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"

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

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

This is the best thing that's happened to me all day...

Don Caballero TOURS!!!

Legendary math-rock pioneers, Don Caballero, hit the road again starting on Halloween night in Nashville, TN.

TOUR DATES:
10.31.07 - Nashville, TN - Exit / In
11.01.07 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
11.02.07 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
11.03.07 - Houston, TX - The Proletariat
11.04.07 - Austin, TX - Fun, Fun, Fun Festival
11.05.07 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
11.06.07 - Birmingham, AL - BottleTree
11.07.07 - Atlanta, GA - Lenny's Bar
11.08.07 - Charlotte, NC - The Milestone
11.28.07 - Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour*
11.29.07 - San Diego, CA - Casbah*
11.30.07 - Long Beach, CA - Alex's Bar*
12.01.07 - Visalia, CA - Howie & sons Pizza & Beer Parlor*
12.02.07 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill*
12.04.07 - Sacramento, CA - Blue Lamp*
12.05.07 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge*
12.06.07 - Olympia, WA - Capitol Theater*
12.07.07 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café*
12.08.07 - Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards*

with Enablers - *

NEW Menomena: "Weird (Dekoder remix)"

So Menomena posted this new remix of "Weird" on their Myspace for like nine hours...yesterday. But don't fret. It's right below, available for little longer than nine hours. NOW, DANCE.

[MP3] Menomena - Weird (Dekoder remix) from "unreleased" (via Box.net)

VIDEO: múm "Rhubarbidoo"

Again, I love animation. Especially this kind.

VIDEO: Boris "The Evil One Which Sobs" (Live @ Criminal Records, 10/22)

Good god! I can't believe I missed this, unfortunately it's rather hard to go to anything at 4pm during the week. Damn work!! Boris performed "The Evil One Which Sobs" in it's 30+ min. entirety, which you can view below (The video has been broken into five parts. Due to length, I'm sure).

PART 1


PART 2


PART 3


PART 4


PART 5

ATLANTA/ATHENS SHOWS (10/23 - 10/28)

Tue. 10/23 - Boris w/ Michio Kurihara @ The 40 Watt Club
Tue. 10/23 - Georgie James, Le Loup, Look Mexico @ The Drunken Unicorn

Wed. 10/24 - The Selmanaires, The Coathangers, Ponderosa @ The Drunken Unicorn

Thu. 10/25 - The Hold Steady, Art Brut @ The 40 Watt Club
Thu. 10/25 - Spoon @ The Variety Playhouse
Thu. 10/25 - The Ponys, Knife & the 4th Ward Daggers @ Lenny's Bar
Thu. 10/25 - Witchcraft, Saviours @ The Drunken Unicorn

Fri. 10/26 - Elf Power, Dark Meat, The Instruments @ The 40 Watt Club
Fri. 10/26 - Jimmy Eat World @ Center Stage
Fri. 10/26 - Robbers On High Street, Great Northern @ The Earl
Fri. 10/26 - Matt Pond PA, Jesca Hoop @ The Loft
Fri. 10/26 - Manchester Orchestra, Annuals @ The Drunken Unicorn

Sat. 10/27 - Stars, Young Galaxy @ The Variety Playhouse
Sat. 10/27 - Nebula, Zoroaster, Bonk @ The 40 Watt Club

Sun. 10/28 - Avail, Smoke or Fire @ The Drunken Unicorn
Sun. 10/28 - Sea Wolf, The Long Shadows @ The Earl

NEW SONGS: Vampire Weekend (Daytrotter session)

Vampire Weekend is one of the bands I've been dying to hear new material from, and thanks to the wonderfully gracious peeps over at Daytrotter, I have to wait no more. Here are two brand new ditties from their recent Daytrotter session. And good googly-moogly, are they ever recommended! Their debut full length comes out January 2008 via XL Recordings.

[MP3] Vampire Weekend - I Stand Corrected from "Daytrotter Session" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Vampire Weekend - M 79 from "Daytrotter Session" (via Box.net)

Vampire Weekend - website | Myspace

VIDEO: Tullycraft “Georgette Plays A Goth”

I love animation.

Tullycraft's new album, "Every Scene Needs a Center", which comes out today (!) is definitely worth checking out! You can order it directly from Magic Marker Records, or locally from Criminal Records.