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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
In Memoriam: The public memorial service
for local musician Herb Guthrie has been
scheduled for Saturday, July 20 at 2 p.m. at
Redeemer Presbyterian Church in downtown
Athens. Guthrie passed away last month after
a car accident in Uganda, where he had been
on a trip with the missionary organization
Church Planting International. Read more
details about Guthrie's work in Africa, as well
as the circumstances surrounding his death,
on Flagpole.com. [Gabe Vodicka]
Duty Now For The Future: Tickets are on sale
now for Drive-By Truckers' back-to-back
shows at the Georgia Theatre Aug. 23 and 24.
Tickets are $25. Find 'em at drivebytruckers.
com. And if you happen to find yourself in
Los Angeles on July 19 or 20, you can catch
Patterson Hood playing a double bill of solo
shows, with T. Hardy Morris opening. Their
respective tours collide at this point, and
what a nice bit of serendipity. In related
news, Morris' solo debut LP, Audition Tapes,
keeps getting lots of well deserved attention
(see review on p. 12). For more information,
you can head to t.hardymorris.com.
V Right Round: What do you get the of
Montreal fan who has everything? Well, how
about a picture disc of the band's 2004 LP, The
Sunlandic Twins? The band's label, Polyvinyl,
is releasing the album in a limited edition of
535, and is taking preorders at polyvinylre-
cords.com/sunlandic. If you really just want to
of Montreal
wait until there's some new music to inhale,
stick around until the fall, when the 11th
of Montreal album, Lousy with Sylvianbriar,
is slated for release. Of course, if you're not
even a fan but would like to bone up on your
vocabulary, just find the band's discography
and start reading song titles. Oh, my, my, my.
For all other info, see ofmontreal.net.
This Room Is Occupied: The annual Camp
Amped program at Null's Space is underway,
and this means that the practice rooms are
closed to the public Monday-Friday until 6
p.m. until Monday, July 22. Please note that
all other services provided by Nugi's Space will
run as normal. The Camp Amped Grand Finale
show will happen Saturday, July 20 at 7 p.m.,
and it's free and open to the public. Give the
kids a hand and encourage the next genera
tion of Athens rockers. For more information,
see nuci.org.
Correction: I'd like to take this moment to
publicly apologize to Derek Almstead and
his project Faster Circuits, which made its
live debut July 3. Due to an error on my part,
I reported prematurely that the show had
already happened. In the interest of y'all???
and me???being able to keep better pace with
the band, let me shout out again that you
can find their sweet psychedelia streaming at
soundcloud.com/fastercircuits, network with
them via facebook.com/FasterCircuits and find
their debut album, Tunes of Glory, on iTunes
and other major digital retailers.
Pro Tip: By the time you read this, Karbomb
will have returned from a quick jaunt up the
East Coast, taking their boys' noise to any
place that would have them. Although known
colloquially as pop-hardcore, I've noticed
a distinctly rougher edge around the band
lately, as well as around compatriots Burns
Like Fire, who have reworked some of their
arrangements away from speedy pop-punk and
into 1990s emo territory. For the uninitiated,
it wouldn't hurt you at all to check either or
both out via facebook.com/karbombmusic and
facebook.com/burnslikefiremusic.
Summer Sweat: Flardcore metal lords Grim
Pickins & The Bastard Congregation have
undergone some changes recently, and are now
to be known simply as Bastard Congregation.
The current lineup features the all-powerful
Zack Hembree, as well as D. Wayne Slocum,
John Macbeth, Parker Bradshaw and
Christopher Parry. In other news, Flembree's
other band, For The Vulture, made everyone
smile wide and shake a fist or two with its
Motorhead-inspired rock blasts a couple of
weeks ago. If this is your
bag, head to facebook.com/
ForTheVulture and be a pal.
Both Ears Open: All-star
shapeshifting musical proj
ect Emergent Heart released
its full-length album via
Mazarine Records back in
May, but you can now stream
it. All the tracks have been
uploaded to youtube.com/
EmergentHeart and sound
cloud.com/emergentheart.
The contributing members
number up to 24, and the
whole thing is the brain
child of Luke Johnson (The
Premonitions). The goal of the project is to
promote suicide awareness and prevention.
Musically, it's all pretty dreamy, droney and
blissful, so throw on your headphones and
enjoy. For more information, head to emergent
heart.com and facebook.com/emergentheart.
The Last Word: Word came down this week
that Athens hardcore powerhouse Gripe is
officially closing up shop. Since forming
almost three years ago, the band has not only
become a staple in the Athens grindcore/
powerviolence community (and quite often its
only member), but has attained acclaim across
the globe via the underground community.
