Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Since this was way late, figured I'd give it its own post... Jay Gonzalez (of Nutria) now has a weekly residency as a piano player at Kingpins. He says: "Big Ed Connelly over at Kingpins has been nice enough to let me be the official lounge piano player every Wednesday night from 8-11 in the Spare Room Lounge ... though I'm not against the odd Sinatra cover or requests, I'm going for more of the pop rock version of the piano man, doing 50's rock and roll crooner stuff, 60's brill and bubble gum and Beatles, 70's am hits and power pop stuff, the inevitable yacht rock covers and so on..."
We'll try and keep posting about these shows weekly, cause I'm surely gonna go see a few of 'em (and bowl and drink and eat cajun food). In addition, Nutria will be playing there this Sunday with the Silos at 8PM.
Labels: Tonight In Athens
Courtesy of The Cropper (Team Clermont blog), here's a Murder Beach update, complete with tunes. You could, of course, get the same info from their newly-redesigned website, but I wanted to give credit where credit is due.
Labels: music, Music News
The 63 Crayons finally release their new album, Spoils For Survivors, tonight at the Caledonia. They've always been a great live band, but if you've never heard their records, y'oughta. The New Sound Of Numbers opens the show.
If that's not your cup of tea, there's some sort of film celebration up at the Georgia Bar. Music accompanying (of course) with performances by William Tonks and John Mills as well as something called The Bloodkin Review.
UPDATE: In case y'all don't read the comments, someone from the 63 Crayons reminded us: "Don't forget the free beer to the early birds! Also, the 1st 15 people will get a free copy of the new Crayons cd. Doors open at 9pm, 1st band at 10pm sharp." We love free. And since I'm old, I love early.
Labels: Tonight In Athens
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
At the risk of sounding like another blog's post, this is one of my favorite Wikipedia entries.
Labels: History, Vocabulary
Someone's recently posted a bunch of Ham 1 videos from their show at the 40 Watt in December. Here's one for "White Rat".
More here.
Also as commented yesterday, Karate Media's been working on a special "record player" for Jay Gonzalez's (Nutria) side project, The Inflatable Orchestra. Check it out here (or streaming for faster load time).
More here.
Also as commented yesterday, Karate Media's been working on a special "record player" for Jay Gonzalez's (Nutria) side project, The Inflatable Orchestra. Check it out here (or streaming for faster load time).
Monday, February 26, 2007
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Didn't think I was gonna post, did y'all? Anyway, today would have been Johnny Cash's 75th birthday (Is that right? Seems young.). In honor, some folks are getting together to perform his songs at the Caledonia. Of course you know Don Chambers & Goat are heading it up. There's also Clay Leverett and Birds & Wire, who I'm unfamiliar with. Also, Pete McBrayer is gonna be hosting, but I have no idea how you tribute Cash through comedy. We'll see. Doors at 9PM, which is kinda early for the Caledonia.
Also, next door, the Japanese powerhouse Elekibass is performing at the 40 Watt. They can rock power pop like nobody's business. Ice Cream Socialists are with 'em too.
Labels: Tonight In Athens
Yes, sadly, another weekend must end. But March is just around the corner, and that hopefully means the spring weather is too. Tell us what you did this weekend that's worth passing along. Good music? Great book? A new place to eat that you can recommend? Give us the lowdown.
Labels: Monday Morning Sound-Off
Friday, February 23, 2007
"No need to worry, no need to pause; homegirl's older than the Chinese walls..."
FRI: The Flip Scoldjah and Excalibrah mend their eternal feud to briefly share a stage and bring the hip-hop world to its knees momentarily as they open up for Dr. Dog at the 40 Watt. Balee Dat. Also, down at Caledonia, The Owen 4 (featuring former Annaray, Daisy, and Jack-O-Nuts members) performs along with Push!. More here on that.
In addition, several of the folks from The Titans Of Filth will be over at Hot Corner Coffee performing in various incarnations. And for hip-hop fans, there's like 1000 local emcees performing as part of "The Insurgency" upstairs at Tasty World. More here.
