What Up In The ATL?

Radiohead!!! I am all pumped up about catching them in Atlanta on Thursday and I even decided to ball out and catch them again in Charlotte Friday night. I've been wanting to see a Liars show for forever, so I'm excited about that too. Here is the entire Radiohead Glastonbury 2003 set to get you hyped up for this week's biggest event:



Before I get into the rest of what is going on this week, I'm gonna hit you with a bit of last week. Here is Genghis Tron from last Tuesday night:



Last Thursday our crew hit up the Fuck Yesss Le Castle Vania birthday bash at The Drunken Unicorn and had a blast:







Saturday night everyone in my neighborhood was partying with all the college kids graduating and getting ready for summer. I caught an impromptu, late night jam session between members of two of Atlanta's hottest metal bands, Daath and From Exile. Both are working on new albums currently that should be out this year. In this video, they start out on an FE lick, and end up in a total blues jam (The cops showed up shortly after this):



Eskimo Bliss got some photos of the Yeasayer show last Saturday night here.

Have You Heard did some recordings with Atlanta's Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun, and they sound really cool.

In this week's edition of our obligatory Bradford Cox update, he has dropped another great, thematic Atlas Sound EP on his blog. I'm jamming it now, and I love this song:

Atlas Sound : Things I Miss EP : Marietta



Tonight there is a big show at The Earl. Atlanta's Morning State is having their album release party for You Know People, I Know People. The album comes out tomorrow everywhere, and it is great. I'll have a full review later this week. Also joining them for this one is Brooklyn's The XYZ Affair and Washington, DC's Jukebox The Ghost.

Jukebox The Ghost:


Jukebox the Ghost - Good Day (Live at Pianos, Sept. 07) from Gus on Vimeo.


Other cool shows going on in the A this week I recommend:


Wednesday:

The Earl: Club Of Rome, Brass Castle, Pride Parade
Star Bar: Riddle Of Steel, Chopper, Royal Thunder

Thursday:

Lenny's: Sonen, Gravel Undertones, Tenth To The Moon, Night Moves, The Bright Lights

Friday:

The Earl: It's Elephant's, Mice In Cars, The Winter Sounds

Saturday:

I Can Fly House: The Felon Wind, Clan Of The Cave Bear, Blastoids!

What The Hell Am I Listening to?!?

The theme for today is artists that should be more hyped on the interwebs:

Evangelista (Los Angeles, CA/Montreal, Canada)



I discovered Carla Bozulich's Evangelista right when I started Ohmpark, and it was one of my favourite albums from 2006. She has now taken the name of that album as the name of her band and just released Hello, Voyager, which has gathered everything I loved about Evangelista and upped the ante. What Carla Bozulich brings to the table is dark and and in your face vocals and lyrics that hit you hard in the depths of your soul. She is experimental, but not in a way that is hard to appreciate, and she jumps from style to style without ever seeming ambling or lost. I'm totally in love with this release right now, so don't miss out:

Truth Is Dark Like Outer Space


Paper Kitten Claw


Evangelista Myspace

Buy Hello, Voyager here


Genghis Tron (Philadelphia, PA)



I just caught this arty-metal trio this week and they were badass. With bands like Mastodon and Mastodon Jr (Baroness) getting attention in the indie rock blog world, it is only a matter of time before these guys get their own hype bandwagon. Armed with digital drums instead of a drummer and lots of keys, their synthetic brand of metal create a very interesting aesthetic that stands above a genre that doesn't always reward outside-of-the-box thinking. No matter where your tastes lie, there is something worthy of your ears on Board Up The House.

Board Up The House


City On A Hill


Genghis Tron Myspace

Buy Board Up The House here


Brass Bed (Lafayette, LA)



We had Brass Bed in Atlanta for a house party earlier this year and they absolutely killed it. They do a '60's psychedelic style blended with many other influences that feels fresh and original. Their first professionally recorded release, Midnight Matinee, is one of those rare albums where every single song on it is a hit, while the sum its parts make up a fun and engaging sonic experience. Get hip to them before the inevitable blow up:

So I Shrugged My Shoulders


Postcard: Paris


Brass Bed Myspace

Buy Midnight Matinee here

What Up In The ATL?

