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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
26 FLAGPOLE COM JULY 16. 2008
WS 8. FEATURES I CALENDAR I MOVIES
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MUSIC i COMICS & ADV
Brett Bretterson and the Brettastics
And another week of music news comes down to Athens,
GA. Do you ever stop to consider how lucky you are to be living
here? Now would be a fine time to do so. So, consider that for
a moment, then get your weekly update below...
But It's a Dry Heat: Local rockers The Winter Sounds are cur
rently in Austin, TX recording their new full-length to be titled
Church of the Haunted South. The record is being produced by
Danny Reisch at Cacophony Recorders, and while the band
is out there, it'll be doing a
bunch of shows before heading
back to Athens and playing the
Flicker Theatre & Bar on Aug.
2 with Finding Fiction and Its
Elephants. The Winter Sounds
have loose plans to release the
record in SeptemDer. Hopefully
this news has edified some of
you and given you something
to look forward to. For more
info, please see www.thewinter
sounds.com.
> Totally Cornered: In an
attempt to satisfy some per
sonal goals before he jumps
stop to teach in Pennsylvania,
UGA classics professor Brett
Rogers will perform on every
street corner in downtown
Athens between now and
Friday. July 18. That means
you can still catch him some
where as he plays under the name Brett Bretterson and the
Brettastics. You may have caught him live as he played a
small amount of shows over his two years in Athens, but that's
highly doubtful. Local artist Keith Rein has designed a t-shirt
for the event which is a map of downtown Athens, and if you
catch four shows in a row {straight
across, down or diagonal) you win
a to be-announced prize. Let's see
here: goofbaU name taken from
Homestar Runner? Check. Specially
designed t-shirt for a completely
self-indulgent activity 7 Check.
An over active sense of humor
and purpose? Check. Yep, that's
Athens, folks. Try to find out
where hell be next by dropping a
line to brettmrogers(a)gmail.com.
► New Voice: Local band Still,
Small Voice and the Joyful
Noise will begin recording its
first honest-to-gosh full-length
record this August with engineer
Derek Almstead (M. Coast, Of
Montreal) and producer Andrew
Reigei (Elf Power). This recording
signals the return of Mikey Dwyer
(Starter Kits) behind the drums,
and folks can actually see him
there when the band plays Friday,
July 18 at the 40 Watt along with
The Boy Bathing and Tin Cup
Prophette. Dig the band's older
stuff over at www.myspace.com/
stillsmdllvoiceandthejoyfulnoise.
Still, Small Voice and the Joyful Noise
Back to the Old World: Sort of, kind of Athens band Jucifer
just wrapped up two solid months of touring Europe where it
visited 16 countries to support the band Today Is the Day.
Jucifer plans to go back on its own headlining tour this win
ter. In other news. Alternative Tentacles Records released
the double-LP version of the band's album L'Autnchienne last
week, so buq your loc<?l record store clerks for it. The band is
currently busy invading New England before it traipses across
Canada in August. For all other updates take a look at www.
jucifer.com.
Another New One: Longtime man-about-town Steve Miller
(Venice Is Sinking, The Ginger Envelope) has started a very
small label for the sole purpose of releasing local metal and
noise. He's named it Hail Shitar, and his first release is of his
own project 300 Cobras. You might remember that 300 Cobras
caused kind of a stir around these parts before member Jace
Bartet up and left to live in New Orleans. The band is com
posed of Bartet, Miller, Chris Deaton and Pat Ingram. While
technically still around, 300 Cobras just can't play live as
much as it used to. but folks
can pick up the [irmted-to-98-
copies, cassette-only. 4-song
demo titled Worm typhoon that
Miller has released. It's avail
able locally at Wuxtry ffecords
and From Miller, personally, if
you catch him around town.
Next up on his agenda is likely
a compilation of local metal
bands, and you can reach him
vi a t. h ree h u n d rede o b ra s(St g ma i I.
com or www.myspace.com/
hailshitar.
A Slight Apparition: Although
we’ve not seen hide nor nd>r
of them since band leader
Adam Stroupe eft town to
pursue graduate work at Johns
Hopkins University we can
"evisit flamboyantly obnoxious
band S.I.D.S. aurally. The band
has uploaded a full 20-minute
live set from Atlanta venue Rob's House to its MySpace page,
and while it leaves a lot to be desired, it's still not entirely
bad and manages to put forth enough of the band's energy to
be fairly worthwhile. But, seriously, most of this sounds like
it was recorded in an oil drum at the bottom of the ocean.
The show took place Jan. 28,
2006 and the uninitiated would
do best to listen to f he Dand's
other posted tracks before devot
ing the time to playing f he live
recording. At least then you'll
get an idea of what this must've
sounded iike to attendees. Ihec*
it out ove f at www.myspdce.com
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For Those Not The r e: ,:xai singe'
songwnV Jason Beckham
released ms newest album <>n:< *■
Park ana Wagnotia St r eei 1 is ’
week to a sparse crowd ewer
the Caledonia Lounge Although
Beckham performed Ins new songs
solo during his inadvertently
intimate set. the full strength of
these tunes is showcased even
better on the album which has
more full-band arrangements. With
a strong voice and honest disposi
tion, Beckham’s album is generally
one of darkly down-beat musinqs,
but it is occasionally punctuated
with heavy guitar-based rock
ers. Since most of you missed his
release party, if this description
piques your interest, give him a listen over at www.myspace
com/jasonbeckham.
One door shuts while another door opens. 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. You can't stop my world via email to music(a>flaqpole.
com. voicemail at 706-549 9523, ext. 203, or by post to P.0.
Box 1027, Athens, GA. 30603.
Gordon Lamb