Photos: 3-30-07 Kid Koala, Samadha

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Kid Koala



















Kid K signed Leah's oven mitt's.

Friday Free-Style

Aw yeah, it's Friday again, Deerhunter or Kid Koala tonight! What to choose? Ted Leo and the Pharmacists will be at the Variety Playhouse Saturday night. I still don't know whether i'm going to that or the DJ Klever/Snowden extravanganza. Here's some videos to help me decide:

Deerhunter:



Ted Leo And The Pharmacists:



Snowden:



DJ Klever:



The Flaming Lips, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Wolfmother and more have made original tracks for the upcoming Spiderman 3 movie.

Bono is now a knight.

Sasquatch! Music Festival has added Clinic, Blackalicious, The Polyphonic Spree, and an extra Beastie Boys instrumental set plus many more acts. Check it out. Beastie Boys have a new album coming out this year.

Patti Smith is doing a covers album.

The new season of the Henry Rollins Show, starting next month, will feature live performances from The Mars Volta, The Stooges, and Ryan Adams and interviews with Marilyn Manson and Iggy Pop.

Black Eye Peas member Taboo got arrested for driving too high.

Tegan And Sara release their new album, The Con, in July.

The Smashing Pumpkins first performance will be in Paris. I'm kinda glad they will get their rust out overseas before (hopefully) playing a bunch of US dates.

Marilyn Manson and Slayer are going on tour together this summer. Marilyn Manson has new album out in June.

Korn and Evanescense are co-headlining this years helping of the Family Values Tour. Nu-metal will never die!!!

moe.down festival has added Ryan Adams and The Meat Puppets to their line-up. This fest held the August 30th-September 2nd in New York will also feature Medeski Martin and Wood and 6 sets from moe. over the weekend. 6 sets of moe. would make me mow down some wookies.

The Black Crowes are working on a new album.

The White Stripes have gotten creative with their marketing and created a puzzle about their new album:




Isaac Brock is not feeling the pressure of having the Billboard's #1 album.

Ratdog and Keller Williams will be at Chastain Park on July 7th.

The Preakness have a new 7" coming out.

Here's a new Trans Am video featuring former-The Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore acting:



Kevin Barnes is already working on another Of Montreal album.

Thurston Moore and Jim O'Rourke are collaberating with some others to form a noise-supergroup. Yaher!

Thurston Moore is working on a new solo album at J Mascis studio produced by John Agnello (Rather Ripped #16 of 2006). There's a video of Thurston performing one of the songs at SXSW here.

Brightblack Morning Light will be at the Earl April 23rd. Here's an MP3: Everybody Daylight

Arctic Monkeys and Be Your Own Pet will be at the Tabernacle on May 19th.

Ozzfest is building its line-up, and Atlanta's Daath is playing some dates among others.

Interviews on the read-read:

• Of Montreal
• Black Lips
• The Decemberists
• !!!
• Ted Leo
• Cold War Kids
• CocoRosie
• Bright Eyes
• Explosions In The Sky
• The Shins
• Pelican

Some Vids to discover and then go read the interview:

Pelican:



CocoRosie:

Torrent Of The Day: Do Make Say Think (2-23-2007)

Do Make Say Think - Detroit, MI - 2-23-07

Do Make Say Think
The Magic Stick
Detroit, MI
February 23rd, 2007

Source: DPA 4061s (NERF) > SP-SPSB-1 > iRiver H120
Location: FOB, DFC, 9' up
Conversion: iRiver H120 > USB > Cool Edit Pro (fades) > CDWav 1.94.5 > FLAC Frontend 1.1.3 (Level 8)

Review-"We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" - Modest Mouse

I once made a statement that Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie was one of the greatest writers of our time. A friend of mine quickly shot back, "Pft, Isaac Brock can say in two words what takes Ben Gibbard a whole song". In this statement he was not bashing Gibbard, an artist my friend also had great admiration for, but was simply stating that none of Brock's contemporaries formed such clear thesis as "People are made of water and shit" or "We're put here just to make more dirt".

Prior to last week I would consider Ugly Casanova's "Sharpen Your Teeth" to be Brock's last great work. The 2004 Modest Mouse release "Good News For People Who Love Bad News" just didn't do much for me. Save for his circular ramblings about language on "Blame it on the Tetons", I found it lacking the core Modest Mouse essence that has separated the band from a Franz Ferdinand or a Wolf Parade. While the songs were still instantly recognizable as Modest Mouse, they lacked the darkness and simple complexity of their precursors.

Some would be quick to blame this fall from grace on the majors. However, this just doesn't seem to hold water; I dare you to deny the greatness of "The Moon & Antarctica", the band's major label debut. Others would point to Brock's personal problems; a stint in short stint in jail for a DUI and an attempted murder charge. While this sort of trouble would be enough to knock anyone of their game, "The Moon & Antarctica" was releases on the heals of rape accusations which eventually forced Brock to move from Seattle, WA to Gainesville, FL to escape a scene that had turned against him. To make matters worse, drummer Jeremiah Green, whose mesmerizing drumming defined some of the bands earlier work, had a break down during second day of recording and quit the band. Add to the mix new producer Dennis Herring, who the band had never before worked with, and it is a wonder this album was ever completed at all. For all its low points, the album "Good News..." stuck to very tight concept and found the band progressing from releasing a collection of loosely connected songs to creating a statement as an album. Not to mention it went platinum and has outsold all the previous Modest Mouse releases combined.

After suffering through a less than stellar and more than expensive live show from their second tour for "Good News..." I was ready to say good-bye. I wanted to hold on to the old Modest Mouse. I had no interest in anything that grew out of the same pot that "Good News..." was planted in. Upon the reading of the return of their drummer Jeremiah Green and the addition of Johnny Marr (of the fucking Smiths, WTF), I had shard of hope that Modest Mouse might be able return to greatness. When the new album was leaked to the P2P networks I couldn't resist; I had to have a listen (I have since purchased both the Deluxe CD and LP editions of this incredible album).

While those hoping for a return to the "Dial-a-Song" days could possibly still be disappointed by "We Were Dead Before the Ship Began to Sink", this album is far from the worst and very close to the best Isaac has ever penned. Songs like "Parting of the Sensory" not only close the curtains on the brightness of "Good News..." but they also mark the return of phrases like "Some day you will die and somehow something's going to steal your carbon". This album takes lessons learned in album crafting from "Good News..." and applies them to Brock's core competencies: musings of the universe, morality, and infinity. However, people expecting a second "Good News..." are not denied either. "Dashboard" has been aptly labeled "Float On 2" for better or worse. Anyone who can't make it through to "Florida" will probably declare that nothing has changed from "Good News...".

For me, Brock's best work to date is studies in the canon "Cat Faces" from his Ugly Casanova release "Sharpen Your Teeth". To a lessor extent this album revisits this application of layered vocals. The call and response and panned vocals add a width to the Modest Mouse sound that can't really be found anywhere else in rock today. However, I think the main strength of this album is how it draws on every previous version of Modest Mouse: there is the intensity of "Tundra/Desert" in "Parting of the Sensory", there is rarely shown sweet side of "Sleepwalking" and Trailer Trash" in "Little Motel". "Parting of the Sensory" seems to share the sonic landscape that made "The Moon & Antarctica" one of the most important albums of this decade, and "Fire it Up" and "Dashboard" take a page from the radio friendly songs found on "Good News...".

Whatever you’re looking for in Modest Mouse, chances are you will find it on this album (save for some of the very early antics). If you want to hate their commercial success and totally bash them for selling out; you will certainly find plenty of fuel to do that in the first ten minutes of this album. If your looking for return to their "glory days" it is here too, it just takes a little more effort. If your looking for a defining statement of what Modest Mouse is or a good introduction to the band, this is album is probably your best bet.

NeoIndustrialPost-EmoPunkFunkElectroCrashThrashabillyScreamoHouseGhettoTech

Live Show: The Shins (Live On KCRW)

SHINS - LIVE ON KCRW

FIRST AIRED - MARCH-27th-2007 (One Month After Pre-Recording At The Village Studio)

Source: FM Broadcast
Pre-Recorded Live - In Studio Session
Lineage: FM> Harman Kardon AVR30> Analog Out> Harman Kardon CDR2 Recorder>
Audio CDR.WAV> Pioneer DVR-RW DVD-108> EAC> CD WAVE-(Tracking)-> Flac.level-8


SHINS - LIVE (RECORDED 1/26/2007 AT THE VILLAGE)

Albuquerqueís The Shins perform songs from their latest, Wincing The Night Away, on Morning Becomes Eclectic

(click to listen)

01.(=Intro=)
02.Phantom Limb
03.Turn On Me
04.Girl Sailor
05.Girl Inform Me
06.(=Interview With Nic=)
07.A Comet Appears
08.Australia
09.So Says I
10.Girl On The Wing

The Band:

James Mercer - Vocals, Guitar
Jesse Sandoval - Drums
Marty Crandall - Keys/Bass
Eric Johnson - Keys/Guitar
Dave Hernandez - Guitar/Bass

Enjoy,
Nibbler

Setlist And Info Copied From KCRW's Website

DOWNLOAD LOSSLESS TORRENT HERE

Video Of The Day: Flight Of The Conchords

Newly added to Bonnaroo, this New Zealand duo is sort of like Tenacious D, but good. Check out one of their shows:

Bonnaroo Artist Additions!

Finally Bonnaroo posts some additions:

Ornette Coleman
El-P
David Bromberg and Angel Band
Flight of the Conchords
The New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
Yard Dogs Road Show

El-P and Flight of The Conchords(Wow!) I am most excited about. Not really the additions i was hoping for but Bonnaroo says there 's more additions soon.

Humpday Random Tracks

Here's some tracks floating around the blogs this week to listen to and preview. Click the album cover to find more info on the album and how to purchase it:



Low: "Breaker"



Andrew Bird: “Heretics”



Panda Bear: "Take Pills"



The National: "Fake Empire"



El-P: "flyentology (cassettes won't listen remix)"

Video Of The Day: Kid Koala

He'll be at the Drunken Unicorn friday night, check him out:

Torrent Of The Day: Man Man (3-21-2007)

Man Man's album Six Demon Bag (#45 of 2006) is badass and you should check them out:

Man Man 2007-03-21 Magic Stick, Detroit, MI (16-bit) (FLAC)

MAN MAN
Magic Stick
Detroit, MI
March 21, 2007

audience recording.

FOB, slightly left of stage. ~30 feet back.

Church Audio STC-9000 mics & preamp > iriver iHP-120 > WAV (M) > Sound Forge 8.0 (DC Offset correction, Normalize, Fade In/Out, Track Splits) > WAV > FLAC v.1.1.4

Setlist (Thanks Hawksorama! Setlist will need to be added manually to info file.):

1. New Song #1
2. Against The Peruvian Monster
3. Banana Ghost / Zebra (beginning)
4. Zebra (end)
5. New Song #2
6. Black Mission Goggles (beginning)
7. Black Mission Goggles (end) / New Song #3
8. New Song #4
9. Hot Bat into New Song #5 / Push The Eagle's Stomach
10. Sarsaparilla / New Song #6
11. Engrish Bwudd / Young Einstein On The Beach
12.ENCORE (this is either New Song #7 , or them just making a lot of noise to close the show)

Recorded and transferred by Paramnesiac.

Rock The Bells: Rage Against The Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, more...

