I love me some Deerhunter

So local good ol' boys, Deerhunter bagged a couple-a 10pt bucks yester....err, I mean local pysch-ambient bad-asses, Deerhunter came out with their new album "Cryptograms" last week. And it..is..good. All around kind of goodness, too. They're playing with Grizzly Bear & The Papercuts when those bands play the Drunken Unicorn on March 2nd. "Grazzly Burr and Darehunner, hot damn! Shit-fire!" They should of booked this show in a state park!

Tour dates:
03-02 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn *
03-03 Charleston, SC - Music Farm +
03-04 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse +
03-14 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon (Gas Food Lodging Music Festival)
03-15 Austin, TX - Soho Lounge (SXSW)
03-16 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr. (SXSW; Pitchfork party) #%
03-18 Houston, TX - Mink ^%
03-31 Jackson, MS - George Street Grocery
04-04 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle $
04-06 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar %
04-07 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge %
04-10 Seattle, WA - Neumos %
04-11 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards %
04-12 Portland, OR - Dante's %
04-13 San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies %
04-14 Los Angeles, CA - Echo %
04-23 Toronto, Ontario - Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
04-25 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs
04-26 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
04-28 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
04-29 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel

* with Grizzly Bear, The Papercuts
+ with Sparklehorse, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter
# with Girl Talk, Menomena, RJD2, the Pipettes, Do Make Say Think, Simian Mobile Disco, Fujiya & Miyagi, Beach House, Marnie Stern, Crystal Castles
^ with The Black Lips
% with The Ponys
$ with Nudge

Check out their Myspace for some dang tunes.

PERMANENT ATLANTA/ATHENS SHOWS PAGE

This page is the new permanent home of all Atlanta/Athens shows.
As such, a permanent link to this page will live in the sidebar:


APRIL 2008

Wed. 4/23/08 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Duke Spirit @ The 40 Watt Club
Wed. 4/23/08 - The Darlings, Brock Scott Quartet, The Shylights @ The Earl
Thu. 4/24/08 - Cinemechanica, HO-AG @ The Drunken Unicorn
Fri. 4/25/08 - Cinemechanica, HO-AG, Bad Dudes, Mouser @ Caledonia Lounge
Fri. 4/25/08 - Tapes n' Tapes, White Denim @ The Earl
Fri. 4/25/08 - Ministry (Final Tour), Meshuggah, Hemlock @ The Masquerade
Sat. 4/26/08 - The Winter Sounds, Morning State, Sealions @ The Star Bar
Sat. 4/26/08 - Thrice, Circa Survive, Pelican @ The Masquerade
Sat. 4/26/08 - French Kicks @ The Earl
Sat. 4/26/08 - All The Saints, The N.E.C., Beluga, The Chops @ The Drunken Unicorn
Mon. 4/28/08 - Destroyer, Andre Ethier @ The Earl (rec'd!)
Mon. 4/28/08 - Jay Reatard, Thee Crucials, Cheap Time, Derek Lyn Plastic @ Lenny's
Tue. 4/29/08 - Converge, Genghis Tron, August Burns Red @ The Masquerade
Wed. 4/30/08 - The Acorn, Half-Handed Cloud, Lake @ The Drunken Unicorn
Wed. 4/30/08 - Earth, Madeline, Fur Elise @ The Earl

