Concert Picks
Monday, May 21, 2012
Concert Picks 10 shows to hit up this week (May 21-27)
Posted by Chad Radford on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Monday, May 21
>> Zechs Marquis, Isness, Odist. $8. 9 p.m. @ the Earl
Tuesday, May 22
>> Black Dice, Weird Wives, Polish Nails. $8-$10. 9 p.m. @ 529
Friday, May 18, 2012
Concert Picks 8 shows to hit up this weekend (May18-20)
Posted by Chad Radford on Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:01 AM
- Mike White | Deadlydesigns.com
Fri., May 18
>> HAWKS (Pushover album release party) w/ Liverhearts, Skin Jobs, and Sunglasses (who are celebrating the release of a new self-titled 10-inch via Army of Bad Luck). Free. 9 p.m. @ Star Bar
Sat., May 19
>> The Left Field Experiment feat. P.U.D.G.E., Chris Devoe, P Villa, Illastrate, Knowsis, Psych Army DeeJays, and Saude. Hosted by DT of Clan Destined. Free. 9 p.m. @ 529
>> Washed Out, Airbird, Dog Bite. $15. 9 p.m. @ Terminal West
Monday, May 14, 2012
Concert Picks 8 shows to hit up this week (May 14-20)
Posted by Chad Radford on Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Monday May 14
>> Cheyene Marie Mize is opening for Rhett Miller, but really Mize is the true gem on the bill tonight. $21.40. 8 p.m. @ Eddie's Attic
>> Hunger 6 feat. the return of Time Wharp for another round mutant electronic dance music with Abbot, Divine Interface, and Cc. Free. 9 p.m. @ 529
Tues., May 15
>> Black Bananas (Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux), Magik Markers, Dwarr. $8-10. 9 p.m. @ 529
Monday, April 23, 2012
Concert Picks / Q+A Sharon Van Etten owns being a 'Tramp'
Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM
When she was an intern at Ba Da Bing Records, Sharon Van Etten kept quiet about writing and recording her own material. Thankfully, her secret eventually came out and she soon released the epic Epic via a label that was already home. And that's when things started to really happen. She was on tour with Megafaun when they showed her footage of their ex-bandmate (remember that crazy cabin guy who was really obsessed with some chick named Emma up in Wisconsin? I think his name was Bon Iver, maybe? It escapes me) covering one of the songs from Epic along with members of the National. With her third album, Tramp (released Feb. 7), Sharon's definitely decided to play nice with the other kids on the block: Matt Barrick of the Walkmen, Jennifer Wasner of Wye Oak, and Zach Condon of Beirut all pitched in, along with heavyweight champ Andy Dessner of the National serving as the project's corpus callosum, i.e. producer, baby. We caught Sharon via phone from Charlotte sounding gracious, quiet, and quite a lady if we ever heard one. But goddamn, she sure does look at you long and hard from the album cover like a straight up G, doesn't she?
Sharon Van Etten. With Flock of Dimes [aka Jennifer Wasner of Wye Oak]. Wed., April 25. $12. 8:30 p.m. The Earl. 404-522-3950. www.badearl.com.
I saw the video you just posted on Facebook of that Iggy Pop cover.
Sharon Van Etten: [Laughs]
Do you like Stooges or Fun House better?
I think Fun House is really, really great.
I've listened to your new album four times and I can't find the word "tramp" anywhere in there, though I know it might be hidden in there. Why did you choose the title Tramp?
I chose it because, well, the original definition of tramp is to just be homeless or to be traveling. I was just staying with friends mostly when I was writing this record so I wanted that to be known. I didn't necessarily want to make a statement with the word but it's kind of me owning the word.
You also really wanted a very strong album cover. Your album cover also alludes to John Cale's album cover for Fear.
I kind of wanted the cover to be androgynous but strong. I didn't want it to be pretty, I just wanted it to be straight-forward. And I think artwork covers [resonate with] what you hear.
You were once in a college relationship that was very unhealthy and you've often said in your interviews that writing and music is very much like self-therapy for you. Do you think music has saved you?
Friday, April 20, 2012
Concert Picks / Q+A With 'The Bulls & The Bees,' Melvins make corporate rock at its finest
Posted by Chad Radford on Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- Jessi Rose
- DO THESE GUYS LOOK LIKE THEY GIVE A FUCK: Buzz Osborne (left) with Melvins
Melvins pioneered the molasses rock dirges that defined the Pacific Northwestern post-punk/proto-grunge scene of the late ’80s/early ’90s — an era best summed up by the bumper sticker mantra: “Corporate rock still sucks.” Since 1983 drummer Dale Crover and singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne have released dozens of albums with revolving members. Their latest five-song blast of vibrant sludge-rock, The Bulls & the Bees, bares the imprint of the hippest car company around: Scion. With his brash sense of humor, Osborne laughs at the naysayers still stuck on grunge-era rhetoric. Now about that bumper sticker.…
The Bulls & the Bees EP is some of your strongest material with the four piece. You’re giving it away for free?
Thanks, I think we hit a homerun with this one. We’re giving it away for free and I'm still surprised when people say, “I can't believe you would do something for a corporation!” Look, we signed with Atlantic in ’93! Wanna talk about fucking corporations? I did three albums with them, do you think I have a problem with that? No.
I'll never know how Scion works, and I don't give a shit. They're giving us money to make a record that they’re giving to the public for free. I fail to see the bad side to that — I believe everyone in the world should like our band. I'm not trying to make it an exclusive club, but unfortunately the rest of the world doesn't agree. When you make music that's as weird as ours there aren’t going to be millions of people that like it, I'll tell you that.
Did you guys really catch shit for working with Scion?
