Did you know there are a bunch of great bands playing this thing?  It’s free too, we like free.

Apparently there is some kind of “Corks and Forks” thing that cost money… I think I would perfer “Cans and Bands”

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Festival Stage

11:30 - 12:00      Phenix for Saints

12:00 - 12:45      East Ponce Soul Faction

1:00 - 1:45          Get Small

2:00 - 2:45          Jeremy Thornton

3:00 - 3:45          Antic Clay and the  Long Slow  Train

4:00 - 4:45          Mary O Harrison

5:00 - 5:45          The Preakness

6:00 - 6:45          Evan McHugh

7:00 - 9:00          House of Fools

Stage 125

11:30 - 12:15     Fisheye

12:30 - 1:15       Brent Lawson

1:30 - 2:15         Gene Owens

2:30 - 3:15         John McNicholas

3:30 - 4:15         Julia Carroll

4:30 - 5:15         Batata Doce

5:30 - 6:15         Matt Howard

6:30 - 7:15         Anderson & The Would Be Thieves

Stage in the Shade

11:30 - 12:15     The Radio Ramblers

12:30 - 1:15       Jimmy Galloway

1:30 - 2:15         Stephanie Scarlet

2:30 - 3:15         Lindsay Appel

3:30 - 4:15         The Mudflapjacks

4:30 - 5:15         Ian Schumacher

5:30- 6:15          Liz Brown and the Big River Riders

6:30 - 7:15         Thomas Oliver and the Usual Suspects

7:30 - 8:15         John Kelly Jam

8:15 - 9:00         Brian Luckett

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Festival Stage

11:30 - 12:00     Leadcar Holiday

12:00 - 12:45     The Summer Dare

1:00 - 1:45          What the…?

2:00 - 2:45          Caroline Monroe

3:00 - 3:45          Chickens and Pigs

4:00 - 4:45          It’s Elephant’s

5:00 - 5:45          Warm in the Wake

6:00 - 7:30          Anna Kramer and the Lost Cause

Stage 125

11:00 - 11:45     Grace Buford

12:00 - 12:45     Kerry Wentworth

1:00 - 1:45         Roxie Watson

2:00 - 2:45         Octave

3:00 - 3:45         Sean Kagalis

4:00 - 4:45         Warren Gray

5:00 - 5:45         Bouldercrest Singing Group

Stage in the Shade

11:00 - 11-45    Calo’ Gitano

12:00 - 12:45    SLABB

1:00 - 1:45         Brian Luckett

2:00 - 2:45         John Kelly Jam

3:00 - 3:45         Amy Lashley

4:00 - 4:45         Liz Brown Band and the Big River Riders

5:00 - 5:45         Geoff Achison 

So you already know that the lineup for Titty Titty Bang Bang:

The Bandettes
The Preakness
Valentina
The Danny Family

Plus The new Headliner:

Snowden

To win two tickets to this awsome concert for Sunday the 24th right here in Atlanta at The Earl and save ten bucks each for you and a friend, leave a comment on this post promising that you posted a myspace bulletin urging people to go rock out and support the fight aginst breast cancer.

Sean from Soso Death Is DJing at the Drunken Unicorn tonight at 10 PM.  He said that we will party like it’s 1989.

If you didn’t make it out to Have You Heard night at 97 Estoria you missed a Richard Hell’ish good time, but luckily we’ve got a present for you. The guys at Brain Rock Studios took the liberty of recording the show, and we’re making it available to you here.

Enjoy all the garage-punky goodness.

Leather From Mosambique

Marshmellow

Wicked Farmers Tan

Americana Junkie

Cassanova

Love Flies Away

Old Saigon

Witches Titty

Beezlebub and I

And as always, you can download the whole thing in one convenient zip file.

If you’re not sure what we’re talking about with all this Barberries stuff listen to the episode we interviewed them on or go hear their session.

I’m not gonna pretend that I’ve been a fan of the Melvins since Ozma, but I’ve always understood their importance in the world of “heavy” music, and it wasn’t until about a year ago that I completely fell in love. I’ve always known who they were, the fact that they’ve been around forever, the fact that they’re still around, etc. Their impressive discograpy to me seemed formidable. I didn’t really feel like backtracking and wading through all their work, and to tell the truth I was a little confused at first. It just took me a while to realize that this is the shit for me. I’ve never been exposed to a band so uninterested in doing the same thing time and time again, which is why so many people have a hard time classifying them. Fans of grunge (if they still exist) will try to claim them as grunge, while metal fans will confine them to metal, and so on. While labeling is inevitable, the Melvins won’t get any of it from me, I just don’t even bother.

Finally , I had the chance to see them here in the ATL. This show wasn’t assigned to me, I specifically asked to cover it. I’m still having headaches from Sunday night. This was perhaps the loudest, most powerful show I’ve ever experienced. Corndogorama this year convinced me that sometimes maybe I should wear earplugs. I still had the same earplugs left over, I don’t know why, but the thought of using them again after so long freaked me out a little. So the Melvins provided some of the best unprotected aural sex ever (if you’re reading this aloud to someone, make sure you spell out “aural,” thanks). This was one of the dates promoting their new CD Nude With Boots. These new tracks, if you haven’t heard them, are pretty spectacular I’d say. The album’s title track and “the Kicking Machine” are my faves, quite energetic and dare I say lighthearted compared to their past work. Several were from 2006’s (A) Senile Animal, which is perhaps my favorite Melvins album so far. (A) Senile Animal marked the beginning of yet a newer lineup. Dale and Buzz thought it made more sense to add both Jared and Coady from tourmates Big Business, meaning they’ve had two drummers ever since. To many this would seem like excess, but since Coady and Dale are both incredible drummers, they’ve somehow managed to make it work with astounding results. I sometimes classify the Melvins as a very “task-based” band, which implies their hardworking nature (which I definitely appreciate), plus the fact that they’ve made albums in the past seemingly based on hypothetical questions (What if we have each member produce his own record? What if we release a series of three very different albums in a row?) This new dual-drummer lineup combined with the cozy accomodations of the Drunken Unicorn amounted to quite an ominous stage presence: thunder and lightning, hellfire and brimstone. Satan entered my ears and fucked with my brains until I felt like I’d taken an LD50 of quaaludes and set myself on fire. Astounding.

