early concert warning for atlanta! rilo kiley are playing at the variety on sept 29 in support of their new unreleased record under the blacklight. under the blacklight is set to be released on aug 21. check the rilo kiley site for dates and pics of jenny.
if you are not in the atlanta area and are up for a roadtrip next weekend, july 25 -28, you could do much worse than wast your weekend in athens @ the 10th annual summer fest and blue ribbon ball hosted by team clermont. the blue ribbon ball, yeah its sponsored by every hipsters beverage of choice pabst, is an actual prom like event. what would a prom be without some spiked punch, an actual prom photographer, balloons and streamers, and some of the artists doing some cheesy ass covers? sounds like a grand time to me, and i might actually try to make it over there. for 2007, the sexy theme of the ball is james bond. yeah get it? 007. awesome! oh, yeah theres also a kickball game going on sometime during the weekends. i used to kick total ass at kickball. i had quite the leg on me it was pretty well known within my zipcode.
the main headliner is chicagoan and all around character, bobby conn. i never was able to get into any of his records but he is very entertaining in a live setting. shows will be going on all weekend at the 40 watt, caledonia lounge and go bar! a few of the artists taking part this year include starlight mints, summer hymns, ladybug transistor, deerhunter, bottom of the hudson, alina simone and more! heres a sampling of the artists.
pumpkin - starlight mints
going numb - tin cup prophette
spring hall convert - deerhunter
handwriting - bottom of the hudson
start swimming - summer hymns
skeleton key - a northern chorus
king for a day - bobby conn
check the team clermont blue ribbon info page for tickets, show times, etc.
the antlers is 21 year old peter silberman and the music he creates is quite glorious. its damn kids like this that make me sick. only 21 and creating stuff that is way beyond the paltry sum of his years. who the hell does he think he is? why i oughta!!!! anyway, his 5th release in the attic of the universe reminds me of sparklehorse cross bred with chin up chin up and then mated with arcade fire. its being re-released, after initially being offered for free, via fall records sometime this fall. in the mean time you can stream it on his site.
the universe is going to catch you
when you sleep - my bloody valentine cover
the antlers site / myspace / fall records
i was 9 years old in 1983 and on aug 1 of that year the replacements played at fitzgeralds in houston. my age during that time really has nothing to do with anything, just thought i would mention. this particular performance is quite an interesting listen. it sounds as if there are like 5 people in the audience cause there’s alot of interaction between the mats and the audience. this is going to be a two post affair since its 33 tracks long. the remainder will be posted later this evening.
1. wipe out
2. hayday
4. lovelines
8. take me down to the hospital
11. trouble boys
12. i will dare
13. god damn job
14. sixteen blue
That was a phone call…I know you’ve had one but I get them all the time.
Great blog!
Yeah! Love the Mats - thanks for the show (well, the half so far). btw - “Lovelines” isn’t downloading.
thanks for these - I saw the Mats alot back in the day & this brings back a lot of (hazy) memories
Awesome, I was looking for some live stuff from that time just a few days ago. Thanks for this.
thank you-you made a bad day a lot better.
sorry to hear about your day bobby. glad i could be of service!
yeah this is the easy flo elbow. only two people in the world have one and one is named bruce willis. that episode was on last night jesse. i havent seen it in a while and forgot how freakin funny it was.
i think hazy memories are the best cause you can always make shit up in your head.