Atlanta Album Preview: Snowden

Anti Anti was the summer jam for me last year after I finally got a copy, so I'm very much looking forward to the next album. The details seem murky right now, so here are some videos of new material they played at a show at The Earl back in February:

"Red Handed":



"Muse Like You":



"Lemon Peel":



"Candy For Everyone":

Corndogorama Videos: Snowden

I'll have my Day 4 coverage and Wrap-up for you tomorrow, but until then you can re-experience Snowden putting it down Saturday night:

Corndogorama 2008 Saturday (Day 3)

Josh and I have both been covering Corndogorama, so we're going to tag team you with yesterday's events complete with photos from Biggie C:

JW: Following a super-charged Friday night, I managed to make it back to corndog land in time to catch Morning State. As usual, they put on a solid performance. "Never So Strange" kept the truly devoted satisfied. I listened to them through my hangover - something not afforded to lesser bands.

SK: I didn't make it to the fest until Thy Mighty Contract had taken the stage. This ATL supergroup certainly combined the best elements of their respective sounds into a serious sonic assault. I wish I could have heard a few more songs from them, but good Corndog sets always leaving you wanting more.



Since Untied States canceled due to some legal troubles, I ran down to East Atlanta and grabbed some grub at the Australian bakery and Josh went to see the Corndog Eating Contest.

JW: OK – that Boone guy showed up again with the belt just to show it off. 17 corndogs in 7 minutes. This anomaly has no competition. I was waiting for the little girl about a third of his size to spew when she got 5 of them down and started kneeling on the ground.

SK: Upon my return we caught Sonen. Their show was ok, but not anything that grabbed me. They struck me as a par, average Atlanta band. Not bad, but not good. Right after that it was time for A Armada and the explosions of sound washing across everyone's ears was unstoppable.







JW: A Armada blew people's asses off. This Athens outfit managed to make so much beautiful noise that it blasted through the walls and compelled those outside to come in and pack the main room early in the day. I can't wait to get more of them.





SK: They were a tough act to follow, but The NEC did as good a job as they could. The first time I saw them, I didn't like them because it sounded like they were ripping off the Black Lips too much, but now they have added some shoegaze to their sound and are leaning more in the Deerhunter direction. But while they seem to be noticeably influenced by the ATL big dogs, their style felt much more distinct and unique this time. It's great to see a band evolve and improve.













The next few hours were all about rallying for the big shows later that night, and we rallied hard. The only musical info I noted during this period was that The Hiss suck.

JW: We were at proper levels of intoxication for Gringo Star. Atlanta's own lovable southern rockers were given a little trophy from King Corndog during their introduction. I think it was for Best Corndogorama Band or something. With that, they came out firing. The guys have their own version of musical chairs with everyone taking their turn at the kit. Best energy of the day. The highlight of the show was the poppy jam "All Y'all." However, when the band were mid-stride in "March of the Gringo" some of the equipment started to fail…and then it became obvious that they had been CUT OFF. The aforementioned trophy was promptly shattered on stage, mic stands were getting some "treatment", and overall displeasures were being shouted. The immediate aftermath saw a stage manager waving a schedule in Nick's face – to which he slapped away. The guys went to cool down and I caught up with them after Snowden's set. Further backstory from Nick reveals that they had played Corndogorama years ago under much less stringent stage managers. They were put over 3 hours behind to go on – and they held their end of the bargain and lit it up anyway in the wee hours of the morning. Now they've been bitten by the corndog again under opposite circumstances. A truly "Black Night". Too bad you didn't get to hear it.

















SK: I caught a little bit of All The Saints killing it inside before returning to the big outdoor stage for Snowden. They unleashed a set filled with hits from Anti Anti and a bunch of new material. As always, they are total badasses live. Some of the new material I liked and some I didn't, but I'm going to wait until the record comes out to pass any real judgment. Jordan said it was coming soon and eluded to some sort of legal issues might have been holding it up.















