R.I.P. – Jerry Fuchs

Local musician Jerry Fuchs, the drummer of Athens’ Maserati and formerly of !!!, passed away early this morning in Brooklyn New York after falling down an elevator shaft in Williamsburg. Details can found here. Chunklet has a nice remembrance and tribute here. I was only able to catch his percussive genius once with Maserati at Corndogorama 2008, so here are a few videos from that show as well as a couple of other Fuchs related vids:

Langerado 2008 Day 2: Friday

Friday morning started with some early cocktails and chilling at the camp site. So far, this has been a larger battle against the environment than a typical fest. While I was initially worried about alligators, snakes, and mosquitoes, it turns out the most menacing wildlife is evil swamp ants with a nasty stinging bite. Between that, the “Rainarado” weather elements and the logistical issues that seemed to have plagued a fest at a new venue for the first time, it has made for an interesting adventure, but I firmly believe a great road trip requires obstacles to conquer, so it has been fun overcoming them.

The first band I caught were The Walkmen. I had not really heard these guys at all before going, but I decided to check them out because they were touring with Vampire Weekend. I thought they did a decent set, but they are not really my style.


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Langerado 2008 Preview

Langerado just released the schedule today and it looks pretty good. Here is my personalized schedule so far. If you are still on the fence whether to go to this one, I’m gonna go through some of the smaller acts that I’m really excited about. The first band on the “Swamp Stage” is right here from Altanta, Dead Confederate. I believe they are going to be one of the ATL bands that get big nationally by the end of this year (they were handpicked to open for R.E.M. at SXSW), because their new EP is really awesome. Jam this track and pick up this EP:

Dead Confederate : The Rat

Vampire Weekend is another band that is on the super-hype lately in blogland. While I enjoy their new album, I think it is one of those “good but not great”. They are just a little too gimmicky and lacking a tad bit in substance. Regardless of that, though, I’m very excited to see them live because I think they will be pretty cool to see. Check them out:

Vampire Weekend : Walcott
An album I really enjoyed from last year is !!!‘s Myth Takes. They are organic dance rock that sort of sound like a an indie-rock version of STS9 or those sorts of bands with lyrics/vocals. I’ve been wanting to catch them live for so long because I’ve heard how much fun their shows are. If 311 isn’t quite your bag, or you’ve seen them like 10 times like me, this band is really worth checking out:

!!! (chk chk chk) : Break In Case Of Anything
So, one of the biggest draws to Langerado for me is Built To Spill. They are one of my all time favourite bands. Since I have like a million BTS live shows, this seems like a good time to share one. Behold 1999-05-09 (Early Show):

1. Made Up Dreams
2. Center of The Universe
3. Kicked it In The Sun

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Monday Mash-Up

!!! (chk chk chk) and The Field will be at the 40 Watt in Athens, Ga on October 6th. Here’s a !!! video:

Here’s a track from The Field‘s From Here We Go Sublime: Good Things End

Minus The Bear will be at The Variety Playhouse on October 12th. Vid:

Liars will be opening for Interpol at The Tabernacle on September 21st.

Check out some hot torrents to download:

Broken Social Scene has presented a great video. Check it:


This song was recorded with Joules Scott Key of Metric and Bang Lime on drums and J Mascis and Kevin Drew on guitar and vocals. The video happened last minute after a Dinosaur Jr show in Toronto where J, Lou, and Murph all came to the shoot to hang out. John Caffery from ‘Kids on TV’ was hired to come and dance his ASS off and a spontaneous party was put into effect.
There were seven mirrors, one disco ball, four lights, one bottle of rum, three bottles of tequila, 62 beers, four crew, and 17 people. It got put together on the day of the shoot and became the party of the year. It cost three thousand dollars to make… It was priceless.


