Humpday Randomnimity
Bonnaroo made some line-up additions:
Cat Power
Zappa Plays Zappa
The Disco Biscuits
MSTRKRFT
Chromeo
Decent additions, but only the electronic acts get me excited. This is what we want.
Sasquatch Music Festival, the big daddy Memorial Day fest that goes down at the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington state, just released a line-up:
R.E.M. / The Cure / The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / Death Cab For Cutie / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Breeders / Built To Spill / The Hives / Tegan & Sara / Ghostland Observatory / Ozomatli / The New Pornographers / Blue Scholars / The National / The Kooks / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Cold War Kids / Beirut / Rogue Wave / Okkervil River / Fleet Foxes / Kinski / Mates of State / Sera Cahoone / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Battles / Destroyer / Dyme Def / The Blakes / Pela / Jamie Lidell / The Cops / Dengue Fever / Siberian / Say Hi / White Rabbits / David Bazan / The Little Ones / “Awesome” / Dead Confederate / The Heavenly States / 65daysofstatic / Grand Archives / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Joshua Morrison / Throw Me The Statue / J. Tillman / The Shaky Hands / Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down / Matt Costa / The Cave Singers
That’s a hell of a line-up and now I’m really considering going to this. The Gorge is considered by many as the coolest venue in the US. Tickets are reasonably priced and go on sale Saturday March 8th. More details on their website. Click here to read the entire post…
- Posted by Davy Minor on February 27, 2008 at 4:30 pm
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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
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
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 18, 2007 at 11:16 am
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Snowden For The Holidays
Snowden is bringing you the Christmas cheer to get you in the mood. First, Snowden‘s Dave Payne has brought the band into the blogosphere with his own blog documenting all things Snowden. Check it out. Also, they have re-released their Licorice EP, where Jordan Jeffares gives you his take on some traditional Christmas songs. You can read all about it at Kissatlanta. It’s a pretty interesting listen:
I really enjoyed the new material they debuted at the Variety Playhouse a couple weeks ago and can’t wait for the new album. Go myspace friend them.
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 10, 2007 at 2:35 pm
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Best 2006 Albums Of 2007
Before I inundate you with all of my best of 2007 stuff, I want to do a little addendum to my 2006 top 50 Albums list. Over the course of this year I discovered some albums that came out last year but wasn’t aware of because I wasn’t blogging and researching obsessively then. These albums here should all have deserved to be on my top 50 list because they are all amazing. Despite being released in ’06, though, these albums will always make me think of this year because of all the great times I had with them as the soundtrack. Pick up these essentials:
Beach House : Beach House
Final Fantasy : He Poos Clouds
Midlake : The Trials Of Van Occupanther
Portugal The Man : Waiter: “You Vultures!”
Silversun Pickups : Carnavas
Snowden : Anti-Anti
Untied States : Retail Detail
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 6, 2007 at 2:21 pm
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Photos: Black Lips, Deerhunter, Snowden, The Selmanaires – 11-30-07 @ Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA
- Posted by Clint Miller on December 4, 2007 at 9:45 pm
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ATLien Bulletins
t’s crazy what some people will do to break writer’s block. Kidding. Well, it’s partially true. The second record needs to be ace and I need to rustle my feathers. After years of trying to break the seal and try another city I’m finally going to do it, or at least try to. I have a place lined up in Logan Square. What I need from you is the following.
- a job, part time, bartending preferred but boy would I love to get out of the service industry(resume and writing samples upon request)
- someplace to park my tiny trailer (got a driveway in the burbs?)
- junk furniture, your trash is my trea….well, it will keep my clothes off the floor
- advice – what are your favorite spots? bars, coffee, diners, scenic spots, museums, massage parlors…
- drummers, if I could take Chandler with me I would. He could saute you with his skillz. However, I may need some work done here and there and I can’t afford first class plane tix every time I need a disco high hat line.
Hit me back with your contact info and I will shower you with praise and pats on the head when I arrive.
