[Stream] What Happened To Your Fire, Tiger?: “Wednesday”

Atlanta super group What Happened To Your Fire, Tiger?, which includes Brian Slusher of Slushco, Corey Pallon of Pistolero, Hilary Kelley of No Disassemble and Aviator, and Carrie Hodge of the amazing but now defunct Parade, has finally released their first record on bandcamp. The self-titled effort includes six songs, showcasing a blend of the various talents and distinct styles of the musicians involved. Below is the opening number to stream. Then you can pick up the record digitally for only $3 and catch them live at The Earl Saturday (April 23) for their release show with Jupiter Watts and Spirits…

What Happened To Your Fire, Tiger? bandcamp

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

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14. Gringo Star : All Y’all

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13. Atlas Sound : Things I’ll Miss

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12. Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun :

The Lightning Exhibit

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11. No Face : You Mean So Much To Me

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10. Nomen Novum : Mantis Man 7″

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9. Parade : Ghosts

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8. The Liverhearts : Ornament

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7. Lid Emba & Bobcrane : We Substitute

Radiance

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6. All The Saints : Fire On Corridor X

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5. Dead Confederate : Wrecking Ball

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4. Atlas Sound : Let The Blind Lead Those

Who Can See But Cannot Feel

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3. This Piano Plays Itself : This Piano Plays

Itself

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2. Slushco : When I Met The Boss Of Nova

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1. Deerhunter : Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.

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An Atlanta Mp3 Trilogy: Parade, Gold Standard, Backseat Dreamer


Parade @ Criminal Records (6/17/07)

Parade was one of the first discoveries I made when I seriously started looking into the Atlanta music scene. From the beginning, they had this amazing command of pop sensibilities combined with a deep avant-garde streak, a duality I cherish in all of my favourite artists. I’ve always associated them with the most positive connotations of the word “potential”, and getting to watch them mature between albums and the many house shows they had done for me was almost like watching a child grow into adulthood. They may have not achieved the level of popularity they deserved before breaking up earlier this year, but their final album is a testament to the brilliance of what I consider to be one of Atlanta’s best bands to emerge this decade. Ghosts is available for free on their myspace, so go get it:

Parade : Rocking Chair

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Another ATL group that met their demise too soon was Blame Game. Luckily former members who still live here have been active with about a bajillion other projects. The newest I have learned about is called Gold Standard featuring ex-Blame Gamers George Asimakos and Chris Ware teamed up with Lee Corum (Lay Down Mains, Some Soviet Station). They will be releasing a full-length album and doing shows next year, but for now they just posted two songs on their myspace page recorded off one mic. They sound really good, and here is one of them:

Gold Standard : Motor Skills Are Hard To Control

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Finally, no matter how many great bands call it quits, there will always be new blood eager to take up the mantle. Backseat Dreamer, aka Sean Neuse, entered the game last month with his debut EP, Love Not Found. The almost seventeen minute release from Stickfigure feels like a sketch book full of works that aim somewhere between Aphex Twin and My Bloody Valentine. This first glimpse of what Backseat Dreamer can achieve is so successful and compelling, and I’m excited about the prospects of a full-length heading our way early next year. Pick it up:

Backseat Dreamer : I Don’t Feel It

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Parade Release Final Album, Ghosts, For Free


Ghosts album cover

An Atlanta band I have been a fan of for a long time, Parade, called it quits earlier this year. But before they did, they had recorded one last album called Ghosts that they have finally finished and released for free today. What a great Halloween surprise gift! I had been looking forward to this album for quite a while, and after my first listen, I think it may end up being their finest piece of work to date. It’s great to finally hear these songs that I had loved live in studio form. Be sure not to miss this:

Parade : White

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Parade @ Criminal Records (6/17/07)

Friday Free-Style

Let’s get your weekend started with some local flavour. Atlas Sound will be remixing a Sian Alice Group song for a forthcoming EP. Here’s a video for one of my favourite Atlas Sound songs, “Recent Bedroom”:


Atlas Sound- Recent Bedroom from Michael E Palm on Vimeo

Atlas Sound : Virtual 7″ No. 3 : No Longer
The Snowden tour is coming soon:

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Ohmpark Presents: Parade, Brass Bed

This Friday night we invite you down to our ‘hood for another great show. One of our favourite Atlanta bands, Parade, will be doing an exclusive performance for us. They will be joined by Lafayette, Louisiana’s Brass Bed stopping through the ATL on their US tour. The show is completely free to attend. This will probably be one of the last house shows we do for a while, so come down and party with us.