Tickets Go On Sale this Saturday at 10am. That's a helluva hip-hip line-up

7 Shows In 7 Days

The Atlanta concert season is scorching hot as there are some great shows coming up this week. I highly recommend you check out all of the linked bands below cuz they are all great. Here's how you should spend the next week:

Wednesday March 28th:

People Noise (ex-VHS or Beta), Spectralux, Pacifico at The Earl ,$7, 21+, 9:00pm

Thursday March 29th:

Deerhunter, Psychic Hearts, Long-Legged Woman at the 40 Watt in Athens, GA, $5, 18+, 9:30pm

Friday March 30th:

Kid Koala, Samadha, Rob Wonder at the Drunken Unicorn, $10, all ages, 9:00pm

Saturday March 31st:

DJ Klever, Snowden, Variac, Julius Airwaves at Lenny's, (Faster Moustache 2 year BirthDay Party and MTV will be filming) $10, 21+, 9:00pm

Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Love Of Diagrams at the Variety Playhouse, $15, all ages, 8:30pm

Monday April 2nd:

Deerhunter in-store performance at Criminal Records, Free, all ages, 7:00pm

Tuesday April 3rd:

Menomena, Jeffrey Butzer/MIDWIVES at the Drunken Unicorn $8, all ages, 9:00pm

What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

31Knots

31Knots : From The Days And Nights Of Everything Anywhere

This 3-piece claiming both Portland and San Francisco have been jamming hard on my ipod for the last week. They remind me a little bit of Cursive and Q And Not U, but have a different style of their own. Check them out:

• Man Become Me
• The Salted Tongue

Buy From The Days And Nights Of Everyting Anywhere Here

31Knots Myspace page


Arbouretum

Arbouretum : Rites Of Uncovering

Some stoner-folk-rock from Baltimore, MD. Former drummer for Anomoanon plays guitar and sings in this project and does both very well. Kind of Jeff Buckley meets Neil Young. Give these track a listen and then pick this one up:

• Sleep Of Shiloam
• Mohammed's Hex And Bounty
  

Buy Rites Of Uncovering Here

Arbouretum Myspace Page

Arbouretum will be at the Drunken Unicorn on April 18th

Torrent Of The Day: Thurston Moore at SXSW

Thurston performing songs from an upcoming solo album. Drogging with an acoustic:

Thurston Moore and Friends (sonic youth) 2007-03-xx sxsw - austin - tx (16-bit) (FLAC)

Thurston moore w/
Steve Shelley on drums and Sumara Lubelski on violin
03-16-07
Mohawk patio
Sxsw
Austin tx
Trks 1-7

03-17-06
End of an ear
Sxsw
Austin tx
Trks 8-14

Mics>dat>cd>eac>sf6>flac>td>you


i think moore did 6 shows at sxsw. here are two. good quality. end of ear is real good quality. fits on 1 cd. i have been to alot of festivals and sxsw is THE best. plus i only spent $3 on music.

Post-Spring Break Randomness

The last week was a blur of drinking and more drinking. In between the war campaign I waged against my liver, I caught 2 shows. I saw RJD2 and Busdriver at the Variety Playhouse last Tuesday night. In the context of all the awesome shows i've been catching lately it was a little dissapointing. Busdriver is very talented, but the show was not anywhere near amazing. His lyrics were hard to understand most of the time because he was mumbling too much and him and his DJ (who was more using drum machines than turntables) basically whined about the audience reaction (or lack thereof) the entire performance. I know hip-hop artists like to yell at the crowd and try and get them to go crazy, but dissing your crowd between every song is not going to entice the reaction you want. If you're not recieving the ideal reaction from your audience, perhaps you should be more entertaining. RoadKillOvercoat is a good hip-hop album, but this guy is not the Notorious BIG. Go earn a crowd reaction, don't act like it's due to you.





RJD2 came out with a band and was playing guitar and bass and singing and didn't even touch a turntable until the 5 th song. This first portion was interesting as this 4-piece version of RJD2 did their best impression of Ratatat. Then RJD2 himself got behind his turntables and drum machines and turned in a mediocre mixing set. The coolest thing about it was the use of projector. In addition to having random trippy stuff going on, he had a video camera that would show what his hands were doing on certain parts, like playing the drum machine. As his bandmates retuned to stage and they continued to do rock-ish music, the show got seriously boring. I don't mind the concept of a DJ pretending he is a rockstar but the delivery here was lacking to say the least.





The other show I caught last week was Of Montreal at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC. A great show in a venue that I didn't really like that much. The band did mostly stuff off of Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? and was maybe a little shorter show than most of the set lists I've seen. My friend taped the show and I'll have that torrent highlighted as soon as it is up.



Largehearted Boy has a collection of torrents, files, and streams from SXSW. You should check it out.

Spoon have released details on their new album coming out in July called Gimme Fiction.

The White Stripes have released a tracklisting of their new album Icky Thump.

As part of the Pitchfork Fest/ATP/Awesomeness, Slint will be performing their album Spiderland the same night Sonic Youth performs Daydream Nation. It just gets better and better.

Blonde Redhead talk about their new album, 23.

Lamb Of God, Hatebreed, and Lordi are headlining this year's Ozzfest.

The Chemical Brothers have a new album out in June. Here's a vid:



Tori Amos has a new album coming out in May. Here's a video:



Paul McCartney has a new album comnig out this year on a Starbucks label.

Jurassic 5 is breaking up.

Roger Waters has a new song for a soundtrack of The Last Mimzy.

Here's an article on the 404 Noise Fest Biggie C checked out.

Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker is getting busy. Here's a SK video:



Scott Weiland allegedly trahsed a hotel with his wife.

Shellac have an new album due out in June.

The Darkness realized they suck and broke up.

A bundle of interviews for you:

• Bloc Party
• New Pornographers
• Panda Bear
• Whigs
• Ted Leo
• The Decemberists
• Dr Dog
• Serena-Maneesh
• Reverend Horton Heat

A Serena-Maneesh video:



Dr. Dog at Criminal Records doing an in-store performance last month:

Torrent Of The Day: Blood Brothers (3-21-2007)

The Blood Brothers will be at the Masquerade on April 7th:

The Blood Brothers 2007-03-21 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN (FLAC)

The Blood Brothers
First Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday March 21st 2007

Taper: empty
Location: FOB ROC ~25ft, 9ft ^
Mic Config: DIN (20cm, ~90º)
Source: Studio Projects C4's > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB > PC [WAV > FLAC5 + Verified]
Editing: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 7 (fade out)
TRT: 59:29

Please Do Not sell this recording. Share & trade it freely.
Please Do Not circulate mp3s or other lossy formats.

01. lead in
02. Guitarmy
03. Ambulance vs. Ambulance
04. Huge Gold AK-47
05. Laser Life
06. Camouflage, Camouflage
07. Set Fire to the Face on Fire
08. Teen Heat
09. We Ride Skeletal Lightning
10. You're the Dream, Unicorn!
11. Lift the Veil, Kiss the Tank
12. Crimes
13. Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy
14. Vital Beach
15. Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck
16. Giant Swan
17. encore wait
18. Cecilia And The Silhouette Saloon
19. lead out

Jordan Blilie – Vocals
Mark Gajadhar – Drums
Morgan Henderson – Bass, Keyboard
Cody Votolato – Guitar
Johnny Whitney – Vocals, Keyboard

www.thebloodbrothers.com
www.myspace.com/thebloodbrothersband

Notes: Open taping but if you have trouble at the venue ask them to talk with their tour manager Zoey. Eight recordings are available on the LMA. Thank you First Avenue.

The Blood Brothers formed in the Eastside suburbs of Seattle Washington in 1997. Members include Jordan Blilie (vocals), Johnny Whitney (vocals), Morgan Henderson (bass), Cody Votolato (guitar), and Mark Gajadhar (drums). The band has two dedicated vocalists (Jordan Blilie - lead vocals, Johnny Whitney - keyboards, lead vocals). Recent albums have featured a degree of experimental instrumentation: Morgan often deviates from bass to add a second guitar , and also utilizes laptop technology. Johnny has added piano and Wurlitzer organ to many more songs, a process which actually began on "American Vultures" from March on Electric Children. He has claimed he always wanted to incorporate such instruments into the Blood Brothers' sound, but only on signing with a major label prior to ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn did he have the means to do this. - wikipedia

Video Of The Day: Bloc Party

Doing "Like Eating Glass" Live:

Smashing Pumpkins First US Date: Virgin Festival, plus Lollapalooza Update

As I keep hoping the Smashing Pumpkins will be at their hometown festival, Lollapalooza, they have been announced as a co-headlining spot at a US festival the same weekend. Virgin Festival, happening in Baltimore,MD August 4-5, will also feature The Police and The Beastie Boys. They will announce the rest of the line-up later.

Lollapalooza early-bird tickets go on sale April 3rd, while they plan to announce the full line-up on April 12th. Again, thanks to Sixtimes at the lollapalooza message board, here's the confirmations as they stand:

Lupe Fiasco (http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40065/Lupe_Fiasco_Announces_Lengthy_Tour)
The New Amsterdams (http://filter-mag.com/index.php?id=13709&c=1)
Jack's Mannequin (http://www.lollapalooza.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=68391)
The Roots (http://news.hiphopsite.com/blogs/newsonthedl/archive/2007/02/20/uestlove-it-s-official-we-are-on-bonnaroo.aspx)
Son Volt (no online reference, but Cosmo says he saw it in an ad in the new Rolling Stone)
Pearl Jam (not officially confirmed: http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/poprock/278176,CST-FTR-lolla01.article)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (unofficial: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0703020099mar02,1,5001378.story?ctrack=1&cset=true)
Daft Punk ("Another Message Board," http://www.lollapalooza.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=70847)
Charlie Musselwhite (http://www.rosebudus.com/tourdates/musselwhite.html)
Ghostland Observatory (http://www.lollapalooza.com/forum/fb.aspx?m=77000)
Peter, Bjorn & John (http://somethingglorious.typepad.com/somethingglorious/2007/03/peter_bjorn_joh.html)
Rhymefest (http://idolator.com/tunes/lollapalooza/for-vedder-or-worse-heres-your-lollapalooza-2007-headliner-240748.php)
David Vandervelde (http://idolator.com/tunes/lollapalooza/for-vedder-or-worse-heres-your-lollapalooza-2007-headliner-240748.php)
LCD Soundsystem (http://www.myspace.com/lcdsoundsystem)
Peter DiStefano (http://www.myspace.com/peterdistefano)
!!! (http://www.myspace.com/chkchkchk)
Annuals (http://pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?Content=A-ANNUA1&StartSearch.x=10&StartSearch.y=18&Date_From=Today&Date_To=03-21-2009&By=All&PSKey=Y)

Keep it here for all Smashing Pumpkins and Lollapalooza Updates.