Snowden : Anti Anti : Between The Rent And Me
Here’s my pick for local show of the week:
Lenny’s is brewing up a festival in November:
Shows worth looking into this week:
Animal Collective at Variety Playhouse Wednesday
Auditioning Alice at Vinyl Thursday
Rilo Kiley at Variety Playhouse Saturday
Animal Collective : Strawberry Jam : Peacebone
Rilo Kiley : Under The Blacklight : The Moneymaker
Auditioning Alice:
- Posted by Davy Minor on September 25, 2007 at 5:00 pm
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Atlanta Music Updates
Saturday night I went to Lenny’s for their one year anniversary show. Unfortunately Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox of Deerhunter‘s solo/side project, did not show up and Psychic Heart‘s mini-set didn’t start until after 11:30pm, but at least Snowden kicked ass as always. Stickfigure Distribution has just reissued their self titled EP debut release. Here’s a sample:
Snowden : Snowden : Good News
Also, here’s the title track from last year’s Anti Anti:
Snowden : Anti Anti : Anti Anti
Deerhunter‘s Blog has got some really cool stuff on it, including mp3s from their first release, a split 7″ with Alphabets featuring their former-now-deceased bassist and of which there were only 300 copies pressed. Check it out here:
They are about to be doing some serious touring, so go check them out:
Aug 30 2007 9:00P
Black Cat Backstage w/ Clockcleaner Washington DC, Washington DC
Aug 31 2007 7:00P
Seaport Music Festival w/ Battles New York City, New York
Sep 1 2007 9:00P
Ottobar w/ Soft Circle, High Places Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 6 2007 8:00P
Neumos w/ Grizzly Bear Seattle, Washington
Sep 8 2007 9:00P
Doug Fir Lounge w/ Bobby Conn Portland, Oregon
Sep 27 2007 8:00P
Drunken Unicorn w/ No Age, Fag Static, Cut Teeth Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 28 2007 8:30P
Mercy Lounge w/ No Age, Bows and Arrows Nashville, Tennessee
Sep 29 2007 8:00P
The Wire presents Adventures In Modern Music Festival @ Empty Bottle w/ No Age Chicago, Illinois
Oct 1 2007 8:00P
Canopy Club / Club Void w/ Nudge Urbana, Illinois
Oct 2 2007 8:00P
Southgate House Newport, Kentucky
Oct 25 2007 8:00P
Elevate Festival @ Dom im Berg Graz, Austria
Oct 26 2007 10:00P
Bad Bonn Dudingen, Switzerland
Oct 27 2007 8:00P
Palace St. Gallen, Switzerland
Oct 28 2007 9:00P
Kaserne w/ Frog Eyes Basel, Switzerland
Oct 30 2007 8:00P
Recyclart Brussels, Belgium
Oct 31 2007 8:00P
Maroquinerie Paris, France
Nov 1 2007 8:30P
Tanned Tin Festival @ Auditori i Palau de Congresos w/ The Ex, Xiu Xiu and many more! Castellon, Spain
Nov 2 2007 6:30P
ATP presents Release The Bats @ The Forum w/ Liars, Black Lips, Deerhoof, and Fuck Buttons London, United Kingdom
Nov 3 2007 8:00P
Nasty Fest VIII @ The Faversham w/ The Black Lips Leeds, United Kingdom
Nov 4 2007 7:30P
ABC2 Glasgow, Scotland
Nov 5 2007 8:00P
The Village Dublin, Ireland
Nov 6 2007 8:00P
Liars Club @ The Social Nottingham, United Kingdom
Nov 7 2007 8:00P
Saki Manchester, United Kingdom
Nov 9 2007 8:00P
Vera Groningen, Netherlands, Groningen
Nov 10 2007 8:00P
Tivoli w/ Dirty Projectors Utrecht, Netherlands, Utrecht
Nov 13 2007 8:00P
Debaser Malmo, Sweden
Nov 14 2007 8:00P
Garage Oslo, Norway
Nov 15 2007 8:00P
Debaser Slussen Stockholm, Sweden
Here’s a track from their first LP:
Deerhunter : Turn It Up Faggot : Tech School
The Black Lips new album, Good Bad Not Evil, hits stores on September 11th. They are on tour right now too, and their live shows are amazing, so hit one of these up:
Aug 30 2007 8:00P
The Roadhouse Manchester
Aug 31 2007 8:00P
The Social Nottingham
Sep 1 2007 8:00P
The Faversham Leeds
Sep 2 2007 8:00P
Optimo Glasgow
Sep 3 2007 8:00P
Fibbers York
Sep 4 2007 8:00P
White Heat London
Sep 6 2007 8:00P
The Cellars Oxford
Sep 7 2007 8:00P
The Engine Rooms Brighton
Sep 12 2007 8:00P
40 Watt Club Athens, Georgia
Sep 13 2007 8:00P
Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina
Sep 14 2007 8:00P
Sonar Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 15 2007 8:00P
Black Cat Washington, DC, Washington DC
Sep 16 2007 8:00P
Khyber Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 18 2007 8:00P
Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
Sep 19 2007 8:00P
Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York
Sep 21 2007 8:00P
The Middle East Upstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sep 22 2007 8:00P
La Sala Rossa Montreal, Quebec
Sep 23 2007 8:00P
