Crib Notes

Tuesday will be an historic day for Criminal Records as two of Atlanta’s greatest musical exports, the Indigo Girls and Mastodon, both take the stage to celebrate the release of their respective albums.

First up, the Indigo Girls take the stage at 4:30 p.m. to play songs from their brand new CD, Poseidon and the Bitter Bug.

From the IG press release:

It’s been two decades since the Indigo Girls launched their career with their independently released debut album, 1987’s Strange Fire. Now, after entertaining millions of fans with their 10 major-label studio albums (nine on Epic Records and one, 2006’s Despite Our Differences, on Hollywood Records), Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have come full circle with the independent release of their new 2-CD album, Poseidon And The Bitter Bug, on their new label IG Recordings, distributed through Vanguard Records.

Indigo Girls’ “What Are you Like?” mp3

Then at 8 p.m. Criminal Records is closing its doors early to clear a path for the destructive force that is Mastodon who will be playing at 8:30 p.m. Upon re-opening, customers that have a Criminal Records receipt from purchase of Crack The Skye will be given priority to enter. Due to space constraints and security concerns the number of people allowed in the store for the show is limited to 300.

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For today’s Roll Call we call out former Indigo Girls sing/guitarist/songwriter, Daemon Records owner and solo artist Amy Ray.

Who are you?
Amy Ray

Describe yourself in three words.
Hermit, Activist, Songwriter.

Who dead or alive would most you like to meet?
Harriet Tubman.

Whom would you most like to slap in the face?
Myself.

What song do you wish you had written?
“Strange Fruit.”

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Elvis Presley.

LP, CD or MP3?
LP.

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
compassion=cool.

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
beauty = thin.

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
The Kings Of Leon.

“Bus Bus” MP3

Amy Ray plays the Variety Playhouse on Sat., Nov. 22. $15/$17.50 8:30 p.m. Jennifer O’Connor and the Holland Dutch open. 1099 Euclid Ave. 404-524-7354.

(Photo by Matt Odom).

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