MiAmi & Thank You @ 529 E Atlanta

Friday March 6th there is a great show happening at 529 in E Atlanta Village. MiAmi from San Francisco and Thank You from Baltimore will be coming through town.

MiAmi reminds me a bit of Gang Gang Dance. Great beats and interesting vocals. Definitely not a typical run of the mill rock band. Very percussive, jerky at times, ambient at times ... great soundscapes!!!!

MiAmi Mp3 - New Guitar







Thank You, from Baltimore are taking the middle slot with Untied States opening.
Thank You are pretty cool from the few tracks I have heard. I would say they are a bit noise rock, drone, intense sounds. So hard to describe bands. haha. Break down then build back up I guess.

Thank You Mp3-Empty Legs
Video below:

Find more videos like this on www.truveo.com.

Untied States are a local band here in Atlanta. They have gone through numerous member changes over the years but have continued to write some good stuff and be a mainstay in the noisier rock scene of Atl.

Official Band Page Here

Free Show - King Khan & The Shrines

Free Show at Vacation in the highlands. TONIGHT 8:30


"AND ON MARCH 5TH, WE WILL CRAM ALL OF THE SHRINES INTO VACATION FOR A PRE-TOUR SEND OFF. STARTS AT 830 SHARP AND ITS A SHORT SET SO GET THERE EARLY IF YOU WANNA FIT IN THE STORE! ITS GONNA BE PACKED!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO"

Mastodon

Mastodon is scheduled to do an in-store at Criminal records in Atlanta on March 24th. Criminal site states starting time as 8:30pm.


In the meantime watch a cool video :

Crystal Antlers "Tentacles" April 7th Release

So the first full-length from this California band will hit stores on April 7th and entitled "Tentacles." Touch & Go has released the first single off the album. Crystal Antlers sound leans toward very layered guitars and literally a wall of sound hitting you from all directions. The recordings remind me of the Rock-a-teens sound. Not that these 2 bands sound alike, as they don't, it is just the way the music comes across in the recordings. Intense and building layers of sounds. Can't wait to hear the whole album.


Download - "Andrew"


Crystal Antlers Tour
03/04/09 - Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
03/05/09 - Vera, Groningen, Netherlands
03/06/09 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
03/07/09 - Ekko, Utrecht, Netherlands
03/08/09 - Rotown, Rotterdam, Netherlands
03/10/09 - White Heat, London, United Kingdom
03/11/09 - The Harley, Sheffield, United Kingdom
03/12/09 - The Retro Bar, Manchester, United Kingdom
03/19/09 - Club 1808, Austin, TX
03/20/09 - Flamingo Cantina, Austin, TX
03/21/09 - FYeahFest-Waterloo Park, Austin, TX
03/25/09 - Club Congress, Tucson, AZ - with Monotonix
03/26/09 - 4th & B, San Diego, CA - with Cold War Kids
03/27/09 - Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, CA - with Cold War Kids
04/16/09 - Cntr For Arts-Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
04/21/09 - Commodore, Vancouver, Canada - with Cold War Kids
04/22/09 - Showbox, Seattle, WA - with Cold War Kids
04/23/09 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR - with Cold War Kids
04/26/09 - Crystal Bay Club Crown Rm, Crystal Bay, NV
04/27/09 - Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA
04/28/09 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA - with Cold War Kids
04/30/09 - Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, UT
05/01/09 - Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
05/02/09 - Slowdown Jr, Omaha, NE
05/04/09 - Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN
05/06/09 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
05/07/09 - The Crofoot, Pontiac, MI
05/29/09 - Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain
08/13/09 - Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway

It's snowing in the ATL ...

Nice to have snow every once in a while here in Atlanta.

WHAT the crap ... on Fox News!!!!!!!

Article on Fox news about racist music being sold on Itunes, Amazon and other sites. So they mention names of bands ie Skr***iver and now that the media made a story out of it these bands will see sales go up! Sick. I am not saying that these bands don't have a right to sell their music, they do. I am saying that by Fox News making a front page story about it the sales will go up for all these types of bands and that plain out SUX. Fox is just helping to spread the word!


I remember being about 15 or 16 years old back in '85 or so. I had a friend that thought of himself as a "skin" and would always try to play his crappy oi music in my car. One day he had a tape in, which i later found out to be Skrewdriver, and the lyrics appalled me! I straight out told my friend that I wouldn't allow that music in my car or around me at all. Even at that young age the words angered me to no end! Ignorance and that whole better than everyone else attitude.

Sorry for the rant but the news story just pissed me off.

And You Will Know Us ....

Last night after work I headed over to Criminal Records for an in store performance by And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. I have been familiar with their name for many years now but have listened to very little of their music. Seems like every time they come through Atlanta I never end up seeing them. Always one excuse or another.
So last night when they were doing the in store I thought, no excuses this time! It's free and early!
They played about 5 or 6 songs. The first 2 were amazing, the next few were so so and the last one was as good as the first ones. Sorry I don't know the song names as i couldn't get a good look at the short set list. Of course, I didn't expect a full set as they had a show later that night at The Earl over in E Atlanta. So below are some photos I took last night at Criminal Records ... enjoy!

Die Kreuzen

One of my most favorite bands from the past would have to be Die Kreuzen. The first time I ever heard them was way back in '85. I used to listen to a few different "punk" shows on WREK, WRAS and WRFG here in the ATL. Of course I would record the whole shows to cassette and listen back for years afterwords. Die Kreuzen has always stood out to me.
The first 2 Touch & Go releases are my favorite. I actually lost interest a bit after October File and thought they went a bit metal for my taste. I belive all the main records are still available.


October File Review


Discog


Amazon Buy

Thank You, Interview

The 405 has an interview up with Baltimore band Thank You. They are currently on tour and will hit Atlanta on March 6th with MiAmi. Playing at 529 (529 Flat Shoals Rd Atlanta GA)


Thank You - Empty Legs

Touch & Go Rumor Alert

UPDATE ....
1. Chicago Tribune


2.CMJ


3. Pitchfork


Is Touch and Go records moving to a catalog only format? Reports have been moving around the web as to this fact. Anyone else hear about this? Touch and Go has for years put out some amazing music. Lately noteworthy acts are MiAmi and Crystal Antlers.