Torrent Of The Day: Sound Tribe Sector 9 at Langerado 2007 (DVD)

Sound Tribe Sector 9 2007-03-09 Sunrise, Fl (DVD9) (NTSC)

Sound Tribe Sector 9
March 9, 2007

Langerado Music Festival
Swamp Tent

Video: Filmed by Taperguy27
Panasonic GS32 mini dv & bogen 337 tripod
Dual Layer Dvd/D9

Taped by: Sleepypedro
Audio SOURCE: schoeps mk4v (ORTF) > vms02ib > busman t-mod edirol r4 (24/96)
PROCESSING: soundforge 8.0 (tracking, fades) > flac 1.1.2


24 Bit LPCM Audio/4:3/NTSC/Avg. Bitrate: 8,000kb/s

Tracklist (may be slightly inaccurate as I got it off of a Tribe message board):

be nice
tokyo
open e
blu mood
really wut?
blu mood
bigs
grow
arigato
aimlessly

Menus by: Scideadwspph
Filmed/Synched/Authored by: Taperguy27

Torrents Of The Day: Red Sparrowes (2-16-07) and (3-16-07)

More post-metal torrents for you:

Red Sparowes 2007-02-16 The Casbah - San Diego, CA (FLAC)

Red Sparowes
The Casbah
San Diego, CA
Febraury 16, 2007

Source 1: Soundboard > RCA > NJB3 > PC > WAV > FLAC > mastering and mixdown by Karl > FLAC
Source 2: DPA 4061s > SPSB-8 > h140 > PC > WAV > FLAC > mastering and mixdown by Karl > FLAC

Taped by: Chris Avis
Mastered by: Karl Frinkle

Setlist: [63:52]
1. Buildings began to stretch wide across the sky, and the air filled with a reddish glow. [6:39]
2. Like the howling glory of the darkest winds, this voice was thunderous and the words holy, tangling their way around our hearts and clutching our innocent awe. [11:51]
3. The great leap forward poured down upon us one day like a mighty storm, suddenly and furiously blinding our senses. [8:02]
4. A message of avarice rained down and carried us away into false dreams of endless riches. [8:50]
5. Alone and unaware, the landscape was transformed in front of our eyes [7:47]
6. Millions starved and we became skinnier and skinnier, while our leaders became fatter and fatter. [11:10]
7. Finally, as that blazing sun shone down upon us, did we know that true enemy was the voice of blind idolatry; and only then did we begin to think for ourselves. [9:33]


Red Sparowes 2007-03-16 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN (FLAC)

Red Sparowes
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Friday March 16th 2007

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 at yahoo dot com)
Location: LOC, ~20' left drink rail, ~12' ^
Mic Config: DIN (cm, º)
Source: Studio Projects C4's > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB > PC [WAV > FLAC5 + Verified]
Edit: tracking in CD Wave, fades in Sound Forge 7
TRT: 65:03
Size: 656MB (WAV) 361MB (FLAC)

01. intro [0:07]
02. Buildings began to stretch wide across the sky, and the air filled with a reddish glow. [7:36]
03. A message of avarice rained down and carried us away into false dreams of endless riches. [7:47]
04. Like the howling glory of the darkest winds, this voice was thunderous and the words holy, tangling their way around our hearts and clutching our innocent awe. [10:24]
05. Millions starved and we became skinnier and skinnier, while our leaders became fatter and fatter. [12:38]
06. The great leap forward poured down upon us one day like a mighty storm, suddenly and furiously blinding our senses. [8:33]
07. Alone and unaware, the landscape was transformed in front of our eyes. [8:06]
08. Finally, as that blazing sun shone down upon us, did we know that true enemy was the voice of blind idolatry; and only then did we begin to think for ourselves. [9:39]
09. outro [0:07]

Video Of The Day: Porcupine Tree

Joanna, I Could Be Your Darling

Dear Ms. Newsom,

For as long as I can remember you have graced my dreams and more recently my CD player. Way before the Milk-Eyed Mender or even the extremely limited not-meant-to-be-sold-or-heard Walnut Whales you have been there, in my thoughts, plucking your harp amidst a circle of imaginary pastel colored bunny rabbits and pixies. Way before this whole New Weird America Freak Folk movement, way before Devendra Banhart could even grow a beard, your splendid voice caressed my soul.

I used to think that this beautiful fairy queen in my mind was no more than an amalgamation of Ferngully fairies and the classical music I once listened to before drifting off to sleep. Then I heard "Peach, Plum, Pear" and the now dwindling feelings for that mythological princess burned once again like a revitalized camp fire. Seeing you live for the first time boldly singing "Yarn and Glue" A cappella to a way too small crowd, I was sure it was you.

Now I know you're really into Bill Callahan (a.k.a. smog) and you guys are probably having a great time touring the country, accompanying him at his shows (I noticed he didn't return the favor), and discussing music. But it's not going to last darling. He's a player. You're just another notch in his $200 vintage leather belt. Cat Power, check, scenester groupies, check, You, check, before you know he'll be in a foursome with Feist, Eleanor Friedberger, and Kevin Barnes. You've learned all you can from him anyhow. Don’t let him hold you back in Baritone Boresville.

You and I will work perfectly together. I'll take care of all the art direction, photography, and music videos as well as tour managing and bodyguard duties. New album needs a classy cover containing magic dancing wisps? I'm on it. Need a press photo of you floating through a never-ending field of petunias? Done. Lame hipster guy won't leave you alone backstage. I'll release the hounds. Or the sharks. Or the hounds with mutated sharks on their backs who have grown opposable thumbs and now wield samurai swords. I'm SO ON it.

Think about it and get back to me.

Bonnaroo Preview: Tortoise

The first time I ever saw Tortoise was at Bonnaroo and it was amazing. Before Post-Rock had a name, these guys were mastering it. Here's a live show to listen to:

Tortoise
taktlos-tonart bern
Bern (CH), Dampfzentrale
November 17, 2006

Dan Bitney - bass, guitar, percussion, vibes, marimba, keys, barisax
John McEntire - drums, modular synth, ring modulator guitar, electric harpsichord, keys
John Hemdon - drums, vibes, keys, sequencing
Doug McCombs - bass, guitar, lap steel
Jeff Parker - guitar, bass

FM intro (1:19)
1. (10:16)
2. (4:16)
3. (6:05)
4. (9:04)
5. (8:19)
FM talk (0:21)
6. (6:09)
7. (5:12)
8. (6:11)
9. (6:36)
10. (4:40)
11. (4:31)
12. (5:13)
FM outro (0:23)

Download Lossless Torrent Of This Show Here

Check Out Tortoise Myspace Page

Video Of The Day: Blackfield

Torrent Of The Day: ISIS (2-22-2007)

ISIS 2007-02-22 The Casbah - San Diego, CA (FLAC)

Isis
The Casbah
San Diego, CA
February 22, 2007

Source: DPA 4061s > SPSB-8 > h140 > USB > PC > .WAV > SoundForge 7.0 (levels/fades) > CDWav (track splits) > FLAC
Location: ~20 feet DFC at soundboard
Taped by: Chris Avis

Setlist: [74:28]
1. Wrists of Kings [9:09]
2. Not In Rivers, But In Drops [8:18]
3. False Light [9:03]
4. Dulcinea [7:18]
5. Wills Dissolve [8:24]
6. 1000 Shards [8:10]
7. Holy Tears [9:58]
8. Celestial the Tower [14:07]

Post-Binge Randomness

Boozing is fun, hangovers not so much. Tonight I'm checking out the RJD2 & Busdriver show at the Variety Playhouse and you should too. Here's a Busdriver video:



The biggest news to me from the weekend is that Sonic Youth will be performing Daydream Nation in its entirety at Pitchfork Music Festival this year. I have my tickets, do you have yours?



Speaking of great Chicago festivals, Peter Bjorn and John are supposedly confirmed to do Lollapalooza.

Actress Minnie Driver has a second album coming out featuring cameos from artisits such as Ryan Adams and Liz Phair. I had no idea she had a first album.

Lily Allen is bored of singing her songs.

The Polyphonic Spree have a new album coming out in June.

The Clientele have a new album due May 8th and will be going on tour with Beach House.

The Walkmen's singer got arrested at SXSW.

The new Modest Mouse record came out today. Modest Mouse will be playing at the Masquerade Music Park on May 5th. Here's a sample: People As Places As People

High Sierra Music Festival has announced the line-up.

Leftover Salmon have ended their hiatus and will make wookies dance again.

Bjork is touring but nowhere near Atlanta.

Listen to an Explosions In The Sky show on NPR from the weekend here.

Silverchair has a new album out March 31st called Young Modern.

Steely Dan will be at Chastain Park on Mat 11th.

Interviews wrap-up:

• Hold Steady
• LCD Soundsystem
• El-P
• The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Smashing Pumpkins have announced their first North American date in Canada. While we wait on American dates, here's some videos:

Torrent Of The Day: Sigur Ros (5-13-2006)

Sigur Rós / 13.05.2006 / Toronto / FLAC

Sigur Rós
Massey Hall
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 13, 2006

Source: Sonic Studios DSM-6S/L > PA-6LC3B(170) > Sony M1 DAT
Lineage: M1 > 7-pin > Core Sound 7-pin cable > Audiophile 2496 > SoundForge 6.0 > CDWAV > Flac via FLAC Frontend
Taped & Transferred By: Mike P.
Recorded center floor, 15 rows back

File Size: 473 MB (FLAC)

Disc I (54:12)

01 Takk...
02 Glósóli
03 Sæglópur
04 Njósnavélin
05 E Bow
06 Gong
07 Andvari
08 Hoppípolla
09 Með Bloðnasir

Disc II (57:55)

01 Svo Hljótt
02 Heysátan
03 Olsen Olsen
04 Smaskifa
05 Dauðlagið
06 Popplagið

Ohmpark Mixtape #1

Please support these artists. Especially Colour Revolt since they recently had their van stolen with all of their gear inside.

Links

Nobody and The Something or Others- "Angel"


Love of Diagrams- "No Way Out"


Coulour Revolt- "Matresses Underwater"


One Umbrella- "Eintrocinc"


Eluvium- "Under The Water It Glowed"


Maps and Atlases- "Every Place is a House"


The Ponys- "Double Vision"


USA is a Monster- "Voices to be Heard"


A Sunny Day in Glasgow- "Watery"


Lymbyc Systm- "Carved by Glaciers"

404 Noise and Experimental Festival @ Eyedrum 3-10-07, Atlanta GA

"It's what punk should have been."
-Travis Morgan

from the article "404 Noise Festival: Difficult listening" in Creative Loafing.

Note: I really wanted to catch Magicicada but after nearly 6 hours of shooting 9 noise projects and having been up since 8:30 friday morning I just couldn't make it.

(Click to enlarge)


Self Inflicted w/ December 23rd






Cenotype






Mugu Guymen






Subliminator






Eiliyas






Spit+Smudge






Black Meat






Navicon Torture Technologies






Jabroe vs. Choking Sun

Shows This Weekend

Tonite at eyedrum is the 404 Noise Fest featuring:


The Living Jarboe

Zandosis

Magicicada

Navicon Torture Technologies

Black Meat

Cenotype

Spit+Smudge

Harmstryker

Mugu Guymen

Subliminator

Eiliyas

Tree Creature

Self Inflicted

Gaybomb

Nymphs Or Satyrs


Starts at 5 pm
$10


Then later tonite The Orphins are playing at Lenny's with Club Awesome and Sea lions

Starts at 9pm
$5

Saturday at Apache Cafe General Noise, Mars Ill, Social ESP.

Doors @ 9pm
$10, Includes free beer


Support Your Local Atlanta Music Scene.

Help Fight The RIAA

The RIAA is trying to stop streaming radio stations and great services like Pandora:


Go to the links below:

Pandora Post 1

Pandora Post 2

Please take some time to sign this Petition

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

As you're reading this, I've already emarked on my journey to uber-drunkeness in Savannah to celebrate one of my favourite holidays. You can watch my intoxicated phone logs of the weekend here. Since i won't have many sober posts until I get back monday night, I'm leaving you with an action-packed "Friday Free-Style" featuring tons of mp3s, videos, links, etc. Have a fun weekend:

The Paper Chase blew my ear drums out at the Explosions In The Sky show Tuesday night. Check them out:



Kid Rock smacked a woman because she realized his music sucks. Seriously.

Watch the new video from Arctic Monkeys here. They will be playing the Tabernacle May 19th.

Chis Cornell has a few solo tour dates and a solo album out called Carry On April 30th.

Busta Rhymes is too dangerous to be in new York City.