One last day of Corndogging, so it is time to do it to it.

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:

Snowden Touring With Colour Revolt

Atlanta's Snowden is going on the road in May with Mississippi's Colour Revolt. For all of you OTP readers, you should definitely check one of these shows out:

Snowden Tour Dates:

May 12 2008 7:00P
Local 506 (w/ Colour Revolt) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
May 13 2008 8:00P
Rock & Roll Hotel (w/ Colour Revolt) DC, Washington DC
May 14 2008 8:30P
Northstar (w/ Colour Revolt) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 15 2008 9:00P
Mercury Lounge (w/ Colour Revolt) New York, New York
May 16 2008 8:00P
Maxwell’s (w/ Colour Revolt) Hoboken, New Jersey
May 17 2008 8:00P
Pearl St. Downstairs (w/ Colour Revolt) Northhampton, Massachusetts
May 18 2008 7:00P
Great Scott (w/ Colour Revolt) Allston, Massachusetts
May 20 2008 8:00P
Mohawk Place (w/ Colour Revolt) Buffalo, New York
May 21 2008 8:00P
Lee’s Palace (w/ Colour Revolt) Toronto, Ontario
May 22 2008 8:00P
Musica (w/ Colour Revolt) Akron, Ohio
May 23 2008 9:00P
Subterranean (w/ Colour Revolt) Chicago, Illinois
May 24 2008 8:00P
Varsity Theater (w/ Colour Revolt) Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 25 2008 7:00P
Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, Kansas
May 26 2008 8:00P
The Conservatory (w/ Colour Revolt) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
May 28 2008 8:00P
HOB Cambridge Room Dallas, Texas
May 29 2008 8:00P
Stubb’s Austin, Texas
May 31 2008 8:00P
One Eyed Jacks (w/ Colour Revolt) New Orleans, Louisiana


Snowden : Time Of The Season


Colour Revolt : Naked And Red

Humpday Randomnimity

Bonnaroo made some line-up additions:

Cat Power
Zappa Plays Zappa
The Disco Biscuits
MSTRKRFT
Chromeo

Decent additions, but only the electronic acts get me excited. This is what we want.

Sasquatch Music Festival, the big daddy Memorial Day fest that goes down at the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington state, just released a line-up:

R.E.M. / The Cure / The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / Death Cab For Cutie / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Breeders / Built To Spill / The Hives / Tegan & Sara / Ghostland Observatory / Ozomatli / The New Pornographers / Blue Scholars / The National / The Kooks / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Cold War Kids / Beirut / Rogue Wave / Okkervil River / Fleet Foxes / Kinski / Mates of State / Sera Cahoone / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Battles / Destroyer / Dyme Def / The Blakes / Pela / Jamie Lidell / The Cops / Dengue Fever / Siberian / Say Hi / White Rabbits / David Bazan / The Little Ones / "Awesome" / Dead Confederate / The Heavenly States / 65daysofstatic / Grand Archives / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Joshua Morrison / Throw Me The Statue / J. Tillman / The Shaky Hands / Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down / Matt Costa / The Cave Singers

That's a hell of a line-up and now I'm really considering going to this. The Gorge is considered by many as the coolest venue in the US. Tickets are reasonably priced and go on sale Saturday March 8th. More details on their website.

Sonic Youth is headlining an Arkansas festival called Dickson Street Fest in April with Charlie Daniels, 38 Special, Shooter Jennings, Michael Franti and Spearhead, and Little Feat. Weird line-up.

North Korea has invited Eric Clapton to play a concert there confirming that he indeed sold his soul to play guitar.

Medeski, Martin, And Wood have three albums planned for this year.

John Mellencamp and horror writer Stephen King are collaberating on a musical set to debut in Atlanta.

You can stream the new Tilly And the Wall album here. Watch new video here.

