Deerhunter to complicate your Friday night plans
[Above: Deerhunter perform at the Variety Playhouse, 11/30/2007]You were probably going to lay low tonight, watching (or, uh, re-watching) NBC's re-broadcast of last night's women's gymnastics all-around competition (go Nastia!). That's fine, but if you're searching for a less depressing option than comparing your own utter inathleticism to that of "16"-year-old Chinese girls, allow us to suggest Deerhunter's free show at Vacation Gallery & Boutique. It starts at 7 PM at 674A N. Highland Avenue (right next to San Francisco Coffee, the band says) and costs nothing but a few ounces of your hard-earned sweat. And if you just... read more
Found in: Local:AtlantaBradford Cox announces new Atlas Sound album, Logos
Bradford Cox sure writes some fun blog posts. We've said it before and we'll very likely say it again as long as he keeps updating, but it's unlikely that dude was bad at sharing as a child. And as long as he keeps making music, he'll eventually steal the Golden Belt of Prolificacy away from Robert Pollard, Ryan Adams or whomever else is flaunting it these days.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJay Reatard and Deerhunter pair up for Matador split 7"
The only certainties in life used to be death and taxes. Looks like you can add Jay Reatard's workmanlike output to the mix, because he's at it again. As part of Reatard's continuing 7" series with Matador, he'll be teaming up with post-punk dilettante Bradford Cox of Deerhunter to do a split 45. Cox will tackle Reatard's "Oh It's Such A Shame," and Reatard will bring his garage-rock flair to Deerhunter's "Fluorescent Gray."... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhunter puts a release date on Microcastle, tours
If 2006's Cryptograms helped rocket Atlanta ambient-rock royalty Deerhunter to national attention, 2007's Fluorescent Grey EP embedded some diamonds into the band's throne. And while what's next in the sovereign progression is not entirely clear (annexing local acts for natural resources? monarchical oppression of fan-constituents?), we know this much: on Oct. 28, the band will release its newest LP, Microcastle, on Kranky and 4AD.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhunter unveils Microcastle at secret Brooklyn show
[Above photo by Jeffrey Beaumont, from A Year of HYPERLIVING] Last Friday, Deerhunter gave the world its third album, Microcastle. To be fair, the whole world was not in attendance, because the concert venue was rather small and was announced at the last minute, and much of the world was not able to stop by a small Brooklyn art gallery last week to purchase tickets. Deerhunter and four other bands played the Market Hotel, a mind-bogglingly amazing (also: mind-bogglingly hot) loft largely off the beaten path in Brooklyn. The presence of four other bands (including the absurd [in a good... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWe Fun: Atlanta, GA Inside Out filmmakers post trailer
A minor blues progression organ-vamps as the handheld camera zooms shakily into the devious grin of a young dude holding a dual-blaze firework lackadaisically, as if the object weren’t emitting a furious spark geyser next to his face. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhunter and Black Lips frontmen forge Ghetto Cross
Bradford Cox frequently updates the Deerhunter blog that originated as a dumping ground for random thoughts and photos. Over the course of barely half a year, the site has served as a cause of controversy, a place for band announcements and more, but most importantly, Cox regularly uploads music there. Be it mixes of stuff he loves, new songs under his solo-project moniker Atlas Sound or tracks from Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt's other, excellent music outlet, Lotus Plaza, the blog is an aural treasure chest to say the least. Even the most hardcore Deerhunter completist would be taxed to keep... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhunter, Silver Jews, more on Rare Book Room comp
Brooklyn has all the fun, doesn't it? In a borough that seems to birth a new blog sensation every week, it's as if there's a constant flow of exciting young talent passing through the region. Rare Book Room Studio is one of the many recording spaces built to capture the sounds of the Big Apple's most buzz-happy quarter. For over a decade, owner Nicolas Vernhes has been manning the production boards for visiting bands. On Feb. 26, the Rare Book Room will issue its first official release, Living Bridge, encompassing 25 exclusive tracks from arty indie performers. As its title... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDirector Chris Dortch talks ATL music documentary We Fun
[Above: Cole Alexander and Jared Swilley of Black Lips] More documentaries should open this way. Jared Swilley, the immaculately mustached bassist/vocalist of Black Lips, reclines in a small bed, beer in hand. Snuggled beside him, his head obscured by a messy pink wig, lies BBQ of the King Khan & BBQ Show. Sprawled out atop the both of them is King Khan himself. Sitting offscreen, Atlanta performer Jessica Juggz is leading a conversation about tea tree oil. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhunter soon to go “on hiatus”
Deerhunter fans, welcome to that murky and queasy realm of band activity: the unspecified hiatus. It's sad, but true. Pitchfork reported yesterday on a Deerhunter blog post from group leader Bradford Cox. In an entry entitled "Goodbye 21st Century," Cox wrote the following: "I would like to announce that the show we are playing at Primavera in Barcelona (I hope to god i spelled that right) will be our last for quite some time. It will also be the last time we are ever playing the Cryptograms set we have been playing for the last two years. After that the... read more
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