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SHANNON BRINKMAN
MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Hello, everyone. It's been a good while
since I've written any sort of introduction
to Threats & Promises, so I wanted to check
in with y'all and say hey. I know there are a
lot of folks who think summer in Athens is
absolutely dreamy, but, for me, nothing beats
autumn in Athens. So, bundle yourself lightly,
and check out what's going on below...
Y This Cannot Be Overstated: The
Preservation Hall Jazz Band and The Del
McCoury Band will perform at UGA's Hodgson
Hall on Saturday, Oct. 22 as part of their
American Legacies Tour. An album featur
ing both acts was released earlier this year.
Tickets range from S20-S49, and student tick
ets are available at a discount. McCoury was
recently in Athens for the Del Yeah! Festival,
but this performance is really something spe
cial, and the venue cannot be beat. Each act
is part of the fabric of purely American music,
and each is rightfully legendary. The legacy of
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and McCoury,
too, is much too large to get into in this tiny
space, but please go read up over at www.
preservationhall.com and www.detmccoury-
band.com. For information on tickets, please
see www.uga.edu/pac.
Follow the Instructions: Non-profit German
cultural organization The Goethe Institut,
charged to promote the German language
and culture worldwide, will host popular
German band Madsen at the Melting Point on
Thursday, Oct. 27. Locally, the show is pro
moted by the Department of Germanic and
Slavic Studies at UGA. This Athens perfor
mance is one of only 12 shows the band will
play in the United States. The show is free,
all-ages and open to the public, but you
must drop a line to languageintern@newyork.
goethe.org and RSVP to ensure admission. For
more information, please see www.melting-
pointathens.com.
Good As Any, Better Than Some: The Charlie
Garrett Band will release a new album titled
Truth in Lies on Friday, Oct. 21 at the Melting
Point. The Abby Owens Band and Efren share
the bill. The band trades in Southern boogie,
good ol' "R.O.C.K. (In the U.S.A.)"-variety
jams and piano-driven, mid-tempo rockers.
Man, I don't know. There's so much of this
style of music around these days, it's getting
hard to distinguish between everyone. It's just
gonna come down to whichever band promotes
themselves the best as to who will wind up on
top. So, why not help these local boys out?
They're easily as good or better than anyone
else out there plying this stuff. For more
information, please see www.reverbnation.
com/charliegarrettband.
95-North: Congratulations and good luck to
all the Athens bands heading up to New York
this week to perform at the 2011 CMJ Music
Marathon. Representing our fair city are
Masters of the Hemisphere, Eureka California,
Mass Solo Revolt, Flash to Bang Time, Spring
Tigers, Misfortune 500 and Tunabunny... and
probably others. If I missed anyone, I apolo
gize and wish you well, too!
Into the Light: The doubly darkwave duo
Witness the Apotheosis is gratified to be
included on the newly released compilation
Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure
Cancer. The four-disc set was released by
Metropolis Records and has the band lined up
with an impressive cast of others, including
Combichrist, Chemlab,
Flesh Field, Spahn
Ranch and tons more.
Earlier this year the
band released a pretty
great dance remix of
R.E.M.'s "It Happened
Today," and you can
find that over at www.
witnesstheapotheosis.
bandcamp.com. For
more information on
the compilation, please
see www.facebook.
com/electronicsaviors.
It's Earplug Weather:
The Devilneck Fest
will hit the Caledonia
Lounge for three ear-
shattering days Oct.
20-22 (see story on
p. 17). The popular metal festival will fea
ture performances by Grim Reefer, Caltrop,
Maximum Busy Muscle, Hot Breath, Utah,
Chrissakes, Nate Hall, Death of Kings, Lazer/
Wulf, In the Lurch, Black Tusk, Shark Heart,
Scarab, Omean, Sons of Tonatiuh, Demonaut,
Savagist, Primate, Zoroaster and Gripe. Tickets
are an absolute steal, with three-day passes
being a mere $20 and individual day prices
being $4 (Thursday), $7 (Friday) and $10
(Saturday). Please note that this event gener
ally packs out, so arrive on time or early. For
more information, advance tickets, etc., please
see www.facebook.com/DevilneckFest.
Leave the Light On: The Starlite DeVilles have
a new album out titled Hotel. Although the
record, produced by Dodd Ferrelle, totally fea
tures the band's signature American bar rock,
it's not really what anyone would call "whis
key-soaked," and that's a good thing. It just
keeps the music trucking along and manages
to keep it between the ditches with ability.
The band describes itself as "alt-country," so
I guess they can be that. Still sounds just like
rock and roll to me, though. Probably sounds
like rock and roll to Billy Joel, too. Hotel is
available for download at a mere $5, and you
can stream it all beforehand, so go check it
out over at www.reverbnation.com/starlitedev-
illes. The band is celebrating its CD release
with a show at Go Bar on Friday, Oct. 21.
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