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2009 In Pictures – Part 1: Photos by Clint Miller
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- Posted by Clint Miller on December 21, 2009 at 7:13 pm
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Ohmpark’s Top 10 EPs of 2009
10. Deastro: Grower
9. Washed Out: Life Of Leisure
8. Bibio: The Apple & The Tooth
7. Tealights: Take Us By Sea
6. No Age: Losing Feeling
5. Deerhunter: Rainwater Cassette Exchange
4. Destroyer: Bay of Pigs
3. Animal Collective: Fall Be Kind
2. Au: Versions
1. The Octopus Project: Golden Beds
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 19, 2009 at 1:00 am
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Ohmpark’s Top 10 Favourite Concerts of 2009
I try my best to be as objective as possible on all of my other lists, but this one is completely about my subjective experience. Of the roughly 70 days I caught a show this year, here are my ten faves:
10. Animal Collective @ State Theater
This show set a new personal record in distance driven to see a single show all by myself. Driving to St. Pete, Florida, waiting outside in the line for hours, and hating the opener made this a steep price for a concert. But when Animal Collective came out and put on the best show I’ve seen them do, it was all well worth it.
Videos, Photos, and Review Here
9. Saturday @ SXSW
Photos by Clint Miller
I spent the final day of South By Southwest this year hustling as hard as I could to take in the last moments of the festival. After I caught a great Crystal Antlers set, I sprinted across Austin to see The Dirty Projectors for the first time. Then, Clint and I both jogged across the river to see Explosions In The Sky‘s 10th anniversary show, capped off by a huge fireworks display. It was the exclamation point on an amazing spring break.
Videos, Photos, and Review Here
8. The Other Sound
Photos by Kevin Griggs
This was Atlanta’s best single day lineup of local acts of the year, plus it had Yo La Tengo. It seemed like all the superstars made it out to represent at this one despite the terrible weather, and I had an absolute blast getting blasted.
7. St. Vincent @ Ambient Studios
The setting for this show was so weird. It was sponsored by a car company, located in a classy warehouse space in a horrible part of town, and there were as many police and security people as there were audience members. This was my third time catching St. Vinny live over the course of the year, and it was still totally mind-blowing.
6. Ponytail @ 529
Photos by Clint Miller
I didn’t really know what to expect from this show, as I only sort of liked their album. But they were one of the most thrilling live acts I’ve seen in a long time. Just crazy intensity. It was also one of my first times at 529, which has since become one of my favourite bars, so this was completely good times.
5. Evangelicals, This Piano Plays Itself, Sound On Film @ Drunken Unicorn
Photos by Kevin Griggs
Evangelicals might be the most underrated band in the world right now. In the five times I have caught them live, this was the best I’ve seen, plus both local acts on the bill were wholly impressive. As a bonus, the Evangelicals kids came and hung out at an after-show house party, so it was a legendary night of ’09.
4. Friday @ Harvest Of Hope
Harvest Of Hope featured some great sets, like Summerbirds In The Cellar, Deerhunter, and Health, but what made this festival special to me was the overall experience. I went by myself and ended up meeting a ton of fun of people. The biggest highlight of the weekend for me was the chaotic, insane party in the campgrounds the first night, of which I’ve never seen anything like.
3. Wednesday @ SXSW
Photos by Clint Miller
We started Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day drinking beer and watching the parade in Savannah and then hit the road that afternoon without stopping until we hit South By. We ended up making it within minutes of catching Anathallo kick off the fest for us at noon Wednesday. That night we got to see wonderful sets from M Ward, Department of Eagles, St. Vincent, and Camera Obscura in a church while sitting next to Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear. Such an Indiegasm!
Photos, Videos, and Review Here
2. This Piano Plays Itself @ Detroit House Party
Just about every night of the three weeks I tagged along on This Piano Plays Itself‘s summer tour was memorable, but the best show was definitely a Saturday night house party in Detroit. The set was rough and every person in the room was wasted out of their minds, but the crowd and the band were feeding off each others’ energy, and the entire night was just a total rager. This little tour run will probably go down as one of the funnest experiences of my entire life.
1. Friday @ Bonnaroo
The best day of music all year came on Friday of Bonnaroo. In only a matter of hours, I saw the three best live indie acts of 2009: The Dirty Projectors, St. Vincent, and Grizzly Bear. I was up close and under the proper amount of intoxication for all three. To close out such a perfect day, that night Phish played the one song I had been wanting to hear live for 10 years.