SAT: Atlanta's Black Lips roll into town courtesy of Chunklet to perform at the 40 Watt as part of their CD release shows. Also rolling back into town along with them is Dark Meat who've been on a Southeastern tour for the last couple of weeks, which still has a few more days yet to go (btw - hasn't Jeff been commenting this whole time?). This'll be an awesome loud show folks. Without a doubt worth seeing. (More here and here.) And of course, just hours earlier in the same club, NY improviser Jeremiah Cymerman and his Big Exploitation have his/their own CD Release Party. More here.
FRI: The Flip Scoldjah and Excalibrah mend their eternal feud to briefly share a stage and bring the hip-hop world to its knees momentarily as they open up for Dr. Dog at the 40 Watt. Balee Dat. Also, down at Caledonia, The Owen 4 (featuring former Annaray, Daisy, and Jack-O-Nuts members) performs along with Push!. More here on that.
In addition, several of the folks from The Titans Of Filth will be over at Hot Corner Coffee performing in various incarnations. And for hip-hop fans, there's like 1000 local emcees performing as part of "The Insurgency" upstairs at Tasty World. More here.
SAT: Atlanta's Black Lips roll into town courtesy of Chunklet to perform at the 40 Watt as part of their CD release shows. Also rolling back into town along with them is Dark Meat who've been on a Southeastern tour for the last couple of weeks, which still has a few more days yet to go (btw - hasn't Jeff been commenting this whole time?). This'll be an awesome loud show folks. Without a doubt worth seeing. (More here and here.) And of course, just hours earlier in the same club, NY improviser Jeremiah Cymerman and his Big Exploitation have his/their own CD Release Party. More here.
Labels: Tonight In Athens
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Just making sure no one missed Jeff's heads up that We Versus The Shark also has a coupla' new tunes up on their myspace page. They're from the new EP/DVD due out in April and there's further talk of a new LP in the fall.
Labels: music
Two great shows at the Caledonia tonight. First, for all you folks wanting the early shows, Megaband headlines a three-act lineup for which the doors open at 5PM. Doing the math, that likely leads to first act at 5:30 or 6, which likely means Megaband will likely hit the stage by 7:30 or 8-ish, with the show ending at 9-ish. Can't complain about late night there. Oh, and I don't know who Marnie Stern is, but everyone else seems to, so thought I'd put her name in too. She opens the show.
But if late night's what you're after, there's more options. Mother Jackson and Atlanta's Dead Confederate play at the Caledonia later in the night (doors at 10PM). Or you can dead over to Detour to see Ham 1 perform.
Labels: Tonight In Athens
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Just a heads up that there's brand new music on the myspace pages of local acts Magic Missile and The Help.
Also, Nutria wants you to know that their album is still for sale, and in a growing number of places (and since we're Nutria's slaves, we're totally re-posting their PR crap):
Also, Nutria wants you to know that their album is still for sale, and in a growing number of places (and since we're Nutria's slaves, we're totally re-posting their PR crap):
hey folks,
just a reminder that you can now download the album(s), "cheef/metronome" from itunes, and purchase the cd online from amazon.com and other online stores, as well as from www.fundamentalrecords.com. for folks from athens, ga... the cd is now available at both wuxtry and schoolkids records downtown...
and, for anyone in hotlanta, we're playing the international pop overthrow festival at the 10 high club one wednesday night, february the 21st at 8 pm sharp...
thanks,
jay g.
nutria
Labels: music
Bigtime outta-towners Deerhoof drop by in for the first time since Popfest (that I remember?) to perform at the 40 Watt. Y'all all prolly know a lot more about 'em than I do, so I won't run my mouth. Meanwhile, locals Russian Spy Camera and King Of Prussia will be down at the Caledonia.
Labels: Tonight In Athens
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
For those of y'all who missed the great set by Southern Bitch at the Caledonia on Saturday, the set's up at Southern Shelter already. And in fact was up yesterday and the night before because Sloan's quick.
Labels: Live Recordings, music
Folklore and The Titans Of Filth perform at the Caledonia tonight for one pop-licious evening. Definitely check out the new Folklore album, The Ghost of H.W. Beaverman if you get a chance. Earlier in the night, The Folk Yous play Flicker, dropping of course some sweet covers of 80's hair music in folk form. And maybe some Tom Petty too.
