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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Everything's Shufflin': Pretty Bird, the only
all-percussion-and-vocal group in Athens, will
play two notable shows this month. The band
has taken a position whereby any member
can perform as "Pretty Bird" and render his/
her own versions of the songs solo, and by
the time you read this, one of these types
of shows will have happened, but another
one is coming up on Sept. 17 at Go Bar.
That solo performance will be augmented by
sets from Green Gerry & the Gellyphish and
Philadelphia's great RYAT. A full-band set
by Pretty Bird will happen at the Caledonia
Lounge on Sept. 23 and that's also when—
stop the press!—Green Gerry & the Gellyphish
will unveil its new name, 0 0 0, which is
reportedly supposed to be pronounced as
"three circles," but you and I both know it's
Melting Point on Sept. 29. Performing that
night will be Dan Wentworth, Free Mountain,
Save Grand Canyon and Van Halen cover
band The Ice Cream Men, all bands featur
ing at least one Partner Software employee.
While the show is free, 'natch!, for conference
attendees, it's also open to the public for a
mere $5. Swing by and find out what this
local company is all about.
I Can't Believe the Volume: Most of you
already know that Masters of the Hemisphere
have, yet again, reformed and will play this
year's Athens PopFest. The latest news con
cerning these grown up roustabouts is that
the group's newest album. Maybe These Are
the Breaks, will be a split-release between
Athens' Kindercore Records and long-running
The Warm Fuzzies
going to be read as "oh oh oh," and that'll
be that. Either way, though, it's a change for
the better. Also performing that night will
be Bigfoot, who will thus forth be named
Figboots, which is also a much better name.
Please see www.thebirdhouse.bandcamp.com.
A Isn't That Special?: The Warm Fuzzies have
decided to release a song a month for free as
opposed to waiting forever and spending a
ton of money to release another album. The
ongoing affair, dubbed "Fuzz of the Month,"
is structured such that you can download the
songs for free or pay what you want. Although
I hate to compare bands to other bands when
describing a sound, I think it's pretty fair to
describe The Warm Fuzzies as uncomplicated
American guitar pop a la The Greg Kihn Band,
albeit filtered through the sieve of Weezer.
The band hasn't played out a lot recently,
but the Fuzzies will return to the stage on
Sept. 21 at the Flicker Theatre & Bar with
The Winter Sounds, Junior Astronomers and
Space Ghost. The Warm Fuzzies' last release,
You're Dang Right It's Friday!, was recorded
live at WUGA (during the "It's Friday" pro
gram) on Sept. 11, 2009, so let's all take
a moment of silence to remember this. OK,
good. Now, for more information, please see
www.thewarmfuzzies.com and www.thewarm-
fuzzies.bandcamp.com.
The Company You Keep: Partner Software
will host its annual users conference here in
Athens later this month and will show off its
in-house musical talent with a show at the
Portland, OR label Magic Marker, to be
released on Oct. 4. The band released a new
track, "Jim Belushi," a few weeks ago, and
you can grab it over at www.kindercorerecords.
blogspot.com. ^
Not Dark Yet: Sad news came from Atlanta
last week, where Criminal Records owner
Eric Levin announced that he plans to close
the now-landmark Atlanta store by November.
Expensive retail expansion and the lagging
economy seem to be the culprits. While noth
ing is set in stone, if this goes through, it
will be a sizable loss for the Georgia music
community as a whole. The store's sup
port for Athens bands has been consistent
through the years. Levin is also the founder
of Record Store Day, which has grown in
only a few years to an international celebra-.
tion of independent record stores. As of now
the store plans to carry on with scheduled
in-store performances. More information can
be found at the store-managed site: www.
facebook.com/criminalrecordsatl and the
community-managed site: www.facebook.com/
savecriminalrecordsatl.
Free As a Blog: Visit www.Flagpole.com this
month to keep up with local Americana rockers
Futurebirds as the band blogs from the road
during its national tour. The boys promise to
keep us abreast of any and all shenanigans,
with daily reports plus photos and, if we're
lucky, video. [Michelle Gilzenrat]
Gordon Lamb lhrealsandpromises@flagpole.com
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