Photos: Say Hi, This Piano Plays Itself @ The Drunken Unicorn in Atlanta, GA (3-24-09)

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Hott Mp3s For The Road: Pegasuses-XL, These Are Powers, Say Hi, SXSW Playlist


Ohmpark hits Austin next week for SXSW

I’m about to hit the pavement hard, so before I leave this blog mostly unattended for a few days, I figured I’d leave y’all some tunes. Plus, I have about 30 new records to listen to on this trip, so I have a feeling I’m going to move on from everything I’m listening to right now after I get back.

Athens’ Pegasuses-XL has released all of their first three EPs together on one album called Electro Agitators. It isn’t exactly the best entry point for a band that at its best is easy to hate, but the more I jam it, the more I find things to love. It is a book of sketches that made the blueprint for one my favourite albums from last year, their debut full-length The Antiphon. They should be dropping another proper full-length later this year and I can’t wait. We Versus The Shark‘s future may be bleak and unclear, but at least there is another Jeff Tobias related project to get excited about. It is hard to choose representative tracks from a band like this, but I’ll try:

Pegasuses-XL : $600 Man

Pegasuses-XL : The Orchid

Buy Electro Agitators

Pegasuses-XL myspace

Last weekend on my way down to Harvest Of Hope Fest, I listened to both Say Hi‘s Oohs & Aahs and These Are Powers‘ All Aboard Future for the first time. I thought both of them when great, in totally different ways. Neither album will change your life or anything, but they are both extremely solid and were a great soundtrack to my last road trip. Both bands will also be stopping through Atlanta after playing SXSW, and I recommend you go see each of them:

Say Hi : Maurine

Say Hi : The Starts Just Blink For Us

Buy Oohs & Aahs

Say Hi myspace


These Are Powers : Life Of Birds

These Are Power : Glass Blocks

Buy All Aboard Future

These Are Powers Myspace


And finally, here is a short playlist of mp3s from bands on top of my list to check out at SXSW, so expect these artists showing up around here in the next week:

Loney Dear : Airport Surroundings
Women : Shaking Hands
White Denim : Don’t Look That Way At It
Wavves : California Goth
Oh No Oh My : Be A Star
Abe Vigoda : The Garden
Crystal Antlers : A Thousand Eyes

Time to head to Savannah and party before heading to Texas. Have a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and I’ll be back late next week with total South By Southwest coverage!

What Up In The ATL?

Best shows in Atlanta from October 6th – 12th:

Monday:

Hollow Stars @ 97 Estoria

The Roots @ Tabernacle

Wednesday:

Say Hi, Jukebox The Ghost, Sleep Therapy @ Drunken Unicorn

Thursday:

Hot Chip, Growing @ Variety Playhouse

Evangelicals, Chainestereo, Tealights @ Drunken Unicorn

Pattern Is Movement, We Versus The Shark, Pegasuses-XL @ Under The Couch

Cordero, Batata Doce @ The Earl

Friday:

Ra Ra Riot @ Drunken Unicorn

Saturday:

The Allman Brothers Band @ Chastain

Evangelicals : The Halloween Song
Say Hi : These Fangs
Pattern Is Movement : Bird
Ra Ra Riot : Dying Is Fine