The Greyboy Allstars are releasing their first studio album nine years. It's called What Happened To TV? and it's out April 17th.

Here's a new Disco Biscuits Video:



Ratatat are working on a second hip-hop mixtape. Listen to some tracks from it:

• Biggie Smalls - "Party & Bullshit (Ratatat remix)"

• Memphis Bleek - Alright (Ratatat Remix)

Remember Ratatat will be at the Loft on April 10th so get your tickets now.

Music For Robots has posted a list of mp3s from bands playing at SXSW. You should really check it out and listen/download that shiznit.

Listen to a track off the new Wilco album Sky Blue Sky: Wilco - What Light

Listen to a track off the new Blonde Redhead album 23: 23

Everybody is going crazy about the new Arcade Fire album. After a few good listens, I like it, but I'm not willing to crown them yet. I think if you compare it to the best albums to come out this year, it just doesn't hold up. It's definetly worth checking out though. Here's a track in case you haven't heard it yet(doubtful): Intervention

For you hip-hop heads, here's a track from the forth coming Hieroglyphics crew Souls Of Mischief member A-Plus: Patna Please

Meshuggah have new album due out in September.

Rush have a new album coming out May 1st and you can listen to a song off it at their site.

Ansur are working on their seocnd album.

Lenlow has done a mash-up with a Peter Bjorn and John track: “Bjorn Slippy”

Here's a Deftones video:



Here's a video of Portishead's live performance last month:



Here's a Nine Inch Nails video for a track off the new album:



Creative Loafing has an article on rapper Busdriver, who will be opening up for RJD2 next Tuesday at the Variety Playhouse.


Some SXSW related mp3s:

• Sparklehorse- "Morning Hollow"
• My Brightest Diamond- Something of An End"
• Beirut- "Elephant Gun"
• The Rosebuds- "Bluebird"
• Illinois- "Alone Again"

The Band Of Horses show Wednesday night was great. Here's some photos i took with my phone:

Arizona:



Carey Ann Hearst and The Gun Street Girls:



Band Of Horses:

• “The Great Salt Lake” — Band of Horses

Here's some interviews for you:

• Andrew Bird
• Girl Talk
• Arcade Fire
• Panda Bear (Animal Collective)
• The Shins
• Bill Frisell
• Of Montreal

Here's a Simpsons clip to get you into the holiday spirit:

Langerado Torrents

Photo copyright Live Music Blog

Here's some live shows from Langerado last weekend:

Trey Anastasio,Langerado Music Festival,Sunrise, FL 3/9/07 4011s

Micheal Franti & Speahead Mar 10, 2007 Langerado Fest mg210

My Morning Jacket,Langerado Music Festival,Sunrise, FL 3/10/07 4011s

The Hold Steady,Langerado Music Festival,Sunrise, FL, 3/9/07 4011s

Widespread Panic,Langerado Music Festival, Sunrise, FL 4011s 3/11/07

Greyboy Allstars 2007-03-10 Langerado Schoeps mk4

Galactic 2007-03-09 Langerado

Tea Leaf Green,Langerado Music Festival,Sunrise, FL 3/9/07 4011s

Live Review and Photos: Explosions In The Sky, The Paper Chase, Eluvium (3-13-2007) Lenny's

It seemed like forever since i had raced down to Criminal Records to scoop up the last 2 tickets for this show. I had no idea who was even opening for Explosions In The Sky until a couple days earlier. Me and Biggie C arrived one minute after the supposed door opening time and were barely able to secure a spot in the front row. Lots of kids with "X"s on their hands were already setup. After The crowd quickly grew behind us, Eluvium came through the audience and climbed on stage right next to me. With all three bands' equipment cluttering the small stage, it seemed to be the only way to get up there. Eluvium's new record, Copia, is really good and I've been jamming it a lot over the last month or two so i was very excited when I learned he was on the bill. Eluvium is the stage name of Seattle's Matthew Cooper. He plays really ambient and distorted music on a keyboard and guitar. His performance was much more "wall-of-sound" than I had expected from the very mellow album, and continued a trend of being way too loud to not have earplugs(I'm stupid, I know i should be wearing earplugs to shows but they are just annoying to me). Looping each instrument into massive sonic waves, it was even better than I expected. The underage kids surrounding us were not impressed but good music taste often takes a while to develop. I'll post some Eluvium tracks next week. Biggie C with some pics of a very dark stage: (click to enlarge)







Shortly after that, The Paper Chase took the stage. i didn't really know anything about these guys, but they were great, and very very loud. I heard one of the kids around me describe them as "jagged noise-pop"(which they obviously found on Wikipedia), and that's them exactly. Front man John Congleton was extremely entertaining between singing great, Jamming some amazing, piercing guitar lines, and dancing around in a really awkward way. The rest of the band was going at it like machines and it was well worth the damage it did to my eardrum. I'll have some songs from these guys next week too: (click to enlarge)







So, for those who don't know, Lenny's has just recently moved to a new building down the street from the old one. I was not a big fan of the move at first because I liked the old, crappy, tiny place and that building has a lot of history (like this DVD I have of Cat Power with Steve Shelley drumming there back in 1995 when it was called Dottie's) But the new place is pretty cool, especially the murals across the wall. That said, it was a very unfavorable location for an Explosions In The Sky show. First, the stage is very short and the EITS dudes are often on the ground playing with their pedal gear so most could not see what was going on. The sound setup and "shotgun" building shape combined with the thick sea of people made for greatly different volumes depending on how far away from the stage. Being lucky enough to be in the very front, my concert experience was quite different than most people I've talked to who also attended the show.

While EITS was setting up, all three of the axe wielders came on stage with an old suitcase containing about 7 pedals each. After setting up, they then laid down the rock. The entire set was pretty much one big crescendo. I really can't remember a show where the music had such a steady building momentum. I remember seeing Mogwai twice last year and thinking it was rather "underwhelming" and kid of wondered if post-rock could really grab you in a live setting and EITS proved that i could. The venue exploded in cheers at the Set's conclusion and after the crowd roared for what i thought was an impressive plea for an encore, One of the guys came out and said they didn't have anything else. Encores sometimes seem so cheesy to me that it doesn't bother me when a band comes and just puts forth the show with no bells or whistles and just kicks ass with pure sound. The way the entire show built up and let loose, I can understand why it would be hard to just throw another song in afterwards. Overall, a great show and i highly recommend you check out EITS when they come back (they said they'd be back in the fall). Hopefully they will play in a venue better suited to them. Just make sure to bring some protection for your ears because all I could hear afterwards was ringing until I passed out.

(click on image to see the full size)

What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

!!! : Myth Takes

!!! (pronounced "chk chk chk") are sort of a punk version of the Disco Biscuits. Aggressive rock meets funky disco dance music. This is a great driving album and you should scoop it up:

• Myth Takes
• All My Heroes Are Weirdos

Buy Myth Takes Here

!!! Myspace


Beach House : Beach House

Since seeing them at the Earl on Sunday, I've been jamming this album hard all week. Beach House is Alex Scally on guitar and Victoria Legrand on keyboard and vocals. They play live with sampled drum tracks they recorded. Really chill stuff that certainly has a beachy aesthetic. Check it:

• Master Of None
• Auburn And Ivory

Buy Beach House Here

Myspace Page

Torrent Of The Day: Blackfield (3-11-2007)

For the uninformed, Blackfield is Porcupine Tree genius Steven Wilson and Isreali superstar Aviv Geffen. Check it out:

Blackfield 2007-03-11 Great American Music Hall / San Francisco (FLAC)

Blackfield
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
March 11, 2007

"How to Make a Redhead's Panties Drop"

Taper: dcbullet
Source: Church Audio Cardioid Mics > Church Audio STC-9000 > Iriver H120
Transfer: Iriver H120 > Audacity (levels) > CDWave (tracking) > Flac

01. Once
02. Miss You
03. Blackfield
04. Christenings
05. The Hole In Me
06. 1000 People
07. Pain
08. Glow (Aviv solo on keyboard)
09. Thank U (Alanis Morrisette cover by SW w/ Aviv on piano)
10. Epidemic
11. Someday
12. Open Mind
13. My Gift Of Silence
14. Where Is My Love
15. End Of The World
16. Encore Break
17. Hello
18. Once
19. Cloudy Now

Video Of The Day: Daath

The new album comes out on tuesday, here's a video:

The New Hottness: The Besnard Lakes

The Besnard Lakes : The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse


This Montreal six-piece centers around husband and wife Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas. Lesak has produced albums for acts such as Wolf Parade and Islands. This second album as The Besnard Lakes contains pieces and parts of countless genres and styles while managing to create a unique sound which is difficult for a band that spans so much. There's a lot of bands that you could reference their sound to, but I'll go ahead and go with a nice mix of the Beach Boys, My Bloody Valentine, Grizzly Bear, Sigur Ros and a little Pink Floyd. Guest appearances on the record include members of The Dears, Stars, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Listen for yourself:

• Disaster
• And You Lied To Me
• Rides The Rails
  

Buy The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse Here

The Besnard Lakes Myspace

Torrent Of The Day: The Benevento-Russo Duo (9-9-2006)

duo2006-09-09.flac16. the troubadour w. hollywood 483>v3>p1

benevento-russo duo
the troubadour
west hollywood, Ca
September 9th 2006

tape: akg483>lunatec V3> da-P1 @48k
transfer: da30mk11> ECHO MIAMIDI> wavelab v5.0[resampled to 44.1k]> cdwav v1.94.5> flac16(level 8)
tape and transfer by: justin hoogerwerf

disc 1:

1. Play, Pause, Stop 9:57
2. Sunny's Song 4:58
3. Soba 6:34
4. Memphis 5:30
5. Echo Park 4:41
6. Bye Ya 11:16 Thelonious Monk
7. Becky 6:35
8. Something For Rockets 6:51
9. Welcome Red 6:45

disc 2:

1. Best Reason To Buy The Sun 5:46
2. Hateframe 8:59
3. Mephisto 10:52
4. Walking, Running, Viking 3:56
5. Three Question Marks 12:27
6. My Pet Goat 13:03
encore:
7. Paranoid Android 10:05 Radiohead

Animal Collective Makes the World a More Colorful Place

Animal Collective's "Sweet Road" from their incredible album Sung Tongs is featured in a commercial for Crayola's Color Explosion marker. While many "indie" bands have met backlash for this sort of thing (ahem, Modest Mouse + mini vans), no can really argue with Animal Collective and markers (or crayons). The two seem to go hand-in-hand.

