CL approved shows for the weekend
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
It’s a big weekend for shows in Atlanta. Sadly Morrissey sold out the Variety Playhouse quickly (rightfully so). But if you weren’t one of the lucky ones who got tickets, there are still plenty of other noteworthy things going on.
On Friday night Mi Ami is playing a show over at 529. Personally, I’m not a fan of this CD by any stretch and it has been the subject of much debate between me and about a dozen other people who wholeheartedly disagree with me. I spent about a week and a half trying to figure out what it is that makes people clamor for this group, but each listen only made the singer’s absolutely unbearable vocal screeds that much more maddening. By its very nature the the heavy rhythms and deep bottom end of the music demands a physical response. Perhaps the live show will persuade me to think otherwise.
If you’re looking for something more in the vein of traditional rock and roll, Howlies are playing the CD release party for Trippin With Howlies at the Star Bar.
On Saturday night the Fourth Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra plays at Eyedrum. 4WAKO is a nine piece jazz orchestra playing original compositions and arrangements that combine West African influenced rhythms with Eastern European Klezmer melodies. Daniel Clay opens the show.
Selmanaires play a show at 529 on Saturday night. According to vocalist and guitar player Tommy Chung the group will be unveiling an almost entirely new set of songs. (more…)