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 17, 2009 at 6:28 am
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Ohmpark’s Top 20 Atlanta Albums Of 2009
Most of the time in this city, bands rise and fall based on who they know and how exciting they are live. But for this list, I’ve considered only what is contained on their recordings. Over the course of the year I’ve given roughly 75 records from inside the perimeter a spin, and these are the essential twenty that I recommend listening to most. There are actually many records that I really liked that just missed the cut, so this was very tough to piece together, especially the final spots.
Looking at this list and comparing it back to my favourite local stuff over the two years before, it’s apparent that music in this city just keeps getting better. Atlanta’s independent music scene is running deeper than ever both in terms of quality and quantity of music being produced. Outside of Brooklyn, you’d need quite a compelling argument to convince me anywhere else in America has a better scene right now. Promising young bands keep popping up out of nowhere, and the veterans keep delivering the goods. It sure makes my job here a lot easier to have so much great music to blog about.
On a technical note, anything that has been released over the holidays I’m grouping in with my 2010 lists, and so a couple of albums on this list were released over the holidays last year. Take a gander:
20. Noot d’ Noot: Cash For Gold
19. Harken The Hands Askew: Thou
18. Slushco: Sometime Tonight
17. Sound On Film: The Eloquent Reginald
16. Thy Mighty Contract: Thy Mighty Contract
15. Club Awesome: Dynamos
14. Jungol: Places
13. Lee Harvey Oswald: Lee Harvey Oswald
12. The Selmanaires: Tempo Temporal
11. Tealights: Take Us By Sea
10. Deerhunter: Rainwater Cassette Exchange
9. Slushco: The Silver Surface Demos
8. The Orphins: Wish You Well
7. Mastodon: Crack The Skye
6. Lotus Plaza: Floodlight Collective
5. From Exile: Monolith
4. Nomen Novum: Paradises
3. Untied States: Instant Everything, Constant Nothing
2. Atlas Sound: Logos
1. Nomen Novum: November
In the Atlanta music scene, 2009 was the year of Nomen Novum. While most musicians take a whole year to scrap together enough decent songs to fill a good EP, the prolific Nomen Novum were able to drop two virtually perfect full-lengths, plus a great live EP, and they’re already posting new stuff to their myspace.
Although, all five records at the top of my list were legitimate contenders for Atlanta album of the year, and I would have probably been content with any ordering between them. The other 3 records to round out my top 5 each happened to be crafted over about 2 years, and the extra time and care in putting them together just right payed off. A big mistake I notice younger bands make is trying to push out a record too quickly on some arbitrary time scale and in the end get stuck with something that is less than what they are capable of producing. Atlas Sound, Untied States, and From Exile all spent more time than they probably wanted to on their respective albums, but the extra effort was well worth it in the end.
Looking back over this list after I finished it, I noticed that it is almost entirely dominated by veterans of the scene, and mostly by artists I was already familiar with before starting this blog. There is only one true first recording from its respective musicians to make the list. If I were to make a “Best Atlanta Artists of the Decade” shortlist, most of those artists would have an album included on this list, so I feel like it is a good snapshot of not just where the scene is at today, but where it has been heading for the latter part of the ’00s. There is so much diversity in sound and so much talent in this city, and if you have any interest at all in Atlanta’s music scene, don’t let anything on this list slip by you, because all twenty are well worth giving a listen.
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 13, 2009 at 10:20 pm
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Photos: Tealights, Venice Is Sinking, This Piano Plays Itself @ The Earl (11/9/09)
This Piano Plays Itself:
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- Posted by Kevin Griggs on December 13, 2009 at 3:35 pm
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Ohmpark’s Top 10 Music Videos of 2009
Before I begin awarding the sounds of 2009, I wanted to give a little props to the best eye-candy I’ve seen. These ten videos clearly stood out to me above the rest of this year’s offerings. They are definitely all a million times better than that garbage from Beyonce and Taylor Swift. So, enjoy:
10. Of Montreal: “An Eluardian Instance”
This video has just got a really nice, fun vibe to it. The special effects are utilized just right and the whole thing matches up with the music beautifully.
9. Untied States: “Unsilvered Mirrors”
There are so many neat little video tricks in this one and the whole thing captures the mood of the song expertly. I love when it snaps into the end section with the band playing.