Live Show: Black Lips (2-24-2007) 40 Watt, Athens, GA

Black Lips will be performing at the Earl next Wednesday March 21st so get a preview and go check them out:



Black Lips - 2/24/07
40 Watt Club - Athens, GA

(click to listen)(If you know song names missing, post in commetns please)

01) Intro
02)
03)
04) Boomerang
05)
06)
07) Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah
08) Sea Of Blasphemy
09) Not A Problem
10) Dirty Hands
11) Buried Alive
12) Take Me Home (Back To Boone)
13) Ain't No Deal
14) Fairy Stories
15) M.I.A.

www.myspace.com/theblacklips

Source: Neumann KM-184(DIN)> Lunatec V2> Nomad Jukebox 3
Transfer: Nomad Jukebox 3> Firewire> Cool Edit Pro(DSP)> CDWave> FLAC Frontend

Recorded and transferred by Sloan Simpson

DOWNLOAD LOSSLESS FILES HERE

Torrents Of The Day: Of Montreal (3-7-07), (3-8-07), and (3-9-07)

Get some Of Montreal shows from last week. Remember they will be in Athens next Saturday night.

of Montreal 2007-03-07 Hamilton College, Clinton, NY ~ MG M20>JK Labs>Oade ACM 671

Of Montreal - 03-08-2007 - The Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA

Of Montreal 2007-03-09 Irving Plaza NYC - FOB Neumanns

Videos Of The Day: The Autumn Defense, Magik Markers, Eluvium

If you didn't get lucky and score some Explosions In The Sky tickets for tonight like i did, you should totally go beat up a hipster and jack them for their tickets. If you don't want to do that, there's still some great shows to see tonight. Magik Markers are playing at The Drunken Unicorn and The Autumn Defense (featuring members of Wilco) are playing at The Earl. Here's some vids:

The Autumn Defense:





Magik Markers:



Eluvium(opening for EITS tonight):

Photos: 3-11-07 Beach House, Birds of Avalon @ The Earl, Atlanta, GA

(Click for larger photos)


Birds of Avalon













Beach House

A Case Of The Mondays

Flogging Molly is playing at the Roxy tonight to a sold out crowd, so here's a video:



Courtney Love is being sued for unpaid rehab bills.

Boston lead singer, Brad Delp, died at age 55.

REM guitarist Peter Buck and Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin are working together on a project called Tuatara with an album due out in June.

REM is also getting inducted in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame and about to work on a new album

In a related note, The Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame is consumed in Van Halen controvery. Both seem pretty irrelevant.

Daft Punk and The Rapture are mini-touring the US but not coming to the ATL.

The National will be playing at the Earl on June 13th before doing Bonnaroo.

Aqualung's new album Memory Man comes out tommorrow.

Live Music Blog covered the Langerado Festival in Florida over the weekend. Check it out.

Pitchfork has a good article on Girl Talk about him posing for Playgirl and being involved in congressional debates about copyright laws.

Tickets went on sale today for Pitchfork Music Festival. I'm very intrigued by the ATP "Don't look back" stuff going on Friday night. If Sonic Youth ends up playing Daydream Nation I will be there.

In the glorified frat party that is CJ's landing, Passer By played a great show. Here's some pics from Saturday night I took on my phone:









Interviews:

• Air
• Hold Steady
• LCD Soundsystem
• Wilco

Liars are working on a new album.

Neurosis have a new song on their myspace page from their forthcoming album due out May 8th.

Listen to a song off the new Daath album The Hinderers out next week.

Cable and Tweed profile Atlanta's Kill Gordon.

Unfortunetly we are not covering SXSW this year (we will be there next year), but for coverage, check this out.

Untied States are playing at the Drunken Unicorn tonight. here's a video:

Bonnaroo Update

Since quietly adding The Roots and The Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians, Bonnaroo has not officially announced much. I'll take this opportunity to address a few things. First, here's some confirmations on who is playing on what day. Remember these are not official, but all the pre-line-up confirmations were pretty right on. Thanks to LIGuy at Inforoo:


Thursday (6/14)
Apollo Sunshine
Sam Roberts Band (website says 1 PM start time)
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
Tea Leaf Green
The Annuals
Sonya Kitchell (7 PM)
Charlie Louvin
Black Angels
The National
Dubconscious
The Little Ones

Friday (6/15)
The String Cheese Incident
Michael Franti & Spearhead
The Black Keys
DJ Shadow
Hot Chip
RX Bandits
Lily Allen
Brazilian Girls
Manu Chao
Tortoise
Gillian Welch
James Blood Ulmer
Uncle Earl
Paolo Nutini
Cold War Kids
(Friday Late Night)Sound Tribe Sector Nine

Saturday (6/16)
The Police
The Hold Steady
Keller Williams (WMD's)
Ben Harper & Innocent Criminals
Xavier Rudd
Feist
Hot Tuna
Girl Talk
Galactic
Fiction Plane
Kings of Leon
Ween
Railroad Earth
Old Crow Medicine Show
Feist- (some sites are saying Sunday)
The Slip
Spoon
The Nightwatchman
(Saturday Late Night)Gov't Mule
(Saturday Late Night)Sasha and John Digweed

Sunday (6/17)
The White Stripes
North Mississippi Allstars
Fountains Of Wayne
Mavis Staples
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Wolfmother
The Decemberists
Regina Spektor
Wilco
Junior Brown


I'm hearing that Tool plays Friday night and Widespread Panic plays Sunday night, but i have no confirmation.

Bonnaroo has released last year's performances from Blackalicious, Buddy Guy, and The Neville Brothers in MP3 and FLAC.

The hippier-than-thou folks who like to hate on Bonnaroo have spread alot of rumors involving MTV and Clear Channel and I'm always surprised how many people actually believe this. Here's straight from guy who runs the roo:

Rumor: Clear Channel is buying out the festival.
AC Says: “Not true.”
Rumor: MTV/Viacom is buying out the festival.
AC Says: “There’s never even been a discussion. What would MTV do with a music festival?”
Rumor: Six Flags wants to build a new theme park on the land where Bonnaroo is held.
AC Says: “[Referencing a recent News Sentinel article], Six Flags over Georgia is in trouble. They’re not buying land; they’re selling land.”
Rumor: Bonnaroo is moving to a different location.
AC Says: “We’re actually exploring options for creating a more permanent site in Coffee County for Bonnaroo. If we owned the land, we could put in more infrastructure that would make it easier to produce. We’ve started tentative discussions with landowners for possibly purchasing the land, but it’s completely speculative at this point.”
Rumor: 2006 was the last Bonnaroo.
AC Says: “At this stage in the game, we’re here to stay for another few years.”

Also, if you want tickets to the 'roo and haven't got them, just keep in mind that only the high priced tickets remain. Last year tickets sold out in May, but remember Coachella sold out in record time, so I'd expect Bonnaroo them to sell out a little earlier this year.

Video Of The Day: Beck - Cellphone's Dead

From The Information (#10 of 2006):

Torrents Of The Day: My Morning Jacket (3-6-2007) and (3-7-2007)

My Morning Jacket in Athens, Ga last week:

My Morning Jacket 3-6-07 The 40Watt, Athens Ga

My Morning Jacket
03-06-07
The 40 Watt
Athens, Ga.


Source: AT853RX's>UA-5>JB3
Lineage: JB3>CDWave>Flac
Recorded and Transfered by: Brian Meccia - bmeccia@comcast.net



Disc 1

01. Intro
02. Oh What A Night
03. Wordless Chorus
04. Gideon
05. The Way That He Sings
06. Wonderful Man
07. Golden
08. It Beats 4 You
09. Off The Record
10. Lay Low
11. Cobra
12. Don Dante
13. One Big Holiday


Disc 2

01. Run Thru
02. They Ran
03. *Encore*
04. Wonderful Tonight
05. Dancing In The Moonlight
06. Steam Engine
07. Mahgeeta
08. Anytime


My Morning Jacket 3-7-07 The 40Watt, Athens Ga

My Morning Jacket
03-07-07
The 40 WATT
Athens, Ga.



Source: AT853RX's>UA-5>JB3
Lineage: JB3>CDWave>Flac
Recorded and Transfered by: Brian Meccia - bmeccia@comcast.net

Disc 1


01. Intro
02. One Big Holiday
03. Wonderful Man
04. Gideon
05. Lowdown
06. Off The Record
07. O Is The One
08. Lay low
09. I Will Sing You Songs
10. Wordless Chorus
11. Phone Went West
12. The Bear
13. Don Dante

Disc2

01. Dancefloors
02. Mahgeeta
03. *Encore*
04. Wonderfull Tonight
05. Oh What A Night
06. Johnny B. Goode
07. Golden
08. Anytime
09. Run Thru
10. Crimson And Clover

Live Review: Producer Battle at Apache Cafe (3-6-2007)

Last Tuesday night I went to Apache Cafe to watch my friend, JR Christ, compete in the Producer Battle. Every Tuesday night, Apache cafe hosts the weekly World Famous Mic Club night there where MCs can battle each other in freestyle competitions. I've been to these many times and have always had a great time. Now, once a month, instead of the MC battles, they have producer battles and this was the first one I have seen. Dres the Beatnik hosts the event and has a lot to do with the success of this weekly. Sometimes there is a live band featured for the MCs, but this night it was DJ Scissor Hands and some other DJ throwing down records.

The way the producer battle works is each producer brings a bunch of one minute tracks they made. It's done tournament style where two producers go head to head in the best of three rounds. Each round, one producer plays a track, then the other producer plays a track, and afterwards the winner is decided by how loud the crowd cheers for each producer, measured by some device that reads the decibels of loudness that Dres wields. 110 decibels marked the best crowd response. When someone scored in the lower 90s, Dres had a catch phrase: "Good Year, Bad Score".

It's obvious that the producer who goes last tends to have an advantage so coin flips decide who goes first. Watching the battles, there were certain things that gave producers clear advantages. The best tracks had a about a 10 second intro/build up and then would explode with some heavy bass and serious beats making the crowd go wild. Getting Dres into a track and having him dance around on stage clearly helps get crowd approval. JR Christ battled the very first battle and won 2-1. In the semifinal round, he battled a very animated character from the Battery 5 crew (which was highly represented in the battles) who had a dance routine for all of his tracks and had some guy sitting close to the stage playing cheerleader for him. JR Christ battled hard losing the first round, winning the second round, and forcing a tie in the third. In the overtime round, the Battery 5 producer dancing on stage with Dres was too much for JR Christ to overcome, but the battle was clearly the best of the night and much respect was given to both.

The most interesting part of the night came in the MC freestyle battles that occurred between the producers battles. Dres explained in detail before the battles began that MCs were expected to freestyle, not come in with a rap they had already written, and that if they caught an MC using something they already wrote, they would be banned from Apache Cafe for life. About halfway through the night, an MC started a battle with what sounded clearly previously composed to even my ear and suddenly Dres stops the kid. All the lights come on inside the club and Dres makes everyone in the place stand up. A mock court goes in session to determine whether the MC was freestyling or not. First, people from the crowd come up and say why they thought he wasn't freestyling, and if there are 3 good reasons, the MC is in serious trouble. This particular MC got called out on having his rhymes not go along with the music, one girl saw him practicing before he went on, and finally none of his words ever specifically addressed the MC he was battling. With this, the MC had one last chance. He had to freestyle about a subject that the audience came up with and prove he can freestyle. The subject that the audience finally settled on was "underground pigeons with herpes at the waffle house". The MC did a somewhat decent attempt, but the final decision would come with the audience cheers for and against banishment from the club, and the crowd overwhelmingly cheered for him to get kicked out. They took a photo of the kid, and he was promptly showed the door. It was such a surreal experience.

I highly suggest checking out Apache Cafe on a Tuesday night, especially the monthly producer battles. It's nice to see a place where true old school hip-hop is still alive and well. Make sure to bring your blunts.

