Win Two Tickets To Langerado 2009! (Also, Langerado Added Deerhunter, Modest Mouse)
Ohmpark is giving away two tickets to the Langerado Music Festival! Enter now for your chance to win!:
With Deerhunter and Modest Mouse added to the already impressive lineup, it looks like I will be kicking off the festival season yet again at Langerado. From now until February 18th, you can enter to win 2 tickets for free. Langerado recently announced what bands were playing each day. Also, check out our coverage of last year’s Langerado here.
Held for the first time this year at Bicentennial Park, Miami, Florida, the festival takes place from March 6-8th. The current lineup includes: Death Cab For Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Thievery Corporation, Broken Social Scene, Girl Talk, The Faint, Bad Brains, Tortoise, DeVotchKa, Holy Fuck, Tokyo Police Club, King Khan And The Shrines, Cloud Cult, The Faint, Tricky, Chromeo, Mute Math, Black Kids, Lotus, The Disco Biscuits, Umphrey’s McGee and many more. More artists are still to be announced!
Visit www.langerado.com for more information.
Of Montreal last year:
- Posted by Davy Minor on January 28, 2009 at 8:09 pm
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Atlanta Hottnesses: Die Slaughterhaus, Ghost Abortions, The Spooks, The Kiwis, Deerhunter, and Adam Bruneau
Die Slaughterhaus, the notorious Atlanta record company at the center of our garage-punk scene, seems to be diving deeper into the world of video. The 5 minute short film above called Ghost Abortions just showed up on youtube, and as one would expect, it is as offensive as the musical acts you would associate with the label. What interested me most about it is that The Kiwis contributed their music for the soundtrack. The Kiwis, aka The Kiwis of the South Pacific, are a band that I’ve been interested in for a long time because everything I’ve heard from them sounds great, but I’ve never actually had my schedule work out to see them live. Here is a sample:
In addition to the music on the film, Kiwi‘s Adam Bruneau also did the animation. I finally put two and two together and realized he was the one who did those neat videos for Deerhunter‘s Microcastle last year. He has a nice collection on Vimeo you should check out.
Die Slaughterhouse recently released an LP for The Spooks, who are a mysterious Atlanta supergroup affiliated with the Black Lips, Deerhunter and The Kiwis. I’m not sure if Adam Bruneau is actually in this band or not, but he made the video for their song “Steal You Soul”. If you bought the LP like i did, you know it came with a pair of 3D glasses to view the sweet cover art that he designed. To watch this video properly, you need to put on those 3D glasses and toggle up full-screen mode because it is awesome:
The Spooks “Steal Your Soul”
Spooks – Steal Your Soul from Adam Bruneau on Vimeo.
Here is The Kiwi‘s “Mexico” done with lite brite animation by Andrew Nicholson. (also awesome, and more videos after the jump): Click here to read the entire post…
- Posted by Davy Minor on January 28, 2009 at 5:49 am
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My Favourite Songs of 2008: Ohmpark Mixtape #6
So here is a playlist comprised of many of my favourite songs from the year. Not all of my favs are here, but I think all of the essentials are in it. I tried my best to build this as a flowing playlist more than just a collection of songs, so the order and even some of the selections reflect that. I really need to do more mixtapes. Based on Hypemachine/elbow popularity, I know everyone loves that Fleet Foxes song, but I decided instead to treat you to a better song from one of the bands that FF is ripping off. Anyways, here is an hour and half of the best songs of 2008. Jam them hard while you can, because in about 3 days they aren’t hip anymore:
Islands : The Arm
Sigur Ros : Gobbledigook
Atlas Sound : Recent Bedroom
Kaki King : Life Being What it Is
MGMT : Weekend Wars
Department of Eagles : No One Does It Like You
Animal Collective : Water Curses
Antony And The Johnsons : Another World
Mount Eerie w/ Julie Doiron & Fred Squire : Voice In Headphones
My Morning Jacket : Touch Me I’m Going To Scream pt. 1
Beach House : Used To Be
Portishead : The Rip
Summerbirds In The Cellar : Now We Are Ugly Inside
Hot Chip : One Pure Thought
M83 : Kim & Jesse
Bon Iver : For Emma
Plants And Animals : Guru
Destroyer : Shooting Rockets (From The Desk Of Night’s Ape)
Deerhunter : Nothing Ever Happened
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead : The Betrayal Of Roger Casement And The Irish Brigade
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 29, 2008 at 9:57 pm
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The Top 15 Best Atlanta Albums Of 2008
It’s been a banner year for the Atlanta music scene. The international success of bands like Deerhunter, Black Lips, and Mastodon over the last couple of years has put a spotlight on our city and many other artists are beginning to reap the benefits. I still believe that too many of our best and brightest are being overlooked, but that’s exactly why I do what I do. Looking back at my favourite local albums from last year, it seems this year’s class of studio work runs substantially deeper. I felt our scene is so overpopulated by albums worthy of recognition that I extended my original top 10 to a top 15 and I’m still leaving off a ton of really good records from Inside The Perimeter.
