Crib Notes

If you’re looking to get into some trouble before the Wavves show at The Earl tonight, Hunx and his Punx are playing with the Balkans at Vacation Gallery & Boutique. The show will get started around 8:30-ish and it’s free.

Hunx and his Punx are playing in support the group’s new LP, an aptly titled singles comp. titled Gay Singles (True Panther) — due out Oct. 6 but he’ll most likely have them for sale at the show tonight. Hunx and His Punx is the project of Gravy Train  alum Seth Bogart playing gay Ramones-style punk/pop songs.

Vacation Gallery & Boutique is located at 674 N. Highland Ave. 404-875-4413.

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Today Criminal Records reported that they have only 12 remaining vinyl LP copies of Mixt A, Creative Loafing’s compilation of some of Atlanta’s best and brightest acts. At this point it’s hard to say if the record will see a repress or not, so as soon as the remaining 12 copies are sold, it may very well be a thing of the past.

I’ve been listening to these mp3s for months now, but to hear them on vinyl is like hearing something completely different, across the board. It’s the kind of record where you can just drop the needle and let it ride.

I even spun Predator’s “You” and Grip Plyaz’ “Fuck Dat Hipster Shit” at a DJ gig last week — in a room full of hipsters, and they ate it up despite the irony. So if you want a copy don’t drag your feet.

Predator “You” mp3

Grip Plyaz “Fuck Dat Hipster Shit” mp3

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Drummer Bill Salas is the new guy in These Are Powers, but the fascist cadences of his hallucinogenic beats give direction to the ghost-punk traipse at the center of All Aboard Future. “Easy Answers” establishes a rigid, slow-motion dub/industrial framework at the album’s onset. Vocalist Anna Barie’s elated banshee cry in “Life of Birds” is at once horrifying and alluring, as it jams the senses with a mashup of too many mixed signals. TAP is the rightful heir to the legacies of Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Coil, Suicide and so on. Prior to All Aboard Future, likening them to such an esteemed lineage felt like wishful thinking. But in light of the hypnotic rush of “Parallel Shores,” the creeping and mechanical plod of “Double Double Yolk,” and the clutter of damaged bass swells in “Blue Healer,” the sonic pedigree is undeniable.

The Chap, Lyonnais and Balkans open. $7. 9 p.m. Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery, 290 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Suite 8. 404-522-0655.

(Photo by Michael Flack)

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CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chat about the King Kahn show tonight at the Masquerade. Golden Triangle, Balkans and Thomas Function open.

Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.

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Like the Pied Piper rolling through town, every time King Khan shows up, his ability to charm the pants off this city grows increasingly stronger. The Canadian-Indian by way of Germany returns to the States with his psychedelic rock ‘n’ roll ensemble the Shrines for a victory lap in support of last year’s masterpiece, The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines. Local favorites Balkans, New York City’s trash-can cabaret-punk six-piece Golden Triangle, and Thomas Function open. $10. 9 p.m. Masquerade, 695 North Ave. 404-577-8178.

(Photo by Natasha Papadopoulou)

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Balkans played a 7-inch release party on Sunday night (Feb. 22) at Vacation Gallery & Boutique in the Virginia Highlands, and there was one small problem: there weren’t any 7-inches to be found. The label didn’t get them from the pressing plant in time for the show, which has been an increasingly common problem as of late. Rumor has it that all of the pressing plants around the country are experiencing a huge demand for vinyl right now. As a result it’s taking longer and longer to get records.

The group played anyway, and they wore an awful lot of denim when they did (see above). There were about 25 people in attendance for the 20+ minute set. Balkans craft a jittery and fast-paced punk/surf/fuzzed-out pop grind that teems with energy while they perform.

Guitarist/bass player Brett Miller played with a broken hand, and when he dropped his pick toward the end of the show he just played the string with his fingers. A fine, red spackling, a few smears and a couple of bloody finger prints marred the otherwise colorless face of his guitar by the time he was done.

It’s a sure sign of dedication when a band literally sheds their own blood to keep a show moving along, and all of the pain and frenetic energy the group displayed paid off.

Double Phantom Records hope to have the 7-inches for sale sometime this week, and most definitely by the time they open for King Khan and the Shrines at the Masquerade on Tues., March 10.

(Photo by Chad Radford)

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