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MIKE WHITE ■ deadlyiesigns.com
MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
If you're new to town and reading this for
the first time, let me welcome you to Athens.
Each week you'll find the latest in Athens
music news, with a healthy serving of my
opinions, here on this page. I want to encour
age each of you to go start your own band if
you catch the bug. That's how the big wheel
keeps on turnin' Explore the town. Have a
ball. The best years of your life start below...
Opportunity Knocks: Brian Smith (not to be
confused with the longtime Athens musician
of the same name) and business partner Jace
Gordon are currently preparing for a Jan. 1,
2010 launch of their newly created Classic
City Radio. Smith will fill the role as opera
tions manager, and Gordon is the business
manager. The web-based radio station seeks to
serve the Athens-Clarke County community via
music programs, news,.sports and other enter
tainment. It'll also function as a free outlet
for bands, artists, etc., to promote whatever
they've got going on. They're currently seeking
folks to fill directors' positions in news, sports,
music, sales, promotions as well as seeking .
a technical director. As a young upstart, the
Featured players on the record are Brann
Dailor (Mastodon), Liz Albee and Larry Ochs
(Rova Saxophone Quartet). Recorded with
engineers John Keane and Tom Lewis, the
album features cover art by tattoo designer
Watson Atkinson. The album also includes a
remix of each track. Although best known for
his covering the entirety of Slayer's Reign in
Blood and for his invention of his own instru
ment (the H'arpeggione), I can attest from
following his work through several years that
the intensity level is near boiling on this new
record. Yes, that's based entirely off the one
track available, but I'd bet a dollar that's a
true statement. Keep up with Killick in his
day-to-day over at www.killick.tumblr.com.
Format Happy: Time was that when a band
released "material" on three different formats
you could pretty much count on vinyl, CD and
cassette. For local band The Nice Machine it
means digital downloads, video and a comic
strip. On Aug. 15 the band will complete the
trio with the debut of its comic strip and a
new track, "Pan Tostada," available for down
load at all major digital online outlets. The
Rat Babies
station is also seeking studio equipment, fur
niture, etc. Basically, CCR is completely new
and everything listed above is a ground floor
opportunity. I tip my hat to these guys and
wish them all the best. With that in mind,
please don't waste their time by applying for
something you're not qualified to do. However,
feel free to make any inquiries to classic.city.
radio@gmail.com or follow their development
blog over at www.ccrdevelopment.blogspot.
com.
Friends and Neighbors: Many congratulations
to Supercluster for landing the opening slot
for The B-52s last week at Mableton, GA's
Mable House Barnes Amphitheater. The Athens
super group, which utilized members Bill
David, John Fernandes, Bob Hay, Vanessa
Briscoe Hay, Hannah Jones, Heather
McIntosh and Bryan Poole for this show, will
release a limited 7" single on Sept. 1 to be
followed by a full-length album, Waves, in
October. See www.superclusterband.com.
New Noise for Now People: Killick has a new
video available over at www.killick.me for the
track "Uninhibitorrent." The piece appears
on Killick's new album Exsanguinette that is
out this month on Solponticello Records.
first part of this, a video named "Release the
Squirrel," is already available at www.then- *
icemachine.com. The instrumental group that
runs, by its own admission, "on 100 percent,
ridiculousness," is sometimes a little too silly
for my taste, and'I feel irritated when listen
ing to them. But they're undeniably bursting
with energy. So, give them a listen over at
www.reverbnation.com/thenicemachine.
A Oh, Rats: Local scuzz rockers Rat Babies
completed 3 five-week eastern U.S. tour this
past June and recently released its first full-
length album. Titled The Complete Guide to
Caring for Your Rat Babies, Vol. #1, the album
features tracks taken from various EPs, com
pilations, live recordings and previously unre
leased stuff. You can download a free copy
over at www.muxproductions.com. In other
news, the band participated in this week's
Devilneck Metal Fest and will play Go Bar on
Sept. 2. Member Mux is still recovering from
an injury that left him without the tip of his
left forefinger. Additionally, the band is work
ing on new .material for a special cassette-only
release to be put out by Sloth Tapes. Listen in
at www.myspace.com/ratbabies.
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