Labels: Tonight In Athens
Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Mardi Gras. Might not mean a lot to a lot of y'all, but it means a lot where I'm from originally. As usual, your best place for free downloads is the fantastic NOLA music blog Home Of The Groove. They're more rare cuts than usual this year, which is kinda cool. If you really dig on some Mardi Gras music, this is by far the best collection. Anyway, do it up right, go get some Popeye's or Zatarain's or something and then drink a lot.
Labels: Holidays
Monday, February 19, 2007
All you Vic fanatics probably read in this week's Flagpole that Vic Chesnutt is currently recording an album with Elf Power, Sam Mixon and Curtiss Pernice. What it didn't mention is the other Vic Projects in the works. Could we really see three of his albums released this year? You may also read what Vic's friend, and sometimes touring partner, Kristin Hersh has to say about her short time with Chesnutt in Nashville recently (see the Feb. 1 entry).Labels: music
Tasty World gets a bit louder tonight as Music Hates You and Thunderchief take the stage. What's there left to say, really? If you haven't seen MHY play, y'oughta'. If you have, you know why you should go back. And Thunderchief, well we're biased cause they're friends and all, but it's a fun show (see pic).
Labels: Tonight In Athens
Welcome back to the working week, everyone. Just a day till Mardi Gras and then nothin' till St. Patrick's on the ol' Holiday calendar. Hope everyone's doing well. Drop us a line and let us know what's up 'round this town that's worth doing.
Labels: Monday Morning Sound-Off
Friday, February 16, 2007
Gnarls Barkley's iTunes celebrity playlist (this link will open iTunes on your computer if you have it. If not... you're SOL on this one).
Labels: music
Dunno what kinda week y'all've had... but I'm damn glad it's the weekend...
FRI: Not a ton going on tonight, weirdly enough. There's Jonathan Richman and some project called "Poor Boy & Poor Kid" involving former Athenian Joseph Plunket at the 40 Watt. More here. Any other ideas? Post 'em in the comments.
SAT: Finally, finally, finally Southern Bitch returns to the stage. They are one of the best and one of the loudest bands in town (not to mention one of the nicest) and completely rock. If you've never seen 'em, it's like you're watching a 70's stadium rock concert but in a tiny club. Amazing. Tonight's show is a release party for their very great new album Strong Medicine and features Still, Small Voice & The Joyful Noise as well as Mother Jackson. More here.
However, if that's not your scene, there's plenty going on including Lake City at Tasty World, Panda at Little Kings, Summerbirds In The Cellar at Go Bar, and the Krush Girls at the 40 Watt if you just wanna go shake ass.
FRI: Not a ton going on tonight, weirdly enough. There's Jonathan Richman and some project called "Poor Boy & Poor Kid" involving former Athenian Joseph Plunket at the 40 Watt. More here. Any other ideas? Post 'em in the comments.
SAT: Finally, finally, finally Southern Bitch returns to the stage. They are one of the best and one of the loudest bands in town (not to mention one of the nicest) and completely rock. If you've never seen 'em, it's like you're watching a 70's stadium rock concert but in a tiny club. Amazing. Tonight's show is a release party for their very great new album Strong Medicine and features Still, Small Voice & The Joyful Noise as well as Mother Jackson. More here.
However, if that's not your scene, there's plenty going on including Lake City at Tasty World, Panda at Little Kings, Summerbirds In The Cellar at Go Bar, and the Krush Girls at the 40 Watt if you just wanna go shake ass.
Labels: Tonight In Athens
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Yesterday, I got a flyer for the "Discover Prophecy Seminar". One of the lecture series is this one:
It really worried me - beyond the image of young Liam Neeson holding a radioactive isotope. ... What attacks of Feb. 11th? Did I miss a news story a few days back? Was this a long time ago? Or is it yet to come and therefore worth paying to attend this seminar? (That's how they get ya!) Well, I did some research, and it could have been any number of things:
1944: German troops re-conquer Aprilia Italy
(Attack of Panzer Divisions)
1964: Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum
(Attack of Beatlemania)
1964: Greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
(Attack of olive-producing countries)
1968: Israeli-Jordan border fight
(Attack of never-ending reprisal attacks)
1969: Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champion
(Wrastlin' Attack!)
1979: Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
(Attack of the A-holes.)
1986: Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
(Ditto.)
1990: James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown
(Attack of Angry Gamblers)
1990: Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa
("Now it's time for some payback" Attack)
1993: Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY (WRQI)
(Attack of the commercial breaks)
So, not sure what they're referring to, but I hope it's one of those. If any of y'all attend the seminar, please let us know!
