Informer: Atlanta 9/16/08

Welcome to Informer:Atlanta! Each Tuesday, we bring you the very best in the coming week's music, film and culture events in and around Atlanta. Think we missed something? Wanna tip us off to something cool over the horizon? Let us know! All events are recommended, but italics indicate an editor's pick. (L) indicates local artists.

• John Cowan Band Series (residency, every Tuesday in September) @ Eddie's Attic -- 8 p.m., $15
• The Felice Brothers, AA Bondy @ Smith's Olde Bar -- 8 p.m., $12
• The Selmanaires (L), TUSSLE, Recompas @ The Earl -- 9 p.m., $8 adv/$10 door

• Randall Bramlett CD release party with New West Records @ Hard Rock Cafe -- 5:30 p.m. Part of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame's "Live at Five" series. The Athens group celebrates their August release Now It's Tomorrow.
• Ponderosa (L), Death On Two Wheels (L), All Get Out, The Redcoats (L), Natalie Warner, Owen Beverly @ Smith's Olde Bar (Upstairs) -- 7:30 p.m., $10. Charleston, S.C. rockers All Get Out are supposed to have an astonishing live show. Definitely worth checking out! Part of the Atlantis Music Conference & Festival
  
• Hope For Agoldensummer, Liz Durrett, Tin Cup Prophette @ The Earl -- 9 p.m., $7. The best in Athens songstresses come to the ATL. Don't miss it if inventive lyricism/instrumentation and lovely female vocals are your thing!
  

• "Prasse Fest": Connor Christian and Southern Gothic (L), The Modern Society, The Empties, Part Bear, The Falcon Lords, Act of Congress @ Star Bar -- 8:30 p.m., $8. Part of the Atlantis Music Conference & Festival
• Have Gun, Will Travel, Ken Will Morton, Missy Gossip and the Secret Keepers (L), Clay Cook, Beggars Guild, Sonia Leigh, Mitch Barrett @Smith's Olde Bar (Upstars) -- 8 p.m., $10. Part of the Atlantis Music Conference & Festival
  

• Matt Costa, The Bridges, The Smart Brothers @ The Loft -- 8 p.m., $18. Part of the Atlantis Music Conference & Festival
• Le Castle Vania (L), Casper & the Cookies, The Judies, It's Elephant's (L), Pistolero (L), Gift Horse, The Sammies @ Star Bar -- 8 p.m., $8. Part of the Atlantis Music Conference & Festival
• Throw Me The Statue, Verlaine, Tealights @ Drunken Unicorn -- $8 adv./$10 door. Throw Me The Statue is ecstatic vocal-driven electro-pop heaven. Check out their performance in the Paste back stairwell in the most recent edition of our Paste Vision video podcast.
• Thy Mighty Contract (L), Extra Life, Hollow Stars @ WonderRoot -- 8 p.m.
  

• These Are Powers, The Coathangers (L), Jana Hunter @ Eyedrum -- 6 p.m., $5 adv., $5 at door/$8 after 7 p.m.

• "Southern Stories" Premiere Screening and Panel Discussion @ GSU Speaker's Auditorium -- 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Beyond Documentary and Digital Aquarium present the premier of seven self-reflective student documentaries: "Ties that Bind By," "Dying to Live," "The Gift of Presence," "The Mulberry," "Gaining Focus," "Crossing the Boundary" and "Keeping Track." For more information, visit BeyondDocumentary.com.
  

Beautiful Losers screening @ Plaza Theatre -- 7 p.m. Art compiled by the MINT Gallery. Watch the trailer here:

• Golgotha World Premiere @ Plaza Theatre -- 8 p.m., $8 (cash only). It's quasi-silent. It's noveau-German-Expressionist. It's black and white. It's about an evil sorceress. It was shot around Georgia. Need we say more?
  

• "Creating Refuge: Works by Atlanta's Homeless Population" art show @ WonderRoot