Cloud Cult have released a new single for their forthcoming album in April:

Cloud Cult : Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) : When Water Comes To Life


Track down a Velvet Underground 1967 vinyl bootleg to download here.

Have You Heard did a session with Atlanta's Trances Arc. I had been hearing some noise about this band, but now that I've looked into them, they are so not our style.

Wilco will be on Saturday Night Live this weekend.

Dimmu Borgir will be streaming a live concert on April 5th.

Dr. Dre is getting in the alcohol business.

The Deftones are entering the studio next month to work on a new album.

Shearwater have a new single for their upcoming album due in June:

Shearwater : Rook : Rooks


Watch a Snowden rehearsal from their blog:


Snowden Rehearsing from nopayne on Vimeo.

New Boris:



Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings on Fox 5 news:



Smashing Pumpkins "SuperChrist":

What Up In The ATL?

Atlas Sound 2night! Last Chance!

I noticed that at the Atlas Sound Myspace you can listen to every song on the new album. If you've yet to come to the dark side, go give it a jam session and I think you'll be convinced. For you OTP readers that are ready for Bradford to come to you, here's the tourdates:

Feb 19 2008 9:45P
Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 20 2008 8:00P
Local 506 Chapel Hill
Feb 21 2008 9:00P
Black Cat Backstage WASHINGTON
Feb 22 2008 8:00P
Johnny Brendas PHILADELPHIA
Feb 23 2008 8:00P
Mercury Lounge New York, New York
Feb 24 2008 8:00P
Music Hall Of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York
Feb 26 2008 9:00P
Middle East Upstairs CAMBRIDGE
Feb 27 2008 8:00P
Casa Del Popolo Montreal, Quebec
Feb 28 2008 8:00P
Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario
Feb 29 2008 8:00P
Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
Mar 1 2008 8:00P
Empty Bottle Chicago
Mar 2 2008 8:00P
Triple Rock Club Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 5 2008 8:00P
Pats Pub Vancouver, British Columbia
Mar 6 2008 8:00P
High Dive Seattle, Washington
Mar 7 2008 8:00P
Holocene Portland, Oregon
Mar 8 2008 8:00P
Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, California
Mar 11 2008 8:00P
Echo Los Angeles

Tomorrow night there is another ATL Superstar extravaganza:



Here is a little something from Colin "The Great Deserter" Mee's non-Deerhunter project:

Chopper : Rolling Thvnder


Friday night the ATL Superstar-mania continues with too many Superstars for one show:



or




Oh, and it don't stop there. Saturday night is The Stickfigure Distribution February Showcase at The Drunken Unicorn featuring One Hand Loves The Other, Strezo, Antic Clay, and Sick Figures.

Just another great week to be a music fan in the A. Get out and see some shows!

Friday Night Free-Style

So the big local fiasco that happened last week that we hadn't talked bout yet was the MF Doom show. Apparently MF Doom came out way late in the morning, lip-synced to 20 minutes of a CD, and a bunch of people don't even think it was really him (he always wears a mask). From the MJQ promoter via myspace:

Many apologies go to all of you who came out to the MF DOOM show last night at MJQ and paid $30 of your hard earned money only to watch him lip sinc for 20 minutes at 1:30 in the morning. This was by far one of the single worst experiences I’ve had as a club promoter and I sincerely apologize if you walked away feeling cheated. To make matters even worse MF DOOMS appointed doorman took off with all the money from the door after the show! As soon as we realized the money was stolen we decided to help ourselves to all of MF DOOMS merchandise which included a bunch of T shirts and posters. So, in an effort to make it up to everyone who walked away feeling cheated, we’re giving away all the merchandise for free so come and get it while supplies last!! And if that’s not enough, feel free to let MF DOOM aka Daniel Dumile know how you really feel by calling him at his home in Kennesaw Georgia.

DANIEL T DUMILE
4038 MAXANNE DR NW
KENNESAW GA 30144-2147
(678) 445-0992

All the best,

Randy Castello / Tight Bros Network

Damn.

