Damn, last week turned out to be a strange one. Not gonna bore you with all of the gory details, but on the plus side Wednesday night at Little Kings was pretty fun. Hopefully one of our contributors will soon be posting the result of the night's filming for Dead Confederate's upcoming RollingStone.com video spot. I'm also gonna try to talk a few people into writing about the highs and lows of Popfest since I was unable ($) to attend most of the festivities. Heard it was good though. We'll see who feels like writing, but chances are I'm the only one who feels the need to write about the things other people simply experience (thanks Chuck Klosterman). Stay tuned.
Well, lets all try to make it through the next 7...
Monday, August 18:
Melvins, Big Business. 40 Watt. 9 p.m. $14 (advance). http://www.40watt.com/.
Wednesday, August 20:
Dark Meat, Oneida, Dirty Faces, Jah Division Sound System. The Drunken Unicorn. (ATL) 9 p.m. $8. www.thedrunkenunicorn.net/.
Thursday, August 21:
Modern Skirts, Y-O-U. Star Bar. (ATL) 9 p.m. FREE. http://www.starbar.net/.
Friday, August 22:
Dead Confederate, Gift Horse, Kuroma, Balkans. The Drunken Unicorn. (ATL) 9 p.m. $7. 18+. www.thedrunkenunicorn.net/. (Hell yes).
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August 11-16
'Round here the calendar week starts Monday, the way it's supposed to be...
ATHENS POPFEST 2008
Caledonia. http://caledonialounge.com/.
A.Armada. (11:30 p.m.)
Saturday, August 16:
The N.E.C., The Hiss, Apache, Electric Shadows. The Earl. (ATL) 9:30 p.m. $8.
http://www.badearl.com/.
Monday, August 11:
Subrig Destroyer, Irreversible, North, Hell Comes to Town. Masquerade. (ATL)
7 p.m. $8. www.masq.com/. (They're in Hell).
Tuesday, August 12:
Gnarls Barkley, Elf Power. 40 Watt. 8 p.m. $25 (adv.). http://www.40watt.com/.
Blind Melon, Gringo Starr. Masquerade. (ATL) 7 p.m. $17. www.masq.com/. (Heard the new dude sounds just like the old dude. They're in Heaven).
Wednesday, August 13:
ATHENS POPFEST 2008
Little Kings. http://www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub.
The Coathangers. (10:20 p.m.)
The Selmanaires. (12:35 a.m.)
We Versus the Shark. (1:15 a.m.)
Nine Inch Nails, Deerhunter. The Arena at Gwinnett Center. (ATL) 7 p.m. $39.50-$56.50. gwinnettciviccenter.com.
Beach Boys. Chastain Park Amphitheatre. (ATL) 8 p.m. $36-$59. The Beach Boys perform with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and possibly John Stamos on drums (finger's crossed!) as part of the Delta Classic Chastain Concert Series. http://www.classicchastain.com/.
Thursday, August 14:
ATHENS POPFEST 2008
Caledonia. http://www.caledonialounge.com/.
Twin Tigers. (10:30 p.m.)
Dead Confederate. (11:30 p.m.)
then on to
40 Watt. http://www.40watt.com/.
Dark Meat. (11:45 p.m.)
Roky Erikson and The Explosives. (12:30 a.m.)
and also
Blue Flashing Light, Ponderosa. Georgia Theatre. 10 p.m. $5. http://www.georgiatheatre.com/.
Friday, August 15:ATHENS POPFEST 2008
Caledonia. http://caledonialounge.com/.
A.Armada. (11:30 p.m.)
Saturday, August 16:
The N.E.C., The Hiss, Apache, Electric Shadows. The Earl. (ATL) 9:30 p.m. $8.
http://www.badearl.com/.
Sunday, August 17:
Melvins, Big Business. The Drunken Unicorn. (ATL) $15-$17. (We got this show comin up at The 40 Watt the day after this Drunken Unicorn show, but If you're in Atlanta on this Sunday afternoon you'd better go if you know what's best for yous). www.thedrunkenunicorn.net/.
