Photos: Do Make Say Think, Moorish Idols @ The Earl, Atlanta GA - 9-22-07

Saturday night was a great night to be a music lover in the A. "Queens of The Stone Age", "Girl Talk" and "Dan Deacon", and "Do Make Say Think" all shared the same Saturday night. The Ohmpark crew all settled on the "Do Make Say Think" show which was opened by one of our favorite local bands "Moorish Idols". The Idols played to an already somewhat large audience which showed not everyone was there just for just the headliner. After a solid set which included a few new tunes "Do Make Say Think" was up. The Toronto band which Saturday included 8 members played a hefty set of incredible instrumental music. If you haven't heard this post rock group with members associated with "Broken Social Scene", do yourself a favor and pick up one of their albums.

Moorish Idols











Do Make Say Think

I Heart The A

Not much blogging over the long weekend while I was out enjoying the beautiful weather and sweet events. I spent alot of time in East Atlanta including the East Atlanta Strut and the Go Funk Yourself uber-house party. The really fun weekend is mostly a blur to me and I don't have much objective journalism for you, so here's some tunes from some of the artists I might have seen:

Parade : Answer Me : Lunch Lady


Anna Kramer : Anna Kramer : I Can't Take It


Elevado : This World Is On Fire : Postcard From Four Walls Down


Howlies : Howlies : Angeline




This week is fairly enormous for great shows. Tonight I'm going to see Bjork and Klaxons at the Fox. Diplo is going to be at MJQ tonight too. Wednesday night at Lenny's is Zoroaster's CD release party featuring Daath. Wednesday night is also the beginning of Atlantis Music Conference, Atlanta's answer to South By Southwest. Thursday night John Vanderslice and Bishop Allen will be at The Earl. Pretty much every venue in town has an interesting show Friday night but i like the Eyedrum show with Vietnam, Random Violets, Subliminator, and Tree Creature. Saturday night is just ridiculous. Do Make Say Think and Atlanta's Moorish Idols are going to be at The Earl. Queens Of The Stone Age are at The Tabernacle. Girl Talk and Dan Deacon are at MJQ. Then Sunday night The Apples In Stereo will be playing for free at Piedmont Park(Park Tavern).

Bjork : Volta : Wanderlust


Queens Of The Stone Age : Era Vulgaris : I'm Designer


Zoroaster : Dog Magic : Brazen Bull


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


Girl Talk : Night Ripper : Give And Go


Moorish Idols : Moorish Idols : Fer-De-Lance

Shows In The ATL

Shows getting announced left and right (click to get tickets):

08/17/2007: Good Friday Experiment (The Earl)
09/12/2007: Black Lips, The Selmanaires, The Coathangers (The 40 Watt, Athens, Ga)
09/13/2007: The Coathangers (The Drunken Unicorn)
09/15/2007: Akron Family (The 40 Watt, Athens. Ga)
09/17/2007: Blonde Redhead (The 40 Watt, Athens, Ga)
09/22/2007: Do Make Say Think (The Earl)
09/24/2007: VHS or Beta (The Earl)
09/25/2007: The Sea And Cake (The Earl)
09/25/2007: Bloc Party, Deerhoof (City Hall, Nasheville, TN)
10/06/2007: Yard Dogs Road Show (The Variety Playhouse)
10/14/2007: Earlimart (The Earl)
11/16/2007: Tegan And Sara (The Roxy)

Hopefully I can catch all of these.

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)

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