Ohmpark Mixtape #8: May Daze
Technically summer doesn’t start until next month, but my long tenure in college and regular association with students leads me to consider May as the beginning of the summer. To celebrate the coming of the season, I’m about to take a nice little week vacation at the beach, so I figured I would leave you readers with a summery mixtape to jam while I’m gone. Here at Ohmpark we have some exciting things coming soon. Bonnaroo is now less than a month away and we will have total coverage for you. Then Corndogorama is right around the corner. And after that I’ll be blogging on the road for all of July. So keep it here and we’ll keep bringing you the best music from the ATL and beyond. Thanks for reading and enjoy some hott tunage:
Harlem Shakes : Nothing But Change Part II
Buy Technicolor Health
Still Flyin’ : Good Thing It’s A Ghost Town Around Here
Buy Never Gonna Touch The Ground
Wavves : Beach Demon
Buy Wavvves
Crystal Antlers : Andrew
Buy Tentacles
Animal Collective : Summertime Clothes
Buy Merriweather Post Pavilion
St. Vincent : Laughing With a Mouth Of Blood
Buy Actor
Camera Obscura : French Navy
Buy My Maudlin Career
Jeffrey Lewis & The Jackals : Bugs & Flowers
Buy ‘Em Are I
Akron/Family : Sun Will Shine (Warmth Of The Sunship Verison)
Buy Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free
Sufjan Stevens : You Are The Blood (Castanets cover)
Buy Dark Was The Night
- Posted by Davy Minor on May 13, 2009 at 2:15 pm
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A Random Mp3 Trilogy (Castanets, Zach Hill, A Armada)
Castanets
I’ve begun compiling all the albums from this year I have yet to hear, but before I dive into that, I need to address the last few good albums I’ve already heard. The Castanets‘ newest, City Of Refuge, is a weird hodgepodge of electronic bleeps and sounds combined with emotional folk jams. The juxtaposition of seemingly contradictory musical ideas could result in a gimmicky feel in less capable hands, but the original avant-folk record written and recorded by Castanets’ Ray Raposa was tweaked with these digital overdubs by such big names as Sufjan Stevens, Jana Hunter, Scott Tuma, and Dawn Smithson (Sunn O)))). This album shouldn’t be missed and this song is killer:
Zach Hill
It took me a few listens to get into Zach Hill‘s latest album because it doesn’t have much cohesiveness besides his unbelievable stick action. But this sonic kaleidoscope from the Hella drummer, Marnie Stern collaborator is one of epic proportions. The album features guest spots ranging from No Age to Les Claypool, so pretty much anyone who is a fan of music can find something to love here. The track I have for you is basically an eight minute drum solo from Hill, and it is ridiculous:
A Armada
Finally, when A Armada amazed me at Athfest earlier this summer, i picked up a copy of their debut EP, Anam Cara, and totally went bonkers for it. But, since the album wasn’t yet available to purchase anywhere but from the Athens band themselves, I decided to hold off talking about it until later. Well, you can now pick it up online, so you should really go do that. This Cinemechanica offshoot tackles instrumental post-rock and kicks it in the ass:
A Armada : If Only You Knew What The Lost Soldiers Did To Me
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 2, 2008 at 6:16 am
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What Up In The ATL?
This is one of the last big weeks for shows this year, and the biggest show is Broken Social Scene Wednesday night at Variety Plahouse. Tickets were still available at the time of this post, but I would suspect this will sell out at any moment. Friday has a ton of great concerts, but I highly recommend catching Castanets at The Drunken Unicorn. And while I rarely mention Athens shows in my listings, the Danielson show at the 40 Watt eclipses anything else going on in this state Saturday night.