A couple of notes, there are a few local albums that have been self-released over the holidays, but I’m rolling them into consideration for next year’s list, and one album on here technically came out in the holiday season of last year. I didn’t do write-ups for this list as many of these are going to make my top LP and top EP lists in a few days, but if you are unfamiliar with any of these acts, I urge you to click on the “tags” below to see all of our posts on the artist. I know someone is gonna complain about Bradford Cox being involved with 20% of this list, but the guy is kicking ass in both quality and quantity of work, so don’t be a player hater. Here is the best Atlanta music of 2008:
15. The Goldest : The Goldest
14. Gringo Star : All Y’all
13. Atlas Sound : Things I’ll Miss
12. Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun :
The Lightning Exhibit
11. No Face : You Mean So Much To Me
10. Nomen Novum : Mantis Man 7″
9. Parade : Ghosts
8. The Liverhearts : Ornament
7. Lid Emba & Bobcrane : We Substitute
Radiance
6. All The Saints : Fire On Corridor X
5. Dead Confederate : Wrecking Ball
4. Atlas Sound : Let The Blind Lead Those
Who Can See But Cannot Feel
3. This Piano Plays Itself : This Piano Plays
Itself
2. Slushco : When I Met The Boss Of Nova
1. Deerhunter : Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 27, 2008 at 5:31 pm
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Live Videos: Deerhunter, Times New Viking (Halloween)
Deerhunter
Here are some videos of the Halloween show at the Variety Playhouse. These two bands were great, but Pylon and Jay Reatard were excruciating to get through and wore me out by the time Deerhunter blasted through a Microcastle-heavy set. I’ve found myself really enjoying the addition of Whitney Petty to the line-up live. Now that Bradford is all business on stage and dropped his antics, her goofy, quirky persona is literally the side-show off by herself while everyone else is busy shoegazing. I’m still not in total love with Times New Viking like some, but they are pretty damn good. See all of Clint Miller’s photos from the show here.
Times New Viking:
Deerhunter:
Times New Viking
- Posted by Davy Minor on November 28, 2008 at 7:13 pm
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On The Road: 2008 Is Ending Soon
It’s been a little quiet around here because I’m OTP at the beach for the week, but I’ve got some holiday posts coming soon. As 2008 draws to a close, it is time to put together my end of year lists. From the beginning, Ohmpark was primarily a music research project for myself, and these lists are the final culmination of that research. I strongly urge all of my readers to tell me the albums from this year that you love that I might not have covered because I want my lists to be as comprehensive as possible. Feel free to hit the comments of this post with your suggestions.
Much like I did last year when I headed to the beach for Turkey Day, I listened to a bunch of new albums on my way down here, so I’m going to go through them and talk about my first impressions of each. Before I started listening to new albums, though, I jammed some Deerhunter to get rolling. While Microcastle is certainly getting plenty of good hype around the web, I think the bonus disk, Weird Era, is getting a bit overlooked, because I like it as much, if not more, than Microcastle. It is great that on top of making such a perfect pop album they still gave a little something weirder for us Cryptograms fans. Here is a couple tracks from it I heart:
Next up I popped in the new Anathallo album called Canopy Glow, and it was so good I listened to twice in a row. I’m not sure how I overlooked this band up into now, but luckily the guys from Sorry No Ferrari turned me on to them when I went to Fest earlier this month. I’ll gush about Canopy Glow more later, but right this second I’d rather respond to Pitchfork’s lame review of it they posted yesterday. First, it is quite amusing to me that The Mars Volta has become the Anti-Christ to Pitchfork, and anytime they talk about a band they don’t like that can play more than 3 chords they invoke a TMV comparison. I really don’t hear much of a parallel except that both of these bands are clearly great. Also, they whine over and over how the singer from Anathallo sounds too much like Sufjan Stevens. Yes, their voices are a bit similar, but the vocalists from Fleet Foxes and Band Of Horses sound way more like Jim James than the guy from Anathallo sounds like Sufjan, and they sure love those cheap ripoff bands to death, so either get consistent or shut up and stop being a hater. Enjoy the new hottness:
Next up I listened to Final Fantasy‘s Plays To Please EP, which is a tribute to some Canadian musician I’ve never heard. It was a nice listen, but nothing that wowed me like Owen Pallett normally does.