The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario
Sep 25 2007 8:00P
Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
Sep 26 2007 8:00P
Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio
Sep 27 2007 8:00P
The Mad Hatter Covington, Kentucky
Sep 28 2007 8:00P
Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, Illinois
Sep 29 2007 8:00P
Mad Planet Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sep 30 2007 8:00P
Triple Rock Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oct 2 2007 8:00P
The Waiting Room Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 3 2007 8:00P
Grand Emporium Kansas City, Missouri
Oct 4 2007 8:00P
The Loft Dallas, Texas
Oct 5 2007 8:00P
Emo’s Austin, Texas
Oct 6 2007 8:00P
The Engine Room Houston, Texas
Oct 7 2007 8:00P
One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, Louisiana
Oct 11 2007 8:00P
Richard’s On Richards Vancouver, British Columbia
Oct 12 2007 8:00P
The Crocodile Cafe Seattle, Washington
Oct 13 2007 8:00P
Dante’s Portland, Oregon
Oct 15 2007 8:00P
Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
Oct 17 2007 8:00P
Glasshouse Concert Hall Pomona, California
Oct 18 2007 8:00P
The Casbah San Diego, California
Oct 19 2007 8:00P
Troubador West Hollywood, California
Oct 20 2007 8:00P
Echoplex Echo Park, California
Here’s a few classics:
Black Lips : Let It Bloom : Not A Problem
Black Lips : Black Lips : Freakout
The newest band to break out in the A-town is The Coathangers. This all female four-piece is releasing their debut, self-titled record on Rob’s House. Here’s a couple tracks from it:
The Coathangers : The Coathangers : Nestle In My Boobies
The Coathangers : The Coathangers : Don’t Touch My Shit!
They will be doing an in-store performance at Criminal Records next Tuesday:
They are also on an extensive tour:
Aug 31 2007 9:00P
PERFORMER MAGAZINE PRESENTS: The Drunken Unicorn w/ Beat Beat Beat and Cola Freaks Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 4 2007 7:00P
Criminal Records- Album Release InStore! Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 7 2007 8:00P
Star Bar CD Release Show w/ Chopper Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 12 2007 9:00P
40 Watt Club w/ The Black Lips and The Selmanaires!! Athens, Georgia
Sep 13 2007 9:00P
Drunken Unicorn w/ Chainestereo [TMNGW], and The Skylarks (formerly Variac) ATL, Georgia
Sep 14 2007 9:00P
Circle Bar w/ RATZINGER! New Orleans, Louisiana
Sep 20 2007 8:00P
Atlantis Music Conference ’07 Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 10 2007 8:00P
Radio show @ WSBF in Clemson, SC Clemson, South Carolina
Oct 15 2007 9:00P
Show with JAY REATARD and BABY SHAKES at LENNYS! Tha dirtay dirty, Georgia
Oct 24 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ Snowden, Ponderosa@ The Drunken Unicorn Atl, Georgia
Oct 25 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour w/ 63 Crayons@Caledonia Lounge Athens, Georgia
Oct 26 2007 9:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour (blackbeard’s lost weekender fest)@The Cave Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Oct 27 2007 9:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ The Griefs, The Points, +1 TBA@Fight Club Washington DC, Washington DC
Oct 29 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour w/ Sudden Walks, Guilty Faces@Cousin Larrys Danbury, Connecticut
Oct 30 2007 9:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS, The Konks, Hospital Rats@PAs Lounge Somerville (Boston), Massachusetts
Nov 4 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS, Human Eye, Terrible Twos@Lager House Detroit, Michigan
Nov 5 2007 9:00P
Coathangers 2007 Tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS, Jail @Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 6 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS, Cococomas @Ronnys Chicago, Illinois
Nov 9 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS @Murphys Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 10 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS @ Saturn Bar New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 11 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour / DEMONS CLAWS, Wizzard Sleeve, Hibachi Stranglers@Blind Mule Mobile, Alabama
Nov 14 2007 8:00P
Coathangers 2007 tour w/ DEMONS CLAWS @ The Drunken Unicorn ATL, Georgia
- Posted by Davy Minor on August 27, 2007 at 1:37 am
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What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?
