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Athens Popfest is going on in our little sister city all this week and it looks awesome, so check it out.
Times New Viking is playing with Deerhunter on their tour including the Variety Playhouse stop Halloween. I’ll be there.
Minus The Bear and Annuals will be at the Variety Playhouse November 1st.
Ted Leo and Against Me! will be at The Masquerade October 1st.
Weezer and Tokyo Police Club will be at Gwinnett Center Arena October 25th.
The Reverend Horton Heat will be at The Variety Playhouse November 2nd.
Tegan And Sara will be at The Tabernacle September 30th.
Check out some Snowden tour footage.
Stop what you are doing and go watch the 31 minute film Portishead In Portishead here.
MF Douche strikes again. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, MF Doom keeps having lip syncing fake MF Doom’s do his over-priced live shows for him.
Issac Hayes died.
The Rosebuds have a new album coming out in October.
The new Mastodon album is looking like it comes out January 2009.
Be Your Own Pet have broken up.
Jason Lytle of Grandaddy has a solo album called Sew Low Owl Bum out this winter. I’m excited!
The Stooges got robbed.
Jesu keep releasing EPs.
Burial has revealed his identity.
Beach House have a new a new single 7″ coming out.
Wolfmother is having some drama.
Jay-Z and Oasis are in a cat fight.
CD Baby just got sold.
Criminal Records is about to do some expanding.
The East Atlanta Icehouse (formerly Echo Lounge) should be having shows now, but they’d do themselves a service to have a show listing somewhere online.
There is never enough Grizzly Bear coverage.
Yo La Tengo are releasing a compilation of soundtracks they have done.
The finest vids on the ‘net:
New Grizzly Bear song played at All Points West “Fine For Now”:
No Age “Keechie”:
Mogwai “BatCat”:
Bowerbirds “In Our Talons”:
- Posted by Davy Minor on August 13, 2008 at 2:58 pm
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TV On The Radio will be at The Tabernacle October 25th.
Jenny Lewis will be at The Variety Playhouse September 30th.
Atlas Sound is opening for the Stereolab show at The Variety Playhouse September 26th. Damn that show is gonna be awesome.
Deerhoof is going to be at The 40 Watt in Athens, GA Halloween night, but not coming to Atlanta. Well, I spent Halloween last year at The 40 Watt to see Of Montreal, so I guess this will be two in a row.
The Fiery Furnaces have a 51-track live album coming out by the end of August.
Another Fleetwood Mac reunion coming next year.
Best Buy started selling vinyl, started selling music from local and unsigned artists, and now will start selling musical instruments. Someone really hip must have got a promotion over there recently.
Iran is about to have its first concert involving a pop singer from the Western World in 30 years.
David Byrne and Brian Eno are dropping an album together in less than a month.
Tom Waits‘ recent show at The Fox Theater here in Atlanta is available at NPR.
Silver Jews documentary heading to DVD soon.
A new The Streets album due out in September.
My new favourite blog on the interwebs right now is Hipster Runoff. It is hilarious.
The ludicrously amazing line-up of My Bloody Valentine curated ATP Fest in New York just added Lightning Bolt and Les Savy Fav among others, and they still have tickets available. In case you don’t know what the best festival line-up of the year looks like, here you go:
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH - DON’T LOOK BACK
THURSTON MOORE PERFORMING PSYCHIC HEARTS »
TORTOISE PERFORMING MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE »
MEAT PUPPETS PERFORMING MEAT PUPPETS II »
BUILT TO SPILL PERFORMING PERFECT FROM NOW ON »
BARDO POND PERFORMING LAPSED »
PATTON OSWALT »
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH - CHOSEN BY ATP
FUCK BUTTONS »
LOW »
GROWING »
EDAN WITH GUEST DAGHA »
SHELLAC »
THEE SILVER MOUNT ZION ORCHESTRA »
THE DRONES »
POLVO »
WOODEN SHJIPS »
HARMONIA »
OM »
AUTOLUX »
APSE »
ALEXANDER TUCKER »
LES SAVY FAV »
LIGHTNING BOLT »
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST - CHOSEN BY MY BLOODY VALENTINE
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
DINOSAUR JR. »
LILYS »
YO LA TENGO »
MERCURY REV »
MOGWAI »
LE VOLUME COURBE »
BOB MOULD »
SPECTRUM »
GEMMA HAYES »
THE WOUNDED KNEES »
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE »
ROBIN GUTHRIE »
I can’t friggin wait.
