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In Memoriam: Our deepest condolences,
thoughts and prayers go out to the family,
friends and loved ones of longtime Athens
musician Paul Hammond who passed away
Tuesday, June 5. Hammond was an integral
member of numerous bands over the past
30-odd years, including Time Toy, Little
Tigers, Greenhouse, The Athens Alto
Paul Hammond
literally, generations of Athens musicians, and
his contributions and participation will not
soon be forgotten.
We Are All Made of Stars: FilmAthens will
host the 2012 Sprockets Music Video
Competition at the 40 Watt Saturday,
June 16. This event will determine who
wins the "Audience Choice Award” for
best video, which will be announced at the
Flagpole Athens Music Awards the follow
ing week. Featured videos this year include
clips from Easter Island, Eddie the Wheel,
Jason the Kid, Katir Mass, Kfshi Bashi,
Madeline, Electrophoria, Fractal Farm, Jay
Gonzalez, The Candy Runts, Patterson Hood,
Powerkotnpany, Tetstar, Mona, The Ginger
Envelope and others. For more information,
please see www.filmathens.net/sprockets.
Put on Your Boots: Efren has changed a lot
since its days of hollerin' in a hollow. Now
it's a full-fledged group of shit-kickers whose
music bears absolutely zero resemblance to
the first releases bearing this name. I dunno.
Admittedly my ear for the project started to
wander once it went past being a one-man
band, but now everything is so utterly dif
ferent I think a new name is in order. What
can I say? I have a soft spot for lonely cabin
dwellers but tend to reflexively bristle at
trope-driven bar rock even when the cliches
are relevant. All of which is to say the band
should be happy they didn't consult me before
kicking out the jams oh the brand new Efren
album, titled Write a New Song, that comes
out June 19 via the band's own Slo Pro
Records. They'll play AthFest at 5:45 p.m.,
Friday, June 22 on the Hull Street Stage.
The Seasons That Have Passed Were Dramatic:
Athens' own NES enthusiasts Bit Brigade, the
guys behind popular live video game groups
Contraband and Ninja Gaiden Band, have
finished a new record. The Mega Band album
contains 25 tracks, most from Mega Man 2,
and is being manufactured
as we speak. Here's where
you come in: you can pre
order the album right now
and instantly receive a free
digital download while you're
waiting for your CD to be
delivered. I can't begin to
tell you how much atten
tion to detail a project like
this requires. But I know for
a fact that it took several
months, and the sessions,
both recording and mixing,
were each several hours long.
You and I both know that
the only person who could
possibly complain about any
imagined inaccuracies is
some cartridge hoarder that
spent way too much time
chugging Mountain Dew in
the basement every week
end night of high school.
I'd challenge anyone of this
to go head-to-head
with Bit Brigade and let Dr.
Light himself determine the
loser. The other 99.9 percent
of you can just head over to
www.hellosirrecords.com to
pre-order and listen to sam
ples. Bit Brigade next plays
live at the Caledonia Lounge during AthFest
on Saturday, June 23.
Zoo Music: Atlanta label Douchemaster
Records is doing a re-release of the Vincas LP
Blood Bleeds. The really good looking screen-
printed covers the band made for the first 100
copies are pretty long gone, unless they've got
some they've been hiding away. But the good
news is, the run of LPs totals 500 copies, so
you're sure to be able to get one. This limited
re-pressing comes out this week. Oh, haven't v
heard it yet? It's a bogglingly good record
that will flatten all your summer fun with
its Birthday Party vibes. For more informa
tion, please see www.douchemastemecords.
blogspot.com.
Beat on the Brat: Local retro-punks SheHeHe
have a few songs posted online now that you
can go download. The band (Jeff Hannan,
Jason Fusco, Nicole Bechill, Noelle Shuck
and Michael Paumgardhen) has been around
for just about a year-and-a-half and special
izes, really, in '70s-inspired punk A la New York
Dolls, Stooges, Ramones, et al. Significantly,
though, they sound like none of them. But
the touchstones are there, and they straddle
the line between a comfortable familiarity
and newness. I'm not crazy about the outta
control guitar solos, but you know, there's
no accounting for taste. Go grab the songs
at www.reverbnation.com/shehehe and visit
the band online at www.fecebook.com/
sheheheband.
Gordon Lamb lhreatsandpromlses@ftagpole.com
. Friday, June 15
MOTOLUM &.R&B with
THE SPLITZ BAND
$8 / doors open 7pm / shouj 8pm
196 Alps Rd. • 706.354.6655
Beechwood Center
buffaloscafe.com/athens
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Patterson Hood, Powerkompany,
Telstar, The Candy Runts, The Ginger
Envelope AND MORE!
Sponsored by Flagpole Magazine, Terrapin Beer, Mama’: Boy, Jittery Joe’i Coffee,
Joey Foreman Editor, Babbateal.com, TSt, Atlat Creative Croup, Flicker Theatre
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Your Drinking?
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problems.
□ Participation will include 5 in-person assessments, including 4
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