[Mp3] Sorry No Ferrari: “Ashar” (Music For People Remix)
Sorry No Ferrari have been slowly releasing the stems to their songs from last year’s Ternary, and the remixes are starting to roll in. The latest comes from Music For People, who you may know better as Mikey Johnson of Tealights, and it’s really good. For those of you interested in doing your own remix, check out Sorry No Ferrari‘s blog for details.
Sorry No Ferrari : “Ashar” (Music For People Remix)
- Posted by Davy Minor on March 5, 2011 at 7:26 pm
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[Photos] Barroco Fest: Little Tybee, Tealights @ The Goat Farm (11/6/10)
Little Tybee:
Tealights:
- Posted by Kevin Griggs on November 9, 2010 at 3:47 pm
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[Photos] Barroco Fest: Venice Is Sinking, Tealights, Cousin Dan @ The Goat Farm (11/6/10)
Cousin Dan:
Tealights:
Venice Is Sinking:
- Posted by Kevin Griggs on November 8, 2010 at 4:49 pm
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Ohmpark’s Top 20 Atlanta Albums Of 2009
Most of the time in this city, bands rise and fall based on who they know and how exciting they are live. But for this list, I’ve considered only what is contained on their recordings. Over the course of the year I’ve given roughly 75 records from inside the perimeter a spin, and these are the essential twenty that I recommend listening to most. There are actually many records that I really liked that just missed the cut, so this was very tough to piece together, especially the final spots.
Looking at this list and comparing it back to my favourite local stuff over the two years before, it’s apparent that music in this city just keeps getting better. Atlanta’s independent music scene is running deeper than ever both in terms of quality and quantity of music being produced. Outside of Brooklyn, you’d need quite a compelling argument to convince me anywhere else in America has a better scene right now. Promising young bands keep popping up out of nowhere, and the veterans keep delivering the goods. It sure makes my job here a lot easier to have so much great music to blog about.
On a technical note, anything that has been released over the holidays I’m grouping in with my 2010 lists, and so a couple of albums on this list were released over the holidays last year. Take a gander:
20. Noot d’ Noot: Cash For Gold
19. Harken The Hands Askew: Thou
18. Slushco: Sometime Tonight
17. Sound On Film: The Eloquent Reginald
16. Thy Mighty Contract: Thy Mighty Contract
15. Club Awesome: Dynamos
14. Jungol: Places
13. Lee Harvey Oswald: Lee Harvey Oswald
12. The Selmanaires: Tempo Temporal
11. Tealights: Take Us By Sea
10. Deerhunter: Rainwater Cassette Exchange
9. Slushco: The Silver Surface Demos
8. The Orphins: Wish You Well
7. Mastodon: Crack The Skye
6. Lotus Plaza: Floodlight Collective
5. From Exile: Monolith
4. Nomen Novum: Paradises
3. Untied States: Instant Everything, Constant Nothing
2. Atlas Sound: Logos
1. Nomen Novum: November
In the Atlanta music scene, 2009 was the year of Nomen Novum. While most musicians take a whole year to scrap together enough decent songs to fill a good EP, the prolific Nomen Novum were able to drop two virtually perfect full-lengths, plus a great live EP, and they’re already posting new stuff to their myspace.
Although, all five records at the top of my list were legitimate contenders for Atlanta album of the year, and I would have probably been content with any ordering between them. The other 3 records to round out my top 5 each happened to be crafted over about 2 years, and the extra time and care in putting them together just right payed off. A big mistake I notice younger bands make is trying to push out a record too quickly on some arbitrary time scale and in the end get stuck with something that is less than what they are capable of producing. Atlas Sound, Untied States, and From Exile all spent more time than they probably wanted to on their respective albums, but the extra effort was well worth it in the end.
Looking back over this list after I finished it, I noticed that it is almost entirely dominated by veterans of the scene, and mostly by artists I was already familiar with before starting this blog. There is only one true first recording from its respective musicians to make the list. If I were to make a “Best Atlanta Artists of the Decade” shortlist, most of those artists would have an album included on this list, so I feel like it is a good snapshot of not just where the scene is at today, but where it has been heading for the latter part of the ’00s. There is so much diversity in sound and so much talent in this city, and if you have any interest at all in Atlanta’s music scene, don’t let anything on this list slip by you, because all twenty are well worth giving a listen.
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 13, 2009 at 10:20 pm
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Photos: Tealights, Venice Is Sinking, This Piano Plays Itself @ The Earl (11/9/09)
This Piano Plays Itself:
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- Posted by Kevin Griggs on December 13, 2009 at 3:35 pm
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Photos: Tealights, Trees On Fire @ The Goat Farm (11/6/09)
- Posted by Kevin Griggs on November 11, 2009 at 4:31 am
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Best New Atlanta Music: Tealights – “Take Us By Sea” EP
It’s a rare band that can survive, let alone thrive, after losing their primary songwriter and vocalist. But Tealights seem to be a unique case of addition by subtraction. After a not so amicable divorce from One Hand Loves The Other brainchild Lou Rodriguez last year, the remaining three members had to go back to the drawing board and start all over. Mikey Johnson, Nancy Shim, and Mary Knight all took up trading off vocal duties and built a sound around their distinct talents. They picked up local legend Brett Kelly to play drums, and now with the release of their debut record, Tealights have emerged as a much more dynamic, interesting, and just altogether better band than OHLTO ever were.
The 28 minute EP contains 6 fantastic songs that demonstrate the range and diversity of sound this band commands. The outfit manages to blend together so many different sorts of styles into one cohesive hybrid. At times its trip-hop, at times its indie rock, at times its dream pop, and it all flows together beautifully.
The record is not without its imperfections, though. I have come to find that typically an initial release from a talented young band tends to suffer in its execution, and Take Us By Sea is no exception to this. What is surprising about that here is that the production side of the equation appears stacked, including Snowden‘s Jordan Jeffares mixing. But for the most part, the technical flaws are overpowered by the sheer strength of the songwriting.
What is clear is that Tealights have an enormous amount of potential and Take Us By Sea is quite an accomplishment for a band that is still finding its identity.
Here is a teaser video for the EP giving a behind the scenes glimpse at the making of it:
They are currently on tour, and while they have been on the road, they did a Soldout Session with a nice stripped down version of “Passport”:
photo credit: www.bartramnason.com
Tealights will be at 529 Tuesday October 20th with White Hinterland.
- Posted by Davy Minor on October 16, 2009 at 8:37 am
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Atlanta Album Preview: Tealights
Comprised of three quarters of the now defunct One Hand Loves The Other and one quarter of the still awesome Sorry No Ferrari, Atlanta’s Tealights are finally unleashing their debut release at the end of this month. The EP is titled Take Us By Sea, and it will be available at their release show with School Of Seven Bells September 29th at the Drunken Unicorn. The EP was recorded by themselves at their place, but it has been mixed/produced by Jordan Jeffares of Snowden and will be mastered at Glenn Schick’s Studio. The six tracks will clock in at around 29 minutes.
Track List:
1. Exit
2. Wait
3. Passport
4. Clouds
5. Wasted Fingers
6. No Sound to Hear
Here is an earlier version of the opening track to get a taste of what these guys and gals are all about:
They are also hitting the road hard this fall:
Tealights Tour Dates:
9/29 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
10/7 Asheville, NC @ Bobo Gallery
10/8 Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox Laundro-Lounge
10/9 Blacksburg, Virginia @ WUVT Radiothon
10/10 Brooklyn, New York @ Matchless
10/11 New York, New York @ The Lit Lounge
10/13 Saginaw, Michigan @ White’s Bar
10/14 South Bend, Indiana @ Anchor Inn
10/15 Forest Park, Illinois @ Murphy’s
10/20 Atlanta, Georgia @ 529
10/31 Atlanta, Georgia @ Highland Ballroom
11/11 Mobile, Alabama @ Alabama Music Box
11/14 San Antonio, Texas @ G.I.G.
11/16 Phoenix, Arizona @ Modified Arts
11/17 San Diego, California @ Kava Lounge
11/18 Los Angeles, California @ Room 5 Lounge
11/20 Flagstaff, Arizona @ Mia’s
11/21 Albuquerque, New Mexico @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
11/24 Hot Springs, Arkansas @ Maxine’s
Photo by Kevin Griggs
- Posted by Davy Minor on September 16, 2009 at 7:43 am
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