8. St. Vincent: “The Strangers” Lake Fever Session
This video wins solely on the rarity of capturing St. Vincent playing an acoustic, stripped down version of one of the year’s best songs. Totally gorgeous.
7. The Flaming Lips: “Watching the Planets”
Yeasayer tried their best to up the ante on nudity with their recent experimental video, but having a clothing-less mob feeding a naked Wayne Coyne to a vagina monster pretty much trumps anything. Warning, it’s very NSFW.
6. Mastodon: “Divinations”
I loved Mastodon‘s science fiction video for “Oblivion” too, but this one got the edge due to how brutal Brent Hinds is as a caveman.
5. Clues: “You Have My Eyes Now”
This one is just simply hilarious.
4. Grizzly Bear: “Ready, Able”
Grizzly Bear have a ton of amazing videos this year, both official and fan made. But this weird claymation vid is easily my favourite.
3. Here We Go Magic: “Fangela” Black Cab Session
Taking bands and having them perform stripped down versions of their songs in various settings is all the rage these days, and one of the best in the business right now are the Black Cab Sessions. This version of “Fangela” is just pure magic.
Here we go magic from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.
2. Bibio: “Top Soil”
Bibio has such a distinct sound, and this video matches his audio style with the perfect visual enhancements.
1. Thy Mighty Contract: “Conjugal Freelance”
I laugh my ass off every time I watch this. I absolutely love everything about this video and it was an easy choice for my best of the year.
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 6, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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Atlanta Bands & Artists On Twitter
I tried to compile as many local bands and artists that I could who tweet, but if you notice anyone left off, please add them to the comments.
Atlanta Musicians On Twitter:
Abby Go Go @abbygogorocks
Adam Bruneau @adambruneau
Adron @adronshows
All The Saints @allthesaints
Anna Kramer @annakramermusic
Attention System @AttentionSystem
Attractive Eighties Women @aewsome
Black Lips @TheBlackLips
Bret Phillips (13 Day Mission) @bretwp
Can Can @cancanband
Carnivores @carnivoresatl
Club Awesome @clubawesome
CJ (A Fight To The Death) @CJ_AFTTD
Dead Confederate @DeadConfederate
Dres Tha Beatnik @dresthabeatnik
Envie @enviemusic
From Exile @FROMEXILE
Gringo Star @Gringo_Star_Atl
Janelle Monae @JanelleMonae
Judi Chicago @JudiChicago
Jungol @Jungol
Justin Sias (Los Buenos, Batata Doce) @justinsias
Le Castle Vania @LeCastleVania
Lindsay Appel @LindsayAppel
It’s Elephant’s @Itselephants
Lions And Scissors @lionsandscissor
Mastodon @cracktheskye
Nerd Parade @nerdparade
Nerdkween @nerdkween
Nigredo @nigredomusic
Noot d’ Noot @nootDnoot
Odist @ODISTMUSIC
Pistolero @Pistolero_Atl
Randy Garcia @rgmuse
Reklein @Reklein
Slushco @SlushcoMusic
Small Reactions @smallreactions
Snowden @SnowdenMusic
Spy Magnet @spymagnet
Tealights @TealightsBand
The Cogburns @TheCogburns
The Constellations @_constellations
The Goldest @TheGoldest
The Orphins @The_Orphins
This Piano Plays Itself @ThisPianoPlays
Thy Mighty Contract @thymighty
Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun @TodaytheMoon
Twin Tigers @twintigers
Untied States @UntiedStates
Venice Is Sinking @veniceissinking
- Posted by Davy Minor on November 6, 2009 at 4:46 am
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Guide To The End Of 2009 Album Releases
The 2009 record release season pretty much comes to an end this week, but here is everything left to come out this year that I’m interested in checking out. I also linked each release with the best possible preview or review of it that I could find, so click on anything you’re interested in and learn about it:
October 20:
Atlas Sound Logos
Dark Meat Truce Opium
Do Make Say Think Other Truths
Excepter Black Beach
Flight of the Conchords I Told You I Was Freaky
Fuck Buttons Tarot Sport
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson Summer of Fear
OOIOO Armonico Hewa
The Roots How I Got Over
Russian Circles Geneva
Sufjan Stevens The BQE
Tickley Feather Hors d’Oeuvres
White Denim Fits
White Rainbow New Clouds
October 24:
Untied States Instant Everything, Constant Nothing
October 27:
Between The Buried And Me The Great Misdirect
Devendra Banhart What Will Be
Good Graces Bring on the Tambourines!
