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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP From Our Home to Theirs: Longtime Athens musicians Kai Riedl and Suny Lyons have expanded upon their Indonesian music proj ect. The pair founded Javasounds.org a while back to distribute and showcase a dozen dif ferent, highly diverse albums of traditional and contemporary Indonesian music they recorded on multiple trips to Java, Indonesia. Now, their goal is to incorporate this music into new compositions and, theoretically, new music by taking samples, segments of songs, loops, etc., and adding in a variety of Athens musicians (including Peter Buck, Kate Pierson, Andrew Rieger, Jeremy Wheatley, Andy LeMaster, Killick, Heather McIntosh and more) of various styles—"including pop, ambient, abstract, musique concrete"—and roll this into a new project named Our New Silence. This will be not only a recorded album/CD project but also a springboard of sorts for what the pair calls "creative cultural New Joys: Art rock/ death rock/ post punk band Entertainment has made its 2008 album, Gender, available for streaming and purchase at www.entertainment.bandcamp. com. This group is one of the most unsung and under-appreciated bands in Athens. But, to be entirely fair, it's also one of the most unknown. The band rarely plays live, and even when it does, the shows have relatively sparse audiences. But, good God, I love 'em. I seriously can't encourage you enough to click through the above URL and spend some time with this record. Entertainment currently has no shows booked or planned because the band's working on a new album. For further information, please see www.entertainme-nt. com. Yes, Get This One: Another local album from 2008 hit Bandcamp.com this past week. The Jersey Barrier made its album Steady Pace in the Slow Lane avail able for free via the site. The 10-track album features the acoustic compositions of Greg Harmelink (Kincaid), who remains one of my favorite Athens songwriters of all time. Even when I can't directly relate to his subjects, he has never failed to crack my shell with his unselfconscious use of melody and his steady, understated vocals. A treasure, I tell you. Grab the record over at www.thejerseybarrier. bandcamp.com. < It's All Connected: Congratulations go out to Kay Stanton (Casper & the Cookies), who was selected to be the songwriter- in-residence for the month of May at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS). Stanton will work onsite at the institute in Knoxville, TN and will "interact with residents and visit ing scientists at NIMBioS and attend work shops, tutorials and other NIMBioS events." The songwriter-in-residency program seeks to foster the "creation and production of songs involving ideas of modern biology and the lives of scientists who pursue research in biol ogy." She is expected to compose and produce several songs based on these criteria. Stanton holds a B.A. in Biology from Berry College and, according to a published article from the institute, said in her application "...I feel it is extremely important to have positive female role models both in science and music, often still male-dominated fields. Jane Goodall has been my idol since 1980. I'd love to strive to be the Jane Goodall of music." Good job, Kay. Make us proud. For more information on NIMBioS, please see www.nimbios.org and to keep up with Casper & the Cookies, please see www.casperfandango.com. Gordon Lamb lhreatsandpromises@flagpole.com diplomacy" between Java and Athens, GA. So far, the music coming out of this project is really great, and the concept behind it all is really beautiful. You can check out the fund ing project home at www.indiegogo.com/Our- New-Silence. Once More for Added Emphasis: Corey Smith's new album, The Broken Record, will be released June 21 via Average Joes Entertainment (Colt Ford, Montgomery Gentry). The lead single will be, wait for it, Smith's best-known song, "Twenty-One." The song, which is at least eight years old and basically a hymn to his younger, fake-ID-toting self, first appeared on Smith's 2003 release. Undertones. Now, I'm not gonna lie and say the Jefferson, GA-based Smith's music is really my thing at all but, damn, he's got a lot of songs spread over his previous six releases that are much better than "Twenty-One." I guess if MGMT can base a whole career on basically one song (i.e., "Kids"), then so can Smith. For more informa tion, please see www.coreysmith.com. Kay Stanton Chamber Music Festival featuring Members of the Tokyo String Quartet Lera Auerbach, Composer/pianist The Verdehr Trio Peter Miyamoto, Piano Members of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music Faculty David Haas, Pre-concert Lecturer UGA Performing Arts Center Tickets on sale now. Call 706-542-4400 or toll free 888-289-8497. www.uga.edu/pac t:c I k&cat •' nude j* * m f an bv .» **r;*.nt from - *:i I rtit rtr t!vr •»:* IhiAp' vV-MH i- rtfl- d i.'J-Jin k 1 Ii t ’.Yds*io « 4 r,t%t u.i rs»; Srt* «viK I l 4 fi -iffrn* p VnKuA’ i'uH ill ••«•*£!* iL*: !U; I ATHENS, GA Catfme Cocktail Hour 5-7p on The Madison Patio pet-friendly with $3 Salty-Dogs & Greyhounds Live After Five 6-8p on The Madison Patio Featuring live music by Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band I.oca! Libations The Madison Bar & Bistro Enjoy S5 specialtycocktails 500 College Avenue | 706.546.0430 j indigoathens.com twitter.com/indigoathens j facebook.com/indigoathens waV tQ£ rtf May 11,2011 13