Ok, videos:
Chromeo:
Devendra Banhart:
M83:
- Posted by Davy Minor on July 30, 2008 at 5:49 am
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I’m going to finish my tour coverage up tonight, but for now you can listen to Kebert Xela’s Athfest performance at Southern Shelter. He also has a Mastodon show up from 2003.
Grizzly Bear are debuting a new song on Letterman tonight, so set your DVR.
Sunset Rubdown will be at The Earl September 24th. That is the same night as The Mars Volta, so I think I am going to try and catch some of both of those shows. Gogol Bordello will be playing at The Variety Playhouse that night too.
Of Montreal will be at The Tabernacle November 8th.
Magnetic Fields will be at the Symphony Hall at Woodruff Arts Center October 17th.
A Place To Bury Strangers and Sian Alice Group will be at The Drunken Unicorn October 18th.
Ben Kweller will be at The Earl October 24th.
Pinback will be at The 40 Watt in Athens, Ga September 23rd, but no Atlanta date.
Nas is taking on Fox News.
David Gilmour is releasing a live show from 2006 on CD and DVD in September.
Dr. Dre’s Detox album will supposedly be out by Christmas and feature guest appearances from Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Nas.
Deerhoof have leaked a new song as sheet music.
Bon Iver did Daytrotter.
New TV On The Radio album out September 23rd.
Russia is trying to ban Goth and Emo kids.
China has banned Bjork and other “dangerous” artists from playing there.
Built To Spill and Modest Mouse are working on doing a jam session together.
Karen O has a side project.
Willie Nelson will be at Chastain July 27th.
Jay Reatard/Deerhunter split 7″ sounds cool.
Get the new Vera Fang 7″.
And them vids:
New Animal Collective:
“Comfy In Nautica”:
Beck “Orphans”:
Zach Hill “Dark Art”:
- Posted by Davy Minor on July 23, 2008 at 8:00 pm
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Let’s start off with a Kaki King Daytrotter version of one of my favourite songs this year:
Kaki King : Life Being What It Is (Daytrotter version)
Get the rest of those tracks here.
Speaking of awesome chicks who play guitar, Marnie Stern’s new album is coming out October 7th and is called This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That. I’m really looking forward to that and Zach Hill’s solo album out August 26th.
Brendan Canning video:
Portishead are already talking new album.
Opeth, High On Fire, and Baroness will be at Center Stage October 22nd.
The Octopus Project will be at The Earl October 19th.
Best Buy is now selling vinyl.
New Dungen album coming in the fall.
New Of Montreal album coming in October.
Kissatlanta’s new post-DSC event, Eastern Bloc, starts this Friday night.
Sonic Youth’s SYR8 album is coming soon featuring Jim O’Rourke and Merzbow.
My Morning Jacket’s Jim James is working on an album with M. Ward and Conor Oberst.
The Sea And Cake’s new upcoming record is going to be “more upbeat”. I just hope it doesn’t suck like their last one.
Atlas Sound bonus tracks will be on the Let The Blind… US vinyl release very soon..
And here is a youtube playlist of the hott new videos:
- Posted by Davy Minor on July 9, 2008 at 2:32 pm
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I just wanted to thank everyone who came out last week for our show at WonderRoot. Royal Bangs, This Piano Plays Itself, and Nomen Novum all put down fabulous performances. We video taped everything and will have that, as well as all the Bonnaroo footage I got, available soon.
Get the new Girl Talk album here.
Silver Jews will be at The Variety Playhouse September 13th.
Dead Confederate’s CD release show will be at The Earl September 20th.
Fag Static’s debut LP comes out July 12th.
Tilly And The Wall and The Ruby Suns will be at The Variety Playhouse July 24th. Don’t miss this one!
Wolf Parade will be at The Variety Playhouse July 28th.
Black Kids will be at The Earl September 23rd.
Mogwai will be at The Variety Playhouse September 15th.
Stereolab will be at The Variety Playhouse September 26th.
Dr. Dog will be at The Earl September 6th.
Tegan And Sara will be at The Tabernacle September 30th.
Conor Oberst is touring but the closest he is coming to Atlanta is Tennessee in August.
A Place To Bury Strangers and Sian Alice Group will be at The Drunken Unicorn October 18th.
