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you slithered out of your mother’s filth

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on May 16, 2008

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hola amigos! there’s a pretty righteous instore going on today at criminal, for those of you in the atlanta area. seminal trashy grunge party rockers, supersuckers, are playing, like i said at criminal, @ 7 pm-ish. they are part of the so-co fest thats going on tomorrow at centennial olympic park - its free and the gates open at 3 pm. the only other band that i have heard of that is performing is against me - liked their first two, the last one not so much. here’s a few supersucker tracks.

pretty fucked up off motherfuckers be trippin

a good night for my drinkin

shake it off of devils food

gato negro

supersuckers site

hayden’s in town and field came out a few weeks back, which i absolutely forgot about until i visited aquarium drunkard yesterday. as with a lot of records its been on the ipod, but haven’t given it much time for some bullshit reason. so, gave it a couple of spins last night and its quite good. it’s definitely not my favorite, that belongs to skyscraper national park, but it’s a nice listen. if you are a neil young fan, you will probably dig hayden.

where and when

lonely security guard

pick up a few hayden records on eMusic. they have a 50 free download special goin on right now, btw.

i, admittedly, dont know much, outside of blister and add it up, about the violent femmes. whilst in college i used to sleep with a young lady that loved the femmes, but wouldn’t let her listen to them in my presence - yeah i used to be a major pain in the ass. so, when i stumbled across this femmes show from hamburg, germany on 2.7.84, i figured i would finally give em a chance. pretty cool stuff i must admit and for any femmes fan, which one is their best?

1. girl trouble

2. good feeling

3. blister in the sun

4. promise

10. gone daddy gone

11. to the kill

12. misery blues

13. black girls

14. confessions

15. add it up

do we look like the kind of store that sells i just called to say i love you? go to the mall.

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gregor

on April 19, 2008

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updated the captains dead muxtape, here.

today is national record store day, and i for one will be heading down to criminal to witness the days festivities - which should be pretty awesome. there’s two stages, indoor and outdoor, with the outdoor stage kicking off at about 1 pm. check out criminal’s site for the entire rundown, but playing the outdoor stage, the coathangers go on @ 6, anna kramer @ 7 and playing indoors are dead confederate @ 5.30 and hope foragoldensummer @ 7.30. i want to reiterate that there are plenty more bands taking part. check the link above for the shops in yr area that are participating in record store day.

patton oswalt pretty much summed up the whole record store experience with this little quip..

“The idea of, ‘The journey is the destination’ is put into action by browsing in an indie record store. Besides, a human being is a much better guide than a ‘More Like This’ link on the internet.”

dead confederate

the coathangers

anna kramer & the lost cause

when you see him

he offered her an orgy in a many mirrored room

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gregor

on March 29, 2008

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hey if you are in atlanta, mike doughty of soul coughing fame is playing at criminal this fine evening @ 7 pm.

leonard cohen is one of my main dudes. although i havent really talked about him up until now, my love remains unwavering. not much can really be said about him that hasnt been more eloquently stated thousands of times before. so, in lieu of doing him and his craft a grave disjustice, i’ll just leave you with this show from oslow, norway recorded on 5.1.93. its an fm broadcast, and thus probably not the entire show.

1. the future

2. aint no cure for love

3. bird on the wire

4. everybody knows

5. first we take manhattan

6. avalanche

7. suzanne

8. tower of song

9. i cant forget

10. so long, marianne

11. sisters of mercy

12. dance me to the end love

13. democracy

14. coming back to you

15. im your man

16. joan of arc

17. closing time

18. take this waltz

hallelujah

good is an assassin who just cant follow through

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gregor

on September 15, 2007

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its only about 5 minutes in and i already had to turn off the irish and michigan game. my irish not lookin so good. in fact, downright embarrassing. then to add insult to injury i turn on the red sox/yankees game and jeter knocks one out off josh beckett. i hate, nay, loathe derek jeter.

for those in the atlanta area, mark your google calendars for 10.5 for my man adam franklin, formerly of swervedriver, is coming to town for a show at the earl and an instore at criminal earlier in the evening. his new record, bolts of melody, is quite grand.

seize the day

syd’s eyes

he’s got a shitload of other dates coming up. so, check his site or myspace for dates.

adam franklin site / myspace

if you were to write out a top 20 list of your favorite bands and if this list includes the likes of echo and the bunnymen, joy division, roxy music, and maybe the cure then the men of boston’s junius just may be your thang. their new self titled record is out on 10.9.

the age of decay

junius site / myspace

in 1990 mother love bone’s apple was like manna from heaven to these 16 year old ears. the strange thing about recalling memories is that its easy to describe what you were feeling but more difficult to explain why you were feeling it. such is the case with apple. i remember being absolutely enamored by it, but dont really remember why. so, to get to the bottom of this, i pulled it out the other day and tried to recall, only this time with 33 year old ears. to say the experiment was a failure would do apple a grave injustice, but for the life of me i really cant pinpoint what i loved about it so. it’s still a great record, even if it time has not been overly kind to it, but you just have to put the time and place it was recorded all into perspective.

here they are performing in seattle on 1.3.90 @ the vogue

1. this is shangrila

2. capricorn sister

3. half ass monkeyboy

4. bone china

5. hearthshine

6. mr danny boy

7. come bite the apple

8. thru fade away

9. stardog champion

10. holy roller

11. hold your head up

12. im in love with my car

my body is a roadmap of pain

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gregor

on July 8, 2007

in shows, smog and the ladybirds

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i havent seen the peter jackson/mike j. fox tour de force, the frighteners, in well probably since it was released all the way back in 96. having seen dead alive recently there are definitely a lot stylistic qualities between the two. having not seen the frighteners in so long i must contend that it has held up pretty well.