MAY 2008
Thu. 5/01/08 - Earth, Madeline, Fur Elise @ Caledonia Lounge
Thu. 5/01/08 - American Music Club @ The Earl
Fri. 5/02/08 - Iron Hero, Push!, Coral Castles @ Caledonia Lounge
Sat. 5/03/08 - A. Armada, Make The Fur Fly, Gift Horse @ The Drunken Unicorn
Sat. 5/03/08 - Man Man, Yeasayer @ Lenny's Bar
Sat. 5/03/08 - Elf Power, Night Moves, Space Cookie @ Caledonia Lounge
Mon. 5/05/08 - Morning State (CD release), Jukebox The Ghost, The XYZ Affair @ The Earl
Tue. 5/06/08 - M.I.A., Holy Fuck @ The Tabernacle
Tue. 5/06/08 - Morning State, The XYZ Affair, Jukebox the Ghost @ Caledonia Lounge
Wed. 5/07/08 - Sic Alps @ The Drunken Unicorn
Thu. 5/08/08 - RADIOHEAD, Liars @ Lakewood Amphitheatre SOLD OUT!!
Fri. 5/09/08 - Bonde Do Role, The Death Set, Judi Chicago @ The Drunken Unicorn
Fri. 5/09/08 - Pride Parade, All the Saints, A. Armada @ Caledonia Lounge
Sun. 5/11/08 - The Cave Singers, Dylan Kight & the Nightbirds, Tova Rinah & the Way Home @ The Earl
Tue. 5/13/08 - Blood on the Wall @ The Earl
Tue. 5/13/08 - DeVotchKa, Basia Bulat @ The Variety Playhouse
Tue. 5/13/08 - The Swell Season @ Cobb Energy Performance Centre
Tue. 5/13/08 - Thrones @ Caledonia Lounge
Wed. 5/14/08 - Ladyhawk, Neva Dinova, Vivian Girls @ The Drunken Unicorn
Thu. 5/15/08 - The Coathangers, Knife & the 4th Ward Dagger, Mammals @ The Drunken Unicorn
Fri. 5/16/08 - The Carbonas, Test Patterns, Pincho Gringo @ The Drunken Unicorn
Sat. 5/17/08 - Withered, Javelina, Spewtilator @ The Drunken Unicorn
Sat. 5/17/08 - Queens of the Stone Age, Ghostland Observatory, Supersuckers, Ryan Shaw **FREE SHOW** @ Centennial Park
Sun. 5/18/08 - Laura Veirs, Liam Finn @ The Drunken Unicorn
Tue. 5/20/08 - Filter, Ours @ The Masquerade
Wed. 5/21/08 - Northern State, American Princes @ The Earl
Wed. 5/21/08 - Obituary, Dying Fetus, Origin, Thy Will Be Done @ The Masquerade
Thu. 5/22/08 - Efterklang, Slaraffenland, Sleep Therapy @ The Drunken Unicorn
Fri. 5/23/08 - She Wants Revenge, Be Your Own Pet @ The Variety Playhouse
Fri. 5/23/08 - Proton, The Coathangers, Groove Stain @ The Drunken Unicorn
Sun. 5/25/08 - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Vic Chesnutt @ The Drunken Unicorn
Sun. 5/25/08 - Clinic @ The Earl
Mon. 5/26/08 - Subtle, Supreeme @ The Drunken Unicorn
Mon. 5/26/08 - The Sword, Torche, Stinking Lizaveta @ Lenny's Bar
Wed. 5/28/08 - The Kills, Child Ballads @ The Earl
Thu. 5/29/08 - X, The Detroit Cobras @ The Variety Playhouse

JUNE 2008
Thu. 6/05/08 - Swervedriver @ The Masquerade
Sat. 6/07/08 - Dead Confederate, All the Saints, The N.E.C. @ The Earl
Sat. 6/07/08 - Jeremy Enigk, Damien Jurado @ The Variety Playhouse
Sat. 6/07/08 - The Coathangers, Plexi 3, Feeling of Love @ The Drunken Unicorn
Wed. 6/11/08 - Colour Revolt @ The 40 Watt Club
Wed. 6/11/08 - Mudhoney, Birds of Avalon @ The Earl
Wed. 6/11/08 - Vampire Weekend @ The Variety Playhouse
Fri. 6/13/08 - Shearwater @ The Earl
Fri. 6/13/08 - The Breeders @ The Loft
Fri. 6/13/08 - Ladytron, Datarock @ The Variety Playhouse
Sat. 6/14/08 - Firewater @ The Earl
Thu. 6/19/08 - Casper & the Cookies, The Preakness, Make the Fur Fly @ The Drunken Unicorn
Sat. 6/21/08 - R.E.M., Modest Mouse, The National @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
Thu. 6/26/08 - Zoroaster, Black Tusk, Dead Bird @ The Drunken Unicorn
Fri. 6/27/08 - Islands @ The Masquerade
Fri. 6/27/08 - Harvey Milk @ The 40 Watt Club
Sat. 6/28/08 - Maserati, The Buddy System, Summerbirds in the Cellar @ The 40 Watt Club


JULY 2008
Thu. 7/03/08 - No Age, Abe Vigoda, Infinite Body @ The Drunken Unicorn
Sat. 7/05/08 - Boris, Torche, Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Earl
Mon. 7/07/08 - 13ghosts, John P. Strohm, Through the Sparks @ The 40 Watt Club
Wed. 7/09/08 - Tom Petty, Steve Winwood @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park


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Mad props to Yeti Don't Dance for this masterpiece of a music video

So I was reading the Yeti Don't Dance blog and came across this gem. Enjoy!
These guys deserve their own Douchie Award!