Torrents Of the Day: Arcade Fire (3-8-2007) and (3-9-2007)

Arcade Fire 2007-03-08 Manchester Apollo, UK (FLAC)

The Arcade Fire
Manchester Apollo, UK
Thursday 8th March, 2007


Lineage:

GreenMachine GM-Pro Mics -> GM Battery Box -> iRiver H120 (Rockbox v061206) -> SoundForge -> CDWave -> TLH (v1.0.0.72) -> FLAC (level 8, Sector boundary alignments, file testing)

Source: Audience Recording - centre of stage, halfway between soundboard and front row
Taper: PABBY
Duration: 1h 18m 39s
Size: 414MB


Setlist:

01. Intervention
02. (Antichrist Television Blues)
03. Keep The Car Running
04. Black Mirror
05. No Cars Go
06. Haiti
07. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
08. My Body Is A Cage
09. The Well And The Lighthouse
10. Crown Of Love
11. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
12. Rebellion (Lies)
13. Encore break
14. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
15. Ocean Of Noise


Arcade Fire 2007-03-09 Manchester Apollo, UK (FLAC)

The Arcade Fire
Manchester Apollo, UK
Friday 9th March, 2007


Lineage:

GreenMachine GM-Pro Mics -> GM Battery Box -> iRiver H120 (Rockbox v061206) -> SoundForge -> CDWave -> TLH (v1.0.0.72) -> FLAC (level 8, Sector boundary alignments, file testing)

Source: Audience Recording - almost at the front, on right-hand side of the stage
Taper: PABBY
Duration: 1h 18m 39s
Size: 421MB


Track list:

01. No Cars Go
02. Black Mirror
03. Keep The Car Running
04. Neon Bible
05. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
06. Haiti
07. Windowsill
08. The Well And The Lighthouse
09. Crown Of Love
10. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
11. Ocean Of Noise
12. Rebellion (Lies)
13. Intervention
14. 1st Encore Break
15. (Antichrist Television Blues)
16. 2nd Encore Break
17. Wake Up

Live Review: Moe. (3-3-2007) The Tabernacle

This past Saturday, I got some free tix to see moe. from my buddy, Kevin and 91.1 (Ga.Tech radio). I used to be really into moe., as I always thought they were one of the best jam bands out there, and thus, I would never miss a show. It’s been a couple of years now since I’ve seen them, and was pretty excited to see what they had been up to. Well, the story of this show starts in the lot.

Moe. plays at the Tabernacle, here in Atlanta every year, they always book at least 2-3 shows in a row, and are well known for their huge lot parties (full of the usual lot shenanagans). When I arrived (what I thought was) “late” to tailgate and whatnot, I was astonished to see such an empty lot. Wondering where all the fans were, I opened up a beer, sat on the trunk and jammed to a small, hippie, bongo circle. I was instantly distracted as the APD started swarming around the lot. Several regularly dressed folks jumped up and started holding guns to people’s heads all around me. One guy in particular, dressed like he was ready to jam with moe., is holding a gun to a guy’s head and using a taser to restrain (and I emphasize) A STONER WHO IS JUST SITTING ON THE GROUND, and then he takes his empty bag that had previously had weed in it (I think he ate it all or something when the undercover ratgirl sitting with him jumped up and yelled, “he’s got it!” while pointing down at the tased victim). People were getting arrested all over the lot.

As I was completely disgusted by this sudden police revolt, I simply wanted to get inside to ‘safety’. Much to my dismay, walking up to the entrance, I see two more kids getting pulled out of the venue in handcuffs, escorted by cops holding sacks of weed.

Before I get too off the topic here over my extreme disapproval of how my tax dollars were being wasted on harmless citizens… on to the actual review of the music.

OH MY F@#KING GOD, they were still playing the same motherf@#king shows I have seen so many times before. No new tricks, jams, or stage/light production. I felt like I was in an inescapable hell (as I did not drive that night). How in the world do these guys still have such a huge following? One answer to that could be that the crowd surrounding me was definitely much younger (high-schoolers, college freshmen, and the like). But regardless, I still cannot understand this huge fascination of the so-called hippies (who are traditionally the type to thrive for revolution and change and innovative music) for this lame-ass band that has been putting on the same show over and over again for years now. To top it all off, moe. closed out the night with a cover of Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper.” Yeah……I’ve seen them do that at least 3 times before (and I reiterate, this was over 2 years ago!!!); but, hearing that beginning riff was like sweet relief, because I knew I could finally get the f@#k outta there!

I am so over it.

Lollapalooza Line-up Confirmations, Rumors and Speculations

Thanks to Sixtimes at the Lollapaooza message board, Here's some confirmations:


Lupe Fiasco (http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40065/Lupe_Fiasco_Announces_Lengthy_Tour)
The New Amsterdams (http://filter-mag.com/index.php?id=13709&c=1)
Jack's Mannequin (http://www.lollapalooza.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=68391)
The Roots (http://news.hiphopsite.com/blogs/newsonthedl/archive/2007/02/20/uestlove-it-s-official-we-are-on-bonnaroo.aspx)
Son Volt (no online reference, but Cosmo says he saw it in an ad in the new Rolling Stone)
Pearl Jam (not officially confirmed: http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/poprock/278176,CST-FTR-lolla01.article)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (unofficial: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0703020099mar02,1,5001378.story?ctrack=1&cset=true)
Daft Punk ("Another Message Board," http://www.lollapalooza.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=70847)

Obviously the biggest rumor is Smashing Pumpkins because they do now officially have tour dates in Europe and this is their hometown.

More updates as we get more info.

Pitchfork Music Festival Line-up!

The cool kids at Live Music Blog are reporting:

While we await some of the details from Whitperson's trip down to Florida for Langerado 2007, we're awarded with some details about another festival that the Chicago locals go crazy for -- Pitchfork.

Some details were posted yesterday, although yet to be made fully official by Pitchfork themselves...

2007 Pitchfork Music Festival
http://pitchforkmusicfestival.com/
July 13-15, 2007
Union Park, CHICAGO

Lineup:

Girl Talk
Powerhouse Sound
Cat Power
Clipse
Grizzly Bear
Professor Murder
Jamie Lidell
Of Montreal
...and more!

Tickets will go on sale this Monday (March 12) at 12pm CST.

(via donewaiting.com).

I'm psyched to see Of Montreal on that lineup and can't wait to see who else is headlining it.

More details to come once we get them...

Photos: 3-8-07 Gringo Star, The Slip at Smith's Olde Bar- Atlanta, GA

Last nite local (soon to be national) favorites Gringo Star opened for The Slip. Since my birthday is December 31st I was stoked that The Slip opened with "Children Of December" and played a long set way into the late hours.

Excerpt from "Children of December"

All the parents of the children of December
Have a clutch
'Cause their birthdays are the hardest to remember
When you're born on Christmas
Or the day before new year's
They can sing out your birthday
But but but nobody hears


(Click for larger photos)


Gringo Star
















The Slip

Friday Free-Style

Mastodon will rock the Tabernacle Saturday May 26th with Against Me! and Cursive. Tickets go on sale tommorrow at 10am . Here's a Cursive Video:



Damien Rice will be at the Tabernacle on May 30th.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are working on a new project according to frontwoman Caren O. I've heard rumors that Deerhunter is involved and that is why they cancelled their shows last weekend, but I have no evidence.

Beck's drummer, Matt Sherrod, has joined Crowded House.

The NAACP says that Bono cares about black people.

Some Guns 'n' Roses fan website has shut down in protest to the new album getting delayed. I can't believe there are still GNR fansites.

On the reunion tip, Michael Jackson is trying to put the Jackson 5 back togther.

The hot rumor is that Shea Stadium will be a location for Al Gore's Live Earth concert.

Ben Folds is doing a college campus tour, but is not hitting any in Georgia.

Roger Waters wants to play with the rest of the boys in the Floyd. Come on Dave! He's reaching out dammit!

Riding high on the reunion bandwagon, Genesis is touring the US, but nowhere near here.

Watch Queens Of The Stone Age in the studio working on the new album:



Lightning Bolt are touring the US, minus the south. They're doing a show in New York in two weeks with Marnie Stern. I bet that will be a helluva show.

Joanna Newsom new EP info.

Iron And Wine have a new album due out in September.

Here's a track off of Bright Eyes' new album due out April 10th: No One Would Riot
Bright Eyes will be at the Fox Theater May 18th.

Here's a track off of The Rosebuds' new album due out April 10th: Get Up Get Out
The Rosebuds will be playing with Beach House sunday night at the earl. I can't wait.

West Virginia's All Good Fest has announced their line-up. Notably Rat Dog, Les Claypool, Dark Star Orchestra, and STS9.

Lollapalooza sold some $60 secret tickets yesterday that I tried to get unsuccessfully for like 3 hours. Official tickets go on sale April 4th and the line-up gets revealed afterwards supposedly.

I'm gonna break down the Bonnaroo artist addition and schedule times rumors over the weekend so stay tuned.

Blues Traveler's John Popper got arrested for marijuana.

SXSW is so big, there's a festival in Lousiana that's theme is being a gas station and lodging stop on the way to SXSW. Really good line-up for a spring break stop.

It looks like Tool drummer Danny Carey is cool, and they've rescheduled their tour before Bonnaroo, so the Bonnaroo date looks like it's still on.

Lots 'o interviews:

• Iggy Pop
• REM
• Hold Steady
• Rosebuds
• Menomena
• Feist
• Xiu Xiu

Friday is a good day for a !!! video. From the new album:

A Weekend With An Hour Missing, so I just lost 2 hours and 15 seconds

Here's what you do with it:

Friday:

DRUNKEN UNICORN: the thermals (sub pop records), the big sleep (french kiss records), sleep therapy all ages 8pm /$10 ( (http://www.tightbros.net / get tickets at http://www.ticketalternative.com))

THE EARL: the moaners, cassavettes, cory brahan 21+ 9:30pm/$10

Saturday:

CJ'S LANDING: feeding fingers, curb of leona, passer by 21+ 9PM - $5.00 (http://www.myspace.com/thefeedingfingers)

THE EARL: rob crow (from pinback), mouth of the architect, monotonix 21+ 9:30pm/$10

Sunday:

DRUNKEN UNICORN: pelican/daughters/russian circles + 1tba all ages $10adv/$12dos

THE EARL: the rosebuds, beach house, birds of avalon 21+ 8pm/$8



The Earl and the drunken unicorn are saying that their shows this weekend are selling fast, so get tickets early.

Live Show: Joanna Newsom (2-25-2007)

Listen to most of a recent Joanna Newsom show:

Joanna Newsom

"O-WEST" SHIBUYA TOKYO JAPAN

25th February 2007

Setlist : (click to listen)

1. Bridges and Balloones
2. Emily
3. Monkey and Bear
4. This Side of the Blue
5. Sawdust and Diamonds
6. Book of Right-On
7. Only Skin
8. Cosmia
9. Peach, Plum, Pear
10. (New Song?)
11. Clam, Crab, Cockel, Cowrie
12. Inflammatory Writ
13. Sadie


Joanna Newsom - harp, vocals
Ryan Francesconi - banjo, tambur, guitar
Neal Morgan - drum, vocals

Download Torrent Here

What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

Some really good stuff:

Menomena


This Portland 3-piece's Friend And Foe is quickly becoming one of my favourites of the year. Describing this band is difficult for me, a little Clouds Taste Metallic era Flaming Lips, maybe a touch of old school Modest Mouse, maybe a touch of Morphine. I don't know. Give these tracks a listen, and if you like, go get the album because every song on this thing is great.

• The Pelican
• Wet And Rusting

Buy Menomena : Friend And Foe


Explosions In The Sky


Their new album, All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone, is a great example of a band that just does their thing, and gets better and better. Many may think that this album sounds very much like most of their others, and that's somewhat true, but some bands just do what they do masterfully, and that's all they need to do. Sometimes a band just doesn't have to head off into another direction (Modest Mouse comes to mind). Give a listen to a great band in their prime:

• The Birth and Death Of The Day
  
• It's Natural to Be Afraid
  

Buy Explosions In The Sky : All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone


Do Make Say Think


Another great post-rock album i've been listening to is DMST's You, You're a History In Rust. Part of the Broken Social Scene extended family, these guys are really awesome. Where the new Explosions In The Sky record works to perfect an already "classic" style of post-rock, this album takes alot more liberties and avoids any derivative labels. Enjoy:

• The Universe!
  