The Shins are releasing their next album on their own label.
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are releasing their next album (January 2009) om their own new label.
Smashing Pumpkins are planning a Gish box set re-release and a tour based around it.
Festival Happenings:
Athens Popfest schedule up
All Good schedule up
Lollapalooza schedule up and late night shows announced
Voodoo announced line-up
Austin City Limits schedule up
Zach Hill video (really awesome, watch this one!):
Lil Wayne on Jimmy Kimmel:
HEALTH live at ATJ Fest:
And for laughs Trey Anastasio (Phish) graduating from drug court:
- Posted by Davy Minor on June 25, 2008 at 10:44 am
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Bo Diddley passed away, RIP:
Deerhoof has a new album coming out October 7th.
A local Atlanta band had their gear stolen, so be on the lookout.
Vinyl sales are on the rise.
Black Lips were in New Jersey.
The Black Keys will be at The Tabernacle October 2nd.
The Raconteurs will be at The Tabernacle October 1st.
UNKLE has a new album coming out with guest stars from Queens Of The Stone Age and Black Mountain.
Stream My Morning Jacket’s new album here.
Tori Amos is leaving major labels and jumping on the indie bandwagon.
Genghis Tron is doing a series of Board Up The House remix 7″s.
Mogwai has a new album coming out September 22nd.
Okkervil River will be at The 40 Watt in Athens, Ga October 2nd, but no Atlanta date yet.
Dr. Dog will be at The Earl on September 6th.
Dan Deacon has a new album out this fall.
She And Him will be at The Variety Playhouse July 29th.
Hot Chip’s practice space:
Yeasayer doing Don’t Look Down series for Pitchfork.tv:
- Posted by Davy Minor on June 4, 2008 at 10:45 pm
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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.
Sonic Youth is headlining an Arkansas festival called Dickson Street Fest in April with Charlie Daniels, 38 Special, Shooter Jennings, Michael Franti and Spearhead, and Little Feat. Weird line-up.
North Korea has invited Eric Clapton to play a concert there confirming that he indeed sold his soul to play guitar.
Medeski, Martin, And Wood have three albums planned for this year.
John Mellencamp and horror writer Stephen King are collaberating on a musical set to debut in Atlanta.
You can stream the new Tilly And the Wall album here. Watch new video here.
Cloud Cult have released a new single for their forthcoming album in April:
Cloud Cult : Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) : When Water Comes To Life
Track down a Velvet Underground 1967 vinyl bootleg to download here.
Have You Heard did a session with Atlanta’s Trances Arc. I had been hearing some noise about this band, but now that I’ve looked into them, they are so not our style.
Wilco will be on Saturday Night Live this weekend.
Dimmu Borgir will be streaming a live concert on April 5th.
Dr. Dre is getting in the alcohol business.
The Deftones are entering the studio next month to work on a new album.
Shearwater have a new single for their upcoming album due in June:
Shearwater : Rook : Rooks
Watch a Snowden rehearsal from their blog:
Snowden Rehearsing from nopayne on Vimeo.
New Boris:
Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings on Fox 5 news:
Smashing Pumpkins “SuperChrist”:
- Posted by Davy Minor on February 27, 2008 at 4:30 pm
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So first, let’s break down the Bonnaroo line-up:
First, I think it’s hilarious that NME and the AP totally got punked and reported that Led Zeppelin is headlining. Since they deleted their mistake, here it is immortalized:
The weirdest thing is that NME had announced earlier in the day that they would be announcing a “surprise headliner” at midnight, so the conspiracy theorists out there are going to believe there is a chance that they will add Led Zeppelin late after tickets go on sale (because LZ would instantly sell out the fest), to give the ‘roo loyalists a easy shot at tickets first. Considering everyone denied Metallica was playing when that rumour broke earlier, it is certainly possible but doubtful.
So, Metallica. Hmmmm. I’m just going to say that i think they are being a little risky with some of their line-up choices for a rare fest with an almost completely non-violent history. It will be an interesting experiment to see how that crowd does, but I’m a bit pessimistic on that front. Although, there have only been a handful of ‘roo headliners over the years that have been really awesome in my opinion, so it’s not the worst thing to me (plus now i can get a nap Friday night between the day acts and the late-night acts). It’s the smaller acts that I always like best anyways. Plus, Pearl Jam is really great live. Also, I’m just gonna say, Jack Johnson isn’t necessarily bad, but I can think of like 100 better headliners off the top of my head, and he has to headline both Coachellas and Bonnaroo? Coooooooooooome ooooooon.
