What The Hell Am I Listening to?!?

This is an "Underground Hottlanta" crossover edition of "What The Hell" with two stellar albums from two underrated local bands:


The Liverhearts



The Liverhearts have been a staple in the Atlanta underground music scene most of this decade. Their post-rock meets math-rock meets punk sound is anchored by driving rhythms on the drums under sweetly dissident guitar lines and intense, raw vocals. Their debut full-length, Ornament, is a 38 minute high energy sonic blast. Momentum only lulls briefly at the half-time instrumental track "Panicum Repens" to give the listener a break before opening up a second assault. This is one of those albums you have to listen to as loud as possible and one I've been jamming hard.

Of Doctors And Daggers

Cincinnati

The Liverhearts Myspace

But Ornament here



All The Saints



This Atlanta via Alabama trio take grungy, dirty sounds of the last 20 years and arrange them together with a post-modern aesthetic and a touch of psychedelia. One of the things I love most about their album, Fire On Corridor X, is that it achieves the fuzzy, distant The Jesus And Mary Chain feel that many bands have been aiming for lately without seeming like an overt, cheap ripoff. In fact its their tempered employment of this sound that make them so unique. Rather than hiding behind distortion, their song arrangements seem to shine with a dose of reverb. The album itself also has plenty of range and dynamics that takes you on a journey through their world of bluesy shoegaze.

Farmacia

Papering Fix

All The Saints Myspace

Buy Fire On Corridor X here

Tonight In The A: Cinemechanica, Bad Dudes, Ho-Ag, The Liverhearts

Cinemechanica

This show at The Drunken Unicorn tonight is gonna be hott so here's a few tracks to entice you into catching it:

Cinemechanica (Athens) : Brain Tarp


Bad Dudes (Los Angeles) : King Kong


Ho-Ag (Boston) : American Mall (Elek)


The Liverhearts (Atlanta):

The Liverhearts Go On Tour, Drop New Album

An Atlanta band that is really impressing me lately is The Liverhearts. They have a new album they are about release called Ornament, and the live stuff I've heard from it sounds awesome. They leave on tour this Friday and are bringing the new album for you to pick up, so OTP readers be advised. They will return to Atlanta for their CD Release Show at The Earl with Lay Down Mains and Rizzudo on April 19th and will be opening for Cinemechanica at The Drunken Unicorn April 24th, so you ITP readers should hit both of those. Tour Dates:

4/4: charlotte:: Yauhaus
4/5: baltimore:: the nerve center
4/6: new haven::people's center
4/7: reading, PA::goggleworks center for the arts
4/8: NYC:: the Delancey
4/9: brooklyn::Don Pedro's
4/11: richmond:: Rumor's
4/12: winston-salem:: elliot's revue
4/13: knoxville:: the Birdhouse
4/19: atlanta:: The Earl#
4/26: atlanta:: The Drunken Unicorn%

#with Rizzudo, Lay Down Mains
%with Cinemechanica, HO-AG, Bad Dudes

The LiverHearts (Live in Atlanta)-The Last Song

Live Videos: Rizzudo, The Liverhearts (2/2/2008) The Earl

Saturday night we went down to the Earl to catch this awesome ATLien show. It was my first time seeing both bands, and I was very impressed. This was apparently the first time Rizzudo played in over a year. The Liverhearts have a new album about to come out, and they played straight through that. Rizzudo also said they are about to work on another album. I bought their self-titled EP at the show and have been really enjoying it. I feel like I missed videoing some of the best moments of the show (like the end of Rizzudo's set), but I learned I need to get more memory cards. Enjoy:

The Liverhearts:







Rizzudo:





Photos:











The Liverhearts Myspace

Rizzudo Myspace

What Up In The ATL?

This weekend there are some great shows going on. Thursday don't miss The Orphins and The Liverhearts together at The Earl. Some The Liverhearts:



Friday night WRASfest is going down at Eyedrum:



Saturday night there is this:



And ofcourse Sunday night is the Mistle Toe Jam with Modest Mouse, Silverchair, The Shins, and Silversun Pickups. Other interesting shows coming soon:

12/21/07 Allnightdrugprowlingwolves at The Earl
12/21/07 Midwives at The Drunken Unicorn
12/22/07 Elevado, Antelope, Pistolero at 11:11 Teahouse
1/4/08 Graboids at Lenny's
1/7/08 Dan Deacon at Eyedrum
1/11/08 Club Awesome at The Earl
1/12/08 Yo La Tengo at the Variety Playhouse (Don't Miss This One!)
1/19/08 The Jupiter Watts at The Earl
1/21/08 Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow at The Loft
1/24/08 Feeding Fingers, Tenth To The Moon, Lid Emba at The Drunken Unicorn
1/24/08 Chopper, Fag Static at The Drunken Unicorn
1/26/08 The Selmanaires, Anna Kramer at The Earl (Dual CD release show)
1/29/08 Ween at The Tabernacle
2/1/08 Victor Wooten at The Variety Playhouse
2/14/08 Liars, No Age at The Earl
2/19/08 Atlas Sound at The Drunken Unicorn
2/22/08 Snowden at The Earl