Bradford Cox of Deerhunter got robbed after their show Friday night. If you’re at Lenny’s late night, beware:


We got a friendly homecoming suprise last night in Atlanta when Lockett and I got robbed at gunpoint after our show at Lenny’s last night. We literally had just walked off the stage and I was pretty wasted. Lockett was trying to take care of me and get me home. He grabbed my guitar and my stuff and we walked to his car which was parked about a block away from Lenny’s because it was so crowded. I heard a commotion behind us but like I said I was pretty out of it. I just opened the door to the car and collapsed in the passenger seat. Then I heard all this yelling and I hear this loud metallic banging on the window and look up and there is a gun in my face and a guy yelling “get the fuck out the car man” I stumbled out and see the other guy has Lockett with his arms spread on the roof of his car and is patting him down. Lockett was begging them to leave me alone. The guy put his gun up to my temple and said “give me EVERYTHING motherfucker I aint fucking with you” I just mumbled something and he put his hands in my pants and took everything I had. My cellphone, my wallet (empty except for credit / bank cards which kristin immidietly cancelled, and about 450 dollars in cash I had for my rent.) They also got all of Lockett’s money. They even took my fucking Camel Ultralights and Orange Bic. All I can say is that I’m glad we are not dead. Or more specifically, I am REALLY glad they didn’t hurt Lockett. He was just trying to help me get home and would not have even been there at that time otherwise.

Bradford

Atlanta’s own, Auditioning Alice, have posted a great new song on their myspace.

Creative Loafing talks about the Rock The Bells festival this thursday at Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre.

New Architecture In Helsinki video:

Listen to a Blitzen Trapper show at Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Interviews:

Learn about the “Nu-Gaze” genre.

NPR has some Andrew Bird for you to listen to.

The National on Letterman:

White Rabbits on Letterman:

Tokyo Police Club on Letterman:

Torrent Of The Day: !!! (5-11-2007)


!!! (Chk Chk Chk) 2007-05-11 Magic Stick, Detroit, MI (16-bit) (FLAC)

!!
Magic Stick
Detroit, MI
May 11, 2007

audience recording

Left of stage FOB, ~20 feet back

Church Audio STC-9000 mic system > iriver iHP-120 > WAV (M) > Sound Forge 8 (Merge files, DC Offset Correction, Fade in/out, Track Splits) > WAV > FLAC v.1.1.4

Setlist:

01. Must Be The Moon *
02. Pardon My Freedom
03. Myth Takes
04. Dear Can *
05. A New Name *
06. All My Heroes Are Weirdos
07. Hello, Is This Thing On?
08. Yadnus *
09. Bend Over Beethoven
10. Heart of Hearts *
11. Intensify > Happy Birthday > Intensify *

* feat. Shannon (a.k.a. Sha Na Na Na) of Durty Nanas

Recorded and transferred by Paramnesiac.

Live Show: !!! (4-9-2007)

!!! (chk chk chk)
Black Session

Studio 105, Maison de Radio France, Paris

Recording and simultaneous broadcast : 04-09-2007

Lineage : FM -> CDWAVe -> FLAC -> you

(click to listen)

01 Myth takes
02 All my heroes are weirdos
03 Track 4
04 Bend over Beethoven
05 Heart of hearts
06 A new name
07 Yadnus
08 Must be the moon
09 Hello? Is this on?
10 Me and Giuliani down by the school yard (a true story) (cut)

Last track is cut out by the news break. No future broadcast was announced.

Recorded and cut by svp, for you. No edit at all. bernard Lenoir’s comments are situated at the end of some tracks. Two minor drop outs.

The broadcast ended half an hour ago. Goodnight now!

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What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

!!! : Myth Takes

!!! (pronounced “chk chk chk”) are sort of a punk version of the Disco Biscuits. Aggressive rock meets funky disco dance music. This is a great driving album and you should scoop it up:

Buy Myth Takes Here

!!! Myspace

Beach House : Beach House

Since seeing them at the Earl on Sunday, I’ve been jamming this album hard all week. Beach House is Alex Scally on guitar and Victoria Legrand on keyboard and vocals. They play live with sampled drum tracks they recorded. Really chill stuff that certainly has a beachy aesthetic. Check it:

Buy Beach House Here

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