It really worried me - beyond the image of young Liam Neeson holding a radioactive isotope. ... What attacks of Feb. 11th? Did I miss a news story a few days back? Was this a long time ago? Or is it yet to come and therefore worth paying to attend this seminar? (That's how they get ya!) Well, I did some research, and it could have been any number of things:
1944: German troops re-conquer Aprilia Italy
(Attack of Panzer Divisions)
1964: Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum
(Attack of Beatlemania)
1964: Greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
(Attack of olive-producing countries)
1968: Israeli-Jordan border fight
(Attack of never-ending reprisal attacks)
1969: Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champion
(Wrastlin' Attack!)
1979: Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
(Attack of the A-holes.)
1986: Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
(Ditto.)
1990: James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown
(Attack of Angry Gamblers)
1990: Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa
("Now it's time for some payback" Attack)
1993: Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY (WRQI)
(Attack of the commercial breaks)
So, not sure what they're referring to, but I hope it's one of those. If any of y'all attend the seminar, please let us know!
Labels: History, Religion, TDJ Originals
Lona, Bo Bedingfield & The Wydelles, and Betsy Franck all perform at the 40 Watt tonight. Sort of an alt-country-ish fiesta. With some good rock and some folk involved too, I guess. Anyway, tonight's show for Lona is a bit of a rarity... John Neff's back to play with 'em, and I think other members of their once "full" lineup as well. Hey, anybody know what ever happened to Neff's solo album?
Also, down at Flicker, Athens ex-pat(s?) Don Chambers and Eric Sales (former Primates & Buzz Hungry) perform acoustic sets. More here on that. For something more experimental, Diet Rock Star is over at the Mercury Lounge. And finally, last but definitely not least, Cinemechanica, Mouser, and others play at The Secret Squirrel.
Labels: Tonight In Athens
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
CNN's doing their annual science-as-news-Valentine's-extravaganza with today's story being about the centers of your brain responsible for love. And blow.
Labels: Drugs, Love, Nerd Stuff, Science
Happy Valentine's, Y'all! Hope everyone's going good. Looks like the theme of the night is dance party... There's DJ Mahogany and DJ Strawberry Julius at Little Kings, Bitch Switch over at the Chapel (114 College Ave), and/or Twin Powers over at the Go Bar for "Valentine's 80's Prom". The Bitch Switch show is part of a new launch for Michael Lachowski's new art magazine Young, Foxy & Free - featuring the ladies of Bitch Switch amongst others. So get out on the floor.
Update: For live music, the Caledonia's got Cars Can Be Blue and Bomb The Music Industry!.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
If you're looking for a last-minute mood-setting song for you and your special someone tomorrow, just be aware that Music Hates You has posted 2 new songs on their myspace page.
Labels: music
A kick-ass midweek lineup at the Georgia Theatre tonight. Audition With Max Reinhardt performs for the first time in like forever. They're joined by Kimberly Morgan & The Everlovin' Band (who, God willing, someday will release their album), Mandy Jane & The Jaws of Life, and with a special appearance by the 8 Track Gorilla and his backing band The Love Handles. More here.
If that doesn't sound like your kinda thing, then there's also the jazzy sounds of the Dan Nettles Trio over at Farm 255 and an open mic comedy night over at Flicker hosted by none other than Pete McBrayer.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Gnarls Barkley won best urban/alternative performance and alternative music album and gave a terrific performance of their hit song "Crazy."More winners here. Please note that "My Humps" won best pop performance by duo or group with vocal. This will be important from now on.
William Tonks, founding member of the Americana-rock crew Barbara Cue, performs solo tonight at Little Kings as part of the monthly "Hoot" shows - which usually feature some of the more folksy artists from around town. The man wields a mighty dobro, that's for sure.
It's Monday. And on this particular Monday, there really is no more football till August. There is rock, though. And food. And movies. And the rest of life (for me, classes). So, let us know what's going on 'round town that's worth doing. Drop a line the comments.
Friday, February 09, 2007
Danger Mouse has an (admittedly boring) interview at CNN.com. The prestige for a former local is just kinda cool to see. The only "new" news is that they've already started work on the next Gnarles Barkley album. I think we all saw that coming. Anyway, I guess he doesn't have to talk to Gardner anymore if he doesn't want to.
