Friday, August 15, 2008
Music news Fifth annual Athens Pop Fest is underway this week
Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:42 AM
The fifth annual Athens Pop Fest kicked off this Tues. and runs until Sat., Aug. 16 in downtown Athens, GA. The independent music festival hosts bands not only from around the nation but from around the world. In previous years Pop Fest has hosted performers such as Daniel Johnston, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Deerhoof, Pylon and Of Montreal.
This year the festival has expanded from two venues to five venues and features something int he neighborhood of 85 bands performing throughout the week and is headlined by Roky Erickson & the Explosives, Boy Racer and the Music Tapes.
Full festival passes are $60.00 and available in Athens at Wuxtry Records, Schoolkids Records and online at www.athenspopfest.com. Individual day passes are available for August 14, 15 & 16. Wednesday, August 13 will feature 16 bands at Little Kings Shuffle Club and tickets will only be sold at the door.
Popfest Schedule for Friday and Saturday
Friday, August 15
The 40 Watt Club
8:00 p.m.
Cryptacize
8:30 p.m.
Secret History
9:10 p.m.
the Faintest Ideas
9:50 p.m.
Ruby Isle
10:30 p.m.
the Buddy System
11:00 p.m.
the Lolligags
11:30 p.m.
Fishboy
12:15 a.m.
the Apes
1:00 a.m.
Boyracer
Little Kings
2:00 p.m.
Railcars
2:40 p.m.
Tendaberry
3:20 p.m.
One Happy Island
4:00 p.m.
the Hat Company
4:30 p.m.
Fat Planet
Flicker Theater and Bar
6:00 p.m.
Unbrella Tree
6:45 p.m.
Noisycrane
7:30 p.m.
Gospel Gossip
Caledonia
8:30 p.m.
Laminated Cat
9:30 p.m.
Ham 1
10:30 p.m.
My Teenage Stride
11:30 p.m.
A Armada
Saturday, August 16
The 40 Watt Club
8:00 p.m.
the Smittens
8:30 p.m.
Big Fresh
9 p.m.
Thee American Revolution
9:30 p.m.
Pipes You See Pipes You Don't
10 p.m.
Andy from Denver
10:30 p.m.
Casper & the Cookies
11:00 p.m.
Circulatory System
12 a.m.
Elf Power
1 a.m.
the Music Tapes
Little Kings
2 p.m.
Lognhalsmottagningen
2:15 p.m.
Bad Animal
3 p.m.
the Young Untold
3:30 p.m.
American Cheeseburger
Flicker Theater and Bar
6 p.m.
Oh Fortuna
6:45 p.m.
Marc with a C
7:30 p.m.
Hot Lava
Caledonia
8:30 p.m.
Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned
9:30 p.m.
The Arcs
10:30 p.m.
Baak Gwai
11:30 p.m.
Man Factory
Special Screening at Cine (234 West Hancock Ave.)
Show Times: Friday, August 15 @ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 16: 4:15, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 16: 4:15, 7:00
I Need That Record
The Athens PopFest is proud to present a very special addition to this years festival in the form of director Brendan Toller’s documentary on the current fate, or possible escape from, of the independent record store. Featuring B.P. Helium (Of Montreal) and Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) the film also features Thurston More (Sonic Youth), Ian Mackaye (Fugazi, Dischord Records, Minor Threat), activist and author Noam Chomsky, Mike Watt (the Minutemen), Lenny Kaye (The Patti Smith Group), Chris Frantz (Talking Heads, The Tom Tom Club), composer Glenn Branca, Pat Carney (Black Keys), punk author Legs McNeil, rock photographer Bob Gruen and many indie record stores from across the country.
Cine has instituted a special PopFest price of only $5.00 for these screenings.
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