Posts Tagged ‘ Music ’

Midtown Music Festival: Everything I Hate About Everything

I am a firm believer in sandwich criticism, where the negative is squished between the positive. This will be a Katz’s Deli Pastrami Sandwich of a post. The Highlander is a good midtown dive bar, with decent drink prices and generous shots. I thank it for providing me with a fortified buzz and a respite [ READ MORE ]

[LIVE] Phantogram at the Drunken Unicorn, 9/29/2010

This isn’t exactly timely, but I’ve had some computer issues.  Better late than never, right? Phantogram played a very sold out show at the Drunken Unicorn a couple of weeks ago.  They will definitely be on a bigger stage the next time they pass through Atlanta, and they more than deserve it.  Check out a [ READ MORE ]

Review: Grinderman – Grinderman 2

No one really expected or needed Grinderman to turn into a real band. Their 2007 debut was an enthusiastically received record that absolutely nailed what it set out to do, but it never felt like anything more than a diversionary side project. The whole thing sounded more like an exercise than an album, with most [ READ MORE ]

This week’s shows (9/27/2010-10/3/2010)

Monday (9/27/2010): Tonight’s best bet is probably math-rockers Tera Melos at WonderRoot, with local openers Vegan Coke and Thy Mighty Contract.  If that’s not your thing, there’s also Japanese cult heroes Guitar Wolf at the Drunken Unicorn with Hans Condor and Charges. Tuesday (9/28/2010): I never really got into either Pedro the Lion or David [ READ MORE ]

INTERVIEW: Free Energy – “We love this shit.”

Free Energy is unquestionably one of the breakout indie acts of 2010, and for good reason.  Their debut album, Stuck on Nothing, is full of note-perfect pop songs that unabashedly reference every great song you’ve ever heard on classic rock radio.  The live show’s killer, too. They’re genuinely enthusiastic about what they’re doing as well.  [ READ MORE ]

Reviews: Candy Claws, TV Torso

Candy Claws – Hidden Lands Hidden Lands opens with it’s murkiest moment, the nearly 7 minute “In the Deep Time.” The track is a bunch of goggy ambience that rarely resembles anything like a song, but it’s an excellent album opener in the sense that it isolates the most notable aspects of the band’s aesthetic [ READ MORE ]

More details about this weekend’s Wells St Warehouse Beach Party…

Looks fun.  More details and the full lineup here[ READ MORE ]

Live Review: Sleepy Sun, Balmorhea @ The Earl, 9/12/2010

My review of Sunday’s Sleepy Sun/Balmorhea show is up over at Dead Journalist.  You can read it here. I really can’t recommend Balmorhea enough, and I think the rest of the crowd would agree.  You might have read me (and Dead Journalist and Latest Disgrace) complaining about crowd noise at last month’s Oryx and Crake [ READ MORE ]

This week’s shows (9/13/2010-9/19/2010)

Monday (9/13/2010) All Tiny Creatures do the experimental/krautrock/minimalism thing with accessibility and personality. I think they kind of sound like Silver Apples. They’ll be at 529 on Monday. Nomen Novum opens, Roman Photos headline. Tuesday (9/14/2010) Brooklyn-based singer-songwriters Sharon Van Etten and Marissa Nadler will be at 529. Van Etten has a voice that floors, [ READ MORE ]

INTERVIEW: Jessi Darlin of Those Darlins

Little Advances is happy to bring you our first ever interview.  I spoke with Jessi Darlin of Those Darlins earlier this afternoon about their upcoming new album, Bill Clinton, their live versus recorded sound, and Funstix, Jessi’s side project with Darlins drummer Linwood.  If you’re in Atlanta, you can catch them tonight and tomorrow night [ READ MORE ]

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