Jesu Opiate Sun
Pelican What We All Come To Need
Pyramids w/ Nadja S/T
November 3:
Efterklang and the Danish National Chamber Orchestra Performing Parades
Jookabox Dead Zone Boys
Morrissey Swords
November 10:
Asobi Seksu Rewolf
Bibio : The Apple & The Tooth
The Notwist Sturm
Tori Amos Midwinter Graces
November 17:
December 8:
Animal Collective Fall Be Kind
- Posted by Davy Minor on October 19, 2009 at 3:25 am
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Alchemy – The Georgia Burn: 2009
All photos by Clint Miller
In terms of American festivals and cultural events, Burning Man has evolved into one the most notorious and intriguing out there. As it has become increasingly more popular since coming into being in the ’80s, it has spurred a growing amount of regional “Burns” as well as an entire subculture. At the beginning of this month, I stepped into this wacky world for the first time at Georgia’s mini-version of Burning Man, called Alchemy. I consider myself a very seasoned veteran when it comes to music festivals, but this would be an entirely different experience altogether. All Burns adhere to what is called Burning Man’s “10 Principles”, a sort of hippie ten commandments. Of these principles, there are two big things that really set this experience apart from others. First, rather than being just a spectator to others’ art, everyone who attends is expected to be an artist and contribute to the event. There are not really bands to see or anything (although plenty of bad techno DJs, but I’ll get to that). The attendees are the entertainment. Secondly, the festival adheres to strict decommodification, meaning that no one is allowed to buy or sell anything at the Burn. Instead, exchanges are only supposed to occur in one direction, in the form of “gifting” someone else. These rules are almost completely adhered to, so there is no vendors of any kind on site.
As hippie as all of this sounds, it is a decidedly different beast than the trustafarian-filled, bro-rific jamband scene. The types of people who were at Alchemy seemed rather diverse and the whole vibe was of its own unique, distinct feel. If anything, the music subculture most represented here was ravers. The rave scene that flourished across the US only a decade ago seemed to be all but annihilated after being heavily targeted by law officials due to its inextricable link to illegal drugs. And let’s face it, it was as much a fad as disco. But it seems the remnants of the electronic music party community have found refuge in these Burns, and are even beginning to flourish in it. I learned that the property where Alchemy was held also hosts monthly ravey camp outs. I knew there had to be some small fraction of that scene that wouldn’t accept the move to uppity clubs or give it up, and it turns out they are burners now.
We left Atlanta early in the afternoon on Thursday and didn’t arrive until dark after dealing with two different flat tires among our caravan. After getting through the gate swiftly, we stopped at Connexus, which was sort of the home base of the whole festival. There is a huge map where each themed camp can identify where they are located and there is a schedule where everyone can list any events they are having. Those of us who were “Burn virgins” had to go through a brief initiation ceremony there, and then we went off around the property to figure out where we wanted to set up our camp. After a lot of indecision and driving around, we settled a place near the base of the hill where the effigy stood. Another difference between this and the many other camping festivals I’ve attended is that a vehicle couldn’t be near your camp unless it was transformed into art, so after setting up, we had to take our cars to a parking lot away from the camping area.
Our camping group decided to go with the theme of “Alchemists Anonymous”. Our contribution to the event would come in the form of lots of games and a ridiculously vast amount of alcohol to freely dispense. The first night was a blur, but I spent almost all of it nearby our campsite. There was a lo-fi rollercoaster built on the large hill near us where someone would sit on a chair on wheels and roll down a wooden track complete with jump ramps. It was called “The Bleeder”, and it had no problem living up to its name as two of our crew ended up getting some serious bruises and scrapes after crashing into and breaking through one of the ramps.
After passing out early, I also woke up early to find that the Burn was still partying strong at dawn. Many people brought entire PA systems and a generator to power them so that they could play techno at every hour, and there was nowhere to escape the loud, pounding sounds of ravers. I spent the morning hanging by the large fire that was burning all weekend long while grabbing beers from the keg. Eventually we hosted a game of Twister on a homemade super-sized board and then I finally explored around the property. There were some open fields, some hills, and some road trails going through the woods. Each camping area had a different theme, and everybody seemed to be going all out.
