Dead Confederate Keep On Touring

Dead Confederate have had a busy, successful year but they just don’t stop rocking. They will be hitting up Austin this weekend for some Fun Fun Fun Fest afterparty action, and then will be hopping on tours with Apollo Sunshine and Manchester Orchestra. I just noticed they have a great blog. Go see these guys live:

Dead Confederate Tour Dates:

Nov 8 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk’s %
Nov 11 – Tuscon, AZ @ Plush $
Nov 12 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah $
Nov 13 – Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar $
Nov 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland $
Nov 15 – Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door $
Nov 16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent $
Nov 18 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge $
Nov 19 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey $
Nov 20 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux $
Nov 21 – Park City, UT @ Sidecar $
Nov 22 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge $
Nov 28 – Carborro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle #
Nov 29 – Nashville, TN @ Rockettown #
Nov 30 – Newport, KY @ Southgate House #
Dec 2 – Des Moines, IA @ The House Of Bricks #
Dec 3 – Chicago, IL @ Suberranean Lounge #
Dec 4 – Lansing, MI @ Mac’s #
Dec 5 – Akron, OH @ Musica #
Dec 6 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel #
Dec 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ North Star #
Dec 9 – Allston, MA @ Harper’s Ferry #
Dec 10 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s #
Dec 11 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar #
Dec 12 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club #
Dec 13 – Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox #
Dec 14 – Columbia, SC @ Headliners #
Dec 16 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt #
Dec 17 – Orlando, FL @ The Social #
Dec 18 – Ybor City, FL @ Orpheum #
Dec 19 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits #
Dec 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse #
Dec 23 – Augusta, GA @ Sky City

% w/ White Denim
$ w/ Apollo Sunshine
# w/ Manchester Orchestra

Dead Confederate “The Wrecking Ball”:

Buy Wrecking Ball: [MP3] [CD]

What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

While I tend to keep the conversation around here on progressive, forward looking artists, I can still appreciate a more conservative, retro approach when it’s done well. Here are three local examples that can dig into older styles and still keep me more than interested:

Dead Confederate


Dead Confederate @ The Earl (6/7/08)

Dead Confederate‘s debut LP Wrecking Ball sees the band really define their sound. They have developed an interesting hybrid that seamlessly combines Nirvana-style ’90s with the jamminess and Rock ‘n’ Roll ethics of a band like My Morning Jacket. When you ponder the mass appeal of this mixture, it’s surprising no one has been as successful at blending the two as this until now. The only possible knock on this thing is that Dead Confederate may not be departing far enough away from their influences, but I think when you take a deeper listen, they are achieving a rather unique sound, and the album itself is an epic one. Here’s the beginning and the end of it:

Dead Confederate : Heavy Petting

Dead Confederate : Wrecking Ball

Buy Wrecking Ball here

Dead Confederate Myspace


A Fight To The Death

I’m not sure exactly when I got turned on to A Fight To The Death, but I had got a copy of songwriter CJ Bargamian’s (ex-Crybaby, ex-Myssouri) EP under the moniker of A Fight To The Death called End Of Continent Sadness some time ago. Written while he was in San Francicsco in 2006, I thought the album had a lot of potential but sounded more like a demo, and in fact, it sort of was. Many of the tracks from it show up reworked and improved on the full band incarnation of A Fight To The Death‘s new self-titled debut LP. AFTTD sees Bargamain’s gorgeous songwriting surrounded by a very talented band that seems to compliment him perfectly and results in a tasty flavour of nu-Americana. Although, going back and listening to the stripped down versions on End Of Continent Sadness is even more enjoyable now that I know these songs so intimately.

