Photos: Grupo Fantasma, Batata Doce @ Variety Playhouse (7/31/09)

Batata Doce:


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Corndogorama 2009: Sunday (Day 2)


All photos by Clint Miller

I made my way into the festival to grab some breakfast, and then caught the end of The Slackey Family, who weren’t very memorable. As soon as that ended, This Piano Plays Itself unleashed a sonic assault that brought most of the sparse festival crowd over to witness. Their set was only comprised of two newer songs, but they were probably each about ten minutes long. This was the first show with Doug from the now defunct Athens band Kebert Xela in the lineup, and this new 5-piece incarnation was blissful controlled chaos.

Next up were two bands that would broadly fit in the genre of 90′s Frat Rock. I would guess these bands would kill it in Buckhead, but totally weak sauce for Corndogorama.

Get Small:

Niagra Mohawk:

Then Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun (someone needs to coin a short, catchy nickname for this band) took the main stage and played a stunningly compelling set, as they always do. It is hard for me to think of another young band in this city that combines accessibility with more talent than these guys and gals. I definitely wish this set would have been longer.


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An Atlanta Music Mp3 Trilogy: The Spooks, Glen Iris, Feeding Fingers

The Spooks are a side project of the Black Lips along with local musicians Mark Naumann and Adam Bruneau (The Kiwis). The band is Halloween themed as they dress up in white sheets like ghosts for their shows and the music is a very “spooky” variety of psychedelic garage-punk. They finally released their debut album, Death From Beyond The Grave, a project that had been in the works for years. The first side of the record is the album itself, and the second side is a bunch of live cuts. If you enjoy the Black Lips and that whole genre, then you will probably love this. I will pull this out and jam it to scare little children when Halloween comes back around, but I can’t see myself spending a considerable amount of time with it. Here’s a cut from it:

The Spooks : Now I’m A Spook

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Glen Iris is an Atlanta super group comprised of Chris Strawn (Brass Castle), Justin Hughes (Batata Doce, Elevado, Missile Command), and Jonathan Lueke (Ice Caps). They rock out hard, as you would expect from these gentlemen. They are playing tonight at the Drunken Unicorn, so if you are looking for a show to catch, you should check it out. Here’s a jammer:

Glen Iris : Cold Tammy

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Feeding Fingers are an Atlanta band that do the post-punk-goth-new-dark-wave-whatever stuff, and they do it rather well. At times it certainly leans towards being too derivative and dated, but nevertheless there is good stuff going on here. Whether you are a fan of this style, or just dabble in it like me, their newest album, Baby Teeth, is well worth looking into. They are playing a show with The Orphins and Club Awesome at The Earl February 28 before embarking on a European tour.

Feeding Fingers : Neverlight

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Batata Doce @ Criminal Records (1/17/09)

Last Saturday I dropped by the new Criminal Records to see Atlanta’s Batata Doce play a free in-store show. This wasn’t the first time I’ve seen the new store, but since I haven’t really mentioned it before yet here, I have to say it is pretty awesome. The old store was definitely a bit too cramped to browse around comfortably, but the new place is perfect. The fancy new stage they have inside pimped out with Orange amps sounds great. Batata Doce killed it:


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Batata Doce On Tour

Atlanta’s Batata Doce is super group of sorts featuring members of Elevado and Missile Command with vocalist Leticia Arioli, who sings in Portugese. The end result is a very interesting breed of Brazilian garage-pop. They are currently on tour, and you can read about their exploits so far at Pine Magazine. Here are their remaining tour dates throughout the Southeast:

Batata Doce Tour Dates:

9/30 – Blacksburg, VA @ XYZ Gallery
10/1 – Richmond, VA @ The Triple
10/2 – Greenville, NC @ Spazzatorium Galleria
10/3 – Columbia, SC @ Hunter-Gatherer Brewery
10/4 – Savannah, GA @ Hang Fire
10/8 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
10/9 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

Batata Doce – Corda Bamba