I Heart The A

Not much blogging over the long weekend while I was out enjoying the beautiful weather and sweet events. I spent alot of time in East Atlanta including the East Atlanta Strut and the Go Funk Yourself uber-house party. The really fun weekend is mostly a blur to me and I don't have much objective journalism for you, so here's some tunes from some of the artists I might have seen:

Parade : Answer Me : Lunch Lady


Anna Kramer : Anna Kramer : I Can't Take It


Elevado : This World Is On Fire : Postcard From Four Walls Down


Howlies : Howlies : Angeline




This week is fairly enormous for great shows. Tonight I'm going to see Bjork and Klaxons at the Fox. Diplo is going to be at MJQ tonight too. Wednesday night at Lenny's is Zoroaster's CD release party featuring Daath. Wednesday night is also the beginning of Atlantis Music Conference, Atlanta's answer to South By Southwest. Thursday night John Vanderslice and Bishop Allen will be at The Earl. Pretty much every venue in town has an interesting show Friday night but i like the Eyedrum show with Vietnam, Random Violets, Subliminator, and Tree Creature. Saturday night is just ridiculous. Do Make Say Think and Atlanta's Moorish Idols are going to be at The Earl. Queens Of The Stone Age are at The Tabernacle. Girl Talk and Dan Deacon are at MJQ. Then Sunday night The Apples In Stereo will be playing for free at Piedmont Park(Park Tavern).

Bjork : Volta : Wanderlust


Queens Of The Stone Age : Era Vulgaris : I'm Designer


Zoroaster : Dog Magic : Brazen Bull


Do Make Say Think : You, You're A History In Rust : In Mind


Girl Talk : Night Ripper : Give And Go


Moorish Idols : Moorish Idols : Fer-De-Lance

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!