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Click on In: Local rockers The g
Leavers are totally done with J
their new EP titled Eat of Any ^
Tree and it will be pressed g-
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able for download right now. 3
The six-song release was 1
recorded down-home style in
a creek-house just north of
Athens in Ila, GA which is, by
the way, one of my favorite
places and I'm not lying. The
engineering was handled by
former band member Jeremy
Beck and still-a-member
Owen Hunt. It was mastered
by Martin Brummeler over
at his M. Cadet Mastering
facility. The band next plays
locally on Friday, Apr. 18 at
Farm 255 with Trances Arc
and Part Bear. Go check it
out at www.myspace.com/
theleavers.
Celebrate Your Roots: Saturday, Apr. 19 is Record Store Day.
Yes, it's a national celebration of record stores and hundreds
of stores around the country are participating. Locally, Wuxtry
Records will host the day with special discounts and free
giveaways from labels such as Matador, Darla, Polyvinyl,
Touch & Go, Sub Pop, Temporary Residence and Asthmatic
Kitty. Wuxtry manager Mike Turner is throwing in some stuff
from his own label Happy Happy Birthday To Me and is busy
lining up other local labels to participate, too. The national
event has been endorsed by Patterson Hood, Dave Schools,
Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Paul McCartney, Joan Jett,
Damon Albarn and tons of other artists who understand the
cultural life-blood that independent record stores provide. So,
please, unplug your iPod, quit downloading for a few hours and
visit your local record shop. For more information about Record
Store Day please see www.recordstoreday.com.
22. In other news, the brand new AthFest 2008 compilation
CD will have a release party held in its honor at Tasty World
on Friday, May 2 featuring performances by Packway Handle
Band, Titans of Filth and Timber, each of whom appear on
the CD. For up-to-the-minute news and other hoo-ha please
see www.athfest.com.
When the Circus Came to Town: The aforementioned Dark Meat
saw its debut album. Universal Indians, re-released by New
York's Vice Records last week. The new version features three
bonus tracks—two of which were recorded live on the band's
first US tour and the third being a cover of Albert Ayleris
"Universal Indians.” It's available on CD and vinyl which makes
me very happy, indeed. The band is currently on a mega-tour
for the next 2 months and will play virtually every night until
May 30. Local band Quiet Hooves will be the opener for a
stretch in the Midwest in
May, and Darkmeat will also
play several shows with
Drakkar Sauna and Israeli
rockers Monotonix. Although
the band will perform at
Chillicothe, IL's Summer
Camp Festival with Flaming
Lips and The Roots, it's my
opinion that the most excit
ing appearance is sharing a
bill with Levon Helm (The
Band) at Woodstock, NY's
Mountain Jam. Oh, did you
know that Dark Meat's big,
green tour bus was the one
originally featured carrying
the football team in We Are
Marshall? Neither did I, but
I'm told it is so. Dig them the
most over at www.myspace.
com/darkmeats and keep up
with singer Jim McHugh's tour
blog on www.flagpole.com.
Free If You Want It: The new-
to-town Glow Studios is
offering a free copy of Glow
Worms Vol. 1 to any artists,
labels, etc. that think they
might want to work with
them. All the tracks were
recorded by various bands
at the studio's former home
in Jacksonville, FL. In other
news, Glow Studios has decided to record one song per
week, by a different band each week, for free! The deal is
this: provide the studio with a copy of a demo you have already
recorded, and Glow will dig through the submissions and pick
bands from that. The catch is that Glow gets to pick which song
it wants to record based on your demo. The studio is particu
larly interested in genres that fall outside the normal clientele
of rock and pop. So, that means traditional country, experimen
tal noise or straight-up jazz combos should really look into this.
Drop them a line with MP3s of your demos over at theglowstu-
dio@gmail.com. For more information you could bug them at
that email address or visit www.myspace.com/theglowstudio.
Now Hiring: Want to learn what goes on behind the scenes
at Flagpole? The music department is now accepting applica
tions for summer and fall interns. If you're reading this page,
then you're already partially qualified, so send a cover letter
and resume over to music@flagpole.com for more information
Make sure to put "internship" in the subject so you don't get
overlooked. [MG]
As always, be sure to keep your news coming in, and always
mention either Threats & Promises or my name in the subject
line of all emails. When the children cry, let 'em know we tried
via email to music@flagpole.com, voicemail at 706-549-9523,
ext. 203, or by post to P.O. Box 1027, Athens, GA, 30603.
Gordon Lamb
> Ridiculously Exciting:
Although they currently play
at the clip of seemingly sev
eral hundred shows a month,
the guys in Athens hardcore
band American Cheeseburger
never fail to put on a do-not- American Cheeseburger
miss performance. Especially
exciting is the band's upcoming gig on Friday, Apr. 18 at Go
Bar when it will play with Louisiana's We Need to Talk and the
impossibly wonderful Double Negative from Raleigh, NC. The
fact is that there is nowhere else you need to be this night.
So, I guess you'll know whe^e to find me. Dig it over at www.
myspace.com/thedoublenegative, www.myspace.com/wntt and
www.myspace.com/cheeseburgersrule.
I Think I Can, I Think I Can... Sam Grindstaff of local pop
band Titans of Filth has made pretty good headway on his
promise to continually upload new MP3s each day he's off of
work. Since late last month, he's completed six new tracks, and
they're all available online along with the three previously-
released EPs by the band. It's all pretty swell stuff, and I rec
ommend grabbing it. So go get it via www.titansoffilth.com.
This Just In: Athens' Grateful Dead cover band Cosmic Charlie
narrowly escaped a fire during a gig in Boone, NC on Thursday
Apr. 10. Mid-song, members of the band picked up the smell of
burning paper and turned around just in time to see the wall
behind them engulfed in flames. Everyone in the Boone Saloon
escaped safely, but the club was destroyed and most of the
band's equipment was lost. No word yet on what caused the
fire. [Michelle Gilzenrat]
Headline News: The headlining acts for AthFest have been
announced and they are Dark Meat on Friday, June 20; Modem
Skirts on Saturday, June 21 and Dubconrious on Sunday, June
Wednesday 4.16
sabo acoustic
thirsty thursday
blue cotton
friday 4.18
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Saturday
live music with lull water
sports Sundays
MLB, NBA, PGA,
NASGAB and more!
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