Oh, and while it's not CNN, Deerhunter's Bradford Cox was recently interviewed for Pitchfork, tossing out a few local places and names along the way.
FRI: What is hopefully a new tradition begins in earnest tonight at the Caledonia - Happy Hour shows! Sponsored by PBR, your favorite acts play shows at 6:00 PM so you can go early, get drunk, and pass out happy hour style. Tonight's performers are 80's power-ballad-turned-acoustic performers The Folk Yous. So, everyone who whined about late shows, I expect to see you there.
Later on, NC's Hackensaw Boys perform their own brand of bluegrass at the 40 Watt. Don Chambers opens.
And for pure dancin' joy, the DJ Duo "Bitch Switch" (who happen to both be women) will be performing at the Go Bar.
SAT: A quieter kinda night at the 40 Watt, with Tin Cup Prophette headlining. The stripped down Venice Is Sinking Trio will open the show. Of course, if you're dying for something much, much louder, just next door at the Caledonia there's Music Hates You playing for the second night in a row, this time with Atlanta metal act Zoroaster. More here.
Meanwhile, over at Little Kings there's some sorta "Battle Of The Deejays" - my guess: rump-shaking will win for all. 8-Track Gorilla and others perform as well. More here.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Feel like having useless debates with yourself, or your friends, or even us in the comments section? Ponder on the greatest rock guitar leads of all time. What about the nominees for the 1st Annual Music Blog Awards? (Local band Drive-By Truckers are nominated for a category, as well as TDJ friends Large-Hearted Boy and Aquarium Drunkard.) And what about the best American protest songs? (The Truckers are also mentioned here.) Have at it folks.
Got a cool forward from my mom the other day. Can't believe I've never heard of this sidewalk artist Julian Beever. His stuff is amazing.
The Woggles are playing the 40 Watt. That's right, the Woggles. And they haven't really broken up. They were an Athens band. And an Atlanta band. And have been touring everywhere. You can catch up with them in this great article. The Lickity-Splits (officially dropping the "Colonel Knowledge" from their name) open up. Sounds like it's gonna sound like a revival of 60's stuff. In any case, great to see both those bands back on the 40 Watt stage - both are known for fantastic live shows.
If you want something much louder and heavier, the Max Canada (the bar formerly known as Room 13 and The Engine Room) has its inaugural show featuring Music Hates You and The Dumps. I have no idea how it's gonna be, but the new owners set it as one of their goals to start hosting shows, so hopefully this'll go well.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
To add to Mail Clerk's "Tonight in Athens" post from earlier today, I figured we should also throw in a plug for Bo Bedingfield (accompanied by John Neff) at the Melting Point. This is part of the Uncorked and Unplugged series held every Wednesday. (Half price bottle of wines, might I add.)
I know we posted something like this way back when, but I think this is a different collection of rock stars as kids.
Bigtime show at the Watt tonight, seemingly out of the blue. Circulatory System performs for the first time in a while. New album... still in progress. They're joined by touring pals Summer Hymns and Folklore, nearly back from a month-long tour. And The New Sound Of Numbers, Hannah Jones' new-ish band. It's an tangential E6 extravaganza.
If that's not your thing, go get your drink on and watch Thunderchief over at Tasty World.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Got nothin' new to offer today, but here's a coupla' leftovers... Prince at the pre-Superbowl press conference (totally different setlist), as was posted in the comments yesterday, and a Randy Newman joke:
Ultimately, I wish I could find video of Kevin Smith talking about his Prince experience in An Evening With Kevin Smith. It's absolutely hilarious and well worth renting that DVD for.
Ultimately, I wish I could find video of Kevin Smith talking about his Prince experience in An Evening With Kevin Smith. It's absolutely hilarious and well worth renting that DVD for.
Monday, February 05, 2007
(Intro / "Let's Go Crazy")
("Baby, I'm A Star" / "Proud Mary" with Florida A&M Band)
("All Along The Watchtower" / "Best Of You" Melody)
("Purple Rain")
The "Mother Jackson Micro-Orchestra" performs at Flicker. The first time in a while they've done an acoustic show. You wouldn't think it'd work, but last time I heard it worked very well. La Pistola (Matt “Pistol” Stoessel of Lake City and a bunch of other bands) performs as well. Show starts around 8:30 PM.