A Fight To The Death : Killdeer

A Fight To The Death : Old Black Chains

Buy AFTTD here

A Fight To The Death myspace


Long Knives

Long Knives are another local band that has been on my radar for sometime, but I just never got around to giving them a deep look until now, and I found I was missing out big time. While I wouldn’t make much of a direct comparison to Wilco, Long Knives has the same sort of depth and innate ability to get me to bite hard into a genre I would usually be uninterested in. Another reason i think this album is so good is because it is so dynamic. It hits every end of the spectrum from a beautiful, downbeat ballad song like “Fuckwit” to the unbelievably stunning jammout of the second part of “Headlong Into The Abyss”. If you have been missing out on these guys too, it’s time to give them a try:

Long Knives : ELM

Long Knives : Pale Blue Walls

Buy Long Knives here

Long Knives Myspace

Dead Confederate: New Songs, Tour


Dead Confederate @ The Earl (6/7/08)

Dead Confederate just posted three new songs to their myspace that you can listen to now. The tracks will be featured on their debut full-length, Wrecking Ball, due out September 16th. The tracklisting looks something like this:

1. Heavy Petting
2. The Rat
3. Goner
4. It Was A Rose
5. Yer Circus
6. All the Angels
7. Start Me Laughing
8. The News Underneath
9. Flesh Colored Canvas
10. Wrecking Ball

You can watch crazy-badass live videos of tracks 5-7 here. They will be doing an in-store acoustic performance at Criminal Records September 2oth at 4pm before playing their record release show at The Earl later that night. All of the new stuff rocks so hard, I can’t wait to hear the whole album. Do yourself a favour and catch them live:

Dead Confederate Tour Dates:

September 11 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
September 12 – Augusta, GA @ Sky City
September 18 – Macon, GA @ The Hummingbird
September 19 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt %
September 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Criminal Records (4pm acoustic show)
September 20 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl % *
September 23 – Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia % *
September 24 – Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree % *
September 25 – Little Rock, AK @ Sticky Fingerz *
September 26 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s (ACL afterparty) * ^
September 27 – Dallas, TX @ The Cavern *
September 29 – St. Louis, MO @ The Bluebird $
September 30 – Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall $
October 1 – Omaha, NB @The Waiting Room $
October 2 – Madison, WI @ The Annex $
October 3 – Milwaukee, WI @ Mo’s (MMJ Afterparty) $
October 4 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
October 6 – Cambridge, MA @ TT The Bears $
October 8 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber $
October 9 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge $
October 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
October 13 – Baltimore, MD @ Talking Heads Club
October 14 – Carborro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle ^
October 16 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In ^
October 17 – Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s ^
October 25 – New Orleans, LA @ Voodoo Music Festival

% w/ Twin Tigers
* w/ Wax Fang
^ w/ Heartless Bastards
$ w/ Catfish Haven

Bonnaroo 2008 Saturday (Day 3): Thirty Epic Hours

Bonnaroo always has a momentum all its own and no matter how you imagine your weekend to go, it ends up being a completely different experience. Saturday morning I woke up around 4am in the morning after sleeping through crazy thunderstorms that wrecked our camp. Most of the people in my crew were coming back from seeing late night shows and we hung out and talked about our Friday experiences. The rain continued on and off for the rest of the morning, so I had some beers for breakfast and chilled out under our shelters that hadn’t been destroyed. I caught an hour power nap around 9am, and then headed out for the day. I walked around the campgrounds for a while taking in the atmosphere. The rain had died out mostly by then, and people were out and about in the muddy conditions.


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Photos: All The Saints, Dead Confederate on 6/7/08 at The Earl in Atlanta, GA

Dead Confederate


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Dead Confederate, All The Saints Tour Begins Tomorrow


Dead Confederate at SXSW

Two local bands that we have been hyping this year are hitting the road together tomorrow. They both do dirty, gritty, psychedelic music with a southern twang, or as I would broadly call it, “Post-Southern Rock”. Dead Confederate spent Memorial Day weekend at Sasquatch Fest and All The Saints‘ new LP, Fire On Corridor X, just came out today. Full album review forthcoming, but all you need to know right now is that it is really good and you should get it.

Dead Confederate & All the Saints tour dates:

May 28 – Washington, DC @ DC9
May 29 – New York, NY @ Pianos
May 30 – Ashbury Park, NJ @ The Saint
May 31 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber
June 1 – Cambridge, MA @ TT The Bears
June 3 – Baltimore MD @ Sonar
June 4 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
June 5 – Asheville, NC @ The Rocket
June 6 – Knoxville, TN @ Barley’s
June 7 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

Dead Confederate tour dates:

June 14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
June 17 – Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Brewing Co#
June 18 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre#
June 19 – Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theatre#
June 20 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern#
June 23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Little Radio (on Aquarium Drunkard Show)
June 24 – Sacramento, CA @ Empire Room#
June 25 – Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom#
June 26 – Spokane, WA @ Big Easy#
June 28 – Denver, CO @ Soco Music Experience
July 2 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue#
July 5 – Rothbury, MI @ Rothbury Fest

