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Tealights play 529 on Tues., Oct. 20. Tealights’ self-released debut CD, Take Us By Sea (out this month), is a sweeping marriage of laptop textures and bold strings sculpting dramatic moods that are very pretty, but very brittle. Take Us By Sea is the backbone of a musical vernacular driven by dark romanticism set adrift in modern classical and experimental arrangements. Like Claude Debussy on a date with Björk, surrealism and impressionism mingle in the dramatic male/female wailing in “Wait.” The lingering string melodies over front lady Nancy Shim’s cool voice are the weeping heart of the CD. White Hinterland from Portland, Ore., opens the show.$7. 9 p.m. 529 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-228-6769.
Tealights “Clouds” mp3

Har Mar Superstar

Wed., Oct. 21 Imagine a sweat-soaked love child of Ron Jeremy and Meatloaf who’s blessed with the soulful pipes of Stevie Wonder and wearing only a pair of tighty whities and a Cheshire Cat grin — that’s Har Mar Superstar. The hirsute sexual dynamo returns with his fourth album, Dark Touches. La Chanson and Roman Photos warm up the stage for him. $8-$10. 9 p.m. The Drunken Unicorn.

Also on Wed., Oct. 21 All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, GG King and Jeffrey Butzer are playing at 529. It’s a release party for a brand new ANDPW 7-inch, titled “Drank Irish.” $6. 9 p.m. 529 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-228-6769.

GG King “Drug Zoo” mp3
Jeffrey Butzer “Theme For A Tailor” mp3
ANDPW “Drank Irish” mp3

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After almost two years of waiting in limbo, Burn to Shine Atlanta is back on. The house at 54 Moreland Ave., where the Atlanta installment of directors Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and Chrisoph Green’s Burn to Shine series was filmed on July 29, 2007, came crashing down at 9 o’clock this morning.

In a nutshell, Canty and Green’s Burn to Shine works like this: They find a house in a city that is on the verge of being demolished in the name of urban progress. They fill it with as many of the strongest bands from the local music scene that they can round-up, film them playing in said house, and when all is said and done they document the house’s destruction. Atlanta is number six in the series and falls on the heels of Washington D.C., Chicago, Portland, Louisville, Ky., and Seattle.

Bands who performed for the Atlanta shoot include the Liverhearts, Selmanaires, Shannon Wright, Deerhunter, Black Lips, Delia Gartrell, Mighty Hannibal, Coathangers, Carbonas, All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, Snowden and Mastodon.

A gallery of photos from the sweltering, sweat-soaked day spent in the Hepatitis factory of a house can be found at chadrad.blogspot.com

Over the two years that have passed since they filmed in Atlanta, Canty and Green have fully edited the audio and video from whole day, and now that the house has been demolished they hope to have the DVD released by the end of the summer.

(Photo by Lee Tesche)

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Tom Cheshire – writer, co-founder of Dry Ink mag and lead singer for All Night Drug Prowling Wolves

My mixtape: “Springtime drive mixtape”

1. “Goin’ Out West” – Tom Waits
2. “Stay Free” – The Clash
3. “Tsunami” – Fiend Without A Face
4. “Springtime” – Leatherface
5. “Can’t Hardly Wait” – The Replacements
6. “Car and Driver” – The Rock*A*Teens
7. “I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down” – Elvis Costello & the Attractions
8. “All I Need Tonight” – Gentleman Jesse & His Men
9. “Howling At The Moon” – The Ramones
10. “Let The Bombs Fall” – The Beltones

My favorite local band?
My favorite Atlanta musician as of lately is Jeffrey Butzer. I really like his songs. He is extremely talented and a witty guy. He also doesn’t drink booze. I’d like to write some songs with him. I feel he may have be a good influence on me.

Check out Mixtape Love: CL Music Issue ‘09

(Photo courtesy Tom Cheshire)

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CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chat abut upcoming shows for the weekend, including All Night Drug Prowling Wolves and Sick Figures at 529 (Friday, April 17), NOBUNNY at the Earl (Saturday, April 18), and Herman Hitson at Smith’s Olde Bar (Sunday, April 19).

Check out this week’s Sound Menu for a more comprehensive list of upcoming shows.

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This Friday night, April 17, Atlanta bands Sick Figures and All Night Drug Prowling Wolves will celebrate the release of a brand new split 7-inch single on Stickfigure Records at 529 in the East Atlanta Village, across the street from the Flat Iron.

Gainesville, Fla.’s country punk/rockabilly ensemble Whiskey & Co. return to Atlanta for the first time in several years to headline the show.

Doors open at 9 p.m.

Sick Figures get things started at around 10 p.m. All Night Drug Prowling Wolves go on around 11 p.m. and Whiskey & Co. will take the stage around midnight or sometime shortly thereafter to close out the night.

Cover is $7. 529 is located at 529 Flat Shoals Rd. 404-228-6769.

“Maybe Tomorrow” mp3 from All Night Drug Prowling Wolves’ side of the 7-inch.

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For today’s Roll Call we call out Marlow Sanchez of the Rent Boys and All Night Drug Prowling Wolves.

Who are you?
A Prowling Wolf all night, a Rent Boy on occasion, and by day, a carpenter. Just like Jesus.

Describe yourself in three words.
Chubby. Half-Mexican. Macgyver-esque.

Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
D. Boon of Minutemen fame.

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Eazy E. He used to be my homey, used to be my ace…

What song do you wish you had written?
“Fairytale of New York” by S. MacGowan, “Road Runner” by J. Richman, any Lifter Puller song.

