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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Since a good lot of you have already men
tally checked out from your jobs for the rest
of the year, it wouldn't be a bad idea to shift
that attention to the totally awesome infor
mation I'm about to lay on you below...
Gotta Catch 'Em All: Photographer/film
maker Jason Thrasher is currently filming
an episodic collection of videos f<5r Drive-By
Truckers that follows the band through the
recording and production of its upcoming
album, Go-Go Boots. It's a collaborative proj
ect with the Truckers' Patterson Hood. (Other
hands in the production of the videos belong
to David Barbe, Eddie Whelan and Colin
Cargile.) Three episodes can be seen now at
www.drivebytruckers.com/episodes.html, and
there are to be around 20 when it's all done.
All will be compiled onto a DVD and included
in a special version of Go-Go Boots when it's
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released on Feb. 15, 2011 via ATO Records.
In other news, tickets are already on sale for
the Truckers' annual three-night stand at the
40 Watt. This time around itTl happen Jan.
13-15, 2011. The band will showcase the new
album on the first show of this stretch dur
ing a two-set performance; the third show
is a benefit for Nugi's Space. I want to give
special recognition to the band for handing
oft-coveted opening slots to the young Athens
upstarts Second Suns, Henry Barbe and The
Camp Amped Band. For tickets, please see
www.drivebytruckers.baselineticketing.com.
Yah No B There: While the rest of the town is
enjoying the annual Athens Christmas Parade
on Thursday, Dec. 2, local stalwarts Nutria will
be playing a free show at the Max Canada.
The music begins at^ 6 p.m., and the open
ers are Yo Soybean and Greg & George. In a
recent email, Nutria spun a yarn about how
Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers) was
in the studio with them producing the group's
next album. They should know well enough by
now that: 1. This tomfoolery wouldn't work
on me and 2. Any willful association of one's
band with someone like McDonald is like wav
ing a huge flag of irrelevance over your entire
project. For more doodads, please see www.
nutriaworid.com.
I Know You've Heard of It: Magic Missile has
made its entire album, VU Careful, available
in both physical and digital form. Perhaps the
most well-educated local album of all time,
the tracks include such hits as "Hydrogen/
'Chlorine," "The Tragedy of the Commons,"
"Fluorine," "Helium," "Oxygen," "Beryllium"
and "Carbon." The music is pretty straight
indie-rock and pop, and it's all so well done
you'll catch yourself singing along to lyrics
like "Atomic number 17/ reactive gas chlo
rine." Trust me. Downloads will run you $5,
and a physical copy is $10. You can stream
everything for free over at www.magicmissile
23.bandcamp.com.
Y Dreamster: Tommy Wedge has launched
a campaign via fundraising site Indie Go
Go (the same site recently used by Hope for
Agoldensummer) in order to help finish his
newest record. His goal is a modest $600,
which is to be used for mainly mastering
expenses. Wedge's ongoing musical project,
itself named Wedge and consisting mainly of
Tommy himself (at least in the studio), has
produced two previous releases. Full-length
record Heavensville was
released in 2007, and EP
Until I Reach LA. came
out in 2008. Each is a
wonderful example of
Wedge's drop-down gor
geous Cocteau Twins-ish
ambient pop, with the EP
being only slightly grit
tier. I'm looking forward
to this new record. For
more information, please
see www.indiegogo.com/
Help-wedge-finish-his-
album.
You Sure Mercer West
Didn't Organize This?:
WUOG 90.5 FM will host
a "24-hour jam ses
sion" on Dec. 15. General
manager Jessica Smith
says local musicians can arrive at the station
anytime, play for however long and basically
do anything that's within FCC guidelines (i.e.,
no profanity). For more information on this,
please see www.wuog.org. Currently there's no
information on this event on that page, but
maybe this mention of it will spur someone to
update it. Or you can just call (706) 542-7100
or email info@wuog.org. In similar news,
local "band" Bigfoot (featuring Wyatt Pless,
the newly elected local music director fox the
station along with Alan Lee, newly elected
training director) says that it'll also be doing
a 24-hour show on WUOG sometime in the
first week of 2011. So, urn, tune in?
Heads Up: I want to use this last bit of space
to give a hand to new-ish local band Bombs
Bombs Bombs. I've been able to catch these
guys a couple of times over the last few
months and am looking forward to seeing
them again, the band specializes in preten
sion-free indie-pop that seems informed
more by guitar and piano/singer-songwriter
stuff than any indie-college stuff. I dunno, I
mean, I know BBB speaks to having influences
(Death Cab for Cutie, et at); I just don't really
hear any of this in the group's sound. Either
way, I've really enjoyed its shows, and while
it's obvious BBB is having the occasional
growing pain, it's still been kind of a treat to
watch anyway. You can hear a couple of tracks
over at www.myspace.com/bombsbombsbomb-
smusic, but you'd find a good bit more infor
mation via www.bombscubed.tumblr.com.
Gordon Lamb lhreatsandpromises@ilagpole.com
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