Tomorrow night at Ye Olde Variety Playhouse, our pals over at Stomp And Stammer Magazine will be celebrating 11 years of curmudgeonly brilliance with a vertiable Lollapalooza of local indie rock superstars. For a paltry fifteen clams, you too can thrill to the sounds of The Black Lips, Snowden, Deerhunter, and The Selmanaires. Check out the Access Atlanta cover story!
See ya there!
World famous comedian Todd Barry is headlining at The Earl on Saturday night. Todd Barry brings all kinds of funny. You should go got some.
It’s an all-Atlanta tribute to Mr. Bob Dylan tonight at the Five Spot! Upwards of 15 to 20 Atlanta bands are gonna be playing their favorite Dylan tunes in a one-time-only event as a benefit for PAWS Atlanta.
A few of the participants: All the Saints, Georgia Fireflies, Warm in the Wake, Lindsay Rakers Band, DQE, Hardly Darlings, Rick Richards, Magnapop, Dead Confederate, Rolling Thunder Revue, and many, many more!
Criminal Records is going to be on-site selling all manner of Bob Dylan titles, including the new “I’m Not There” soundtrack (the likes of Cat Power, Sonic Youth, Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo, Jeff Tweedy and tons more covering Bob), the just-released “Dylan” compilation, and the new DVD of Bob’s Newport Folk Fest performances from the ’60s.
There’s also going to be free stuff galore and a costume contest, where the winner gets a Bob Dylan CD catalog! Over 40 albums! You’ve gotta come dressed as Dylan or something Dylan-related to be qualified to win that.
The Five Spot. 1123 Euclid Avenue in Little Five Points.
Doors: 7:30pm // Show begins at 8pm sharp!
$10, proceeds go to PAWS Atlanta
Presented by Stomp and Stammer, Criminal Records, Columbia Records, and the Atlanta Brewing Company
The Brunettes are on tour to support their cool new SubPop CD Structure and Cosmetics, and they are playing at The Earl tonight. You oughta be there! Here’s a bunch of other Brunettes tour dates for good measure, in case you live somewhere else or want to plan a Fall vacation…
Oct 9 2007 9:30P The Earl Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 10 2007 12:30A Tasty World Athens, Georgia
Oct 11 2007 10:00P Mercy Lounge Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 12 2007 11:30P Thirsty Hippo Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Oct 20 2007 9:00P CMJ music marathon - Bowery Ballroom NYC, New York
Nov 1 2007 7:30P The Windmill London, London and South East
Nov 2 2007 8:00P Water Rats London, London and South East
Nov 3 2007 8:00P Phonem by Miller Festival Istanbul
Nov 7 2007 8:00P Star and Garter Manchester
Nov 8 2007 8:00P Snafu Nightclub Aberdeen, Scotland
Nov 9 2007 8:00P The Beat Club - LATE SHOW!! Glasgow, Scotland
Nov 10 2007 8:00P TBA Edinburgh
Nov 13 2007 8:00P Point Ephemere Paris
Nov 14 2007 8:00P Tivoli – De Helling Utrecht
Nov 15 2007 8:00P Studio-K Amsterdam
Nov 16 2007 8:00P Haus73 Hamburg
Nov 17 2007 8:00P Schokoladen Berlin
Nov 20 2007 8:00P D:qliq Luxembourg
Nov 21 2007 8:00P Recyclart Brussels
Nov 22 2007 8:00P Samba Resille Toulouse
Nov 24 2007 8:00P Teatro Verdi Maniago
Nov 25 2007 8:00P Mattatoio culture club Carpi
Nov 28 2007 8:00P The Croft Bristol, Southwest
Nov 30 2007 8:00P Speakeasy @ Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Dec 1 2007 8:00P Whelans Dublin, Dublin
Dec 2 2007 8:00P Roisin Galway, Galway
While we’re on the subject, we also have older Brunettes titles, like Mars Loves Venus and When Ice Met Cream in stock.
And here’s a cool new video from Structure and Cosmetics:
This weekend, just a hop, skip and a jump from Rockhead HQ, is the Grant Park Summer Shade Festival. There’s the usual festival fare, (artist market, funnel cakes, beer, port-a-johns…) but there’s a pretty good line-up of local bands too. Check out the line-up here.
See ya in the park!
Corndogorama moves to Lenny’s Bar this year. Will more space = more fun? I’m thinkin’ so. Lots of Rockhead faves are on the bill, including Luigi, Magnapop, The Orphins, Jupiter Watts, Snowden, Hubcap City, Blake Rainey & His Demons, and many others. Plus — there’s a corndog eating contest at 4:30 on Saturday! See ya there!
In what has to be one of the coolest and most complex movie tie-ins ever, 7-Eleven has converted eleven of their stores into Kwik-E-Marts to celebrate the pending release of The Simpsons Movie. In addition to wrapping the chosen stores in cartoony garb and sinage, they’re also stocking items from the Springfield Kwik-E-Mart on the shelves! You simply must check out either this photo gallery here, or maybe this one here, because you have to see it to fully appreciate it. And yes, the donuts are frosted pink with sprinkles.
Chaz’s Kwik-E-Mart Shopping List:
Unfortunately there’s not one anywhere near the Atlanta area, the closest is in Orlando– about 450 miles away from Rockhead World Headquarters. That’s quite a hike to make through Georgia and Florida in July just to sate my Squishy fix.
So, who’s driving?
Today is the first day of Devo’s first European tour in 15 years. I was lucky enough to see ‘em in Atlanta a couple of years ago, and they are still absolutely amazing and tons of fun. So if any of you spuds live in or near any of the following cities, do yourself a favor, polish up your flower pot hat and get your ticket today!
June 16: Barcelona, SPAIN / Sonar Fest
June 18: Brighton, UK / Brighton Dome
June 19: London, UK / Royal Festival Hall
June 21: Dublin, IRELAND / Vicar Street
June 22: Birmingham, UK / Symphony Hall
June 23: Manchester, UK / Apollo
June 24: Glasgow, Scotland / Glasgow Academy
June 26: London, UK / Shepherds Bush Empire
June 29: Bergamo, Italy / Lazzaretto
June 30: AzzanoDecima,Italy / Fiera Della Musica
Not much point in going anywhere but The Earl this week… they’ve got one great show lined up after another. Check it:
Tuesday, June 12 — Great Lake Swimmers
Wednesday, June 13 — The National and Shapes And Sizes
Thursday, June 14 — Maserati
Friday, June 15 — Snowden
Saturday, June 15 — Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy
I think I already have a hangover….
Our good pals at Stomp And Stammer are puttin’ on a big show this Saturday, June 2nd, at The Earl. The line-up is Mitch Easter, Tim Lee, and The Preakness. Advance tix are only $10. Don’t miss it!