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Costello. I think Chuck D. said it best.

LP, CD or MP3?
The long player with the mp3 download. Nobody got a damn record player in their car.

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
Remember late 80’s skater kids wearing woven Rasta belts? I’m totally gonna bring that shit back.

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
Everybody in the fucking world being a DJ. Poser kids playing garage rock.

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
I would most like to play with my wife, but I will most likely play with Tom Cheshire.

The Rent Boys “Spanish Song.”

The Rent Boys play play the Earl on New Year’s Eve. with Howlies and Fiend Without A Face. $12. 9:30 p.m. 488 Flat Shoals Rd. 404-522-3950.

(Photo by Ben Thrower).

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Poets, elder statesmen and rabble-rousers  of the Atlanta punk scene, All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, have released a video for the song “Dance Again” from their recently released self-titled LP on Brooklyn’s Colonel Records.

All Night Drug Prowling Wolves-Dance Again from Stussey on Vimeo.

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For today’s Roll Call we call out Tom Cheshire, poet, statesman and whiskey soaked frontman for Atlanta punk band All Night Drug Prowling Wolves.

Who are you?
Tom Cheshire, Singer, dancer, wronger, writer.

Describe yourself in three words.
Rad, appropriate & uncalled for.

Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
Charlie Chaplin, good man, comedic genius, did well with the ladies and hung out with communists.

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren. I believe the reasons are obvious.

What song (or songs) do you wish you had written?
“Baba O’Riley,” “Happy Birthday” & “Garbage Picker” by the Beltones.

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Costello, no joke. Rebel. One of the greatest singers and song writers of all time. Presley didn’t write shiznickle.

LP, CD or MP3?
LP in the place to be.

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
Pleated sweat pants, tight at the ankles with pockets. It will happen, trust me.

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
Johnny Thunders hair.

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
Catherine Keener. Got it for her hard. Spread the word.

All Night Drug Prowling Wolves play The Earl as part of the Atlanta Mess-Around fest. on Fri., Nov. 14th. Two day passes are available for $20. Tickets are $12 at the door.

“Dirty Your Heart” MP3

Hit up ANDPW’s website to hear more songs from their brand new, self-titled debut LP on The Colonel Records.

(Photo courtesy Tom Cheshire)

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Tonight Atlanta pub-rock lit. punks All Night Drug Prowling Wolves take the stage at The Drunken Unicorn before heading out on a four-day Southeastern tour playing with long-time friend and mentor Leatherface.

A few weeks back the group celebrated the release of their debut CD/LP via Brooklyn label, Colonel Records. Local DJ, Reactionary Records owner and writer Paul Tilghmon, better known to the tenets and tourists of Little 5 Points as Park-It Paul A.K.A. DJ Sars, tracked down the elusive Wolves the night of their record release party a few weeks back to find out more about the record.

Paul caught-up with the group’s frontman Tom Cheshire for this telling and provocative rendezvous in the mens room at The Star bar.

Paul Tighlmon:  So how are your tabs around town?

Tom Cheshire:  Pretty good, I think I’m paid up with most bars and everyone else. speaking of tabs, I was at my chiropractor the other day and she said that you had a tab with her.

Oh yeah. I forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me, we’ll talk about it later.

We’ll talk about it later.

I heard something happened today with you and a couple of your clients around lunch time, what was that about?

Oh that.  Had some friends in town last night so we got in around 6 a.m. and had to be up by 8 a.m.  The clients wanted Chinese Food.  So I went to pick it up at 11 a.m.  I got the food and put in my trunk… I woke up in the restaurant lot @ 11:45 (laughter…).

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ALL NIGHT DRUG PROWLING WOLVES, THE WEIGHT, MOCKING BIRDS Atlanta pub rock/punk bastion All Night Drug Prowling Wolves celebrate the release of their brand new, self-titled full-length debut on the Brooklyn-based indie outlet Colonel Records. Labelmates and Brooklyn-based Atlanta transplant Joseph Plunket’s band the Weight makes happy homecoming in support of its latest, greatest country rock album, Are Men. Mocking Birds are also on the bill. $10. 9 p.m. Star Bar. 404-681-9018. www.starbaratlanta.com. — CR

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND You can say what you want about the ABB these days, just don’t say anything bad around me. Gregg Allman is a survivor, and even though he is surrounded by mostly second- and third-generation members, he is still the central force of the band. They were Georgia’s greatest band ever, IMHO, and this incarnation is keeping it alive. Repeat show Saturday. $38.50-$93. 7:30 p.m. Chastain Park Amphitheater. 404-233-2227. www.livenation.com. — JK

(Photo Credit: Brandon Arnold)

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Last week Dry Ink Magazine posted a video piece that documents the final show at Rob’s House in East Atlanta before the label’s founder Trey Lindsay moved to New York. The video features interviews and segments of performances by Carbonas, Gentleman Jesse, the Black Lips. Drunken chatter from all of the above punctuates a marathon of interviews conducted by Tom Cheshire of All Night Drug Prowling Wolves.

The video does a good d job of capturing the mood (and the heat) of the last show there before handing the reigns over to the Danger House crew.

The video can be seen here.

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For the third year, the Other Sound Music Festival will be providing a showcase for great Atlanta bands. The fest is Sept. 6-9, and will take place at the Drunken Unicorn, Lenny’s, 11:11 Teahouse and the Earl. If you go, make sure not to miss the rugged rock ‘n’ roll of the All Night Drug Prowling Wolves.

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