Yeah, let me get this straight: That means I can't listen to the Beatles, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Ramones, Sex Pistols?… There aren’t enough good bands for me to be that picky. If Mötley Crüe put out a great fucking record tomorrow, I’d buy it. I listen to the Beatles all the time. Does it ever cross my mind that they were on EMI? What kind of shit is that? People complain about how much they dislike us being involved with a corporation while they're boarding a jet, typing on their iPhones. Kiss my fucking ass on the way down to hell. I have no time for that kind of teenage political blather.… Who the fuck is underwriting these little bastards to where they can complain so much?
Maybe they’ll be happier when your album, Freak Puke, comes out on Ipecac, which finds Melvins back down to a three-piece?
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Concert Picks Valencia Robinson resurfaces at Soul Poetic
Posted by Carlton Hargro on Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:39 PM
There are tons of reasons why you should be sure to attend Soul Poetic this Friday, April 13 — a few being that the event features the talents of ATL notables like hosts Kemi Bennings and Jamal Ahmad; smooth-voiced singer Alex Lattimore; and author/poet Okeeba Jubalo. In addition, it’s free … and that’s always a great thing.
But for my money’s worth, a rare appearance by Tennessee-born/based vocalist/musician Valencia Robinson is reason alone to hop in your car, on your bike or on MARTA and check things out.
Robinson is an unfamiliar name to some, but local soul heads may remember her time as a denizen of Atlanta. A few short years ago (maybe 2004 or 2005 or so), she was on the scene performing tunes from her debut CD Soul Searchin' — and establishing herself as one the newest, brightest voices to ever come out of the city.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Concert Picks 11 shows worth hitting up this week (April 9-14)
Posted by Chad Radford on Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Monday, April 9
>> Eyedrum presents Endangered Blood (feat. Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Jim Black, and Trevor Dunn) and Scarab. $10. 9 p.m. @ the Goat Farm
>> Kebbi Williams, Ekundayo, Nung River, P Villa + the Psych Army DJs. Free. 9 p.m. @ 529
Tues., April 10
>> Frankie Rose, Dive, Small Reactions. $8-10. 9 p.m. @ 529
>> Chain & The Gang (featuring Ian Svenonius of the almighty Nation of Ulysses and the Make-Up). Hunx & His Punx, Natural Child, Black Lodge. $10-$12. 8:30 p.m. @ the Earl
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Concert Picks Shabazz Palaces playing Athens (NOT ATLANTA!) in April
Posted by Rodney Carmichael on Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:00 PM
One of last year's most enigmatic rap releases — besides Lil B's I'm Gay (I'm Happy), of course — was Shabazz Palaces' Black Up. The Seattle-based collective, fronted by Ishmael Butler aka Palaceer Lazaro (formerly Butterfly of Digable Planets), was on some true avant-hop with its Sub Pop label debut.
I'll try not to bemoan the fact that Shabazz isn't including Atlanta on a tour that hops between primary and secondary markets (New York, Chicago, Detroit, Bmore, Philly, St. Louis, Austin, New Orleans) and a slew of college towns (Durham, Iowa City, Athens), not to mention international stops (Glasgow, Rome, Zurich). Considering the rep Atlanta has garnered over the past decade, I can't say I expected different. Let's face it, we're the mainstream-dance-a-jig-swag-n-trap-it-out-country-rap-tunes capital of the world. Except for when we're not, which is damn near half the time. The non-mainstream hip-hop scene in Atlanta is certainly Underexposed, as director W. Feagins Jr.'s recent Atlanta Film Festival award-winning short film of the same name proved. But even beyond the typical two-party, mainstream vs. underground system, there are a whole slew of freaks, geeks, and weirdos who paint all outside the lines.
There's no reason why a properly promoted Shabazz Palaces show couldn't have packed out Hell (downstairs) at the Masquerade, or even the Basement at Graveyard Tavern. I'll even throw out a couple of solid Atlanta-based outsider acts that could've opened to round out the bill: Social Studies (Zano and Chris Devoe), and Bosco. For years, promoters have talked about how Atlanta is overlooked by emerging and edgier acts that don't think there's a market here for anything other than the stereotype. But if Lil B could pack out the Loft in 2010, there's certainly room for Shabazz Palaces in 2012 — unless of course Seattle's avant-garde collective is too progressive for the city that OutKast built?
Shabazz Palaces. $12. 8 p.m. Thurs., April 19. 40 Watt, 285 W. Washington St. Athens. 706-549-7871. www.40watt.com.
And if you still haven't seen Underexposed: Indie Hip Hop in Atlanta, the film that won CL's ATL Short Cuts contest in both critics and viewers categories, check it out below the jump:
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Concert Picks 2 shows to hit up tonight (Tuesday, March 20)
Posted by Chad Radford on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:11 AM
- Sundown
First and foremost, there’s a cool show happening over at Capsule tonight, featuring Sundown, who plays a set of its so-called “new cosmic American music" from Columbus, Ohio. Old King Cole Younger (aka Cole Alexander from Black Lips) also performs. $5 suggested donation at the door, and there's been talk of a keg. Music gets started around 9:30 p.m. or so.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Concert Picks 5 shows to hit up tonight (Monday, March 19)
Posted by Chad Radford on Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:25 PM
1. Body Language, Ava Luna, Jonquil, and the Clap are all playing a show tonight at the Basement. $8. 8 p.m. Be the first person to leave a comment on this post asking for a pair of tickets to the show and we've got you covered.
2. Neon Indian, Purity Ring. $15 (adv). 8 p.m. @ Masquerade (Hell)
3. Deleted Scenes, the Mad Flight, the Long Shadows. Free. 9 p.m. @ 529