Parade : That’s Hott

Parade : Yune

Brass Bed : Polar Bird

Brass Bed : Make Me Cry

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Brass Bed Myspace

B-Sides: Ohmpark Inteviews Parade

Our top 50 album list is pretty much done and will be up by the end of the week, but while we’re putting our finishing touches on that, I wanted to post some things we never got a chance to over the last year. Last summer, we went to Parade’s practice space and filmed them playing a few songs and did an interview. Between getting a bad rip and losing the tape, we were unable to really do anything with it, but here is the 10 minute interview uncut for your viewing pleasure:

Ohmpark’s Top 10 Best EPs Of 2007

An EP, or Extended Play, is the sweet spot between a full album and a single. Typically between 10 and 25 minutes, although what has come to define the difference between EPs and LPs can sometimes be blurred. Usually EPs get a bad rap, as it carries with it connotations of being “less-than” and not good enough to be a proper album, but I like seeing variations in the art medium. There are EPs like Alice In Chains’ Jar Of Flies and Radiohead‘s Airbag/How Am I Driving? that beat most full lengths. Also, EPs afford an artist the chance to showcase things that don’t fit in the context of a larger piece of work, or explore a different sound without moving fully in that direction. Anyways, I’d take an EP of nothing but the goodness over a full-length comprised mostly of filler surrounding a few good songs any day.

In 2007 I actually heard many great EPs. A few of which I’ll give honorable mentions that just missed this list that are worth-while include Joanna Newsom And The Ys Street Band, Vampire Weekend, and Black Kids‘ Wizard Of Ahhhs, of which I’ve come around a little bit on now that I’ve listened to it more. Here are the 10 most essential short-length albums of 2007:

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Ohmpark Mixtape #3: My Favourite Songs Of 2007

The best ofs continue. Here are the songs I really dug this year, arranged in what i think is a great flowing hour and a half experience. I did cheat a little bit and included a few tracks from my best 2006 Albums of 2007 list, but these songs will always make me think of this year, so it’ll work. Enjoy:

The Shins : Wincing The Night Away : Sleeping Lessons

Midlake : The Trials Of Van Occupanther : Roscoe

The Cinematic Orchestra : Ma Fleur : To Build A Home

Blonde Redhead : 23 : Spring And by Summer Fall

Earlimart : Mentor Tormentor : Happy Alone

Wilco : Sky Blue Sky : Impossible Germany

Beach House : Beach House : Master of None

Low : Drums And Guns : Breaker

Parade : Answer Me : Booths

Of Montreal : Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? : The Past Is A Grotesque Animal

Deerhunter : Fluorescent Grey : Wash Off

Akron/Family : Love Is Simple : Don’t Be Afraid, You’re Already Dead

Snowden : Anti Anti : Anti Anti


Moorish idols : Moorish Idols : Why Are We Whispering

Phosphorescent : Pride : Wolves

Smashing Pumpkins : Zeigeist : Neverlost

Radiohead : In Rainbows : Reckoner

Marnie Stern : In Advance Of The Broken Arm : Patterns Of A Diamond Ceiling

I Heart The A

Not much blogging over the long weekend while I was out enjoying the beautiful weather and sweet events. I spent alot of time in East Atlanta including the East Atlanta Strut and the Go Funk Yourself uber-house party. The really fun weekend is mostly a blur to me and I don’t have much objective journalism for you, so here’s some tunes from some of the artists I might have seen:

Parade : Answer Me : Lunch Lady

Anna Kramer : Anna Kramer : I Can’t Take It

Elevado : This World Is On Fire : Postcard From Four Walls Down

Howlies : Howlies : Angeline

This week is fairly enormous for great shows. Tonight I’m going to see Bjork and Klaxons at the Fox. Diplo is going to be at MJQ tonight too. Wednesday night at Lenny’s is Zoroaster‘s CD release party featuring Daath. Wednesday night is also the beginning of Atlantis Music Conference, Atlanta’s answer to South By Southwest. Thursday night John Vanderslice and Bishop Allen will be at The Earl. Pretty much every venue in town has an interesting show Friday night but i like the Eyedrum show with Vietnam, Random Violets, Subliminator, and Tree Creature. Saturday night is just ridiculous. Do Make Say Think and Atlanta’s Moorish Idols are going to be at The Earl. Queens Of The Stone Age are at The Tabernacle. Girl Talk and Dan Deacon are at MJQ. Then Sunday night The Apples In Stereo will be playing for free at Piedmont Park(Park Tavern).

Bjork : Volta : Wanderlust

Queens Of The Stone Age : Era Vulgaris : I’m Designer

Zoroaster : Dog Magic : Brazen Bull

Do Make Say Think : You, You’re A History In Rust : In Mind

Girl Talk : Night Ripper : Give And Go

Moorish Idols : Moorish Idols : Fer-De-Lance

Ohmpark Presents: Parade, The Always Already (FREE SHOW)

Next Saturday night come over to Home Park for a great free show. Parade, one of our favourite Atlanta bands, will be performing in support of their new EP, Answer Me. I’ve been lucky enough to watch this 4-piece evolve and continue to achieve their amazing potential, and if you haven’t got hip to them yet, now is the time:

Parade : A Red Button : Penelope Shoes

Parade : The P EP : Slow Tuesday


photo by Biggie C

The other band, The Always Already, are a great dance-rock outfit from Austin, Texas. Here’s a little something to jam to:

The Always Already : Red Bird EP : I Am Electric

The Always Already : Red Bird EP : Maybe It’s Geography


photo by Matt Taylor-Gross

The show is completely free and we will have free booze for the 21+ peeps. Things get kicked off around 9pm. Here is some mapquest action for the venue. Be prepared for debauchery.

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