Ruby Isle have decided to start covering whatever song is #1 on the blog mp3 aggregator Elbows each week and releasing it for free. This is such a cool idea. Here's their cover of Beach House's "Gila" (you can listen to the original here):

Ruby Isle : Gila (Beach House cover)


So, Xiu Xiu and Fucked Up have filed a lawsuit against RJ Reynolds Tobacco for using their names, plus tons of other indie groups, in a Camel cigarettes add in Rolling Stone magazine without their permission. Add this douchiness to running Bob Dylan cover stories every three months and having no clue what the best music of 2007 was, and Rolling Stone may be more out of touch than MTV.

Lou Reed will be the keynote speaker at SXSW.

Beck's Odelay is getting the "Deluxe Treatment" and will be available with lots of extra goodies at the end of next month.

David Byrne interviews Thom Yorke on In Rainbows.

The Long Blondes have a new album out in April.

The Smashing Pumpkins are digitally releasing an acoustic EP called American Gothic on January 2nd.

Snowden is so hott the television show CSI Miami has used their cover of "Time Of the Season":



If for some reason you read this in time to check it out, Snowden are DJing tonight at DSC.

A cool show I recommend checking out tomorrow night:



I've been spending a ridiculous amount of time listening to albums from this year i hadn't got a chance to listen to until now to make sure I leave no rock unturned for my Top 50 albums list. I'll try to update my "heavy rotation list" sometime over the next few days, but until then, listen to these tracks of the stuff I've like best and then go get the album:

Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew : Spirit If... : Gang Bang Suicide


Plants And Animals : With/Avec : Lola Who?


Yeasayer : All Hour Cymbals : Sunrise


Jesu : Conqueror : Conqueror


Cloud Cult : The Meaning Of 8 : Chemicals Collide


Illinois : What The Hell Do I Know? : What Can I Do For You


I 'm chilling at Octane coffee shop right now because Comcast is horrible and my internet service through them basically doesn't work, so between that and me chillaxing for the holidays, posts will be sparse. My year end lists are taking a little longer than expected because i take them very seriously and i don't want to miss anything. I would anticipate my best EP list up around Christmas and my best LP list up right before New Years. Happy Holidays and Thanks for reading Ohmpark!

Snowden For The Holidays

Snowden is bringing you the Christmas cheer to get you in the mood. First, Snowden's Dave Payne has brought the band into the blogosphere with his own blog documenting all things Snowden. Check it out. Also, they have re-released their Licorice EP, where Jordan Jeffares gives you his take on some traditional Christmas songs. You can read all about it at Kissatlanta. It's a pretty interesting listen:

White Christmas


Merry Christmas


Christmas Time Is Here


China Light


I really enjoyed the new material they debuted at the Variety Playhouse a couple weeks ago and can't wait for the new album. Go myspace friend them.

Best 2006 Albums Of 2007

Before I inundate you with all of my best of 2007 stuff, I want to do a little addendum to my 2006 top 50 Albums list. Over the course of this year I discovered some albums that came out last year but wasn't aware of because I wasn't blogging and researching obsessively then. These albums here should all have deserved to be on my top 50 list because they are all amazing. Despite being released in '06, though, these albums will always make me think of this year because of all the great times I had with them as the soundtrack. Pick up these essentials:

Beach House : Beach House



Final Fantasy : He Poos Clouds



Midlake : The Trials Of Van Occupanther



Portugal The Man : Waiter: "You Vultures!"



Silversun Pickups : Carnavas



Snowden : Anti-Anti



Untied States : Retail Detail

Photos: Black Lips, Deerhunter, Snowden, The Selmanaires - 11-30-07 @ Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA

The Selmanaires








Snowden










Deerhunter






Black Lips

What up In The ATL?

It's Atlanta Superstar Week!