• Herstory Of Glory
  

Buy Do Make Say Think : You, You're A History In Rust


Final Fantasy


I knew when I did my top 50 List of 2006, that i would miss some albums that deserved to be on it because I had only a limited amount of time and resources. He Poos Clouds is the first one. Final Fantasy (aka Owen Pallett) is a violinist/vocalist who played with Arcade Fire on tour and even did some of the string arrangements on their new album, Neon Bible. This second full album as Final Fantasy is just simply phenonemal. You really need to get this:

• This Lamb Sells Condos
  
• Song Song Song

Buy Final Fantasy : He Poos Clouds

Torrent Of The Day: Sonic Youth (1-5-1985) (DVD)

This is one of my favourite all-time bootlegs. Sonic Youth in the middle of desert. Get it:

SONIC YOUTH - Gila Monster jam - 1/5/1985 - Mojave Desert, CA - DVD NTSC









SONIC YOUTH - Gila Monster jam - 1/5/1985 - Mojave Desert, CA - DVD NTSC

ok, this is the legendary concert from the Mojave Desert from their Bad Moon Rising tour. it is no longer in print. it was made from a VHS transfer i did using MySonicDVD. its decent quality, not bad for such an old show.

SET LIST

Brother James
Kill Yr Idols
Intro
Brave Men Run
Death Valley 69
I Love Her All The Time
Ghost Bitch
I'm Insane
Indian Beat (Flower)
Burning Spear

Video Of The Day: Grandaddy

Steve Howe Live

Just for a change of pace; Let Steve Howe of Yes explain why he is one of my favorite guitar players of all time:

Live @ Roosevelt Stadium 1976

Yes - Clap

Better Know A Local Band: Passer By

We will be sitting down with Atlanta bands and chatting from time to time here at Ohmpark to help you learn about the Atlanta music scene. Our first band is noise-pop rockers Passer By. The band is a 5-piece featuring Alex Auxier on Vocals, Brandon Montgomery on guitar, Warren Gray on bass, Thad Johnston on guitar, and Tony Parise on drums. Passer By just recently dropped an EP called Tension and Release:



Here's two tracks to listen to off of the EP:

• Well Wishing
• Symptoms

Here's a video of them doing the theme from Legend Of Zelda at Home Park Fest last year:



We talked with Passer By about the Band, the EP, the Atlanta music scene, pornography, and bible passages. Enjoy:

The Interview:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

You can can check them out here.

They will be playing at CJ's Landing this Saturday night so go see them and get the EP. See you there!

Video Of The Day: Ghostface Killah

Torrent Of the Day: John Lennon

1.57 gigs of rare Lennon:

John Lennon xxxx-xx-xx Imagine.....All The Outtakes & More Session Tapes (FLAC)

There is much more info on these two sets here (but also included in the text files):

Imagine…..All The Outtakes: http://www.vigotone.com/vigotone/vigotone118-120.htm

Imagine….More Session Tapes: http://www.vigotone.com/vigotone/vigotone185-186.htm

Artwork is included.

Video: Black Lips in Tijuana

Courtesy of the excellent new web tv station VBS.tv from the makers of Vice magazine.

In true Vice fashion all of these videos and web sites may not be suitable for work. (NSFW)










and a show about them searching for moonshine in North Carolina:

Live Review and Photos: Sparklehorse (3-4-07) Variety Playhouse

Last Sunday's Sparklehorse show was short and sweet, like this review. First up (since Deerhunter dropped out) was Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter. The band was not bad for an opener but not too impressive either. I'm always kind of put off by a name that's "Somebody" and "the other guys' band name". I mean it's one thing when you're a music legend from some other band, but when you're not even the best musician in your band and the band is backing you, well, it just doesn't feel like they're in it for the music.

Sparklehorse came out and rocked hard and concisely. The set contained only a few songs off the latest Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain(#14 of 2006), but was very entertaining and i just really love this band. The drummer's daughter was dancing around on the stage most of the set and even had her on a piano or something to play during the show. Biggie C got some great photos as per usual: (click to enlarge)



















Check Out Sparklehorse

Twosday Randomness

Here's Grizzly Bear performing "Knife" a capella in the streets of Paris, France:



Drummer Benjamin Curtis is leaving the Secret Machines.

The Beastie Boys will release a new album this summer.

The new Bjork album comes out May 7th.

Even Chinese Communism cannot contain the amazingness that is Sonic Youth.

Jamiroquai is not retiring and is looking forward to training camp.

Deerhunter will be doing their EP+LP release party at Lenny's on March 30th. Be There!

Here's some Pnuma Trio pics i took with my camera phone last week:













Interview action:

• Son Volt
• The Autumn Defense
• Arcade Fire
• Yo La Tengo

A Camera Obscura video:

Torrent Of The Day: The Slip (3-1-2007)

The Slip will be playing at Smith's Old Bar on Thursday and Gringo Star (formerly A Fir-ju Well) are opening for what will be a great show.



The Slip - March 1st, 2007 - Recher Theatre - Towson, MD

The Slip
March 1st, 2007
Recher Theatre
Towson, MD

Taper: Timothy Brown (timothydavidbrown@gmail.com)
Location: Just behind SBD area, LOC
Source: AKG 460/Ck63s (X/Y,7.5'on stand)->PS2->AD20->JB3(Optical In)
Transfer: JB3->Firewire->PC
Processing: "Volume Maximizer" Compressor applied, Normalizing (to -0.1db), fade in and fade out applied using SoundForge 8.0.
Conversion: CDWav 1.93.3 for track splitting and Flac16 Conversion @ level 5

*****************************************************************
***** PLEASE DO NOT ENCODE THIS SHOW TO LOSSY AUDIO FORMATS *****
********* PLEASE SPREAD, BUT PLEASE INCLUDE SOURCE INFO *********
****** DO NOT SELL OR DISTRIBUTE FOR A PROFIT BY ANY MEANS ******
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Disc 1
01. Intro
02. Even Rats
03. Chasing Rabbits
04. Portrait of a Scientist As A Young Man
05. Airplane/Primitive
06. Life in Disguise
07. Rhythm and Gold
08. Wolof

Disc 2
01. The Shouters
02. There's a Lie
03. Soft Machine
04. Gaunt Debutante
05. Paper Birds
Encore:
06. Yeah Yeahy
07. Children of December

Video: The Orphins- Devil Duck

New video from hometown favorites The Orphins:

The Orphins - Devil Duck



Orphins Myspace


Go see The Orphins Friday March 16th at Lenny's with Club Awesome and Sealions

Weekend Suggestion

Some Friday-night one-mic recording jams from this Weekend and every Weekend:

WEEKEND SUGGESTION

Updated Weekly.

Bonnaroo Preview: Cold War Kids, Regina Spektor

Leading up to America's greatest music festival of this decade, we will highlight some of the lesser known acts on the bill to help you decide who to see. If you haven't bought a ticket to Bonnaroo yet, get on it.


Cold War Kids


Cold War Kids are a California band that do the indie-rock blues thing. Here's some songs from a live show in Paris last month:

• Track 1
• Track 2
• Track 4
• Track 5
• Track 6

To download this torrent: Cold War Kids_ La Cigale_ 02-12-2007 FM

For more info on Cold War Kids click here.


Regina Spektor


Regina Spektor is a Soviet-born American singer-songwriter and pianist who is part of the New York "anti-folk" scene. Here's some songs she did at a festival in Sweden last year:

• Track 1
• Track 2
• Track 3
• Track 4
• Track 5

To download this torrent: Regina Spektor - 2006-07-06 Stockholm FM

For more info on Regina Spektor click here.

Torrent Of The Day: Moe. (3-3-2007)

Here's the show from Saturday night:

moe.3-3-07, The Tabernacle, Atlanta NITE 3

moe.
March 3,2007
The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA

Source:Schoeps MK4(DIN)>kcy>Sonosax SX-M2/LS>Hydra Silver XLR Interconnects >Sound Devices 722(24/96)
Lineage: Wavelab 6(resample,dither)->cd wave->flac
Taped by: Jon Merin
Transferred by: Jon Merin

Disc 1
Set I:
01. Intro
02. Threw It All Away
03. The Ghost Of Ralph's Mom
04. Akimbo
05. Another One Gone
06. Crab Eyes
07. Again and Again
08. Seat Of My Pants>
09. Plane Crash

Disc 2
Set II:
01. Intro
02. Happy Hour Hero>
03. Seat Of My Pants>
04. 32 Things

Disc 3
Set II (con't)
01. Time Ed>
02. Buster>
03. Seat Of My Pants
04. crowd
05. Letter Home (encore)
06. Don't Fear The Reaper (encore)

Video Of The Day: Red Sparrowes

Because Ichuda told you so:

Releases Of The Week

RJD2 : The Third Hand

Buy Album Here

Son Volt : The Search


Buy Album Here

Arcade Fire : Neon Bible

Buy Album Here

!!! : Myth Takes

Buy Album Here

Air : Pocket Symphony

Buy Album Here

A TRACK I MADE FOR YOU GUYS!!!

Photos: 3-2-07 Grizzly Bear

Friday nite Grizzly Bear mauled the Drunken Unicorn and the bloodthirsty crowd loved it. In reality they ate Adrienne's world renowned vegan chilli before the show.


(Click for larger photos)

Show Review for the Week

So I was originally asked to do a review about the fantastic Mastodon show we attended last Saturday night at Center Stage Atlanta. This, in combination with the sentiment of a few other nameless colleagues, came to illicit a nasty and ugly reaction from me that I'm sure most music people can relate to; I'll tell my story here.

What was so frustrating about the world (read: the people around me that I discuss music with) getting so excited over Mastodon isn't merely the fact that I have been listening to them (and, it follows, sharing my praise with 'the crew') for the better part of five years.... I can handle the redundancy of an old superstar for me being newly discovered by a friend... It happens to me all the time; there are countless bands whose shocking effect on me were the result of my own negligent listening practices; I didn't even get into Pink Floyd until college, for example. But what frustrates is when people forget that you have been going to Mastodon shows for five years only to have a show like the one at Center Stage finally wake your idiot friends up. The Center Stage performance was great, but not in comparison to Mastodon/Darkest Hour at the Echo Lounge in 2004, or Mastodon/Dillinger Escape Plan at the Masquerade six months later. Yes, I am being a pretentious prick, but yes, I told all you motherfuckers so years ago.... Mastodon is an awesome band and I was sure the Center Stage performance was going to be great before I bought the ticket. My only complaint being that there was no encore for the hometown crowd, but then again, the show was probably full of nubile second and third timers anyway.

My point is, instead of wasting my breath on deaf ears, praising an amazing band like Mastodon like I have been doing to no avail for the last 5 years, I want to review another show I attended this week; Red Sparowes/Kylesa/Irreversible. I missed Irreversible's set, but I wanted to mention them here because I've seen them before; they are a promising local band that fit the bill well; experimental stoner jam metal in the vein of Isis, Sleep, etc. I arrived halfway through Kylesa's set, who were a pleasant surprise to see. The last time I saw Kylesa was at the old Velvet Elvis in Savannah (before it became the Jinx), probably about 7 years ago. They have since added a second drummer, which, while somewhat asinine, was used enough to satisfy my skepticism (read: dueling drum solo, and yes, thats all it takes). The highlight of the set was a cover of Pink Floyd's 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun', which droned through 10 minutes of the classic riff. I couldn't help but remind myself that the last time I saw that song played was by Roger Waters itself in September.

