Live Photos: The Other Sound Festival 9/11/08-9/13/08
[Above: The Booze play Saturday night at The Earl.]Atlanta's Other Sound Festival took place at WonderRoot, The Star Bar and The Earl over three days last weekend. Musicians, mostly from the ATL but some from other towns around the Southeast, played on main stages and in club corners, celebrating everything outside of the norm. Behold!... read more
Hideout Block Party features the New Pornographers, Drunken Spelling Bee, Michael Jackson tribute and more
Home to the out-of-place and in-between, the Hideout welcomes locals and musicians of any and all persuasions to the industrial North Branch along the Chicago River year-round. And even after a summer full of stacked festivals rolling through the city (Lollapalooza, Pitchfork Musical Festival and myriad neighborhood fests), the annual Hideout Block Party is one of the most anticipated by Chicagoans.... read more
Sufjan Stevens launches takeover at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Though he's been keeping busy with his commissioned symphonies, production work and film scores, prolific folk hero Sufjan Stevens has set aside some time-- 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Sept. 27, to be exact-- to curate the 2008 edition of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's now-annual Takeover.... read more
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.... read more
Win tickets to see The Bridges at The Loft this Saturday!
They're the Best of What's Next, and they're coming to our fair city this weekend to perform during the Atlantis Music Conference and Festival, joining Matt Costa and The Smart Brothers at The Loft this Saturday, Sept. 20 at 9 p.m. (doors at 8). And you have the chance to see them live-- for free!... read more
Celebrate Bob Gendron's 33 1/3 contribution at Hideout tonight
The 33 1/3 book series, which features noted authors musing on seminal albums, recently released Gentlemen, Bob Gendron's in-depth look at the Afghan Whigs' 1993 LP. To celebrate, the author will hold a book release and signing party at Hideout tonight, Tuesday, September 16th. According to Gendron, a fellow Chicago Tribune freelance music critic, Gentlemen is one of only a handful of 33 1/3 titles that contain original interviews with the band members and those close to them conducted specifically for the book.... read more
The Bell House opens in Gowanus with free Matt Pond PA show
Brooklyn’s fabled transformation into the new Manhattan will receive a boost in the night life department with this week's opening of The Bell House on 7th Street in uber-industrial Gowanus. Under the same management as Union Hall in Park Slope and Floyd in Brooklyn Heights, the ex-printing press warehouse will make its debut as a 2-room concert venue with a free performance from Matt Pond PA and Lilys tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 18th.... read more
Dave Stewart performs live, signs books and shows off photography in NYC this week
Dave Stewart, founding member of The Tourists and one half of Eurythmics, will engage with nearly every artistic medium imaginable this week with a live performance at The Highline Ballroom on Wednesday, Sept. 17th, a book signing and photography exhibition at the Morrison Hotel Gallery on Thursday, Sept. 18th, and a Good Morning America appearance thrown in Wednesday a.m. for good fun.... read more
Chicago's Albany Park flooded by record rainfall
[Above: Bohemian National Cemetery]Today, my neighbors in Albany Park began a long cleanup after a weekend that dumped a record 7-plus inches of rain on Chicago in 24 hours. The hardest hit of the city neighborhoods, Albany Park’s location next to the Chicago River proved disastrous for many residents as the swollen river overflowed on to Foster Avenue. By early Saturday evening, the entire area was blocked off to through traffic, and by 6:30 p.m. the Office of Emergency Management and Communications was performing reverse calls to area residents informing them of a shelter at a nearby police department.... read more
Manchester Orchestra returns with new EP, album, tour
Given the recent announcement of a new EP, album and tour, it's becoming increasingly apparent Manchester Orchestra's lead singer Andy Hull might be the busiest man in music.... read more
New understanding of blindness sparked "in the Dark"
To the sighted, the prospect of blindness can seem catastrophic, and it can be difficult to comprehend the ability of its victims to lead relatively normal lives. But Dialog in the Dark, a traveling exhibit making its U.S. debut at Atlantic Station now through March 1st, is geared towards exposing those of us with sight to the daily experiences of the blind via temporary immersion in their world.... read more
NYC Band of the Week: My Teenage Stride
Borough: Brooklyn/GreenpointFun Fact: Frontman Jed Smith has harvested several future song titles (like "Murderist Seeks Hand-Me-Down") from his abandoned novel about an opium-tripping copywriter.Why They're Worth Watching: They really do love the 80s, wrapping even the dreariest lyrics in catchy hooks and dreamy retro beats.For Fans Of: The Smiths, Crystal Stilts, The Pains of Being Pure at HeartLet's take a moment to thank Jed Smith's ex-girlfriend. Were it not for her, Smith would've never entered—then won—a Williamsburg songwriting contest, which led to the formation of My Teenage Stride. The band started with Smith, bassist Michael Hollitscher and drummer Brett Whitmoyer.... read more
Mastodon reveals new album details
In a recent interview with Paste, Brann Dailor, drummer for Atlanta-based metal-men Mastodon, offered up a few tidbits... read more
Zach Galifianakis, Ted Leo split 7-inch in time for Chunklet 20
Grab a spatula, 'cause you're gonna wanna scrape your jaw off the floor. That's right: It's been three years coming, but Athens, Ga.-based Chunklet Magazine has announced that its 20th edition is hitting the streets later this month. And, even better, those brave souls who order through the website can also purchase one of the mag's famous split 7-inches, this time shared by none other than fern-straddling, awkwardness-brandishing, comedian extraordinaire Zach Galifianaikis and head Pharmacist, Ted Leo.... read more
Catching Up With... Mastodon
Brann Dailor and his Mastodon brethren have had their tatooted arms full lately: After playing the main stage of this summer's biggest heavy-metal tour, the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest, work culminated on the band's fourth full-length album. Set to drop in January 2009... read more
Amie Miriello: I Came Around
A tepid but promising folk-pop debutAmie Miriello is wired for sound, no doubt about it. She can slip from a Stevie Nicks wail to a Regina Spektor octave-crusher in one verse; she even does one hell of an Alanis Morissette impression. That wealth of vocal character saves the better songs on I Came Around, but for the most part, her pipes are wasted on empty lyrics. On the peppy "Brand New," she sings write-by-numbers lines like, "See you walkin' down the street/Kind of guy I'd like to meet/Come on and give it to me." Breakup ballad "Who You Really Are"... read more
Yellow Daisy Festival's 40th incarnation proves crafty, sugary, fun
The annual Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain Park is far and away one of my favorite events in Atlanta. Held for four days every September, the festival has come to be known for it’s vast array of artist booths, southern touched entertainment and fair-like grub. Although I was sad to miss opening day Sept. 4 (Jimmy Buffet tribute band A1A played!), I was equally happy making an appearance on Saturday, buzzing between crowds so thick you had no choice but to stop at nearly every one of the 500 booths.... read more
Kanye West's new album to debut Dec. 16?
Maybe Kanye West wasn't joking about... read more
Local H plays Block Party, hits the road in Angry Months ahead
Chicago scene mainstays Local H will be hitting the road with Electric Six after playing the Q101 Block Party this Sunday. They'll be touring behind their recent concept album, 12 Angry Months (Shout! Factory), which centers on the differing stages of a breakup unfolding throughout a calendar year, and finds the one-time late-era grunge act venturing into more expansive territory, including more vulnerable acoustic fare.... read more
Amanda Petrusich celebrates It Still Moves release at BookCourt
Tonight, Paste's very own senior contributing editor Amanda Petrusich will host a signing tonight for her new book, It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, And The Search For The Next American Music, at BookCourt in Cobble Hill at 7 p.m.... read more
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