Regardless of all that junk at the top of the list, there is a lot to be excited about. Sigur Ros is probably the biggest for me since I love them and have yet to see them. The other names I’m going to be excited to see include Iron & Wine, Broken Social Scene, Mastodon (ATL represent!), !!!, The Fiery Furnaces, Jose Gonzalez, Minus The Bear, Battles, and The Sword. Things I’ve seen a million times that are still pretty cool to catch again: Phil Lesh, My Morning Jacket, The Allman Brothers, Death Cab For Cutie, Ben Folds, and Dark Star Orchestra. Others I’ll probably check out if nothing great is going on include Kanye, Robert Plant, Willie Nelson, B.B. King, Talib Kweli, Gogol Bordello, Rilo Kiley, Tegan & Sara, Vampire Weekend, and Black Kids.
Overall, its decent but not their best line-up. I’m still going cuz I love this fest. A Mars Volta addition would really set it off though.
Speaking of The Mars Volta, Pitchfork finally reviewed The Bedlam in Goliath, and while they still gave it a terrible score, they finally back-tracked a tad bit from the absolute hate they have for this band and moved to a more “well we don’t like them, but I can see why others do and they are awesome in certain ways we don’t put much value in” position (I’m paraphrasing here). While I appreciate the sentiment, they still laid down some serious presumptuous elitism. Like when the ‘fork makes claims that TMV championing prog-rock (or as i would put it, innovating a musical epistemology built on innovation) “couldn’t be more averse to real progress in rock music”, it just makes me realize how one-dimensional they are in their music taste and while they have been a huge driving force of this current music revolution going on, they are sometimes missing the point. In essence what is going on is about diversity, not about a singular idea or sound. When you value 3 LCD Soundsystem songs that are nice on the dancefloor surrounded by a ton of boringness and repetition over an album where they make every single second on it count, well, I’m just not gonna ever jump on that bandwagon.
Ok, now I am gonna get all pitchforky on you and serve up a glass of haterade. I bought the new The Selmanaires, Anna Kramer, and The Whigs albums a couple of weeks ago. I’m a cheerleader for the local acts as much as the next person, but while I think these are all fine albums in their own right and I know the rest of the Jo-Ja big dawgs are touting them endlessly, these are far from the best acts or albums that Georgia has to offer. They are all copycatting played out styles, and bringing nothing new to the table. There are sure to be plenty of people who will genuinely love these, but I like a bit of innovation, a touch of avant-garde, an artist who takes chances, I like something unique and different, and I hear none of that on these albums. The Selmanaires seem to be only one of these three that I believe have real potential to be something special, but I always find myself thinking about 25% of what they do is amazing, and the other 75% is totally uninteresting. I understand that they are like a library of styles and that they are making very deep musical references, but they don’t bring a new perspective to their reference points except sometimes they water them down. They sound like a history book to me. I think they just lay too safe sometimes, and if they really went for it they could be great. Again, The Air Salesman is not a bad album, but if I were to compare it to other ATL albums I consider great, like, I don’t know, an Untied States album (or the new Slushco EP that is getting absolutely no press except here), I don’t think it stands up.
Ok, enough digression, here’s some news:
Iron & Wine and Califone will be at the Variety Playhouse on April 14th.
The Breeders will be at The Loft on June 13th.
Modest Mouse are working on an EP.
Go get the Atlas Sound Orange Ohms Glow EP from his blog. Damn, he just don’t stop.
Tickley Feather, who opened for Animal Collective in Atlanta last year, has her debut album coming out April 29th.
Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords is about to star in a movie.
It seems the Stone Temple Pilots reunion is on like Donkey Kong.
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks and John Vanderslice will be at The Variety Playhouse on March 26th.
Feist will be at The Tabernacle on March 18th.
Cloud Cult have a new album coming out soon.
Austin City Limits Fest, slated for September 26th-28th, already has tickets on sale way before they announce a line-up. Lookout Ticketmaster, the groundsquirrel is coming to get you:
Feist live:
Cat Power:
Caribou:
Les Savy Fav:
The Raveonettes:
A Place To Bury Strangers:
- Posted by Davy Minor on February 6, 2008 at 5:53 pm
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Tonight is for this:
Radiohead is coming to Atlanta! Also, In Rainbows debuts those chart things at number one.
