Crib Notes

CHAOS BY DESIGN

Sweaty strangers in flannel are grabbing my ass in a warehouse off Dekalb Avenue. Half a pint of Wild Turkey convinced me it’d be a good idea to free fall from the rafters into a sea of hipsters. Maybe I just couldn’t hear him correctly over the blaring amps of the Black Lips, but a wild turkey has never steered me wrong before. Fuck it. It’s chaos by design, and it’s a beautiful thing.

It’s a Saturday night and we’re in superstar hip-hop photographer Zach Wolfe’s studio. He’s quite possibly the coolest person, other than Chad Radford, to hail from the home of Captain James Tiberion Kirk. A pasty white boy from Iowa and he has the Dirty South in the palm of his hand. The guy has his adopted city railed out on a table and it’s yelling, Snort This.

Problem: Zach’s grandiose studio has an equally substantial August power bill.

Solution: Let’s party.

A couple hours of preparation, a couple of runs to Green’s, and a couple hundred kids turn up for a guerilla-style Black Lips show. A benefit fit for scoundrels.
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Atlanta five-piece the Stolen Hearts are a sultry, girly punk-rock band that revels in a damaged, Phil Spector punk vibe, churning out simple, ballad-esque rock and roll songs that hone primitive, melodies, sweet crooning and hooks that are as innocent as they are on fire. For their show tonight (Sat., June 6) at 529, the group is celebrating the release of its debut 7-inch on Douchemaster Records. $5. 9 p.m. Digital Leather opens. 529 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-228-6769.

How did the Stolen Hearts come together.
Rachel Jones: The group first started out with an all girl line-up. There were five girls, me and Michelle and three other girls. Then Ashley Salisbury joined and the other girls were really busy doing other things so it didn’t really work out. When they left we took a break and then started back up again later. We needed a guitar player and Adrian Barrera (Barreracudas) was in, which was really cool. If you ask most people if they want to join a new all girl band they laugh at you, but he was totally into trying it out.

Why will they laugh at you?
RJ: Mostly because we’ve never really been in a band before and don’t know what to expect. I would probably have the same reaction, but Adrian was willing to do it. Greg King (Carbonas, GG King) was in too. He’s a trooper for sure.

Greg and Adrian are both very competent musicians. What’s it like to come into a band with them, having no real musical experience yourselves?
MK: It pushes us to better ourselves as musicians. You can’t get better at it unless you’re actually playing music with other people. We’ve learned a lot from them, and I think we’ve pulled it off pretty well so far.

“Heart Collector” mp3

“Fire” mp3

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It’s official, both the Black Lips and Deerhunter are playing at 529 Thurs., April 2. Doors open at 9 p.m. Cover is $20. The show is a benefit for Bobby Ubangi, a.k.a. B Jay Womack, who was diagnosed last year with stage IV small cell lung cancer.

There will be no pre-sale tickets for this show. Admission will be granted on a first come, first serve basis. Barreracudas open the show.

Black Lips “Short Fuse”

Black Lips “Starting over”

Black Lips “I’ll Be With You”

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