A Random MP3 Trilogy


The cover of Of Montreal’s forthcoming Skeletal Lamping

So we’ll start off with the new Of Montreal track floating around the series of tubes. They will be at The Tabernacle November 8th, which is my birthday, so I’m pretty excited. The ninth studio album from Athens’ greatest, Skeletal Lamping, drops October 7th, and here is the closing track:

Of Montreal : Id Engager

Dan Deacon has a split 7″ coming out with fellow Baltimorians Future Islands, a cool band that I Guess I’m Floating hipped me to. Order the 7″ here.

Dan Deacon : Mark Brown

Finally, one of the members of Bradford Cox’s touring Atlas Sound group was Portland, Oregon’s Adam Forkner, who does a project by himself called White Rainbow that I am jamming constantly right now. I’m really into “looping music”, and he is a master as far as I am concerned.

White Rainbow : Mystic Prism


Adam Forkner at the Drunken Unicorn

Corndogorama Video: Dan Deacon

Dan Deacon breaks down the barriers between the artist and the audience more than anybody. He sets up his equipment in front of the stage allowing people to circle around him. His shows also employ fun, kindergarten sorts of games the audience plays. In this video you’ll watch one such game go on while he performs:

Corndogorama 2008 Friday (Day 2)

After late starts from the Ohmpark crew all around, we raced through thick Atlanta traffic to make it in time to catch Twin Tigers. It was an intense drive across the city that included me lighting my hair on fire with a malfunctioning cigarette lighter, but we were jamming the new Sorry No Ferrari CD I picked up at their show Wednesday night, and it was the perfect soundtrack for the journey. We arrived just in time and I really loved Twin Tigers. They sort of reminded me of Deerhunter a bit. Very nice shoegazey stuff with everyone trading off vocals. Very much a highlight of the day for me.


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Friday Free-Style

Bonnaroo’s “Big Announcement” this week was that Widespread Panic is replacing The Allman Brothers and doing their 43rd headlining spot at the ‘roo. They also added Les Claypool, Charli 2na, Super Drag, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Adele, Grand Ole Party, and The Postelles. Other than WSP, those are some decent additions, but I’m way more excited about the acts they added to the Cafe/nightclub, including Dead Confederate, Colour Revolt, De Novo Dahl, Phonograph, Bear In Heaven, Howlin Rain, and Royal Bangs, all of which are acts that I am interested in checking out. I’ll be doing a piece on all the lesser know ‘roo acts very soon.

Pecanne Log had the extened trailer to We Fun up, so check it:

Pitchfork Fest added Spoon, The Dodos, and Les Savy Fav. That is turning out to rather sweet line-up.

You can download a reversed version of the new Gnarls Barkley album for free here.

The RIAA spent $2.8 million dollars lobbying the government in 2007. Honestly, I would have expected that to be much higher.

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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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Live Review: Dan Deacon, Ultimate Reality, Toy Party Attack (1/7/08) Eyedrum

Last Monday night we went to the non-profit art gallery Eyedrum. After a long wait for the doors to open, we went inside and got ready for the show. The first act of the night was a guy dressed like he was from the great depression and sporting an antique looking guitar and a banjo (I think). He sang with what I would describe as an extreme satirical version of Tom Waits voice, but this guy was completely serious. He did two songs and then some woman who was with him took over playing some other weird stringed instrument and did some songs. After that Toy Party Attack took over:

Toy Party Attack was a duo made up of Bean from Lenny’s and a dude who works at Criminal Records. They employed a wide array of musical toys and gadgets. If I could imagine some kids taking these devices and being the most skillfully annoying they could possibly be with them, that is how I would describe TPA. I dug it. Also, one of the guys would run into the crowd and grab people and push people around and was probably on the cusp of getting his ass beat.

After that fiasco, it was time for Ultimate Reality, which is a film by Jimmy Joe Roche that splices together Arnold Schwarzenegger movies in a really trippy way with Dan Deacon scoring the music. As they show the movie on a projector, two drummers sit in front of the screen and play to the music:

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Ohmpark’s Top 50 Best Albums Of 2007

2007 was an incredible year of music and there were so many albums I really liked that didn’t make this list. I noticed that most of the lists I pay attention to were very similar to one another this year as opposed to last year. Also, I’ve found myself in more of a disagreeance with those lists than last year. If there is any theme to be taken out of this list, I think it’s that I feel like too many great albums were underrated by the blogosphere elites, and that they were way in love with some albums I think are overrated. This list represents my personal assertions more so than the rest of the Ohmpark crew, but I worked hard to get every one’s opinions and influences in this thing. Feel free to comment on how much you hate or love it. I feel like every album on this is an essential one from last year, so go listen to some new music:

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What Up in The ATL?

Another year of shows begin! This Friday night i highly suggest going to Lenny’s and checking out Graboids and Sleep Therapy.

The Graboids : Infinite Delay : Tremolo

Monday night I’m going to this:

Dan Deacon : Spiderman Of The Rings : Okie Dokie

Wednesday night there is a great show right here in my neighborhood:

I CAN FLY HOUSE: fag static,benard,sorry no ferrari,worn in red all ages 9pm/Donation


Next Friday night Club Awesome and Envie are at The Earl:

Next Saturday night is all about Yo La Tengo!

Yo La Tengo : I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass : Pass The Hatchet, I think I’m Goodkind

Also, there is another Whirlyball 7″/concert where if you buy the record at Criminal Records, it is your ticket to see the bands on it play at this interesting OTP venue:

Other great January Shows:

1/18/08 Yeasayer, MGMT at The Earl
1/19/08 The Jupiter Watts, Luigi at The Earl
1/21/08 Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow at The Loft
1/24/08 Feeding Fingers, Tenth To The Moon, Lid Emba at The Drunken Unicorn
1/24/08 Chopper, Fag Static at The Drunken Unicorn
1/26/08 The Selmanaires, Anna Kramer at The Earl (Dual CD release show)
1/29/08 Ween at The Tabernacle
1/30/08 High On Fire, A Life Once Lost at the Earl
1/30/08 Super Furry Animals, The Fiery Furnaces, Holy Fuck at The Variety Playhouse

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