Best Shows in Atlanta November 17 – 23:
Tuesday:
Fag Static, The Sunglasses, Drunkdriver, Skin Problems, High Marks @ WonderRoot
Wednesday:
Broken Social Scene, Land Of Talk @ Variety Playhouse
Thursday:
Neil Halstead (Slowdive, Mojave 3), Long Knives @ The Earl
Friday:
Miles Benjamin Anthony Johnson, Castanets, The Meeks Family @ Drunken Unicorn
Noot D’ Noot, All The Saints, Coathangers @ The Earl
Dropsonic, Lay Down Mains, Whores @ Star Bar
Dragonforce @ The Tabernacle
King Khan & BBQ Show, The N.E.C., Barberries @ Lenny’s
Saturday:
Quintron And Miss Pussycat, Carbonas, Hawks @ Eyedrum
Danielson @ 40 Watt (Athens, GA)
Sunday:
Subtle, Zach Hill (Hella, Marnie Stern), Lyonnais @ The Earl
Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene) : Cocaine Skin
Brendan Canning (Broken Social Scene) : Love Is New
Danielson : Animal In Every Corner
Castanets : Glory B
Zach Hill : Toll Road
Neil Halstead : Oh Mighty Engine
- Posted by Davy Minor on November 17, 2008 at 5:55 am
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Monday Mash-Up
Here’s a snippet of that new, new Outkast:
Da Art of Storytellin’ Part 4
Cool shows I recommend checking out this week:
Tuesday:
MJQ CONCOURSE: aesop rock, black moth super rainbow, dj signify 21+ (http://www.tightbros.net – get tickets at http://www.ticketalternative.com or at Criminal Records)
Variety Playhouse: of montreal, grand buffet
Wednesday:
DRUNKEN UNICORN: prefuse 73, voice of the seven woods, blank blue 18+ 9:00PM (http://www.thedrunkenunicorn.net – get tickets at http://www.ticketalternative.com or at Criminal Records)
The Fiery Furnaces are awesome and here’s a new vid:
It looks like My Bloody Valentine is really going to do this reunion thing.
Acid Mother Temple will be at the Earl on March 20th.
New Orleans’ Jazz Fest has announced a few headliners (The Neville Brothers, Tim McGraw, and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly) and some dates(April 25th-June 4th). Full line-up announcement will come next year.
The White Stripes and Beck are working together on some stuff.
I just got hipped to Next To Last Festival in Athens, Ga in a few weeks and it looks interesting.
Sigur Ros are working on another album.
See what Animal Collective are cooking up for 2008.
Some more vids:
Grizzly Bear:
Division Day:
Phosphorescent (Live at The Earl):
Castanets:
Iron And Wine covering Radiohead at Pitchfork Fest:
Soulsavers:
Akron Family:
- Posted by Davy Minor on November 19, 2007 at 12:44 pm
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What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?
Today’s theme: From Old-school folk to Nu-school dope
Iron And Wine
Iron And Wine‘s 2005 EP Woman King was one of those rare EPs that are so good you forget it is not a full-length album. He hit a stride in his songwriting that produced purely beautiful, perfect songs and the question was whether this was a peak moment or whether Sam Beam could continue on in this fuller, more engaging type of stuff as opposed to his earlier, quieter folk songs. With his third LP, The Shepherd’s Dog, he has proved that Woman King was no fluke and that he is wholly capable of producing top-notch tunes in bulk. Check it out yourself:
Soulsavers
The British production and remixing team of Rich Machin and Ian Glover’s second album, It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s The Way You Land, has been in my heavy rotation lately and it should be in yours as well. Featuring Screaming Trees‘ Mark Lanegan on vocals all over it, it’s a great album that sort of feels like a more folksy and bluesy version of The Cinematic Orchestra. The opening track “Revival” is such an epic and gorgeous song:
Buy It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s The Way You Land Here
Phosphorescent
I just listened to Pride last night for the first time and was blown away by how awesome this album is. Typically I let a new album marinate in my brain for a little while before I talk about it here, but I felt the short release sort of reminded me a lot of Iron And Wine in a more indie-rock way and when I experience a rare amazing first listen I have to pass it on. Phosphorescent is Athens, Ga native Matthew Houck and is someone that I did not know about until now but will be looking into deeply. Check it:
A Picture Of Our Torn up Praise
Castanets
Another great band i’ve just recently got turned on to is Castanets, aka Raymond Raposa plus revolving cast. The psychedelic folk action on their latest release, In The Vines, is a challenging but vastly rewarding listen that I like more and more every time I jam it. There’s something so cool about taking such a conservative sound such as folk and pushing the limits of experimental with it.
- Posted by Davy Minor on November 11, 2007 at 6:12 pm
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