Federation X
And now a look at one of my favorite bands of all time Federation X. I'll let this band speak for themselves, copied and pasted straight from their myspace page:
"Fed X were fortunate enough to grow up in the corner of the US that birthed such punk rock acts as the Wipers, Karp, Mudhoney, Lice, Gas Huffer, Unwound, Godheadsilo, Bikini Kill, Built to Spill, The Rickets, Kicking Giant, Fitz Of Depression, Trumans Water, The Waydowns, Nirvana, Irving Klaw Trio, The Mukulteo Fairies and, perhaps most importantly, Nickleback. We started our band in a small town in the corner of this corner of the US. We thrived in a community that produced such acts as the Narrows, Candy and the Hotdice, USS Horsewhip, The Cheeps, Jayhawker, Monomen, Bar Tabac, Gus and Katie and the Mighty Ghosts of Heaven, Reeks and the Wrecks, B-18, Racetrack, Yogoman, Cicadas, BeNT, The Party Favorites, The Crying Shame, Chuckanut Drive, GNS, Sharpie, and, perhaps most notably, Korky Lenker. We left this corner often and found ourselves in no man’s land with the punk rock acts the Last of the Juanitas, Drunkhorse, 400 Blows, Fleshies, The Cherry Valence, The Whip, Stab City Slit Wrists, The Bananas, XBXRX, C Average, the Friendly Champs, Party Time, Outhud, Monotonix, Japanther, Toys That Kill, Fireballs of Freedom, Shellshag, Big Business, The Pope, Birds of Avalon, Triclops!, Comets of Fire, Juanita Family and Friends, Stars of the Dogon, Early Humans, Red Fang, Mountain High, and, who could forget, The Mooney Suzukis. We like to take this time to take this time off. Thank you. Federaton X."
Anyhow the band is great, and although I have never seen them live I have intravenously injected all three of their albums with monster truck force. Here's a video that does nothing to display their talents:
So, yep...Federation X from Bellingham, Washington (I think). Special thanks to J Scar for introducing me to these guys. Go see them when they start touring again and come through your neck.
"Fed X were fortunate enough to grow up in the corner of the US that birthed such punk rock acts as the Wipers, Karp, Mudhoney, Lice, Gas Huffer, Unwound, Godheadsilo, Bikini Kill, Built to Spill, The Rickets, Kicking Giant, Fitz Of Depression, Trumans Water, The Waydowns, Nirvana, Irving Klaw Trio, The Mukulteo Fairies and, perhaps most importantly, Nickleback. We started our band in a small town in the corner of this corner of the US. We thrived in a community that produced such acts as the Narrows, Candy and the Hotdice, USS Horsewhip, The Cheeps, Jayhawker, Monomen, Bar Tabac, Gus and Katie and the Mighty Ghosts of Heaven, Reeks and the Wrecks, B-18, Racetrack, Yogoman, Cicadas, BeNT, The Party Favorites, The Crying Shame, Chuckanut Drive, GNS, Sharpie, and, perhaps most notably, Korky Lenker. We left this corner often and found ourselves in no man’s land with the punk rock acts the Last of the Juanitas, Drunkhorse, 400 Blows, Fleshies, The Cherry Valence, The Whip, Stab City Slit Wrists, The Bananas, XBXRX, C Average, the Friendly Champs, Party Time, Outhud, Monotonix, Japanther, Toys That Kill, Fireballs of Freedom, Shellshag, Big Business, The Pope, Birds of Avalon, Triclops!, Comets of Fire, Juanita Family and Friends, Stars of the Dogon, Early Humans, Red Fang, Mountain High, and, who could forget, The Mooney Suzukis. We like to take this time to take this time off. Thank you. Federaton X."
Anyhow the band is great, and although I have never seen them live I have intravenously injected all three of their albums with monster truck force. Here's a video that does nothing to display their talents:
So, yep...Federation X from Bellingham, Washington (I think). Special thanks to J Scar for introducing me to these guys. Go see them when they start touring again and come through your neck.
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