I totally forgot to include this show in this weeks’ “What Up In The ATL?”, so if you’re crafty I’m sure you can still go down to the Fox and snag up some seats for tonight’s show (not really sure if they sold out or not, but tickets were still available a couple of days ago so it shouldn’t be too hard).
My Morning Jacket : Thank You Too!
Wavves: “No Hope Kids”
Bobby Ubangi has passed away.
The Octopus Project will be at Star Bar August 6.
Atlanta’s mysterious hip-hop outfit Lee Harvey Oswald is interviewed.
The Mars Volta’s prolific Omar Rodriguez Lopez has yet another solo offering titled Xenophanes coming September.
Creative Loafing pays tribute to Atlanta music icon Benjamin Jay Womack (Bobby Ubangi), who is dying of cancer.
Andrew Bird and St. Vincent are touring together. Tons of southeast dates but nothing in Georgia.
Camera Obscura have rescheduled their Variety Playhouse show for November 20.
Explosions In The Sky are playing with the Flaming Lips at Chastain August 26. Tickets on sale 7/10. Also, the forthcoming Flaming Lips double album features guest spots from MGMT and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Wavves‘ Nathan Williams is teaming up with Hella’s Zach Hill.
New Orleans’ Voodoo Fest announced this year’s lineup, and it includes Kiss, Eminem, Jane’s Addiction, The Flaming Lips, Justice, Ween, Silversun Pickups, Meat Puppets, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic and more.
Devendra Banhart just finished up his newest album.
Good News: Virgin Mobile Fest in Maryland August 30 is free. Bad News: The headliners are Blink-182, Weezer, and Franz Ferdinand.
Flaming Lips have a double album coming and will be at Chastain Park Amphitheater August 26.
Hella’s Zach Hill is teaming up with Tera Melos‘ Nick Reinhart.
Sunny Day Real Estate are reuniting and will be at Center Stage October 3.