# w/ Drive By Truckers


All The Saints will also be at Corndogorama June 28th. You ATLiens be sure to go see The Earl show next Saturday. Videos:

Dead Confederate:

All the Saints:

Dead Confederate myspace

All The Saints myspace

Record Store Day In Atlanta: Dead Confederate, The Coathangers, Club Awesome

I spent a few hours last weekend at Criminal Records for their Record Store Day celebration. Here are the three local bands who played there that matter most:

Dead Confederate:

We’ve been talking about them for a while now around Ohmpark and the justified hype is starting to get some traction on the webs post-SXSW. Earfarm spent some time with them while they were down in Austin and has a bunch of cool material. Speaking of SXSW, you can get an entire performance here. Southern Shelter has just put up a show on their site where Dead Confederate played nothing but Sonic Youth covers at The 40 Watt in Athens earlier this year here. A sample:

Dead Confederate : Silver Rocket (Sonic Youth cover)
At Criminal:

They are touring steadily this summer, so go check them out:

23 May – Seattle, WA @ KEXP
24 May – Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch! Festival
28 May – Washington D.C. @ DC9
29 May – New York, NY @ Piano’s
30 May – Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint
31 May – Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber
1 June – Boston, MA @ TT the Bears
4 June – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
5 June – Asheville, NC @ The Rocket Club
6 June – Knoxville, TN @ Barley’s
7 June – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
14 June – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
17 June – Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Brewing Company*
18 June – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre Flagstaff*
19 June – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre*
20 June – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern*
24 June – Sacramento, CA @ Empire Room*
25 June – Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom*
26 June – Spokane, WA @ Big Easy – Spokane*
5 July – Rothbury, MI @ Rothbury Festival

* w/ Drive by Trucker

The Coathangers

The Coathangers quick rise to ATLien elite status last year is an interesting phenomenon, and while I’m not the biggest fan of bands getting popular in this town solely because of their stage act and attitude rather than their music, these girls back up their their brash aura with clever lyrics and catchy tunes. I stumbled across this great remix of one my favourite Coathangers songs on the ‘net last night:

The Coathangers : Parcheezie (Griff Remix ft. Fitzgerald)
Here they are doing that song last Saturday:

And Kimcriminal has one up too, she has tons of vids of in-store Criminal Record performances you an check out here.

They are also on summer tour, so go to a show:

2 May – Atlanta, GA @ The Star Bar
9 May – Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Old Bar (500 Songs For Kids)
15 May – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
16 May – Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor
23 May – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
7 June – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
9 June – Nasheville, TN @ Springwater Supper Club
10 June – Hot Springs, AK @ The Exchange
11 June – Fayetteville, AK @ New Deli House *
12 June – Wichita, KS @ Barleycorns *
13 June – Norman, OK @ Opolis *
14 June – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada *
15 June – Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
2 July – Detroit, MI @ Alvin’s
3 July – Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class
6 July – Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor

* w/ El Paso Hot Button

Club Awesome

Atlanta’s Club Awesome, known for their pool parties and “Whyte Tygre” suit, are what I would describe as in the greater post-punk/post-pop vicinity. I arrived too late to get some video of their show, but I did pick up a handmade advance copy of their debut album, and it is really good. Here’s a track:

Club Awesome : Trainwreck
They have a few shows coming up:

3 May – Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar (500 Songs For Kids)
25 May – Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox (We Festival)
29 June – Atlanta, GA @ Lenny’s (Corndogarama)
5 July – Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar (July 4 Weekend Fest)

Photos: SXSW Day 4 – 3-15-08 in Austin, TX

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Dead Confederate

Video Of The Day: Dead Confederate At Langerado 2008

Langerado 2008 Day 1: Thursday

We stayed in St. Pete Beach Wednesday night to make our Thursday traveling a bit shorter. After getting to the exit around 1pm, We heard a rumour that it was taking over 4 hours waiting in line to enter the festival grounds at the last stop gas station that was bustling with activity. It turned out to be more like 2 hours, which wasn’t too bad considering everyone had to go down a one-lane road.


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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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