Things that make you go: "Uhhhhh...(blink..blink)"

This girl apparently likes those ninja turtles. A lot. She only eats what they ate on the show. Check out the pizza she puts like half a jar of mayo on. Holy shit.

Sunset Rubdown...not a hawaiian porn flick?

Sunset Rubdown & Xiu Xiu | 2007 Tour Dates
04-12 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
04-13 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
04-14 Bloomington, IN - WUIX Culture Shock at Indiana University
04-16 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
04-17 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
04-19 Seattle, WA - Neumos
04-20 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
04-22 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
04-23 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
04-24 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour

Sunset Rubdown & Katie Eastburn | 2007 Tour Dates
04-25 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
04-27 Austin, TX - Emo's
04-28 Denton, TX - Hailey's
04-30 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
05-01 Charleston, SC - Map Room
05-02 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
05-03 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
05-04 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05-05 Cambridge, MA - Middle East

Sunset Rubdown was definitely one of my top 3 shows of last year, hands down. The vibe was spectacular and infectious. Oh, and if you go, don't talk to Spencer about Wolf Parade...he doesn't like that at all. No sir, not at all.

Mastodon, Converge, Priestess @ The 40 Watt: SHOW REVIEW

So no post yesterday due to hectic schedule, and seeing Mastodon at the 40 Watt in Athens last night. So how was it? Brutal. They fucking destroyed. Priestess started the evening out with some pretty raw, heavy riffage. Simple straight up rock. Their sound is kind of a throwback to 70's heavy metal with a little sludge thrown in for good measure. I wasn't familiar with their music before seeing them live, so consider me pleasantly surprised. Next up was Converge. I had never seen them live, but I own most of their albums and was excited to see them translated into a live set. Amazing. Their ability to energize the crowd, whipping them into a frothing pit of sweat and testosterone was mesmerizing. Their albums must just be practice for their live shows. The musicianship is intense and calculated while still allowing for the improvisational elements that make live shows worth going to. Totally sick. Definitely a must see live band! Mastodon was the main act and got on stage around midnight, and treated the sold-out crowd to an hour and a half of pure prog-metal bliss. Complex and technical fret work, odd time signatures, thrashy hardcore, sludge covered metal....this band doesn't garner major attention for nothing. Every member is right on point. Their drummer, Brann Dailor, unleashed some of the sickest drumming I've ever seen. Guitar player & part-time vocalist, Brent Hinds wowed us with his intricate, perfectly executed Maiden-like guitarwork...while thrashing about & lovin' every minute of it. Well Brent, we were lovin' every minute of it too. I left around 2:00am, big grin and a loud buzzing in my ears. Hooray.
(Hopefully I'll be getting some live pics from the show soon, and I'll try to post them tonight)

It's always happy days over at Daytrotter.com

So anyone who hasn't heard of Daytrotter by now, should. Tell your friends, and tell them to tell their friends who aren't your friends. Daytrotter.com offers some of the usual fare one would expect from an MP3 blog/website: album reviews, cartoons, MP3s, etc. Except the MP3s are exclusive live recordings brought to you by Sean Moeller & Patrick Stolley over at Daytrotter. They're recorded over at Futureappletree Studio 1, in Rock Island, Illinois (Daytrotter HQ). Basically Sean kidnaps unsuspecting indie rock bands on their way through rural Illinois, makes them perform in his studio, and releases them back into the wild. He's not unlike the Crocodile Hunter in some aspects. Some of the members of the "capture & release program" are: Of Montreal, Sunset Rubdown, Maritime, P.O.S., Frog Eyes, Annuals, Page France, The Velvet Teen, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, The Elected, Cold War Kids, Two Gallants and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. Get over there and get in on that MP3 action! Oh, and check out the rest of the site while you're over there, it's pretty sweet.
(Click on the above pic to magically send you there!)

