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[Video] Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun: “Oh Black Gold” (Acoustic)

Davy Minor — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:23:35 +0000

Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun – Oh Black Gold (acoustic) from Daniel McCord on Vimeo.

[Photos] Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun, New Animal, Spirits And Melchizedek Children @ The Earl (12/21/11)

Mark Husack — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:01:38 +0000

Spirits And Melchizedek Children:

New Animal:

Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun:

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Ohmpark’s Top 25 Albums of 2011

Davy Minor — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:24:27 +0000

Back in 2009, I listened to approximately 75 records that came out of Atlanta that year. This year, I blogged about roughly 75 records, and for every album I discussed, there were at least five I listened to and didn’t blog about. The quantity of music being made in this city is growing exponentially, and the Atlanta music scene runs extraordinarily deep. So needless to say, this was the most difficult year-end list to put together yet.

On a technical note, my 2011 year-end list eligibility extends through the 2010 holiday season because I like to be able to spend enough time with a record to properly evaluate it. So, any record that was not widely available before Thanksgiving this year will go into consideration for 2012.

Here are my twenty-five favourite albums from Atlanta this year:

25. Cassandras : Hari Pari Mandala Gosthi

24. Dark Room : Gothic Picnic

23. We The Lion : Boy Oh Boy

22. Easily Suede / Carey : Good Health Guide

21. Cassandras : Cassandras: 3 Songs

20. Book Club : Ghost

19. Warning Light : Wild Silver

18. Djarum : Don’t Let Me Down

17. Places : The Future

16. Nomen Novum / Magicicada / Tree Creature : Three Way Split

15. The Back Pockets : Fast Cloud Slow Cloud

14. Lid Emba : Terminal Muse: Blue

13. Vocabulary : Faded Days

12. Time Wharp : later.

11. Atlas Sound : Parallax

10. Mastodon : The Hunter

9. Places : Half-Dones

8. New Animal : Eleven Songs

7. Places : March

6. Spirits and the Melchizedek Children : We Are Here To Save YOU!

5. Lyonnais : Want For Wish For Nowhere

4. The Electric Nature : Mount Analogue

3. Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun : Wildfire

2. Little Tybee : Humorous To Bees

1. New Animal : New Animal

The story of Atlanta’s independent music scene in 2011 was the rise of a new wave of artists that came out of nowhere and upped the ante on everyone else. Only four acts on this list (veteran mainstays Mastodon, Atlas Sound, The Back Pockets, and Nomen Novum) have appeared on my best Atlanta album lists in either 2010 or 2009. That’s a symptom of the fact that there’s a new generation of local musicians dominating the scene. And at the head of this new class is New Animal.

New Animal‘s meteoric rise over the course of 2011 is unparalleled. Without a label backing them, with very little major publication support, and without even playing a single show ever, New Animal became one of the Internet’s buzziest bands early on in the year solely based on the strength of their 75-minute self-titled masterpiece. It’s hard for me to think of another record with fifteen songs where I love each and every single one. And what’s even more impressive is that they continued to output new material seemingly on a monthly basis, creating a catalog in one year vaster and more compelling than most artists do over a lifetime. There is simply no musical artist in the world that’s had a more impressive year.

My #2 and #3 spots went to outfits that have been on their own upward swing lately, each respectively creating an epic record that delivered on all the brilliance and potential they had displayed in recent years. My #4 is probably the most inaccessible record to come out of the city this year, but if you can find your way inside, it’s a monster. And my #5 goes to a band that I had previously written off, but there’s no denying what an amazing album they’ve put forth.

Of course, everything on this list is spectacular, and if you missed one, be sure to pick it up.

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Ohmpark’s Top 40 Songs of 2011

Davy Minor — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:39:47 +0000

Now that this blog only covers local music, I decided that all of my year-end lists this year will be Atlanta music specific. There’s plenty of sites that do national/international lists anyway. So then, this is my 40 favourite songs of the year by artists affiliated with Atlanta. I spent a lot of time with each of these songs, and if you are unfamiliar with any of them, I strongly suggest you click on the song titles below to give them a listen.

