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There’s been a slowdown in the number of overseas DJs over the last couple of years, especially with the closing of clubs like Eleven50. But WETBar, the Mark — and with this event, the Glenn hotel — continue to help Atlanta party like we’re across the pond. It’s on the rooftop, and it’s free — but it’s also first-come first-serve, so come come early (10ish).
Urban Living, CL’s monthly “Shelter from bland living” section, is back, and looking for a few cool homes. Apartments, lofts and condos are also eligible. If you live in a neighborhood where CL is available and your place is unique somehow — interesting-looking, history-filled or funky fun — leave a comment below with a description, or e-mail chante.lagon@creativeloafing.com.
Maybe your love of film noir has turned your pad into a virtual movie set. Or maybe you’ve painstakingly renovated the original 19th-century wood design. Commercial kitchen in the basement? Secret hallways? Panic rooms? That’s all cool stuff.
Once you leave a comment, we’ll follow up and ask for a photo or two. Just keep in mind that if we feature your home in Urban Living this spring, you’ll be opening up your home to CL readers … so tidy up already.
Normally a venue for tribute bands and the college crowd, Andrews Upstairs gives the stage over to Atlanta’s longtime, hard-working live hip-hop band Heavy Mojo. Through name and lineup changes, the guys still do their thing with incredible chops and energy live. Bellcurve, a new, equally ambient project from Aerial2012’s MichaelAngelo Wolfe, opens. $12. 9:30 p.m.
Any drum and bass head who hears the phrase “All the massive!” can’t help but get amped. (But then, we’re talking about a relatively hyped group of people.)
Tomorrow’s Mass Transit is definitely a reason to be excited, not only for the stellar DJs lined up, but also in celebration of five years of 404 Audio.
I’m most excited about the Upbeats, who put it down last March, but it will also be interesting to hear live how AK’s hip-hop-inflected style has evolved. $30 (I know!). 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12. The Masquerade.
AK1200 [Project 51 Records / POTD / Moving Shadow - Orlando, FL]
GRIDLOK [Project 51 Records / Virus / Violence Recordings - San Francisco, CA]
THE UPBEATS [BC Presents / Virus / Project 51 Records - Wellington, NZ]
RANDOM MOVEMENT [Creative Source / Liquid V / InnerGround Records - Columbus, OH]
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BRANDON B
Hosted by MC RACE ONE
“SLAMradio,” a new radio talk show on WAOK-AM (1380), debuts tonight from 10-midnight with the topic “celebrity vs. reality.”
The show’s purpose is “to awaken and empower today’s Generation X as well as to keep everyone informed, educated as well as entertained,” according to an e-mail announcement distributed today.
The show is executive-produced by Chuck D, hip-hop pioneer and SLAMjamz label VP (thus the show’s name), and hosted by Enchanted PR’s Christal “CC” Jordan-Mims and Janol “Mecca†Holmes.
Surviving UGK member Bun B will be on hand, along with Chuck D for tonight’s discussion about the “perks and pitfalls of society’s obsession with celebrity life.”
If you’re not too busy clubbing, listeners are asked to call in at 404-892-2703.
Ah, the pressure of New Year’s Eve. If you don’t do anything, you risk the superstitious result of having a lame 2008. Or maybe you use the “it’s amateur night” excuse to escape making plans. “Everything is too expensive,” is another good, albeit true, one. If you’d like to go out, but want to avoid the above scenarios, here are three worthwhile options:
Funk at the Five Spot. $20. 8 p.m. 1123 Euclid Ave. 404-223-1100. 18 and over. CL readers voted Entropy Atlanta’s Best Local R&B/Soul Act in 2006, and the Athens-to-East Atlanta group just gets better every year. That’s even more true for this show, as members of the P-Funk crew are scheduled to join the band. DJ Rock Most and the Danceformers will also be on hand. The Five Spot is an art-filled, no-frills neighborhood joint, so no worries about the posers who tend to flock to the big bashes. With ladies free before 9 p.m., $3 Terrapin, and $5 Jäger bombs, you can spend your cash on drinks and the Spot’s better-than-average quesadillas and sandwiches while you get funked up.
Drum and bass at the Mark. $15. 9 p.m. 79 Poplar St. 678-904-0050. 21 and over. 180 Degrees and Abstract Logic Recordings bring a bunch of Renegade Hardware DJs to the Mark for NYE 07/08. The main room — with probably the best sound for venues still hosting dnb parties, even if you have to throw ‘bows for dancing room — features Vicious Circle, Nocturnal, Tetradin, Atlanta’s Ideal and MCs Race One and Kakarot on the mic. Catch your breath — maybe, but at least some breathing room — in the lounge with Sunz of Mecha, REL-1, Eric Zbd, Viirus, Lee Stokes, and Wes’ed. All for the low, low price of $15 — less than most non-holiday dnb parties.
Hip-hop at Lenny’s. $5. 8 p.m. 486 Decatur St. 404-577-7721. 21 and over. Dropbombz.com serves your NYE needs with 5 Dollar Holla, a party on the cheap ($5 all night, ladies free before 10 p.m.), where you can also drink cheap ($5 Jäger bombs), but the quality of hip-hop is high. Ishues, Dres Tha Beatnik, Dropbombz, Rising Sons, Mr. SOS and Technolojesus are sure to show you a good time without feeling like you need bottle service to belong.
Whatever you end up doing, happy New Year’s!
(photo courtesy www.pro-rock.com)
Depending on which side of the Warped Tour ticket aisle you’re on, vocals from Coheed and Cambria’s lead singer Claudio Sanchez — along with the band’s kicky riffs, melodramatic lyrics and even more dramatic storyline — are probably the biggest reasons to wait through the lesser-known acts or arrive earlier for bands that make it truly an all-day event. Opening for C&C on this tour but fully capable of headlining its own, CLUTCH is no such conceptual/nu-rock group, driving home straight-up stompers that you’d expect out of some no-frills guys from Up North. Eight full-length albums in, From Beale Street to Oblivion continues the low-end, gritty rock that’s kept Clutch in the game since ‘91. Look forward to the older stuff, and any side-project tracks they decide to throw into the set. The Fall of Troy also plays. $27. 7:30 p.m. The Tabernacle, 152 Luckie St. 404-659-9022. www.tabernacleatl.com.
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Just as I thought I’d be plastered by guilt for not attending Corndogorama, I can truly say I enjoyed the show, even if I wasn’t actually there.
Around 10:35 p.m. last night, Mastodon’s “Colony of Birchmen” breezed into my open bedroom window — more than a mile away from Lenny’s.
The guys in the band can officially brag, “You could hear us all the way on Moreland!”
(Photo by Mike White, www.deadlydesigns.com)