A record player & the Karate Kid's teacher...no kidding

UK trio, Fujiya & Miyagi, have put out one of the best electronica albums that I've heard in awhile, "Transparent Things". I actually listened to it for the first time while I was at the gym. Like all good music should, it made the hour and a half fly by. The music's got a little krautrock influence (Can & Neu!), but it mainly reminds me of modern electronica artists like Air, Ladytron, LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip. "Reminds me of" doesn't mean "sounds just like", just to put that out there. Great all around album, although tracks like "Cassettesingle", "Transparent Things" & "Collarbone" really stand out. I love the the singer's broken english/odd vocal rhythm throughout, wacky brits. Cool shit, check it out, shake your ass to it, break a sweat to it, drive around aimlessly to it.
Download "Collarbone" here. (Via P'fork)

Of Montreal "Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer?"

So I also wanted to mention that the new Of Montreal album, "Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer?" is way awesome as well. Local guys and gals making absolutely bad-ass music. I have to say it's definitely one of my favorites so far this year. Pitchfork gave it a 8.7. Athens represent.

Buy it at Insound,
or Criminal Records.

Accessible is not a dirty word

So I just bought the new Deerhoof album, "Friend Opportunity". No, I didn't download it when it leaked like 4 months ago..not that I don't do that kind of thing (sample purposes only..I buy, I swear!!), I just wanted to wait. I sometimes get a little nostalgic about going to the record store the day something comes out, you know...other people there buying the same record, talking about the band in line with some stranger, the guy behind the counter playing the album in the store's stereo, anxiously waiting to buy the CD and aimlessly drive around for an hour playing it. Ahh, memories. So I'm glad I waited. This album fucking kicks. No fucking lie..it really kills. Amazing, and every other word for amazing: astounding, stunning, staggering, shocking, breathtaking, sensational, remarkable and FUCKIN' AWESOME!! I read some reviews of it, and one word that seems to get used a lot is accessible. Like, "the new Deerhoof album is their most accessible to date". So what do they mean by accessible? Does "accessible" mean you access the album, or does the album access you (more specifically, the "happy center" part your brain). I like to think it's the latter. And man has my "happy center" been accessed. Yeah the art rock spazziness is not as art-rocky. So? Now their spazziness is hard-rock-alicious. Hooray for my "happy center"!
I do have to say it was fun driving around listening to this album full blast. Especially when I would pull up next to someone at a light. I wonder if they thought "Tinky Winky" just put out rock album.

Buy it at Insound,
or Criminal Records.

Menomena announce tour

Menomena, whose new album "Friend or Foe" just came out yesterday, announced their North American tour plans. "Friend or Foe" is quickly becoming a contender for my album of year spot...at least so far. I highly recommend seeing them live, here are the dates:

01-28 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
02-02 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
02-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pat's Pub
03-09 San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord
03-10 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
03-20 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
03-21 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
03-23 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo
03-24 Ottawa, Ontario - Zaphod Beeblebrox
03-25 Montreal, Quebec - Main Hall
03-27 Allston, MA - Great Scott
03-28 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-29 Princeton, NJ - Princeton University
03-30 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
03-31 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
04-01 Carrboro, NC - Local 506
04-03 Atlanta, GA - The Drunken Unicorn
04-07 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive

Menomena - website
Menomena - Myspace

Criminal Records Midnight Sale tonight!!

Just a friendly reminder that Criminal Records will hosting a midnight sale/party tonight. The new Shins album 9 hours before everyone else? Free cake too? Sold.

"Don't forget our big midnight sale (and belated birthdays party) this Monday around 11:59PM. You are all invited, even if you don't know whose birthdays we're belatedly celebrating and even if you don't plan on buying the new Shins or new anything. (Not that I'm going to discourage you from buying stuff if that's what you want to do. You can buy whatever you want. Or not. No pressure, that's all. It'll just be a nice little get-together. With the option to buy stuff. If you want.) There'll be cake. Actually, there will two cakes, baked by our friend, Garland! And there will be ice cream, various beverages, and other goodies. See, I told you it was a party!"


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