What Up In The ATL?

Lots and lots of great shows this week. Friday and Saturday night the We No Fun compilation party is going down at The Drunken Unicorn. Thursday night the Band Together 2009, a benefit for Refugee Family Services, is happening at The Earl. We sponsored 2007′s event and their headliner this year, Louisiana’s Brass Bed, killed it at a house show we did a year ago so I highly recommend that. Also, I left off M83 at the Civic Center Friday night because it is sold out and I could never actually recommend seeing the terrible band that is headlining. See you out in the city!


Best Shows In Atlanta January 26 – February 1:

Monday:

MV & EE, The Meeks Family, Lyonnais @ The Earl

Beatrix*JAR @ Eyedrum

Tuesday:

Colourmusic, The Preakness, So So Death @ The Earl

Adrien Barbobott, Subliminator, Zano Bathroom, Offerings, Jesi Langdale, Pony Bones @ Lenny’s

Wednesday:

Opaq Face, Attention System, Slow Earth, Alter @ Lenny’s

Thursday:

Sorry No Ferrari, Benard, I Made This Mistake @ WonderRoot

Brass Bed, The Wild, Wade in the Rhythm (Band Together 2009 Benefit) @ The Earl

Adron, Trapper’s Cabin, Zano, Madeline, DJ Sea-Larke @ Star Bar

Fox Trotsky, Wrister, Small Reaction @ Lenny’s

Friday:

Thy Mighty Contract, Chopper, Hollow Stars, High Marks @ Drunken Unicorn

Saturday:

Hawks, The Sunglasses, Brass Castle, Skin Problems, Chrissakes @ Drunken Unicorn

13 Day Mission, Attila, Light Pupil Dilate, Sanus Valde (Horror Show) @ WonderRoot

Noot D’ Noot @ 529

The Features, The Selmanaires, Carnivores @ The Earl

Disco Biscuits @ The Tabernacle

Keller Williams @ Variety Playhouse




Here are some mp3 previews, all of which are Atlanta artists:

The Preakness : On The Couch
Benard : Medieval Knievel
13 Day Mission : Eat All Speaking Canaries
Lyonnais : Sex In The Age Of Negotaition
Adron : String Song
Fox Trotsky : The Drunk And The Restless

The Rosebuds, The Love Language, The Preakness @ The Earl (12/01/08)


The Rosebuds

Last Monday night’s show at The Earl was a really good one. The Preakness did a typically solid set. The Love Language were nice live, although they are bit too conservative/old-school country-ish for my tastes. The Rosebuds‘ live show was thoroughly enjoyable and fun, and they appeared to have quite a fanbase in the ATL. Here are a ton of pics and videos:

The Preakness:


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What Up In The ATL?

Corndogorama is the best local music fest in Atlanta, so that is the biggest deal this week. We will have our guide to Corndog’ soon, but there is also a ridiculous amount of other great shows going on in town this week, so here’s some:

Tonight I urge you to catch Times New Viking, The Preakness, Gold Painted Nails at The Earl.

The Preakness : Demons

Wednesday night I’m going to catch the Russian Circles, Daughters, Sorry No Ferrari show at The Drunken Unicorn.

Daughters : Recorded Inside A Pyramind

Thursday night Daniel Johnston will be at The Variety Playhouse.

Daniel Jonston : True Love Will Find You In The End

Friday night Islands will be at The Masquerade. It is also the last ever night of Decatur Social Club. I’m going to try and hit both of those and Corndog’, so that should be a long day and night.

Islands : The Arm

Saturday night Frightened Rabbit will be at The Drunken Unicorn.

Frightened Rabbit : The Modern Leper

Sunday night you can catch Zechs Marquise (featuring members of The Mars Volta) and 13 Day Mission at an early show at The Ozone Lair.

A Weekend In The City

It’s a great weekend for shows in the ATL. Today is all about Bloc Party. First, you can catch them for free doing a DJ set in Criminal Records at 6pm and later that night they will be at The Tabernacle with Maccabees and The Noisettes. While you are at Criminal Records, you can pick up the Whirlyball 7″, which features songs from Deerhunter, Selmanaires, Carbonas, and The Coathangers. The purchase of that record will also gain you entrance to the show Friday night featuring all of those bands at the Whirlyball place in the ‘burbs. I saw Mogwai there last year and it is an interesting venue. If you have a ticket to the soldout Kings Of Leon show at The Tabernacle Friday night, you will get to see the much better bands on the bill, Snowden and The Features. Another great Friday night show you could catch is Silver Lakes, Wax Fang, and Slushco at The Earl. Late night after all of the great music, Decatur Social Club is celebrating its 3-year anniversary and it looks to be really crazy.

Saturday and Sunday you should head down to The Virginia Highlands for Summerfest. The Selmanaires and Anna Kramer will be at Lenny’s Saturday night while Mitch Easter, Tim Lee 3, and The Preakness will be at The Earl. I think I’ll be checking oujt the Screening of the new Flight Of The Conchords HBO show sponsored by Kissatlanta at The Doo Gallery. As you might remember, I love these guys and am excited to see them at Bonnaroo. If you’re interested in attending, it is free, but you must RSVP. If you’re into hip-hop, you should go to The Masquerade Saturday night for Sage Francis, Buddy Wakefield, Buck 65, and Alias.

Ok, how about some tracks to preview: