What Up In The ATL?

There are some hott new local releases out this week. First, The Selmanaires‘s second LP, The Air Salesman, is now available:

Also, Anna Kramer & The Lost Cause‘s The Rustic Contemporary Sounds of comes out today:

You can stream both albums here. They are are also both doing an in-store performance at Criminal Records at 7pm tonight.

I think this has been available for a while, but I just found out out about it. The newest Slushco EP:

Info and tunes on the Slushco Myspace. Buy it here.

The Black Lips are playing a free show at GSU today at noon:

After kicking ass last Saturday night at our One Year Anniversary Party, This Piano Plays Itself will be on WREK 91.1 FM at 10pm tonight. Don’t miss it!

Tonight, there’s a show:

Tomorrow night, the Stickfigure 2008 Showcase begins with 4 nights in row at the Drunken Unicorn featuring some of Atlanta’s greatest up and coming artists:

Tomorrow night: Music For People, Sorry No Ferrari, Bigpenguin, Zandosis
Thursday night: Entertainment, The Feeding Fingers, Tenth To The Moon, Lid Emba
Friday night: Retconned Cover Band, Fur Elise, Tree Creature, Sailor Winters
Saturday Night: One Hand Loves The Other, Envie, The Subliminator, Killick!, Nerdkween

It’s $5 for each night of the showcase, and if you like good music and are not familiar with many of those names, do yourself a favour and hit up atleast one of those, because every night is a killer line-up.

Thursday night at Lenny’s is a stellar show with Perestroika, Chopper (ex-Blame Game, Deerhunter), Fag Static, and maybe even The Orphins (90% sure according to the Lenny’s site)

Friday night at Lenny’s there is this:

Friday night The Whigs are at The Earl and there’s also this band called Manchester Orchestra that is rumoured to be from Atlanta at The Loft.

For the hippies, Friday night Perpetual Groove is at The Variety Playhouse, and Saturday night Col. Bruce Hampton is at The Loft and The Machine (Pink Floyd cover band) is at the Variety Playhouse.

For the hipsters, Saturday night Anna Kramer And The Lost Cause and The Selmanaires are having their dual CD release show at The Earl.

What a great week for music in Atlanta!

Photos: Black Lips, Deerhunter, Snowden, The Selmanaires – 11-30-07 @ Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA

The Selmanaires

Snowden

Deerhunter

Black Lips

Post-Monday Mash-Up

Yo La Tengo have added some southern dates to their freewheeling tour where they play acoustic versions of songs and tell stories of the band’s long history. They will be at the Variety Playhouse on January 12th and Lambchop‘s Kurt Wagner will be opening. That show is gonna be so awesome!:

The Black Lips are involved with two different movies. First, they are playing a fictional band in a movie called Let It Be, that is about the story of the movement in underground American music that was known as D.I.Y. Also, they will be featured in Chris Dortch II’s upcoming documentary on Atlanta’s underground music scene, We Fun, featuring other ATL superstars such as Deerhunter, Mastodon, The Selmanaires, The Coathangers, Anna Kramer and Jessica Juggs.

A great local show to check out this week:

Liars and No Age will be at The Earl on Valentine’s Day.

The Selmanaires an Anna Kramer And The Lost Cause are having a dual CD release party at The Earl on January 26th. The Selmanaires:

Silversun Pickups have a remix EP coming out in a couple of weeks.

Marco Benevento of The Benevento-Russo Duo has a solo album called Invisible Baby dropping February 12th.

Ween will be returning to The Tabernacle on January 29th.

The Breeders have a new album coming out in April.

Gnarls Barkley have a new album due out in spring of 2008.

Super Furry Animals will be at The Variety Playhouse on January 30th.

Tom Petty is playing the Super Bowl.

Read up about Atlanta’s Battery 5.

Remember the Regins Spektor re-scheduled show is tomorrow at The Tabernacle.

This Week In The A

Tonight Georgie James, featuring members of Q And Not U, will be at the Drunken Unicorn.

Wednesday night offers many great options. There is The Selmanaires, The Coathangers, and Ponderosa at The Drunken Unicorn, there is The Howlies, Judi Chicago, and Giant Tigers at The Earl and Type-O Negative at the Masquerade.

Stickfigure Distribution has a show at 141 Moreland Ave Thursday night featuring Das Kapital, Canadian Rifle, The Brokedowns, and The Kiwis.

Saturday night at Lenny’s there is a big show featuring The Toxic Avenger, One Hand Loves The Other, Judi Chicago, Treaure Fingers, and Preston Craig. Also Saturday night, Stars will be at The Variety Playhouse.

Georgie James : More Lights

The Selmanaires : The Air Salesman

The Kiwis : Mexico

Toxic Avenger : Stage Diving

Stars : The Night Starts Here

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:

Photos: 1-20-07 Deerhunter, Psychic Hearts, The Selmanaires- 40 Watt Athens, GA

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The Selmanaires

Psychic Hearts

Deerhunter

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