After that I listened to the latest album from The Notwist, The Devil, You + Me. It came out early this summer, but I never got around to it until now. This German band sounds really good and chill, and this album will be in my heavy rotation for a while:
The Notwist : Where In This World
The next two albums I tried were the newest from Ruby Isle and The Streets respectively. I didn’t like either one. I’ve never loved The Streets, but Mike Skinner’s lyrics have been pretty interesting most of the time. Unfortunately Eveything Is Borrowed seemed so boring and cliche. Ruby Isle seemed like music for 15 year old pre-ravers, and totally annoyed me. It sucks because I truly love all of the cover songs I’ve heard them do, but I just can’t get into their originals.
Finally, I finished my journey listening to the new Wilderness album, (k)no(w)here. At first I didn’t think I liked it, but by the time I finished the album I was fairly intrigued and then listened to it a few more times since. The vocalist is certainly an acquired taste, but once you can get beyond that, this album is pretty stellar. If you’re like me and you enjoy a challenging listen, this album will provide a just reward.
Ok, hit me up with your 2008 hottness!
- Posted by Davy Minor on November 25, 2008 at 7:57 pm
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Photos: Deerhunter, Pylon, Jay Reatard, Times New Viking (Halloween)
10/31/08 @ Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
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- Posted by Clint Miller on November 12, 2008 at 4:57 am
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Halloween In The A: Deerhunter
Deerhunter @ Criminal Records (4/2/07)
I’m sure many of you are growing tired of my constant hyping of Bradford Cox and company, so I promise I’ll cool out on it for a while eventually. But for now, OMFG I’m gonna see Deerhunter tonight! The first 100 people who show up will get a tape cassette of the “On Platts Eyott Island” session. The session was recorded during the evening of September 15th in a DIY studio on Platts Eyott Island in the UK and the idea is for it to be like a John Peel session. As per usual, it is amazing, so stream it here. Also, rumour has it that Deerhunter will be on 88.5 FM sometime today, so keep it left on the dial for that. What costume are you wearing tonight?
Deerhunter Tour Dates:
10/31 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse %&*
11/1 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel *@
11/2 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle *#
11/3 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar *^
11/4 Washington DC – Black Cat *^
11/5 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church *^
11/6 Princeton, NJ – Terrace F.
Club ^*
11/7 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg *^
11/8 New York, New York – Bowery Ballroom *$
11/9 Worcester, MA – DCU Center !
11/10 Boston, MA – Paradise *$
11/11 Montreal, QC – Theatre Plaza *?
11/12 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace *?
11/13 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom *+
11/14 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop *+
11/15 Chicago, IL – Metro *+
11/16 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon *+
11/17 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club *+
11/20 Vancouver, BC – Richard’s On Richards *=
11/21 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s *=
11/22 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre *=
11/24 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall *=
11/25 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre *=
11/28 San Diego, CA – Casbah *>
11/29 Phoenix, AZ – Modified Arts *>
12/1 Dallas, TX – Palladium Loft *>
12/2 Austin, TX – Emo’s Alternative Lounge Outside *>
12/3 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live *>
12/4 Baton Rouge, LA – Chelsea’s *>
12/5 New Orleans, LA – One-Eyed Jacks *>
12/6 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree *>
* w/ Times New Viking
& w/ Jay Reatard
% w/ Pylon
@ w/ Vera Fang
# w/ Lake Inferior
^ w/ Knyfe Hyts
$ w/ Vivian Girls
! w/ Nine Inch Nails
? w/ Neighborhood Council
+ w/ Disappears
= w/ BARR
> w/ Nite Jewel
Deerhunter “Nothing Ever Happened”:
- Posted by Davy Minor on October 31, 2008 at 11:59 am
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A Random Mp3 Trilogy (Atlas Sound, Beirut, Diplo/Radiohead)
Yesterday instead of receiving my pre-ordered Microcastle LP, I was informed that the vinyl release is being pushed back to early December. Lame. But, I have a digital copy of it and Weird Era Cont. that i am listening to until then, so it’s ok. If you pay any attention around here, you know that I clearly love it already, but I will have a full review next week on the double album and the Halloween show in a Deerhunter super-post. For now, I give you one of two new Atlas Sound Halloween dances you can get here. See you Friday night:
A new Beirut single has appeared in blog land. While I do love some good European gypsy music when I’m in the right mood, I’ve never been able to fully jump on the Beirut bandwagon. I do like both full lengths, but that sort of stuff is a bit one dimensional and i can’t ever seem to stay interested for very long. This new single sees Zach Condon taking things in an electronic direction, which I’ve discovered is what he was doing pre-Beirut. I’m not sure if I’m completely sold on this direction either, but this single has certainly caught my ear:
(Correction: this single is a year old and I had missed it, but it’s still interesting)
Beirut : My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille
Diplo had a remix in Radiohead‘s “Reckoner” contest, but he wasn’t quite finished with it. So he recently reworked his remix. The result is very impressive. He has a new album out today and he’ll be at The Masquerade November 10th.
Radiohead : Reckoner (Diplo remix V.2)
- Posted by Davy Minor on October 28, 2008 at 6:08 am
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New Atlas Sound Goodies
Atlas Sound @ Drunken Unicorn (2/19/2008)
The prolific Bradford Cox has returned from his Atlas Sound tour opening for Stereolab, and he came back bearing gifts. First, a new song and a new micromix earlier this week for some seasonal cheer. Now he just dropped the Maybe Logic Virtual 7″, so go get that. Also, Souther Shelter has the entire Atlas Sound show at the 40 Watt from a couple of weeks ago. Bradford Cox did these performances solo, as opposed to with a touring group like he did earlier this year. Go get that show in MP3 format here or in FLAC format here. You can also see great photos of that Athens show from our friend Mike White up on Pitchfork.
I’m getting more excited about the Deerhunter Halloween show at Variety Playhouse by the minute. If you can’t wait that long, Deerhunter is playing Athens Friday night at The 40 Watt for the Chunklet Magazine 15th Anniversay show (Mastodon plays the second night of it). Jam something:
Atlas Sound : Airedales (from Maybe Logic Virtual 7″)
Atlas Sound : Logos (live from 9-27-08)
- Posted by Davy Minor on October 9, 2008 at 1:10 am
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So Many Records To Buy
Yesterday was a massive record release date. Here’s the list of the interesting ones, and while I’m only halfway through this list currently, I’ve yet to find one that isn’t good:
Marnie Stern: This Is It…
Deerhoof: Offend Maggie
Department Of Eagles: In Ear Park
Antony And the Johnsons: Another World EP
Lambchop: OH (Ohio)
Land Of Talk: Some Are Lakes
Castanets: City OF Refuge
Annuals: Such Fun
El Guincho: Alegranza
Rosebuds: Life Like
if you’re looking for a physical place to walk into and buy records like these, you could go to my favourite shop, Criminal Records in Little Five Points. From Tomorrow to Sunday they will be having a 25% sale on most items to get ready for the move next week to their new location. Criminal Records will still be in Little Five Points, just in a place 3 times the size of the old store over at 1154-A Euclid Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 between Bang-On and The Porter Bar. It’s even going to have a full stage inside for in-store performances. It’s unclear what’s going on with the old location, as before i had heard rumours they were going to keep that for comics and games, but it now seems like they are taking everything to the new place.
That’s not the only record store that moved, as Ella Guru, a joint I had heard about but never seen, is now in a new location as well near Inman Park/L5P. I really haven’t been to too many Atlanta record store outside of Criminal, Wax ‘n’ Facts, and Vacation. And all of those old rave/techno record stores that don’t exist anymore. I hear Decatur CD is cool, but I rarely go to Decatur. Are there any other cool record shops in Atlanta I’m missing?
Anyways, here’s some classic performances at the old Criminal Records store:
Mastodon:
Black Lips:
Dungen: Click here to read the entire post…
- Posted by Davy Minor on October 8, 2008 at 4:50 pm
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