40. “Black Leaves” by Slowriter

39. “A Letter To The FDA” by Where Are We?

38. “Nerve Pop” by Small Reactions

37. “Tomorrow’s Garden” by Imagination Head

36. “Barcelona” by Dark Room

35. “Islands” by Kinisi

34. “The Battle of East & West Virginia” by Mediocre Machine

33. “Santa Maria” by Beachtapes

32. “mandelbrotset” by Time Wharp

31. “Control” by Young Again

30. “Who’s In Bed” by Jungol

29. “Children” by Vocabulary

28. “Black Lion” by Places

27. “Movie Night” by Easily Suede

26. “Edita V” by Balkans

25. “Passion Seekers” by Little Tybee featuring Adron

24. “Q ‘n’ A” by Spirits and the Melchizedek Children

23. “Lights lights” by Beachtapes

22. “Breathe” by Exact Index featuring Casey Harper

21. “No Tomorrow” by Places

20. “Far From The Best” by Cassandras

19. “Things I Like” by Vocabulary

18. “I Think It’s Working” by New Animal

17. “Pacer” by BOSCO

16. “Rise Up” by Cassandras

15. “Creature Lives” by Mastodon

14. “They Don’t Know” by New Animal

13. “Sweet Melinda” by Places

12. “cuspcake” by Time Wharp

11. “Out There” by New Animal

10. “Ivan” by We the Lion

9. “History” by Little Tybee

8. “Old Monster” by Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun

7. “Wicca Chimes” by Nomen Novum

6. “Lift You Up” by New Animal

5. “Distinguished Critter” by Places

4. “Still In Mind” by New Animal

3. “Water Story” by Wowser Bowser

2. “Millennials” by Nomen Novum

1. “Two Faced” by Living Rooms

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[Video] Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun: “Old Monster” (IndieATL Session)

Davy Minor — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:08:29 +0000

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[Video] Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun: “Single-Hearted” (WSBF Live Session)

Davy Minor — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:03:51 +0000

[Video] Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun: “Old Monster” (Slow Records Session)

Davy Minor — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:49:53 +0000

TODAY THE MOON TOMORROW THE SUN // OLD MONSTER from SLOW RECORDS STUDIOS on Vimeo.

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[Stream] Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun: “With My Good Eye”

Davy Minor — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:04:24 +0000

I caught Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun a couple weeks ago at 529, and ever since I’ve been re-obsessed with their latest record, WILDFIRE. So in case you haven’t given it a try yet, here’s another track from it, and below is a link to where you can stream the entire album:

Stream/Buy WILDFIRE

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Ohmpark Mixtape #21: The Dawn Of Summer

Davy Minor — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:11:29 +0000

Young Again : “Skin The Arms”
Panda Bear : “Alsatian Darn”
Here We Go Magic : “Backwards Time”
Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun : “Old Monster”
tUnE-YarDs : “Bizness”
Mother Mother : “Simply Simple”
Feast Of Violet featuring Featureless Ghost : “Doomsday”
Beachtapes : “Santa Maria”
Places : “Sweet Melinda”
Dark Room : “Stutter”
Easily Suede : “Movie Night”
Radiohead : “Lotus Flower”
New Animal : “Out There”

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[Stream] Today The Moon, Tomorrow the Sun: “Oh Black Gold”

Davy Minor — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:00:35 +0000

Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun occupy an interesting musical overlap. On the surface, their sound is sort of bubble gum pop, but at the same time they are a rather impressive experimental band. It’s hard for to me think of another group that can simultaneously pull off both of these aesthetics so successfully. Through three EPs which all featured moments of brilliance but were a bit inconsistent, TTMTTS‘s paradoxical duality was best demonstrated by their fun and intense live show. But with Wildfire, their epic new full-length, they have finally found a way to capture the magic of their concerts, producing a record that fully realizes their vast potential from start to finish. It’s pop music as art at it’s very finest, and it’ll end up being one of the best records to come out of Atlanta this year. So be sure to catch them Saturday (May 7th) night at The Earl, pick up the record, and then give it a good headphone listen. Here’s a cut from it:

Oh Black Gold by TodaytheMoon