so, jason isbell plays the 40 watt tomorrow evening and then two shows in atlanta on tuesday - the first at 7 @ criminal then the full fledged show @ the earl at 9. anyone going to either the in store or the earl? needless to say i am super excited not only for seeing jason but seeing justin townes earle, son of steve earle, as well. his 07 ep, yuma, is pretty damn solid and considering his pedigree it definitely makes one wish for a future as strong has his fathers.

yuma can be purchased via his myspace page

justin townes earle myspace

the ghost of virginia

also on the bill is atlantian ben trickey who very well could be the sbd act of the evening - if you dont know what sbd stands for ask any 12 year old or google it. after listening to his stuff i can definitely say i am impressed with his minimalistic bedroom like recordings. there’s definitely a early will oldham circa palace brothers vibe happening, maybe its just the recordings, but either way i dig him.

soldier

saving grace

your cheatin heart will be the death of me

cheap wine and cigarettes

ben trickey site / myspace has more songs available for listening/downloading pleasure

oh yeah, jason’s sirens of the ditch comes out on tuesday. so, pick it up. as it stands today, sirens is definitely in my top 3 of the year, and it wouldnt surprise me if it ended up being number one.

i am sure the ladybirds have been getting mass amounts of play around the interweb, cause they just seem like they should. i am still a bit confused by em, to be honest. this track “the brown and red divide” is pretty cool but i dont know how they would fair over an entire record. its like listening to a digitized cyndi lauper in a classic nintendo game.

the brown and red divide

their full length debut, regional community theatre, comes out 8.21.

ladybirds site / myspace

tonight is another stellar performance by my new main lady, a spot once held by ms marshall, joanna newsom. here she is in nashville on 6.30.04.

Continue reading ‘my body is a roadmap of pain’

there will be no talk of pinkies!

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gregor

on June 15, 2007

in lions in the street and michael penn

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for those in atlanta, on july 10 jason isbell will be doing an instore @ criminal at 7 pm before his show at the earl. i will attempt to remind everyone as we get closer to the date, but mark it in your calendars or keep it in your lock box in the most likely case i forget.

you like the stones, right? then you probably even like the faces? or maybe even a little skynyrd? what about the burrito bros? yeah, me too! then these dudes outta canada, lions in the street are going to freakin rip whatever joint you happen to be inhabitating at the time. the beauty behind their ep, cat got your tounge is that its not in the business of making you question what they are all about. the goats head soup era “already gone” kicks shit off something fierce and leaves the rock n roll stranglehold on ya until “your gonna lose” closes out the ep 4 songs later. sometimes, i really dont wanna think, i just wanna fuckin strum my pant leg and sing into my imaginary mic. if lions in the street dont wanna make you do as such then you are dead to me. btw, cat got your tounge can be downloaded for free via their site. in case you need convincing here are two tracks from their ep.

already gone

mine aint yours

its a damn shame that michael penn has to go through life mostly identified as sean and chris’ brother and/or mr aimee mann. michael has been releasing amazing records since 1989’s march, which contained the out of left field hit “no myth.” he’s an artist that i would have a hard time saying one record is better than the other cause they are all fantastic. although, resigned is my favorite.

here he is peforming in northampton, ma on 5.307. thanks to the original taper!

1. three for three

2. lucky one

3. bucket brigade

4. brave new world

5. a bad sign

6. ok

7. me around

8. long way down

9. dont let me go

10. bunker hill

11. try

12. denton road

13. bless the tillmans

14. walter reed

15. high time

16. i can tell

17. no myth

youre the disease and im the cure

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gregor

on June 9, 2007

in shows, spoon, the national and wilco

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so our friends, and probably best record store in the country, at atlanta’s criminal records has a very cool wilco concert contest going on. as you may or may not know or care, wilco is playing at chastain on tuesday, june 19. well, nonesuch and wilco has hooked up criminal with 10 pairs of tickets that will allow you to catch out their soundcheck - you also get wilco tshirts and tote bags as part of the package. now, one small caveat, the package doesnt include actual tix to the show. so, i guess if you dont have tickets they are going to kick your ass to the curb prior to the show. but if you do have tickets you can possibly win a photo pass to be onstage during their first three songs. any who, if you want to enter send an email to wilco@criminal.com or stop on by.

in other news i happened to view a copy of hostel 2 the other day and if you had any interest in seeing it based on the first one, i would say wait a couple of months for the rental. of course you arent going into this looking for a story line its really all about how over the top eli could get with the blood and guts. sadly, this one is pretty tame in comparison and even the slight plot twist doesnt make up for the fact that its pretty lame.

i am sure most have you have heard the new spoon record, which is fantastic, but in case you have not here is the first single from ga ga ga ga ga.

the underdog

ga ga ga ga ga is set to be released on july 10.

one of my favorites this year is turning out to be the national’s boxer which is kind of a relief considering i absolutely hated alligator. maybe i didnt give alligator enough time but i found nothing redeeming about it on my first few listens. maybe time has been kind to alligator and need to revisit it, but boxer hit me pretty hard right out the box.

here are the men of the national performing live at the white sessions in france on 5.24.07 for a radio performance broadcasted on the 28th.

1. start a war

2. brainy

3. slow show

4. squalor victoria

5. apartment story

6. racing like a pro

7. ada

8. you did it again virginia

9. mistaken for strangers

10. fake empire

11. about today