2008)


Cloud Cult Myspace

Buy Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) Here

A Random MP3 Trilogy

So I feel like posting a few random tracks. I bought The Breeders' new album, Mountain Battles, the day after it came out and so far I don't really know what to think of it. At moments I love it and others I want to turn it off. It feels like it is in another world from how I remember Title TK, which reminds me I need to jam that one again. I may end up totally falling in love with this one, or I might stop listening to it and never think about it again, but regardless, this song is great:

The Breeders : Mountain Battles : Bang On


Sonic Youth recently reissued their 1988 Ep Master-Dik, which I hadn't heard before this. I picked it up, and it is really cool. Here's a little cover from it:

Sonic Youth : Master-Dik : Beat On The Brat (The Ramones)


Finally, our very own Eric Guenther (From Exile) has started a music blog where he is releasing original music for free. The latest installment is a remix of a youtube video we had on here a couple of weeks ago that is really hilarious. He even dubbed in a badass guitar solo at the end. Check it out:

Southwest Dekalb Drum Majors : Bitch You Ride The Marta Bus (Eric Guenther mix)

Video Of The Day: Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear was on Conan last night jamming a new song. Check it:



Grizzly Bear : While You Wait For The Others (On Conan 4/21/2008)

What Up In The ATL?

Last weekend was a blast and I am still recovering from it, so posts will be brief today. Thanks to everyone who came out to Nophest!

The Hott Shows this week:

Tonight:

The Earl: British Sea Power, Film School

Tomorrow:

Smith's Old Bar: Cloud Cult, The Forms, Nerd Parade

Thursday:

Drunken Unicorn: Cinemechanica, HO-AG, The Liverhearts, Bad Dudes

Friday:

The Earl: Tapes 'N' Tapes, White Demin
Lenny's: Sonen, Parade, Twin Tiger

Saturday:

11:11 Teahouse: Lid Emba (CD Release), Tree Creature, Magicacada, Killick!
Drunken Unicorn: All The Saints, The N.E.C., Beluga, The Chops
The Masquerade: Thrice, Pelican
Star Bar: The Winter Sounds, Morning State, Sealions

Also, don't forget this weekend is Inman Park Festival, one of my favourite neighborhood fests.

Friday Free-Style

Bonnaroo's "Big Announcement" this week was that Widespread Panic is replacing The Allman Brothers and doing their 43rd headlining spot at the 'roo. They also added Les Claypool, Charli 2na, Super Drag, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Adele, Grand Ole Party, and The Postelles. Other than WSP, those are some decent additions, but I'm way more excited about the acts they added to the Cafe/nightclub, including Dead Confederate, Colour Revolt, De Novo Dahl, Phonograph, Bear In Heaven, Howlin Rain, and Royal Bangs, all of which are acts that I am interested in checking out. I'll be doing a piece on all the lesser know 'roo acts very soon.

Pecanne Log had the extened trailer to We Fun up, so check it:



Pitchfork Fest added Spoon, The Dodos, and Les Savy Fav. That is turning out to rather sweet line-up.

You can download a reversed version of the new Gnarls Barkley album for free here.

The RIAA spent $2.8 million dollars lobbying the government in 2007. Honestly, I would have expected that to be much higher.

The Clermont Lounge is up for sale.

Nick Thorburn of Islands talks some smack about Vampire Weekend.

Indian Jewelry has a new album coming out called Free Gold! and will be at Eyedrum on May 18th. I can't wait to catch them again.

Atlanta's Sean Costello died this week.

Outkast says the new new album will be out in 2009.

There is a Tori Amos comic book coming soon.

RZA just launched Wuchess.com.

Hella's Zach Hill has a solo album coming out featuring a ton of really cool guest musicians such as Marnie Stern, No Age, Les Calypool, and Marco Benevento.

Laura Veirs will be at The Earl on May 18th.

Earfarm points out that livepumpkins.net is really great for Smashing Pumpkins live shows.

The Fiery Furnaces are featuring String Cheese Incident's keyboardist on some of their tour dates this week.

Bill Cosby is going to drop a hip-hop album.