Wednesday night we got a big show for you. We've got two of Atlanta's biggest music icons, Preston Craig and Kenny Crucial (Mack Messiah), performing live. Plus some great up-and-coming bands like Morning State, The Pendletons, and Delta Co. On top of all that, it's to raise money for Atlanta's Refugee Community. Be there:



And that's not all kiddies. The Atlanta superstars are all over the place this week with a very exciting line-up Friday night at the Variety Playhouse. This town's greatest hipster bands, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Snowden, and The Selmanaires will all be on one stage together:



If for some weird reason you aren't into that show, GWAR will be at The Masquerade Friday night. Saturday night Atlanta superstar week continues with Anna Kramer opening for Southern Culture On The Skids at the Earl. Next Monday night you can choose between a Shannon Hoon-less Blind Melon at the Masquerade or seeing The Sword at the Earl.

Cool Winter shows that you needs to knows:

12/13/07 The Orphins, The Liverhearts at the Earl
12/31/07 (NYE) The Black Lips at The Drunken Unicorn
1/4/08 Graboids at Lenny's
1/7/08 Dan Deacon at Eyedrum
1/21/08 DJ Shadow + Cut Chemist at The Loft
1/24/07 Chopper (members from ex-Blame Game, Deerhunter), Fag Static at the Drunken Unicorn
1/26/08 The Machine at Variey Playhouse
1/30/08 High On Fire at The Earl
3/1/08 Beach House at The Earl
3/20/08 Acid Mothers Temple at The Earl

Yeah, those look like some killer shows!

ATLien Bulletins

Jordan Jefferes of Atlanta's Snowden is moving up to Chicago to write their next album. He's looking for some support via their myspace:

t's crazy what some people will do to break writer's block. Kidding. Well, it's partially true. The second record needs to be ace and I need to rustle my feathers. After years of trying to break the seal and try another city I'm finally going to do it, or at least try to. I have a place lined up in Logan Square. What I need from you is the following.
- a job, part time, bartending preferred but boy would I love to get out of the service industry(resume and writing samples upon request)
- someplace to park my tiny trailer (got a driveway in the burbs?)
- junk furniture, your trash is my trea....well, it will keep my clothes off the floor
- advice - what are your favorite spots? bars, coffee, diners, scenic spots, museums, massage parlors...
- drummers, if I could take Chandler with me I would. He could saute you with his skillz. However, I may need some work done here and there and I can't afford first class plane tix every time I need a disco high hat line.

Hit me back with your contact info and I will shower you with praise and pats on the head when I arrive.

Snowden Myspace

Snowden : Anti Anti : Between The Rent And Me


Here's my pick for local show of the week:



Lenny's is brewing up a festival in November:



Shows worth looking into this week:

Animal Collective at Variety Playhouse Wednesday

Auditioning Alice at Vinyl Thursday

Rilo Kiley at Variety Playhouse Saturday


Animal Collective : Strawberry Jam : Peacebone


Rilo Kiley : Under The Blacklight : The Moneymaker


Auditioning Alice:

Atlanta Music Updates

Saturday night I went to Lenny's for their one year anniversary show. Unfortunately Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox of Deerhunter's solo/side project, did not show up and Psychic Heart's mini-set didn't start until after 11:30pm, but at least Snowden kicked ass as always. Stickfigure Distribution has just reissued their self titled EP debut release. Here's a sample:

Snowden : Snowden : Good News


Buy Snowden Here



Also, here's the title track from last year's Anti Anti:

Snowden : Anti Anti : Anti Anti



Deerhunter's Blog has got some really cool stuff on it, including mp3s from their first release, a split 7" with Alphabets featuring their former-now-deceased bassist and of which there were only 300 copies pressed. Check it out here:



They are about to be doing some serious touring, so go check them out:

Aug 30 2007 9:00P
Black Cat Backstage w/ Clockcleaner Washington DC, Washington DC
Aug 31 2007 7:00P
Seaport Music Festival w/ Battles New York City, New York
Sep 1 2007 9:00P
Ottobar w/ Soft Circle, High Places Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 6 2007 8:00P
Neumos w/ Grizzly Bear Seattle, Washington
Sep 8 2007 9:00P
Doug Fir Lounge w/ Bobby Conn Portland, Oregon
Sep 27 2007 8:00P
Drunken Unicorn w/ No Age, Fag Static, Cut Teeth Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 28 2007 8:30P
Mercy Lounge w/ No Age, Bows and Arrows Nashville, Tennessee
Sep 29 2007 8:00P
The Wire presents Adventures In Modern Music Festival @ Empty Bottle w/ No Age Chicago, Illinois
Oct 1 2007 8:00P
Canopy Club / Club Void w/ Nudge Urbana, Illinois
Oct 2 2007 8:00P
Southgate House Newport, Kentucky
Oct 25 2007 8:00P
Elevate Festival @ Dom im Berg Graz, Austria
Oct 26 2007 10:00P
Bad Bonn Dudingen, Switzerland
Oct 27 2007 8:00P
Palace St. Gallen, Switzerland
Oct 28 2007 9:00P
Kaserne w/ Frog Eyes Basel, Switzerland
Oct 30 2007 8:00P
Recyclart Brussels, Belgium
Oct 31 2007 8:00P
Maroquinerie Paris, France
Nov 1 2007 8:30P
Tanned Tin Festival @ Auditori i Palau de Congresos w/ The Ex, Xiu Xiu and many more! Castellon, Spain
Nov 2 2007 6:30P
ATP presents Release The Bats @ The Forum w/ Liars, Black Lips, Deerhoof, and Fuck Buttons London, United Kingdom
Nov 3 2007 8:00P
Nasty Fest VIII @ The Faversham w/ The Black Lips Leeds, United Kingdom
Nov 4 2007 7:30P
ABC2 Glasgow, Scotland
Nov 5 2007 8:00P
The Village Dublin, Ireland
Nov 6 2007 8:00P
Liars Club @ The Social Nottingham, United Kingdom
Nov 7 2007 8:00P
Saki Manchester, United Kingdom
Nov 9 2007 8:00P
Vera Groningen, Netherlands, Groningen
Nov 10 2007 8:00P
Tivoli w/ Dirty Projectors Utrecht, Netherlands, Utrecht
Nov 13 2007 8:00P
Debaser Malmo, Sweden
Nov 14 2007 8:00P
Garage Oslo, Norway
Nov 15 2007 8:00P
Debaser Slussen Stockholm, Sweden

Here's a track from their first LP:

Deerhunter : Turn It Up Faggot : Tech School


The Black Lips new album, Good Bad Not Evil, hits stores on September 11th. They are on tour right now too, and their live shows are amazing, so hit one of these up:

Aug 30 2007 8:00P
The Roadhouse Manchester
Aug 31 2007 8:00P
The Social Nottingham
Sep 1 2007 8:00P
The Faversham Leeds
Sep 2 2007 8:00P
Optimo Glasgow
Sep 3 2007 8:00P
Fibbers York
Sep 4 2007 8:00P
White Heat London
Sep 6 2007 8:00P
The Cellars Oxford
Sep 7 2007 8:00P
The Engine Rooms Brighton
Sep 12 2007 8:00P
40 Watt Club Athens, Georgia
Sep 13 2007 8:00P
Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina
Sep 14 2007 8:00P
Sonar Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 15 2007 8:00P
Black Cat Washington, DC, Washington DC
Sep 16 2007 8:00P
Khyber Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 18 2007 8:00P
Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
Sep 19 2007 8:00P
Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York
Sep 21 2007 8:00P
The Middle East Upstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sep 22 2007 8:00P
La Sala Rossa Montreal, Quebec
Sep 23 2007 8:00P
The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario
Sep 25 2007 8:00P
Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
Sep 26 2007 8:00P
Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio
Sep 27 2007 8:00P
The Mad Hatter Covington, Kentucky
Sep 28 2007 8:00P
Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, Illinois
Sep 29 2007 8:00P
Mad Planet Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sep 30 2007 8:00P
Triple Rock Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oct 2 2007 8:00P
The Waiting Room Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 3 2007 8:00P
Grand Emporium Kansas City, Missouri
Oct 4 2007 8:00P
The Loft Dallas, Texas
Oct 5 2007 8:00P
Emo’s Austin, Texas
Oct 6 2007 8:00P
The Engine Room Houston, Texas
Oct 7 2007 8:00P
One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, Louisiana
Oct 11 2007 8:00P
Richard’s On Richards Vancouver, British Columbia
Oct 12 2007 8:00P
The Crocodile Cafe Seattle, Washington
Oct 13 2007 8:00P
Dante’s Portland, Oregon
Oct 15 2007 8:00P
Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
Oct 17 2007 8:00P
Glasshouse Concert Hall Pomona, California
Oct 18 2007 8:00P
The Casbah San Diego, California
Oct 19 2007 8:00P
Troubador West Hollywood, California
Oct 20 2007 8:00P
Echoplex Echo Park, California



Here's a few classics:

Black Lips : Let It Bloom : Not A Problem


Black Lips : Black Lips : Freakout


The newest band to break out in the A-town is The Coathangers. This all female four-piece is releasing their debut, self-titled record on Rob's House. Here's a couple tracks from it:

The Coathangers : The Coathangers : Nestle In My Boobies


The Coathangers : The Coathangers : Don't Touch My Shit!


They will be doing an in-store performance at Criminal Records next Tuesday:



They are also on an extensive tour:

Aug 31 2007 9:00P
PERFORMER MAGAZINE PRESENTS: The Drunken Unicorn w/ Beat Beat Beat and Cola Freaks Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 4 2007 7:00P
Criminal Records- Album Release InStore! Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 7 2007 8:00P
Star Bar CD Release Show w/ Chopper Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 12 2007 9:00P
40 Watt Club w/ The Black Lips and The Selmanaires!! Athens, Georgia
Sep 13 2007 9:00P
Drunken Unicorn w/ Chainestereo [TMNGW], and The Skylarks (formerly Variac) ATL, Georgia
Sep 14 2007 9:00P
Circle Bar w/ RATZINGER! New Orleans, Louisiana
Sep 20 2007 8:00P
Atlantis Music Conference '07 Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 10 2007 8:00P
Radio show @ WSBF in Clemson, SC Clemson, South Carolina
Oct 15 2007 9:00P
Show with JAY REATARD and BABY SHAKES at LENNYS! Tha dirtay dirty, Georgia
Oct 24 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ Snowden, Ponderosa@ The Drunken Unicorn Atl, Georgia
Oct 25 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour w/ 63 Crayons@Caledonia Lounge Athens, Georgia
Oct 26 2007 9:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour (blackbeard's lost weekender fest)@The Cave Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Oct 27 2007 9:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ The Griefs, The Points, +1 TBA@Fight Club Washington DC, Washington DC
Oct 29 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour w/ Sudden Walks, Guilty Faces@Cousin Larrys Danbury, Connecticut
Oct 30 2007 9:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS, The Konks, Hospital Rats@PAs Lounge Somerville (Boston), Massachusetts
Nov 4 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS, Human Eye, Terrible Twos@Lager House Detroit, Michigan
Nov 5 2007 9:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS, Jail @Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 6 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS, Cococomas @Ronnys Chicago, Illinois
Nov 9 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS @Murphys Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 10 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS @ Saturn Bar New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 11 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour / DEMONS CLAWS, Wizzard Sleeve, Hibachi Stranglers@Blind Mule Mobile, Alabama
Nov 14 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS @ The Drunken Unicorn ATL, Georgia

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