Atlanta music:
Slow Motion Crash : Slow Motion Crash
photo by Justin Sonfield
This is my pick for release of the week. Slow Motion Crash took an epistemology of dance-rock and wrote a dissertation. On their debut, self-titled album they combined old songs I’ve loved with some great new material. Some may think this too derivative, but even in a genre that is becoming increasingly overcrowded, there is something special and unique here that has given me much enjoyment.
Lid Emba : Reason Isn’t Radar
This is such a fun album for me to listen to because there’s something new and crazy every other second. For those who don’t remember, Lid Emba does experimental/ ambient/ electronic/ glitch/ noise/ avant-garde/ whatever you call it/ etc music and he does it well. I think there is something about the more organic approach he takes to a style usually embodied by synthetics that makes this album so interesting.
Snowden : Anti-Anti
As you already know, I’ve jumped on the Snowden bandwagon. I finally purchased Anti-Anti about a month ago and I’ve been listening to it non-stop. I’ve jammed this album so hard my truck CD-player literally broke, and now my copy is stuck inside of it. I can’t put up anything off of the album until I buy another copy, but i searched around the Internet and I found a couple gems for your listening pleasure:
- Time Of The Season (Zombies cover)
- Anti-Anti (Treasure Fingers remix)
- Black Eyes (Le Castle Vania remix)
- Posted by Davy Minor on May 29, 2007 at 1:12 am
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A Weekend In The A (featuring Sebadoh, Snowden, From Exile, Tenth To The Moon, Lid Emba)
Last weekend I tried to hit up as many different shows as possible. First, i went and checked out the Snowden and Selmanaires show at Rob’s House (Records). Rob’s House was just some dude’s house in East Atlanta. They had a keg for people to drink and a tiny basement where the bands played to a tightly packed crowd of 30-50. The show time said 3pm, but i got there at 5pm and was still able to catch the end of The Selmanaires set. Snowden played next and rocked the basement out. I really like the idea of taking a typical keg party, adding some great bands and doing it early in the afternoon. Good stuff.
Snowden in Rob’s Basement
After hitting some bars up and taking a smoke break at my house to listen to an album or two, i headed to the Earl to catch the Jupiter Watts show. i stayed for an hour and pretty sure i didn’t see the Jupiter Watts but was way too drunk at this point to concentrate on doing a good review, so I’ll have to come and see them again. I made it back to my neighborhood and hung out with the boys in From Exile late night as they did a mini-acoustic set:
In May, From Exile is going on tour on the east coast and Ohmpark will be taking it on the road with them chronicling this journey. We will have more details on that as soon as the tour is completely booked, but it is going to be a fiasco and I hope our non-ATL readers will come check them out. They just purchased an old prisoner transport van for the trip:
On Sunday i finally got a chance to check out the ISP Space. I have to say that i like it. It is very small, but the concept and the vibe are great. I had no idea who any of the bands playing were before i went, but i was very impressed with two of them. Lid Emba is Sean Moore playing on drum machines, a drum set, and a synth. Really cool ambient, noise, experimental electronic stuff. He closed with a really interesting mash-up/reinterpretation of Black Sabbath‘s War Pigs, and despite being one of the most over-covered songs of all time, it was still stunning. I got a copy of his debut album, Reason Isn’t Radar, and after an initial listen, I really like it.
Next up was Tenth To The Moon. This three piece consisted of two older gentleman on bass and keys, and some crazy kid fronting the band switching around from vocals, to drums, to drum machines. I guess on a broad scale I would call it experimental noise-dance. At one point the vocalist pulls out a huge metal shield that is plugged into the sound system that he beats to death with his drum sticks. Really good music and a very entertaining live show that you should check out.
I finally made my way over to Sebadoh at the Variety Playhouse just in time for Lou and the boys to come on. I’m not very familiar with Sebadoh, but they were really good. An enjoyable relic of the ’90s. I have to say I enjoyed seeing Lou Barlow solo or Dinosaur Jr much more, but it was cool to see another manifestation.
