Thursday, November 1, 2007

Being sick on Halloween...blows.

Sorry about no posts yesterday, I was feelin' a little run down. I felt bad for the kids who came by my house yesterday, because I just shut the lights off and went to sleep. No candy for you, and too much sleep for me. Oh well, Happy November First everybody!!! Here are some new videos to help you celebrate.

[VIDEO] Panda Bear - "Comfy in Nautica"


[VIDEO] Liars - "Houseclouds"



[VIDEO] Marissa Nadler - "Bird on Your Grave"

[VIDEO] Georgie James - "Need Your Needs"

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

ATLANTA/ATHENS SHOWS (10/30 - 11/03)

Tue. 10/30- Celebration, The Black Angels @ The 40 Watt Club
Tue. 10/30 - The New Pornographers @ The Variety Playhouse
Tue. 10/30 - Smashing Pumpkins, Explosions in the Sky @ The FoxTheatre

Wed. 10/31 - Smashing Pumpkins, Explosions in the Sky (Halloween Show!!) @ The Fox Theatre
Wed. 10/31 - Of Montreal, Grand Buffet, MGMT (Halloween Show!!) @ The 40 Watt Club
Wed. 10/31 - M.I.A., The Cool Kids (Halloween Show!!) @ Center Stage
Wed. 10/31 - Devlin and Darko (Spank Rock) (Halloween Show!!) @ The Drunken Unicorn

Thu. 11/01 - Steel Train, Ace Enders, Kevin Devine @ The Masquerade
Thu. 11/01 - Juliette Lewis & the Licks @ The Drunken Unicorn
Thu. 11/01 - PYLON, The Selmanaires @ The Earl
Thu. 11/01 - Dr. Dog, Delta Spirit, Emily Lacy @ The 40 Watt Club

Fri. 11/02 - Dr. Dog, Delta Spirit, Emily Lacy @ The Earl
Fri. 11/02 - Jupiter Watts, Cassavetes and J.R. Rund & The Hold Up @ Lenny's Bar
Fri. 11/02 - They Might Be Giants @ The Variety Playhouse

Sat. 11/03 - HOME PARK FESTIVAL: Jupiter Watts, Parade, Club Awesome, Moorish Idols, From Exile, Slow Motion Crash & more @ 1015 Tumlin St., Atl. GA 30318 (Home Park)
Sat. 11/03 - Gringo Starr, Modern Skirts @ The Earl


Here are some MP3s from some recommended bands playing this week:

[MP3] Pylon - Feast on my Heart from "Gyrate" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Jupiter Watts - Strange Things Happen Every Day from "Let It Lie" (via Box.net)

FRIENDLY REMINDER: Home Park Festival - Sat. (11/03)

The great guys and gals over at Ohmpark are helping put on the Home Park Festival this Saturday (11/03) which will be held in (you guessed it)...Home Park!! It'll take place between 4pm - 10pm, over at 1015 Tumlin St., Atlanta, GA 30318 (get directions here). Admission is FREE. The line-up is pretty good so between the low ticket price and the great bands you have no excuse for not showing up...unless your grandmother dies or something, then maybe you do have an excuse.

BANDS:
Moorish Idols
From Exile
Club Awesome
Jamie Radford
Parade
This Piano Plays Itself
The Jupiter Watts
Slow Motion Crash

For up to the minute info, visit www.ohmpark.com/homeparkfest

Monday, October 29, 2007

NEW MUSIC: Songs From The Bigtop

Devon Reed, whose new independent film, "The Bigtop"(which comes out sometime in 2008), has done something pretty extraordinary for his soundtrack besides just recruit great indie bands like Tullycraft, Doug Martsch, The Clientele & Lisa Germano to play on it. He wrote all the songs, and got the great indie bands to play/record them. Pretty cool. Here's what he had to say about it: “Each artist was a different story but, in general, I was a fan before I became a collaborator. Also, we tried to assign proper tracks to people. So wistful, playful artists got songs we wanted to be wistful and playful and the rocking tracks went to bands that could do them justice.”

The soundtrack is out now via iTunes and various independent music stores.

Songs From the Bigtop:
01 Lisa Germano: "Magic"
02 The Clientele: "Your Song"
03 Michael Leviton: "I Only Want the Sky"
04 Damien Jurado: "Ashes"
05 Matthew Sweet: "Wild"
06 Tullycraft: "The Girl Who's Above Us"
07 Howe Gelb: "Falling in Love"
08 The Owls: "I Just Can't Keep Up"
09 Communiqué: "Way to Walk"
10 Marbles: "Something, Nothing, Everything"
11 Eleventh Dream Day: "Planning My Escape"
12 Doug Martsch: "Cracked and Crazed"
13 The Sprites: "Patience"

[MP3] The Clientele - Your Song from "Songs From The Bigtop" (via Box.net)

The Bigtop - official website