That night we loaded up a mobile bar and wheeled it around from place to place mixing up drinks for festival attendees. Flurries of activity and craziness abounded around every corner. Costumes, megaphones, dancers, and lots of fire everywhere. After returning to camp and rallying, we headed to “Area 51″, pretty much the coolest chill area, located deep in the woods. They had couches and candles and lasers, and it seemed to definitely be the most popular late night spot. Eventually the nights’ shenanigans faded into darkness and it was Saturday late in the morning. We decided to spend the early afternoon hijacking a friend’s sound system after the constant techno rave out was getting to us. We drank wine while listening to a mix of indie faves like Animal Collective, Of Montreal and Grizzly Bear, and we even attracted a few nudists dancing around with umbrellas.
After spending the late afternoon trading off riding around a borrowed motorcycle, everybody headed up the hill to see the effigy get lit on fire. This was the main event of the Burn, and everyone in the entire place gathers around for it. There was a huge drum circle, and dancers, and music makers, and I discovered that I completely forgot how to play a trumpet. There were volunteers blocking out a large perimeter around the effigy and not letting anyone get very close. The theme of this year’s Burn was “Shock and Awe”, and they did just that when it was time for the fire. Huge explosions and giant mushroom clouds blew up all around the effigy before it went up in a blaze. I don’t think I have ever felt something as intensely hot in my entire life as the explosions against my lightly sunburned face. The Effigy burned while everyone celebrated, and as it was almost completely destroyed, we headed back down the hill to set up our bar. The night before had taken its toll on it, and it was no longer very mobile, so we just set up shop at the base of the effigy hill.
At some point while we were mixing drinks for everyone, someone warned us of not giving alcohol to underage kids. After hours and hours of partying, we brilliantly decided that the only way we could tell if people were of age was to look at their pubes. That quickly morphed into demanding to see people’s genitals in exchange for drinks. Only in an atmosphere like Alchemy could this work out so perfectly. Just about everyone we encountered played along, and there was a whole bunch of nakedness. Eventually we abandoned the bar and headed back to Area 51 and then back to the bonfire, and then at some unknown point, to bed. The festival continued until Monday morning, but we decided to go back to Atlanta Sunday after we woke up.
Overall, the entire experience was pretty damn amazing. I wondered how entertained I would be at a festival without bands to see, but that forced me and everyone I was with to entertain ourselves, and I had an incredible time. Before going, I was skeptical that I would be able to get into the whole spirit of the thing, but by the end I was wearing a mini-skirt and war paint on my face. There was an electricity in the air at this thing, and its power was undeniable. I highly recommend checking out Alchemy or any other Burn, as I’m already scheming up what I’m going to do next year.
- Posted by Davy Minor on October 16, 2009 at 7:01 am
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Photos: The Other Sound Festival 2009: Selmanaires, Book Of Colors, A Fight To The Death, Grand Prize Winners, Club Awesome, Falcon Lords, Untied States, Author’s Apology, Los Buenos @ Star Bar
Los Buenos:
Author’s Apology:
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- Posted by Kevin Griggs on September 27, 2009 at 4:13 am
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Live Review: The Other Sound Festival 2009 (9/19/09)
Photo by Kevin Griggs
The rain has been causing death and destruction across Atlanta for nearly two weeks now, and it tried its hardest to dampen the fun at The Other Sound Festival last Saturday. I got to Little Five Points early enough to get some grub and catch Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun kick off the event, but unfortunately the outdoor stage they were slated to play on got rained out for the day. It was quite unfortunate that the weather washed out so many great acts on the lineup, but there was still plenty of top notch artists left to perform. And while TTMTTS didn’t get to play a set, I did learn that they are just finishing up their next record, an EP which is set to drop next month, so that’s exciting news.
This Piano Plays Itself opened the fest inside of Criminal Records and sounded really nice on the great PA system there. They played a similar set to what they unleashed on Corndogorama, comprised of 3 new, long songs that will be on their forthcoming record. Only three months into their current 5 piece incarnation, and the band is becoming clearly more and more tight and consistent in this formation. I recently listened to some rough mixes of parts of the new album that they have been recording since returning from their summer tour, and it sounded very impressive. Look for that to drop around the beginning of next year. I know regular readers around here are painfully aware I’m squarely on this outfit’s bandwagon, but they continue to make the most of their vast potential and exceed my high expectations for them.