Tonight there are two big shows going on. Jay Reatard is big on the hype tip right and will be doing his thing as Lenny's. You can find more about him at his myspace or watch videos of him fighting with his audience here. If you are in love with the Black Lips, then this is probably the show for you to catch. While I wouldn't mind catching Jay Reatard, I am way more excited to see Destroyer tonight. Most people have been on the Destroyer-backlash bandwagon, but I absolutely love Trouble In Dreams. "Foam Hands":



Another album I have been jamming hard is Genghis Tron's Board Up The House. They will be at The Masquerade tomorrow with Converge. Genghis Tron at SXSW:



The other good show tomorrow night is at the Earl with Atlanta's Envie and One Hand Loves The Other, who has gone through some inner turmoil lately. It is a bit confusing to me, so here's Gavin from Stickfigure explaining the situation:

hey everyone,

One Hand Loves The Other are going on hiatus. Lou Rodriguez (the vocalist) is planning to reform the band but it appears at this point that he will be the only member continueing as one hand loves the other.

Mike Johnson, Mary Knight and Nancy Shim will be forming a new band. It is not 100% certain if Nancy Shim is leaving One Hand Loves The Other as well, but Mike Johnson and Mary Knight are playing their final performances with One Hand Loves The Other over the course of the next week. Of course in the age of reunion tours we can not definately say final shows @ this point now can we. but we can state that it will years before you can see this line up of the band every again.

the shows are as follows:

Tuesday April 29th @ the Earl. One Hand Loves The Other is headlining and performing with mystery palace and envie.

Saturday May 3rd @ Vinyl. Like Clockwork and When Rocky Beats The Russian are headlining since it is their cd release show. The Judies are also playing. At this time we do not know whether One Hand Loves The Other is opening or playing second.

take care,

gavin

So this week seems to be your last chance to check this out.

Other cool shows I like this week:

Friday: Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir at The Masquerade
Friday: Cracker, Dead Confederate at the Variety Playhouse
Saturday: Yeasayer, Man Man at Lenny's

One Hand Loves The Other : One Hand Loves The Remix : Tortoise (Treasure Fingers remix)


Yeasayer : Sunrise (Hey Champ remix)

Torrents Of The Day: Portishead, Genghis Tron, Porcupine Tree

The new Portishead album, Third, drops at the end of the month, here's the video for the single and a show from this month to jam:



PORTISHEAD 2008-04-03 Columbiahalle, Berlin, GER (FLAC)

I've been really loving the new Genghis Tron album so here's a show from last week:



Genghis Tron 2008-04-08 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN (MBHOs) (FLAC)

And here's some cool demos from In Absentia from Porcupine Tree:

Porcupine Tree 2002-xx-xx In Absentia Sessions (Demos & Outtakes) (SHN)

Photos: SXSW Day 2 - 3-13-08 in Austin, TX

Genghis Tron








Holy Fuck












Phosphorescent












Evangelicals












Bon Iver

Monday Mash-Up

March is going to be a crazy month here at Ohmpark. This week, I'm heading down to South Florida to catch Langerado. As soon as i get back from that next week, I'm flying to Austin to catch SXSW. Before coming back from that, I'm heading out to Savannah for some post-St.Patrick's Day partying. Between all of that, postings here may get a bit erratic, but barring uncooperative Internet or getting arrested for public intoxication, I should have some hardcore coverage of the events as they happen. As soon as all of that is over, we are going to begin working on an entirely new and different layout for the site that is going to be really cool. Thanks for reading Ohmpark, and spread the word!

The Morning State album, You Know People I Know People, that they had to re-record after issues with their former label is finally seeing a release date on May 3rd. Here's the new single:

Morning State : You Know People I Know People : Oh Yeah


Outkast's Andre 3000 is planning on putting out a solo album this year.

New Eminem and Dr. Dre album rumours are teased. Detox is the new Chinese Democracy.

The new Meshuggah album is availabe to stream from their Myspace page.

The Beastie Boys have begun work on a new album.

The Hells Angels had tried to assassinate Mick Jagger back in the day.

Atlanta's Daath has announced a new singer.

Animal Collective have a new EP called Water Curses due out May 5th.

Annuals have a split EP with themselves coming out.

Guitarist Jeff Healey has passed away.

Grizzly Bear did a set for KCRW and played an amazing new song you can watch here. Here's the set:



Some new tracks:

Redman & Method Man : Broke Language


Tokyo Police Club : In A Cave


Santogold : LES Artistes (XXXChange remix)


Way too many videos:

Kevin Drew "Lucky Ones":



Underworld "Boy, Boy, Boy":



The Hold Steady "Stay Positive":



MGMT on Jools Holland:



Gnarls Barkley "Run":

Genghis Tron "Board Up The House":