This past spring, the band put the finishing
touches on what will be its final release, In
His Image. No news yet as to when that will
see the light of day. Gripe plays its final show
this Friday, July 19 at Max. Also on the bill are
Macon's Grinchfinger, Milwaukee, WI's Falter
and Harsh Words (featuring members of
Shaved Christ and Gripe). Relive the memories
via gripe.bandcamp.com and facebook.com/
gripecore.
Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com
MUSIC I WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
What Cheer? Brigade, liiaaiy
and the Tumblers, Mouser
Farm 255-11 p.m. FREE!
What Cheer? Brigade is a big band???not
necessarily in the Top 40/multi-platinum
lunchbox sense, but in that the group
boasts 19 people, all playing large brass
instruments. A marching band of sorts
from Providence, RI, the Brigade trashes
the cliched Lady Gaga medleys plaguing
high school and college football fields and
brings to life the audible worlds of New
Orleans and Bollywood with masses of
brass badness. Having released only one LP
since its 2005 inception, the band focuses
on live performances???sonic parties that
could never be wholly captured on record,
anyway. The novemdectet often infiltrates
the audience, leading conga lines under
bass drums and going absolutely nuts.
Considering Farm's imminent demise, what
better way to bid farewell than with horns
a-blaring? [Adam Barnett]
MUSIC I THURSDAY, JULY 18
Andrew Cedermark,
lia Nladre
Normaltown Hall - 8:30 p.m. ??? $5
Let's get this out of the way: Andrew
Cedermark used to play guitar in Titus
Andronicus. But don't worry, Athens: there
will be no racially charged controversy
emanating from the songwriter's show at
399 Meigs this Thursday. (At least, I don't
think there will.) Cedermark's surprisingly
great new album, Home Life, is a tipsy-
sounding recording full of ecstasy and
warmth. Its eruptive guitars and ambling
pace, paired with Cedermark's mumbly
lyricism, create a perfect bummer-summer
soundtrack. And, in case you forgot, Dead
Confederate guitarist Walker Flowle is still
quietly plugging away at his Tia Madre
project, whose output, like Cedermark's, is
unhurried and evocative. Lushes take note:
like all shows at Normaltown Hall, this one
is BYOB. [Gabe Vodicka]
ART I FRIDAY, JULY 19
MAGallery Grand Opening
MAGallery - 6-9 p.m. ??? FREE!
Growth is the key word for the Madison
Artists Guild, which will soon open its
new gallery space at 217 W. Jefferson St.
in Madison. Founded in 1985, the guild
has grown from a handful of individuals to
more than 150, and while they've always
maintained a presence in the community
through their exhibitions at the Cottage
Gallery, the new MAGallery is a significant
step for the artists. It provides both room
to display a wider range of artwork???
everything from paintings and photography
to pottery and leatherwork by 22 initial
artists???and space for public art classes.
The opening will be a chance to warm up
the space and browse works from the inclu
sive and diverse team. Flagpole theme song
winner Johnny Roquemore provides musical
entertainment. [Brittany Joyce]
MUSIC I SATURDAY,
JULY 20
Carrie Nations,
Future Virgins,
Wade Boggs, Queer
Wult, Bark Bides
40 Watt Club - 9 p.m - $5
Carrie Nations was the
undisputed face of Athens
punk in the early aughts
(what up, Tite Pockets?).
They named themselves after
a radical prohibitionist,
released music on Indiana
indie Plan-It-X and burned out long before
fading away was even an option. In its
brief existence, the band's hooky, lo-fi rock
earned it more than a few devotees locally
and beyond. Now, after an eight-year hia
tus, like Jesus and Rip Van Winkle before
it, the group has returned, rather unex
pectedly. But we shouldn't anticipate an
extended stay???or should we? After first
appearing adamant that this weekend's 40
Watt show, which also features local punks
Wade Boggs and a few of Chattanooga's
finest rock bands, would be a one-off, the
Nations recently accepted a slot at San
Diego's Awesome Fest 7, happening later
this summer. The band is coy: "As of now,
we have nothing else planned," says gui
tarist Andre Gallant. [Gabe Vodicka]
FILM I SUNDAY, JULY 21
The Georgia Euidestms
Movie
Georgia Museum of Art - 2 p.m. - FREE!
While Yoko Ono once described the
Georgia Guidestones as "a stirring call to
rational thinking," many speculate that
the monument points to a conspiracy
reaching far beyond Northeast Georgia.
In The Georgia Guidestones Movie, film
maker Michael Reser explores every angle
of Georgia's own strange Stonehenge???a
mysterious monument in nearby Elberton,
the granite capitol of the world. Only
34 years old and commissioned under a
pseudonym, the Guidestones consist of six
granite slabs engraved with 10 guidelines
in 10 different languages, all describing an
"Age of Reason" for mankind. Narrated by
Elbert County native Paul Floyd and scored
by local musician Kyle Dawkins, the film
comes through as a balanced look at the
puzzling monument. [Brittany Joyce]
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