Red Sparowes totally took me by surprise. The entire post-rock, post-metal, whatever thing has been pretty faddy lately, it seems everyone is getting their fingers into it. Bands like Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky are successfully maintaining movie soundtrack gigs, and the sound's influence can be seen across a staggering array of genres. Red Sparowes really dig into some of the more cliche characteristics of this sound, but without the trite-ness that can come with the repetitively mountainous song dynamics that post-rock bands are usually guilty of. The band consists of members of Isis, which definately is perceptible in the Red Sparowes' set. I would liken it to Isis with less distortion, better drumming, and more delay pedals. The video show also was interesting by virtue of its existence, although not particularly impressive. I would go as far to say that this show was better than Mogwai at the 40 Watt last year, if it must be compared. I know all of Mogwai's music, so they probably had more working against them; but .... if intensity could be the measure of a post-rock band, the Red Sparowes show wins out; I was more overwhelmed. I still don't know any of their songs, but they made a new fan out of me Thursday night, which is the best thing that can happen for both performer and audience member; the beginning of something beautiful.

Torrent Of The Day: Final Fantasy (2-23-2007)

I have been listening to He Poos Clouds alot lately so here's a very recent live show:



Final Fantasy / 02.23.07 / Tranzac, Toronto, Canada / Flac

Final Fantasy
Tranzac
Toronto, ON
February 23, 2007

Recorded and uploaded by Winter.
Recorded on a Sharp MD using a Sony digital microphone
Recorded from the front, stage centre-right

Transfered using Total Recorder
Normalised and balanced using Sound Forge
Tracks cut using CD Wave (24-bit but saved backwards compatible)
Converted to Flac, tested and fingerprinted using Flac Frontend.


Audio notes:
Levels slightly exceeded levels part way through, they were adjusted on the fly (sample shows this)
The clicks you hear is the artist's foot hitting his pedals.
The vocals are somewhat low in the mix, but that's how they were meant to be. The artists requested such during the show.
Tracks with question marks are new songs. Titles are based on a blurry setlist photo.

1) Blue Imelda?
2) Do You Love
3) Bass Hit?
4) Hey Dad
5) CN Tower Belongs to the Dead
6) Flare Gun?
7) It took 2 years to break your heart
8) Paris 1919
9) This Lamb Sells Condos
10) Song Song Song
11) Lewis Takes Off His Shirt 1
12) Lewis Takes OFf His Shirt 2
13) Arctic Circle
14) Theme from Castlevania
15) This is the Dream of Win and Regine

Friday Free-Style

One more reminder: Roger Waters tickets go on sale tommorrow!!! Pink Floyd dude! Darkside Of The Moon played from front to back brah!!! Dude, we can sooooo stoned and just trip out. That's shit is gonna be heady brah! Seriously, if you're gonna only see one show all year, this is the one to see. Get Tickets



The White Stripes have new album coming out soon called Icky Thump.

Somebody said "Biggie Smalls" three times in a mirror and now The Notorious BIG is back with a Greatest Hits album out this tuesday.

The new El-P album drops march 20th and contains collaberations with The Mars Volta and Trent Reznor. Hells yeah.

Postal Service have new record called Dumb Luck coming out April 24th in case you hadn't heard.

Actor Matt Dillon is directing the new Dinosaur Jr video. I hope his directing is better than his acting.

Fiona Apple and Jon Brion are doing some benefit shows together in Jon' house/venue Largo in LA next week. Wish i could see it.

California's Joshue Tree Festival has announced their line-up.

Billy Martin and John Medeski have put Chris Woods (MMW) in time-out and have recorded a duet album together called Mago that comes out in May.

Ryan Adams drops his ninth album on June 5th called Easy Tiger.

Akron/Family's Seth Olinsky has a solo album that came out last Tuesday. Best of Seth's Sparrow Trout Heart Sprout is hard to find and going for like 40 bucks on Amazon. Some mp3s are available here.

Get the 411 on some artists:

• TV On The Radio
• Shins
• Sebadoh
• Deerhoof
• Mountain Goats

Here's Phish doing "Divided Sky"in 1994 on Halloween:

What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

Atlanta music edition of "What The Hell":

Moorish Idols: Moorish Idols EP


With these guys it's hard for me to make comparisons because they're sound is very unique, but still contains whispers of an uncountable amount of music. Really, if you enjoy the greater spectrum of rock music there's something here for you. On top of containing 4 stunning songs, the EP packaging kicks ass. Guitarist David Norbery's sketches in the booklet and personalized CD designs per each different EP give this piece of art another dimension. I urge you to pick this up and give it a listen:

• Why Are We Whispering

You can pick up a copy of this at Criminal Records, at one of their shows that you need to see, or snail mail via their Myspace page


Untied States: Retail Detail


Students of the school of Sonic Youth, Untied States are quietly one of Atlanta's best bands. The more i listen to this album, the more I fall in love with it. If you too enjoy the experience of getting into challenging music, get this and you will not be dissappointed:

• My Cause Is My Curse
• It's Not Enough

Buy This Album Here (while you're there pick up Ineffable, By Design too)



Black Lips: Los Valientes Del Mondo Nuevo


Somewhere between Rock 'n Roll, Punk, and something else is where Black Lips rocks faces off. This live album was recorded in some craptastic club in Tijuana, Mexico and through-out the performace the band is virtually fighting the tequilla-crazed audience. If you've seen the Black Lips, you know this is the perfect setting for these guys. A one-of-a-kind live album that you need to buy:

• Stranger
• Not A Problem
• Hippie, Hippie, Hooray

Buy This Album Here

Videos Of The Day: My Morning Jacket

Ichuda hit me up with these:





And my favourite MMJ song:

Weekend Warriors

Hot Shows galore in da A this weekend. But first, tickets going on sale this weekend that you need to know about:

On sale Tommorrow:

• Son Volt (May 11th) at the Variety Playhouse
• Ben Gibbord (Death Cab For Cutie/Postal Service) (May 12th) at Center Stage
• Paul Van Dyke (may 11th) at the Tabernacle

On Sale Saturday:

• Roger Water (May 22nd) at Phillips Arena

So here's a schedule of the haps on the craps:

Tonight:

11:11 TEAHOUSE: the blue hour, one am radio, hopeforagoldensummer 8:30pm (http://www.myspace.com/bluehouratl, http://www.myspace.com/theoneamradio, http://www.myspace.com/hopeforagoldensummer)

	DRUNKEN UNICORN: red sparowes (members of isis and neurosis), planes mistaken for stars, kylesa, irreversible all ages 8pm /$10 ( (http://www.tightbros.net / - get advance tickets here: http://www.ticketalternative.com/VenueDetail.aspx?FacilityKey=8))

The Tabernacle: Moe., Tea Leaf Green all ages 8pm/$27 Get Tickets Here

Friday Night:

DRUNKEN UNICORN: grizzly bear (warp records), the papercuts, hubcap city (deerhunter is no longer playing!! sorry about this! all ages 8pm /$10 8:00pm / $10 advance / $12 day of show ((http://www.tightbros.net / - get advance tickets here: http://www.ticketalternative.com/VenueDetail.aspx?FacilityKey=8))

ISP SPACE with Parade, Cinetrope, Happy Birthday Amy and Ice Cream Socialists
494 flat shoals ave, Atlanta, Georgia 30316
Cost : $donations

The TABERNACLE: Moe. all ages 8pm/$25 Get Tickets Here

CENTER STAGE: Clutch, Five Horse Johnson, Dub Trio all ages 8pm/$16 Buy Tickets here

Saturday Night:

	DRUNKEN UNICORN: the selmanaires, the carbonas, the coat hangers 21+ 9:00 pm / $8.00 ( (http://www.tightbros.net / get advance tickets at http://www.ticketalternative.com))

THE TABERNACLE: Moe., Toubab Crewe all ages 8pm/$25 Get Tickets Here

Sunday Night:

VARIETY PLAYHOUSE: sparklehorse, jesse sykes and the sweet hereafter all ages 7:30pm. 15$ (be there.)

THE TABERNACLE: The Roots, Lupe Fiasco all ages 8pm/$30 Buy Tickets Here

SUGAR HILL (UNDERGROUND ATLANTA): ?uestlove (The Roots Afterparty) 21+ doors open at 9pm/$10 Tickets and Info Here

It's gonna be a stellar weekend

Lollapalooza Rumors Begin: Pearl Jam to Headline?

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Pearl Jam will be headlining the third installment of Lollapalooza v2.0. Right now Perry and Company are not commenting, but they will be releasing their line-up in about a month. Last year Lollapalooza was a lot of fun and I really hope this is true because I will most likely be going back again for this. We'll keep you up to date on any Lollapalooza developments.

Video Of The Day: Built To Spill

Music Video for "Conventional Wisdom":

Torrent Of The Day: John Zorn (7-7-2006)

John Zorn "Acoustic Masada" 2006-07-07 Theatre Antique de Vienne, Jazz à Vienne (FLAC)

John Zorn "Acoustic Masada"
Theatre Antique de Vienne, Jazz à Vienne
France
7 july 2007


Digital Satellite Receiver (TV) -> Coaxial Cable -> Audiophile 2496 -> HD -> CoolEdit Pro -> Flac Frontend Level 8 with Align on Sector Boundaries


John Zorn : Saxophone
Dave Douglas : Trumpet
Greg Cohen : Acoustic Bass
Joey Baron : Drums


01 - Hath Arob 6'23"
02 - Tharsis 11'01"
03 - Rahtiel 8'23"
04 - Beeroth 5'00"
05 - Mibi 5'05"
06 - Tagriel 9'48"
07 - Rikbiel 5'20"

February Wrap-Up

2 Months of Omhpark and i want to thank those of you who are checking out the site. i hope you're enjoying it. Let me know if you have any suggestions and we will try to accommodate. There are many big things coming in the future so stick with us and tell your friends!

so far, My favourite albums of 2007 are:

• In Absence of The Broken Arm - Marnie Stern
• Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? - Of Montreal
• Cryptograms - Deerhunter

Other great 2007 albums include:

• Friend Opportunity - Deerhoof
• Law - Cougar
  
• All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone - Explosions In The Sky
• Los Valientes Del Mondo Nuevo - Black Lips
• Between Neck And Stomach - Andrea Belfi
• Moorish Idols EP - Moorish Idols
• New Magnetic Wonder - Apples In Stereo
• Friend And Foe - Menomena
  

2007 Albums i love 15 minutes in but get bored by the end:

• A Weekend In The City - Bloc Party
• Wincing The Night Away - The Shins

2006 Albums i'm jamming hard in 2007:

• He Poos Clouds - Final Fantasy
  
• Altar - Sunn O))) and Boris
  
• The Destroyed Room - Sonic Youth
  
• Retail Detail - Untied States
  

2 Best shows I've seen in 2007:

• Yo La Tengo
• Akron/Family, Untied States, Black Lips

Best Of Ohmpark in February 2007:

February began with me dropping my Top 50 Albums of 2006. I got to see Oklahoma's Go Motion rock out at Lenny's and Biggie C took some pictures. I found this badass Modest Mouse documentary that you really need to check out if you haven't. I broke down the Bonnaroo Line-up and you can expect total Bonnaroo coverage between now and throughout the event. Biggie C reported on the latest in the prog-feline scene. He also took some great photos of From Exile body slamming the Masquerade and some sweet shots of Moorish Idols at the 11:11 Teahouse. Leah got some cool pics of Of Montreal last week.

March has a ton of intriguing shows coming up and we will be covering them. We've recently sat down with Passer By for an interview and will be putting that up very soon. Thanks again for checking us out and we hope you stick around.