New (sort of) Dead Confederate Videos

In the wake of Matt's awesome Department of Eagles videos from pitchfork.tv, here are some more quality segments from our pals Dead Confederate:

Video for Start Me Laughing.  Directed by Jason Miller and Ethan Payne, shot at the Secret Squirrel in Athens.

Flappin' the ol' gums in Denver at the SoCo Music Experience with comedian Reggie Watts.

Videos courtesy pitchfork.tv. 

Crystal Antlers on Pitchfork TV's "Don't Look Down"

If you haven't seen this yet, check out Crystal Antlers performing Until The Sun Dies Part 2 on Pitchfork TV's Don't Look Down installment. Basically they play on a New York City rooftop to no one but the skyline stretched out before them. Pretty cool stuff. I almost soiled myself at about 3/4 of the way through the video lead singer Johnny Bell goes out and teeter-totters on the ledge of the skyscraper.



Go tonight if you can:

Monotonix, Crystal Antlers, Dark Meat, One Man Machine. Georgia Theatre. 9:30 p.m. $8. http://www.georgiatheatre.com/.

A note from the editor's desk:

After I put this post up I found this flyer:



So it looks like there will be an after party kicking of at 2 a.m. at The Secret Squirrel with Crystal Antlers, Aunt Dracula (from Philly) and some secret guests. Sweet meat!

You Wanna Get With Maurice?

Thanks to everyone who came to my house last Sunday for our keys player/singer/my roomate Hunter's b-day bash. Special thanks go out to ultimate party band T.T. Mahoney and The Standard 8 for coming over and rocking out our basement in a sailor costume and matching suits. It's taken me a while to post this because I have had a difficult time tracking down some decent photos of the festivities, but luckily J.J. snapped this one on his Blackberry and emailed it to me. Sure was a good time though and suprisingly the show sounded really good even though we crammed the band into a tiny little concrete enclosure. I had more than one person tell me that we must do this again sometime. Look out Secret Squirrel there's a new d.i.y. venue in town. If anybody who was there somehow reads this give me some pictures please.

Monday, July 30-Sunday, July 6

Wednesday, July 2:
Sally Head, Velveteen Pink. Tasty World. 10 p.m. $5. http://www.tastyworld.net/.
(Thanks to M.K.Y. for this one...Sally Head is a duo from Brooklyn and joining them is the funk band you always wanted to be in, Velveteen Pink. Go to the damn show, fools!)

Thursday, July 3:
The Dumps, Hayride, Lake City. Tasty World, 10 p.m. $5. http://www.tastyworld.net/.

Friday, July 4:
Twin Tigers, Mouser, Abe Vigoda, POPO, Sweet Teeth. The Secret Squirrel. 10 p.m. $5.
(I just found out about this for your Independence Day pleasure. They aren't kidding about the whole "secret" squirrel thing. It's kinda hard to find out about shows...)

Saturday, July 5:
Gift Horse, An Epic at Best, Lions Tigers & Bears, Down With the Woo. Caledonia Lounge. 10 p.m. $6 (21+), $7 (18+). http://www.caledonialounge.com/.
(This is An Epic at Best's farewell performance).

If you just have to be in Atlanta Saturday here's some shows with reasons why you can't go...
Chunklet Magazine presents Boris, Torche, Clouds. The Earl. (ATL) 9:30 p.m.$13-$15.
The Earl.
(Torche rocks too loudly for your precious virgin ears so go see Gift Horse in Athens).

Fleet Foxes, the Duchess & the Duke, Long Knives. The Drunken Unicorn. (ATL)
9 p.m.$10. The Drunken Unicorn.
(Good luck getting into this one. Too many kids reading Pitchfork for you to go to this show so just come see my show in Athens at Caledonia or just stay at home and ponder your own sadness).

Tom Waits. The Fox Theatre. (ATL) 8 p.m.$67-$87. Fox Theatre.
($87?! Well fuck me Tom Waits!)

Seriously, if you don't do anything else this week go see the Velveteen Pink/Sally Head show at Tasty World on Wednesday, The Dumps/Lake City show at Tasty World on Thursday, Twin Tigers at Secret Squirrel on Friday the 4th, and since you can't go to any of the Atlanta shows on Saturday you should go to Caledonia to see Gift Horse. I'll be there man! That is all.

Monotonix

I have to write something about Israeli band Monotonix. Simply put, I think that everyone should go see this band . They tour the states extensively and I make it a point to go see them everytime they come through Athens. The first time I saw them at the Secret Squirrel, I was almost knocked out by an enormous (and heavy) stuffed giraffe that somebody drilled me in the head with. The second time I saw them at the 40 Watt, the lead singer stuck the mic down his pants and then shoved it in my face. He almost broke my tooth. The third time I saw them, which was last night at Go Bar, the show began with the lead singer pulling down his pants and showing everyone a spot where the sun rarely shines. It ended with the drums being carried outside to the sidewalk, where an officer of the law was already waiting to issue a ticket for people spilling over onto the sidewalk. Somewhere in the middle of all this the lead singer grabbed a trash can from the bar and poured it on the drummer's head. Then he threw it at the guitarist and busted his face wide open. Most of their shows end with a crowd participation bit where the drummer is hoisted up by the audience while sitting on his kick drum and playing the rest of the kit, which is also being hoisted up by the audience. Actually the entire show is a crowd participation bit. If any of this sounds like fun to you then you should probably go enjoy. Here's a clip of them doing six shows in one day with their old drummer (who used to play standing up):

Here's a Chunklet magazine SXSW show with the new drummer:


Anyhow, the hype machine appears to be turning its gears for 'em, so chances are they will become much bigger than they already are. It's easy to overlook the fact that they are also a great band and the music is great if you like deep, headbanging metal guitar tones played over jungly beats and English words sang by someone who really doesn't speak too much English. One of the best bands I've seen to date.