Atlanta Shows Say Yeaher!

I got the new Black Lips album yesterday and it is rad. Here's an interview and song they did on 99X yesterday morning:

Black Lips Interview


Tonight there are two great shows going on. I'm going to Peter Bjorn And John and Clientele at the Variety Playhouse. Equally as cool is the Meat Puppets and Atlanta's Morning State are at The Earl.

Thursday night you can choose between The Coathangers at the Drunken Unicorn, Dead Confederate at the Earl, or Andrew Bird at the Variety Playhouse.

Friday night the Carbonas are at the Drunken Unicorn.

Saturday night it is all about the East Atlanta Strut Fest here in the A. The after-party at the Earl features Howlies (formerly Moresight), Elevado, Anna Kramer, and The Preakness. I might be going to Athens, Ga that night to see Akron/Family at the 40 Watt.

Akron/Family : Love Is Simple : Ed Is A Portal


Carbonas : Carbonas : Count Me Out


The Meat Puppets : Meat Puppets II : Lake Of Fire


Peter Bjorn And John : Objects Of My Affections : Let's Call It Off (Girl Talk remix)

We Got The Scoop...

There's a new band in the A making their debut headlining the East Atlanta Strut this weekend. Howlies, which is going to be the new moniker for the local band formerly known as Moresight, will be officially debuting their new name and costume infused stage show at the East Atlanta festival. I've gotten to see some practice stuff with the changes and everyone is in for a treat!

Here's the stage schedule for the whole music portion of the fest:

11:30am - 12:00pm - Earthshaking Samba Group
12:00pm - 12:40pm - Envie
1:00pm - 1:40pm - Entropy
2:00pm - 2:40pm - Holy Temple Choir
3:00pm - 3:40pm - Strut Parade & 5K awards
4:00pm - 4:40pm - Parade
5:00pm - 5:40pm - Elevado
6:00pm - 6:40pm - The Bouldercrest Singing Group
7:00pm - 7:40pm - Tag Team
8:00pm - 8:30pm - Howlies

Also...

Thanks again to Parade and The Always Already for playing some fantastic sets on Saturday night at OhmPark's house party. This is just the first in an onslaught of things to come, so be on the lookout for more in upcoming weeks!

This Weekend I'll See You In The A

In addition to our free beer and great music Saturday night, there is a lot of cool stuff going on in the city. Thursday night The Other Sound Festival begins at the Drunken Unicorn with Moresight, Pistolero, Mary O. Harrison, and Envie. Friday night it continues at The Earl with Allnightdrugprowlingwolves, Lay Down Mains, The Press, The Yum yum Tree, Citified, and Fernadina. The Coathangers CD release party is at The Star Bar Friday night. If you're more hippy than hipster, Dark Star Orchestra are at the Variety Playhouse Friday night. If none of those strike your fancy there is The Pendletons, Auditioning Alice, Sonen, and The Sea Lions at Lenny's.

Saturday night The National, The Rosebuds, and Doveman are at The Variety Playhouse. The Other Sound Festival continues at Lenny's with Luigi, Club Awesome, One Hand Loves The Other, The Orphins, The Jupiter Watts, Novelift, Silent Kids, and Disassemble. Another big show Saturday night is The Close's final show at the Earl with The Liverhearts and Teen Wheat. Remember, even if you go catch one of the other great shows of the night, our party will be going late so come over for the afterparty.

Sunday The Jupiter Watts are playing the dunch at The Earl and The other Sound Festival ends at 11:11 Teahouse with Untied States, Tenth To The Moon, Jeff Evans, and Batata Doce.

The Press : Noxious Saucy Beast : Trade Blows


One Hand Loves The Other : One Hand Loves The Other : Tortoise


Untied States : Retail Detail : Immaculate


Luigi : Found On The Forest Floor : Mariposa


The Rosebuds : The Night Of The Furies : I Better Run


The Jupiter Watts : Jupiter Watts : Hello

Scorchin' Shows In Hotlanta This Weekend

This is a killer weekend for ATL shows. Tonight there's an interesting house party worth looking into (We Like House Parties):

	141 MORELAND AVE.: the booze, das manics, cancer slug (huntsville al), the trophy wives all ages 9:00 pm / Cover TBA (no more than $4) (Das Manics first house show, Cancer Slug are touring, and The Booze will make us dance! Goose's email: skorpionstomp@gmail.com, Moreland Ave's Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/morelandave)

Also, I've been meaning to check them out, but people tell me Club Awesome is indeed awesome, and they are at The Earl tonight doing some weird thing where they play in front of video of them playing at The Earl a month ago. sounds interesting:



Confessions Of A Music Addict's Pick of the Week is Friday night at The Earl with Tiger! Tiger!, Tenement Halls, and Thee Crucials.



Other good Friday night shows include Moresight (Who David was talking about earlier this week), The States, and Treasury at Lenny's. Stickfigure Distribution has a great show at Eyedrum with Envie, Jaggery, and The Ghost Projects. The Decatur Social Club even has a special guest from Australia, Riot In Belgium, for your late night happenings. And if you're looking for something even more underground:

THE CRACKHOUSE: coke party: dance your panties off with judi chicago , chapter 13 , terminus, cut teeth DONATE MORE (www.myspace.com/crackhouseatl)

ISP has one Ohmpark Favourites Parade friday night:



Saturday is just ridiculously amazing. First, I'll be going to Grant Park Summer Shade Fest. Here's the band schedule:

Saturday, August 25 – Festival Stage

11:45 Jeremy Thornton
12:45 Wampus Cat Scanners
1:45 The Eyes
2:45 Numb
3:45 Bad Magic Number
4:45 Sunday Drive Bye
5:45 Long Knives
6:45 The Preakness
7:45 Magnapop

Sunday, August 26 - Festival Stage

12:00 Chickens & Pigs
1:00 Spencer Durham Group
2:00 Mary O Harrison
3:00 Bouldercrest Singing Group
4:00 No River City
5:00 Tag Team
6:00 Cadillac Jones

Lots of cool bands to check out there, like The Preakness, Long Knives, and Bad Magic Number, which is an Atlanta supergroup comprised of members of Luigi, Magnapop, The Preakness, and The Silent Kids.

Now Saturday night I'm going to this:



But equally as awesome is this:

Does it get any more kick ass in this city?

Something A Little Different...

So I have been handed the task of directing a video for the band Moresight. We are still tossing around ideas so I have decided to turn to YOU, the blogging community, to see get some input and field suggestions.

So here's the deal...

First, I am hoping for some feedback on which song we should choose. Here's the choices:

Angeline - Moresight
Sea Level - Moresight
Smoke - Moresight

I have my mind on a certain one, the band on another, but I want to see what others have to say!

After you pick a favorite, ponder an angle for a video and post your responses in the comments section for this post.

I'll let you guys know in the near future, how things are going and what happens with the project.

Also, Moresight is playing Lenny's this Saturday, Aug. 24

MoreSight on MySpace