- Posted by Davy Minor on April 12, 2007 at 3:25 pm
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Live Review: DJ Klever, Snowden, Variac (3-31-07) Lenny’s (Plus, The Ohmpark Kenny Crucial Challenge)
Saturday night while Biggie C and Sleo went to the Ted Leo show, I decided to play the hipster and go to Lenny’s. After grabbing some food and watching the first half of the Florida v. UCLA Final Four basketball game in Little Five Points I journeyed alone to the show. When I got there the place was very empty, but was packed tight by the end of Snowden‘s set. The hipster bicycle club Faster Mustache was celebrating its second birthday and everyone who’s anyone in the Atlanta indie scene was in attendance including Bean Summer (Lenny’s booking agent), Preston Craig (KissAtlanta and Decatur Social Club), and Kenny Crucial. Ok, we’re going to stop the story here for a minute to talk about Kenny Crucial.
Last year at Bonnaroo, Sleo and I waited 6 hours to have a good spot for the Radiohead show. About midway through sitting and standing in a packed crowd, this guy is trying to squeeze past us and Sleo starts yelling at him. Apparently some other folks were holding his spot in front of us , and we eventually let him pass. Now I could go on a digression about concert attendee etiquette, but I’ll spare you. After we got back to Atlanta, we started to notice the same guy that cut in front of us at almost all of the shows we were going to. We even developed nicknames for him. Just a couple weeks ago, Creative Loafing here in Atlanta ran a cover story devoted to this same guy. He goes by the name “Kenny Crucial” and you can learn more about this “local legend” and “Philosopher” at his own site. Well, now the Atlanta scene is consumed with Kenny-Crucial-Mania. Even Atlanta Music Guide, who is always like 3 years behind the trends, has an article about him. So, I’m going to bite. We here at Ohmpark will feed into the hype and have some fun with this.
Another weird personality I met this year while hitting fests was Beatle Bob. Beatle Bob looks like a retarded Gallagher Brother( ok, a more retarded Gallagher Brother) and i first saw him at Wakarusa last year at the Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker show on stage dancing around in a really strange and ridiculous way. I later talked to him briefly at Bonnaroo and saw him go on stage and introduce both Sonic Youth and Sleater-Kinney at Lollapalooza. There are many mythical stories about Beatle Bob such as the fact that he has supposedly gone to a show every day since 1996 and disputed claims that he was a radio DJ in St. Louis (his hometown). He is known nationally , has a dance named after him, somebody is making a documentary about him and there is even a petition to have him stop being such a spectacle called Beatle Bob Sit Down.
So, here’s the deal. St. Louis can suck it. We’re going to try and make Atlanta’s own Kenny Crucial bigger than Beatle Bob. It’s going to be a difficult endeavor because Beatle Bob is very big. We are going to undertake a multi-phase plan. Phase one: We are announcing the Ohmpark Kenny Crucial Challenge. KC needs even more exposure. He needs full coverage. So, from here on out we are challenging you, the reader, to catch Kenny Crucial at shows with your camera phone. You can send your pics to icaughtkenny@ohmpark.com or just post them at Camura if you have an account. We will post the best phone logs here and keep up with the adventures of The Crucial One. After a yet-to-be-determined time, we will award the photographer of the best Kenny Crucial pic some concert tickets to a band they like. Most likely. So, be on the look-out. He is usually at the front of the most hipsterish show of the night. Here’s a pic to help you find him, but it’s not hard:
Good luck!
ok, what was i writing about? Oh yeah, the show. First I saw Variac and they were ok. Kinda sounded like a sloppy mix of Blur and the Black Crowes. They aren’t bad at what they do, it is just what they do is kind of boring and derivative. After a tri-cycle race inside the venue was held, Snowden went on. I had never seen Snowden, but they have been hyped pretty heavily lately and some believe they could be the Nirvana that breaks the Atlanta scene through. I listened to their music and I always thought it was good, but I just didn’t understand why everyone was so in love with them. Well, after seeing them live, now I know. They take that Bloc Party intensity and amplify it ten fold. They are the anti-Interpol in that way. I highly recommend you check them out live because it was amazing. I don’t know that they can single-handedly blow up the Atlanta scene, but they a great band:
Next up was DJ Klever. This was my first time seeing him as well and it was off the chain. I hadn’t seen a crowd in a club dance that hard since I was a raver. He led off with a Tomahawk Chop anthem with a beat and it then went all over the place. Just an amazing DJ. I mean, he is an international superstar and rightly so. I’ll be catching him and Snowden every chance i get:
Klever is touring with the Gza and they will be doing Atlanta on May 28th at the Loft. Snowden are playing with the Selmanaires on April 7th at Rob’s House.
- Posted by Davy Minor on April 2, 2007 at 2:28 am
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