Lots and lots of great shows this week. Friday and Saturday night the We No Fun compilation party is going down at The Drunken Unicorn. Thursday night the Band Together 2009, a benefit for Refugee Family Services, is happening at The Earl. We sponsored 2007′s event and their headliner this year, Louisiana’s Brass Bed, killed it at a house show we did a year ago so I highly recommend that. Also, I left off M83 at the Civic Center Friday night because it is sold out and I could never actually recommend seeing the terrible band that is headlining. See you out in the city!

Best Shows In Atlanta January 26 – February 1:

Monday:

MV & EE, The Meeks Family, Lyonnais @ The Earl

Beatrix*JAR @ Eyedrum

Tuesday:

Colourmusic, The Preakness, So So Death @ The Earl

Adrien Barbobott, Subliminator, Zano Bathroom, Offerings, Jesi Langdale, Pony Bones @ Lenny’s

Wednesday:

Opaq Face, Attention System, Slow Earth, Alter @ Lenny’s

Thursday:

Sorry No Ferrari, Benard, I Made This Mistake @ WonderRoot

Brass Bed, The Wild, Wade in the Rhythm (Band Together 2009 Benefit) @ The Earl

Adron, Trapper’s Cabin, Zano, Madeline, DJ Sea-Larke @ Star Bar

Fox Trotsky, Wrister, Small Reaction @ Lenny’s

Friday:

Thy Mighty Contract, Chopper, Hollow Stars, High Marks @ Drunken Unicorn

Saturday:

Hawks, The Sunglasses, Brass Castle, Skin Problems, Chrissakes @ Drunken Unicorn

13 Day Mission, Attila, Light Pupil Dilate, Sanus Valde (Horror Show) @ WonderRoot

Noot D’ Noot @ 529

The Features, The Selmanaires, Carnivores @ The Earl

Disco Biscuits @ The Tabernacle

Keller Williams @ Variety Playhouse

Here are some mp3 previews, all of which are Atlanta artists:

The Preakness : On The Couch
Benard : Medieval Knievel
13 Day Mission : Eat All Speaking Canaries
Lyonnais : Sex In The Age Of Negotaition
Adron : String Song
Fox Trotsky : The Drunk And The Restless

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Atlanta’s 13 Day Mission just released an album comprised of assorted improv sessions and jammers they have recorded over the last two years. It is a sprawling, non-cohesive collection that highlights the many dimensions to this very talented post-prog instrumental outfit. They are using a variation of the pay-what-you-want model, offering the album at a donation of either $5, $10, or $15. I’m just finishing my initial listen right now, and so far I’m enjoying it thoroughly. As long as you aren’t one of the clueless haters of jammy, psychedelic bands like The Mars Volta or Pink Floyd, you should really check these dudes out. Here’s a non-representative sample:

13 Day Mission : Blues

You can catch 13 Day Mission tomorrow (Thursday) night at WonderRoot with some other great bands for the kick off of Other Sound.

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I checked out the The Hijacking Music Collective audio-visual extravaganza the weekend before last at WonderRoot before going to catch another show, and it was a very cool scene. I only stayed long enough to finally catch 13 Day Mission for the first time and they jammed out ridiculously. If you’re into psychedelic music, this local clan is not to be missed.

First some 13 Day Mission video:

Then, here are some large mp3s from the night:

13 Day Mission @ WonderRoot

Beatrix Kiddo @ WonderRoot

Miles From Pangea @ WonderRoot

The Jungle @ WonderRoot

I’m sure plenty of other goodies from the night will emerge, so keep up with all of these kids at their studio’s blog, The O Zone Lair.

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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


CONTINUE READING Ohmpark’s Guide To Nophest 4&20 (741 words)

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One of the many things I love about the Atlanta music scene is the sense of community that is very prevalent between artists, and everyone else associated with it. It is common around here for bands who share a vision to come together and help each other promote themselves and record and things like that. Industrial Strength Promotions is great example of this.

Recently I became aware of one such conglomerate called “Hijacking Music”. It consists of 3 new and talented bands including 13 Day Mission (ATL), Beatrix Kiddo (Athens), and Miles From Pangea (Marietta). All three are instrumental groups that I would consider in the greater realm of post-rock and everything I’ve heard from them shows a ton of promise and potential. They have a recording studio they use called the “O Zone Lair” and they even have a blog: O Team Press. Give them a listen:

13 Day Mission : Eat All Speaking Canaries

13 Day Mission : El Spectaculare

Beatrix Kiddo : Lena

Beatrix Kiddo : Dominique Dawes

Miles From Pangea : Blackwater Pond

Miles From Pangea : Crimson Sky

In terms of official releases, so far there is only 13 Day Mission‘s EP from last year, Ex Incendia Libertas, which I have been jamming out constantly over the last couple weeks, and it is available for free at their myspace. I highly recommend you go pick that up. Also, this Friday night, you can catch all three bands at 11:11 Teahouse with me for what looks to be a pretty awesome night of music and art:

13 Day Mission Myspace

Beatrix Kiddo Myspace

Miles From Pangea Myspace

13 Day Mission

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