After that I celebrated the time honoured tradition of free PBRs at Criminal Records in-store performances. It seemed just about everyone was suffering various degrees of a hang over, including myself, and a few PBRs helped get me ready for a nice mid-afternoon Yo La Tengo set. By the time they went on, the entire store was completely packed full of people all the way back to the front door. They played a stripped down electric set that included a couple from the new record, a Beatles cover, and they finished it off with a great “Mr. Tough”. I didn’t get any of my personal faves from them, but I didn’t expect to in this setting, so it wasn’t really a disappointment at all. As always, they accompanied their wonderful music with charming banter between songs. Afterwards they signed things for people and did lots of record digging before and after their set. They are one of the rare bands that are both phenomenal musicians and extraordinarily nice people, and I hope they return to Atlanta again very soon.
A few PBRs later, The Orphins took the stage and jammed out a set full of tunes from the new record and classics from back in the day. There are not many bands in this city that want to make me dance, but these guys and gal are definitely one of them. They are able to combine punk intensity with mathy precision unlike almost anyone. Also, I can never get enough of the “steel drum” guitar sound. The Orphins are just such a consistently stellar live band, and The Other Sound was no exception for them.
The Criminal Records portion of the festival closed out with a solo set from Jeffrey Butzer, who did a typically enjoyable set. Mr. Butzer is the master of between song banter with his audience, and he had several humourous things to say this time as well. His easily likable stage presence enhances his live shows, but I have to say that there is something about a one man band setup that makes it hard to capture and hold on to the attention of an audience. While Jeffrey Butzer plays this role almost better than anyone I’ve ever seen utilizing so many instruments at the same time, it still seems to work against him a bit in tandem with music so light and minimalistic. Overall it doesn’t manage to engage me as much as I would like it to, but despite that, a Jeffrey Butzer solo live performance is still pretty damn good.
I took a brief break from the action to go back to my house and recharge a little bit and afterwards headed to the Star Bar for the second half of the fest. After more alcohol consumption, I caught Los Buenos, a new project from former members of the now defunct Batata Doce. Despite the name, this Justin Sias lead group was more reminiscent of Elevado than the world music centric Batata Doce. For a very new band, I thought they sounded great and I hope this line up sticks around for a while.
After some drunken conversations, I only caught the very end of Author’s Apology, and really didn’t hear enough to make any sort of judgment whatsoever. I went back upstairs and caught Untied States next. This was the standout set for me of the entire festival. I’m probably going to be talking about their new, yet to be released record a lot in the next few months, but obviously I think it is pretty amazing, and their live show was of the same caliber. The now 5 piece lineup behind Untied States masterminds Colin Arnstein and Skip Engelbrecht is completely different than last time I saw them, and probably the best supporting cast they have ever had. The drummer alone brings so much to this group. Colin was dressed in an army nurse uniform for this one, and it’s interesting how theatrical this band comes off just simply playing their hearts out on their instruments. These guys are criminally underrated and represent the pinnacle of serious and artful music in this city, so if you haven’t looked into them yet you are losing.
I caught a few songs of Falcon Lords downstairs, but they were a joke, literally. I then tried to wait it out to see Club Awesome next, but the steady supply of beers all day finally took its toll and I had to head back to the house.
Even though the weather tried to sabotage the fest as much as possible, it was still a very fun event overall. Getting Yo La Tengo dropped on the bill was a pretty awesome boost to help counteract the rain. I think The Other Sound was a great snapshot of what’s going on in the local indie scene right now. There is so much great music happening in this town at the moment that it would be impossible to gather it all together for one day, but they did about as good a job as they could. I have to give everyone involved with the fest mad props for assembling such a great lineup. Outside of Yo La‘s time slot, the turnout wasn’t spectacular, but there was a good crowd throughout the entire time I was there, especially considering everything else going on the city that it was competing against. I noticed a ton of ATL superstars in attendance, and I got to meet some new folks and chat it up with some cool peeps I already knew. I saw many of the different artists I like mingling together. The whole thing gave me a very positive feel on where things are heading right now in Atlanta. Between the many musicians and artists and the various people supporting the scene in a multitude of different ways, there is a lot of talent out there right now, and it feels to me like it is coalescing together into something special.
- Posted by Davy Minor on September 27, 2009 at 3:21 am
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