They finished up the set with the classic crowd-pleaser Boris from Bullhead, a song that solidifies their legacy as it inspired the genre-bending Japanese band of the same name.

all photos: Matt Alexandre/ecximages.com

Attractive Eighties Women - Lightning Bolt

Bolt’s my favorite track and field athlete of these Olympics.  I’m predicting another world record tomorrow, when he runs the 400 meter.

(I spend most of my day trying to map which occasions merit blasting AEW’s Lightning Bolt.  So far, I’ve got:  when Usain Bolt’s competing, actual lightning storms, DragonCon weekend, and weddings in general.)

Last Monday we rocked out 97 Estoria for the second weekly Have You Heard night.  We’re working with the fine Estoria folks and Brain Rock Studios on this free concert series. The Barberries played and SLAYED as usual, following their show up with an EXTREMELY cool DJ set.  It was better than putting the Nuggets compilation on shuffle.

You will be pleased to note that from now on all of our mastering will be completed by Brain Rock.  Do watch out for Jamie’s cat though if you go tour their facilities… he really likes human arms… like really really.  Despite his cat’s inter-species indiscressions they are awsome dudes and it’s because of them that you will have a bootleg of every show that happens at 97 Estoria.

Ok so new shit.

First I want to talk about Titty Titty Bang Bang.  Heres the deal.  I’m a dude.  I like tits.  Go figure.  I like them so much I want to save them from cancer.  Maybe not altruistic, but none the less if I have an opportunity to save breasts and rock the fuck out, you can count me in.

You can also count on these bands being there:

• The Danny Family (myspace)
• The Bandettes (Corrine from Snowden, Deb Davis from Hope For Agoldensummer, and Buffy from Tiger! Tiger!)
• The Preakness
• Valentina (Corrine from Snowden, Oscar Rhea, and Michael A)
• Headliner:  Special unannounced guest local band **cough**BeatlejuiceBeatlejuice…**cough**

Quick stop on the promo’ing for a second. We’re listening to The Clash’s Combat Rock as we write this post. The beginning portion of “Strait to Hell” IS the song MIA samples for Paper Planes! Holy crap.

Ok so here’s some more, we’ve also been choosen as a featured blog in REGATOR which is an Atlanta site which grooms the best blogs and aggrigates them for you.  If you haven’t gotten an account yet, get one.  If you have an account just use this link to add us to favorites.

Also if you want to do something other than 97 Estoria next monday Royal Bangs are playing at the Drunken Unicorn.  Those guys are an amazing second choice to Have You Heard night.

The nice people at Mint Gallery have gathered together a herd of Atlanta’s fringe (and, arguably, not-so-fringe) musicians to make both visual art and mixtapes to go along with their art.  The line up is impressive: Ben Coleman of Judi Chicago, members of Vera Fang and Sealions, Attractive Eighties Women’s Mack Williams (AKA Phoebe Cates), Bean Summers (musician-ish, right?), and at least a dozen more artist/musicians.

There’s a more comprehensive rundown of the artists and organizations involved in Jeremy’s article at Pine Magazine, which also contains some great quotes, like this one from Ben Coleman:

“The first mixtape I ever made was for a girl named Charlotte Harben when I was about 13 or 14,” said Coleman. “I never snogged Charlotte… [but] I was some kind of god when it came to meticulously arranging Blur, Primal Scream, and Charlatans songs.”

Anyway, the art goes up this Saturday at 8, and it looks like a fun way of answering all the “what are your top 3 b-sides”-type questions you’ve always wanted to ask your favorite Atlanta musicians.

Methane Studios’ 10th anniversary celebration at Alcove Gallery is also this Saturday, but it starts at 7, an hour earlier than the reMIXT show.  Methane have done the album art and show posters for a staggering number of indie bands.  Their work tends to be along the same faux-vintage lines as a lot of the Adult Swim related artists and animators - it’s an instantly memorable style which is made to look good against even the ugliest inner city concrete walls.

The show starts with a performance by Warm In the Wake, who’ve been playing a lot of great shows at Star Bar recently.  (Actually, Star Bar’s music booking in general has been fucking fantastic these past few months)

Warm In The Wake - Joseph Cambell

Warm In The Wake - Tame Thoughts

Here’s something. Did you know that Have You Heard is sponsoring free Monday concerts at 97 Estoria? No cover, cheap Bush beer, and a chance to get closer to Atlanta bands than you’ll have anywhere else (seriously those estoria bathroom stalls are very private).

This week The Barberries will be coming through. You remember them from episode 32 and their session yeah?

Why is Hope For Agoldensummer jumping for joy? I’d like to think it’s not because we fucked up and left off one of the songs we did for their session. Instead, they’re happy because we get to bring you the HYH Session lost track: Fortnight. Check it out, and while you’re at it listen to the rest of the beautiful HFAGS-HYH Session.

Hope For Agoldensummer - Fortnight