Some vids to take you through the weekend:

New Dan Deacon:



Animal Collective:

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE , BROTHER SPORT
by GrrrndZero

Wu-Tang:



Yeasayer:

Ohmpark's Guide To Nophest 4&20

The weekend is almost here and I am very excited. Nophest announced a third stage of bands for Sunday April 20th at The Doogallery. For details on that and the full schedule, go to the Nophest website. I'm going to break down the acts that stand out to me and help you discover some new bands from the massive line-up. Click on the band name to listen to some tracks on their myspace or website:

Friday:

7:45pm Lovesick Scientist: A project of Justin Sias (Elevado) that is produced by Brian Slusher (Slushco). With those two top tier ATL musicians involved, it has to be good.



8:30pm R_Garcia: I've just sort of been introduced to Randy Garcia through Nophest, but everything I sees points to him being a pretty badass musician and dude, so I'm ready to catch this one.



9:15pm Missile Command: A band featuring members of Elevado. We got a sneak preview performance of these guys at our one year anniversary party and they rocked out hard so I've been excited to catch the Missile Command again. Here's some tracks to jam:

Level Up


Dark Matter


10:00pm Push Button Action Man: This is an electronic music side project of Zachary Hollback, who has been a part of great Atlanta bands such as I Almost Saw God In The Metro, The Brodie Stove, and Tenth To The Moon. Here's a sweet electro-jam:

Gray Tile


10:45pm Blue Screen Love Scene: Electronic dance pop that sounds really nice.


BSLS

11:30pm Tenth To The Moon: Experimental music that incorporates dance and industrial sounds with lots of insanity. I caught them last year at ISP Space and thought they were extremely entertaining. They are on Stickfigure and it appears that Sean Moore of Lid Emba (who's new release I just listened to and is awesome, more on that soon) is now involved with the project:

Deadbeat Bath




11:30pm A Fight To The Death: If you're looking for some low-key Americana that is really good, checkout this ATLien band.


Saturday:

1:30pm Wonder Root Non-Profit Workshop: Wonder Root is a really cool organization supporting artists in the Atlanta area. I will be going more in depth about them next week, but just realize they kick ass and Ohmpark will be working with them to accomplish some neato things.

3:15pm Capibara: Never heard of this band before, but they have cool influences, and the two songs on their myspace feel like they may have some potential to rock out hard.

5:30pm Mooseknuckle Sandwich: Song names like "I Hate You We Should Fuck" and "Skull Fuck Of Death" are enough to spark my interest in this OTP band from Pensacola, FL. They seem brash and experimental, and I'm always looking for acts like that.



6:15pm Ship To Shore: Atlanta post-rocking trio I was unfamiliar with until now, but they sound really good.

6:15pm Citizen Green: Interesting sounding IDM.

7:00pm Devoradora: Nu-'60s Psych-rock power trio that sound damn good. This is high on my list of bands to catch at Nophest that I've never heard of before.



7:00pm The Subliminator: Atlanta's avant-garde demi-god armed with spoken word and theremins is a required show for anyone who reads this blog and hasn't seen him before. He's a badass and someone who has a special place in this city.



8:30pm Envie: I recently caught Envie for the first time this year at a Stickfigure Distribution show and they were awesome. You can check out a video and pics here. This is one of the best acts at the fest, so don't miss it.



Glass


9:15pm Swank Sinatra: These guys just seem to do unabashed rock 'n' roll that rocks hard.

9:15pm Harmaline: Cool sounding experimental electronic stuff.

10:00pm Nerd Parade: I've been hearing noise about these guys lately and am excited to finally catch them and see what it's all about. Cool sounding indie-pop.

10:45pm Cassavettes: I caught these guys late last year for the first time and became a fan. This one is definitely a can't miss show.




Sunday:

1:45pm Mice In Cars: This is another band high on my list to check out that i haven't before. They do a tasty blend of post-rock and post-punk. This is completely worth getting an early start for.

Our Focus Was So Strange


The Sky Is Drowning


4:00pm The Ohmpark Official Party featuring DJ Douschebag: Sunday night Ohmpark will be partying hard at the 166 Stovall Stage featuring acts such as Flexor81, S.K.I.P.(Orlando, FL), Gift Horse (Athens, GA), Chicken And Pigs, and DJ June Eleven. The show gets started with me spinning a 420 set as DJ Douschebag at 4pm sharp so be there by then for the a-party-calypse.

6:15pm Miles From Pangea: We just did a piece on Miles From Pangea and the other Hijacking Music bands so I am pretty stoked to catch them at Nophest.