The Mars Volta have made an adventure game called Goliath The Soothsayer to promote the new album out in a few weeks (I can’t wait!). Check it out.
Black Lips are doing a free show:
Black Lips ” Veni Vidi Vici”:
Justice is going to be in Orlando, Fl, but not Atlanta. Kinda lame.
Caribou is also skipping Atlanta, but will be in Athens, Ga on April 2nd and then they are doing 5 Florida shows.
Man Man also picks Athens over us on March 8th. They have a new album out on April 8th called Rabbit Hands.
Vampire Weekend will be at The Earl on March 9th. Video:
Blitzen Trapper will be at The Drunken Unicorn on March 20th.
The Coathangers are releasing a new 7″ in March.
Jose Gonzalez will be at The Variety Playhouse March 2nd.
Bill Callahan (Smog) will be at The Red Light Cafe on February 25th.
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks (which now includes Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney on drums) have a new album called Real Emotional Trash coming out on March 4th and will be at The Variety Playhouse March 26th.
Black Mountain and Blood On The Wall will be at The Earl on February 15th.
The Black Keys have a new album, Attack & Release, produced by Danger Mouse out on April 1st.
The big labels are shying away from DRM.
Creative Loafing interviews Yo La Tengo, who will at The Variety Playhouse Saturday night.
Barack Obama is chatting with hip-hop heads like Jay-Z and Kanye West.
Frank Black has a new release out in March.
Morrissey is trying to do a show in Iran.
You can stream the new Xiu Xiu album out January 29th on their myspace. New Vid:
Cool Silver Jews interview here.
Trent Reznor talks sales numbers from the Saul Williams Niggy Tardust album release experiment.
Review of Jon Brion’s NYE show here.
New Thurston Moore video:
Eddie Vedder “Guaranteed”:
Iron And Wine “Boy With A Coin”:
MGMT on Letterman:
The Fiery Furnaces “Duplexes Of The Dead”:
- Posted by Davy Minor on January 9, 2008 at 4:09 pm
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MF Doom will be at MJQ December 13th. Check it out:
This will be an event to remember; including video filming for upcoming release. FIRE eaters in the parking lot. A large ICE sculpture of the MF DOOM mask for fan photo ops. The upgraded sound system for this event is going to ensure the maximum METAL FACE EXPERIENCE! It is also rumored that there will be models painted to resemble METAL to facilitate fan appreciation giveaways.
Also performing will be MOBONIX and MR. K members of MF DOOM s METAL FACE AKADEMY crew. MOBONIX is gearing up for the release of his long -awaited full length record, THIRD WORLD AMERICA featuring production by Bean One, Danspeak, and MF DOOM.
Also performing will be Budah Tye ( Universal Vibe Squad) Local support acts to be announced. Deejays will be Atlanta’s own Apple Jac and underground-wizard Steve Deniro. This event will be hosted by Dres the Beatnik.
Advance tickets are $25. Tickets will be $30.00 day of show.
The price of tickets at the door will be discounted by $5 with the donation of a canned good.
A bit pricey, but when I caught him a few years back at Coachella, he was really great live. Here’s a vid:
The new Wu-Tang Clan album comes out December 11th and they are touring. They aren’t coming to Atlanta so far, but they are playing 3 dates in Florida that I hope to catch at least one of:
01-24 Orlando, FL - Club Firestone
01-25 Miami Beach, FL - The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
01-26 St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
Wu-Tang Clan : 8 Diagrams : As My Heart Gently Weeps (featuring Erykah Badu, Dhani Harrison, John Frusciante)
Bat For Lashes has an itunes Ep available.
Check out some Mastodon tour video diary:
Creative Loafing did a look back piece on the old Echo Lounge that used to have shows in East Atlanta. I got to catch a handful there and it was a really cool venue.
This looks interesting:
My favourite radio station, Album 88, is doing WRASfest on December 14th at Eyedrum. Here is the initial “teaser” line-up:
Cadillac Jones
Chopper
Clandestined
kids with codenames
And Finally, I saw over at It Covers The Hillsides these sweet fan-made music videos for an Arcade Fire song and a new Radiohead song using footage from some old films and I had to post them here because they are super sweet. Watch them:
- Posted by Davy Minor on November 28, 2007 at 1:00 am