Good morning and welcome back to another fantastic week. Maybe. I don't know. Probably not. But in any case, I hope the Superbowl turned out how y'all wanted it to. I mean, I don't wish anyone ill, but Grossman's reign at Florida isn't out of my memory yet. Anyway, drop us a line in the comments and let us know how what's good that's worth doing now that football is over.
Friday, February 02, 2007
A lot of y'all have probably seen this already. If you have, you know how NSFW (that is, completely raunchy - and I don't use that word often) it is. For fans of Anchorman or Talladega Nights, this is one of Adam McKay's short films when he was with SNL. It features Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell. And it just might be the perfect start to your weekend. Sorry if it gives you nightmares.
"I dated your sister until you told me not to"... Happy Groudhog Day!
FRI: Southern rockers from all around should be quite pleased with the lineup tonight at the 40 Watt featuring the Patterson-Hood produced Alabaman band The Dexateens as well as Atlantans Dead Confederate. It's Southern. It's loud. It's rock (but more punkish than say, Skynyrd). More here and here.
Later that night, the dance party's over at Little Kings featuring the female DJ Duo "Bitch Switch".
SAT: It's like Popfest split itself into two and took over two clubs next to each other... While the show at the Caledonia featuring Casper & The Cookies, Russian Spy Camera, outta-towners How I Became The Bomb might be officially endorsed by the Popfest crew, the combo of Madeline and The Ginger Envelope at the 40 Watt would also be well at home at that festival. For the former, you can hear How I Became The Bomb's Popfest set over at Southern Shelter, and the latter show is a CD Release show for Madeline's new album, The Slow Bang. More here and here/here, respectively.
Of course, if you're into a different sound, The Gourds are performing at the Melting Point. Years ago, many of you probably downloaded (or had a friend who downloaded) a bluegrass-ish version of Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice". Likely, this version was attributed to Phish or some odd group on the net. It is not Phish or that other group. It is The Gourds.
SUN: Venice Is Sinking performs at the Athens-Clarke County Library as part of their monthly concert series - a trend I'm enjoying (as a concept) despite having missed the show I wanted to see last month there. Anyway, they should be right at home there... unless you're trying to read and concentrate real hard. To that I'd say: "Just check it out and go home, nerd. People are trying to rock."
FRI: Southern rockers from all around should be quite pleased with the lineup tonight at the 40 Watt featuring the Patterson-Hood produced Alabaman band The Dexateens as well as Atlantans Dead Confederate. It's Southern. It's loud. It's rock (but more punkish than say, Skynyrd). More here and here.
Later that night, the dance party's over at Little Kings featuring the female DJ Duo "Bitch Switch".
SAT: It's like Popfest split itself into two and took over two clubs next to each other... While the show at the Caledonia featuring Casper & The Cookies, Russian Spy Camera, outta-towners How I Became The Bomb might be officially endorsed by the Popfest crew, the combo of Madeline and The Ginger Envelope at the 40 Watt would also be well at home at that festival. For the former, you can hear How I Became The Bomb's Popfest set over at Southern Shelter, and the latter show is a CD Release show for Madeline's new album, The Slow Bang. More here and here/here, respectively.
Of course, if you're into a different sound, The Gourds are performing at the Melting Point. Years ago, many of you probably downloaded (or had a friend who downloaded) a bluegrass-ish version of Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice". Likely, this version was attributed to Phish or some odd group on the net. It is not Phish or that other group. It is The Gourds.
SUN: Venice Is Sinking performs at the Athens-Clarke County Library as part of their monthly concert series - a trend I'm enjoying (as a concept) despite having missed the show I wanted to see last month there. Anyway, they should be right at home there... unless you're trying to read and concentrate real hard. To that I'd say: "Just check it out and go home, nerd. People are trying to rock."
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Newman 1, Europe 0 (pronounced "nil" there).
Ice Cream Socialists, recent winners of the coveted "one of Flagpole's favorite office albums of the last year" award, jump onto that big ol' 40 Watt stage to rawk the house. With them will be the now seldom-performing, half-Athenian group Elevado. If you like pop-ish rock, you know where to get it. Just watch those roads on the way to and from the show.
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