Crib Notes

Weekly scoops from some of our favorite Atlanta-based music blogs…

>>via the Kaos Effect — What are you doing this Saturday? Making a cameo in Senor Kaos’ new music video this weekend would sure be unique:

What’s going on party people. Just wanted to spread the word that I’m shooting a video this Saturday in Atlanta for the song “Automatic Classic.”

The shoot will be taking place at The Atlanta Bench on Marietta Street at 9am. Hoping everybody gets a chance to make it out. The flyer is below.

>>via Straight From the A — Yet another Beyonce music video. Believe it or not it’s the sixth single form her most recent album I am…Sasha Fierce:

Beyonce has released yet another “classic” video. “Sweet Dreams” dropped a day sooner than MTV’s planned schedule. The video, directed by Adria Petty, begins with Bey having a soundless sleep and continues with a dance sequence during sunrise. “Sweet Dreams” is the 6th U.S. single from Beyonce’s third studio album “I Am…Sasha Fierce.”

>>via Kiss Atlanta — Dance superstar Bob Sinclar returns with a few new songs. Grab your glow sticks and head over to Kiss Atlanta to stream:

Another DJ asked me if I had the new Bob Sinclar at our party last night, he just came back from Italy and had the “Lala Song” stuck in his head. The new album hasn’t got much press, but these songs are not to miss

>>via Crunk + Disorderly — Faith Evans and Lil’ Kim thought it’d be nice to stir up some controversy between each other for old times’ sake:

Sources with AllHipHop.com said that Lil Kim took issue with her representation in Notorious, the biopic in which Faith was attached to.

Faith was in attendance with her husband and Lil Kim was with producer Choke No Joke and to some, this augmented the tension.

“It was really heated,” one source said. “It was about to pop off…there was crazy screaming.”

>>via Ohmpark — Any die hard This Piano Plays Itself fans out there? Make sure to stay tuned to Davy Minor and Ohmpark as he follows the band on tour for three weeks:

Our friends This Piano Plays Itself have invited me to tag along for their summer tour again, so I am taking the blog on the road for the next three weeks.

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Over the weekend there was a significant amount of clamor in the record stores and in Little 5 Points leading up to Antony and the Johnsons‘ show at the Variety Playhouse on Sun. Feb. 8. The $30 price tag seemed to be scaring a few people away, but the new record and this first time visit to Atlanta had definitely piqued local interests. Antony is nothing short of an icon who’s songs and presence illicit a strong response. People either love him or hate what he does, and there seems to be no middle ground.

I asked a few people to give us their thoughts on the show.

Tom Cheshire who write for Dry Ink Magazine and fronts local punk elder statesmen the All Night Drug Prowling Wolves writes,

I first heard Antony on a Mojo compilation CD a few years back. I remember loving it instantly. Then I got a mix tape from friend of mine in New York with the song “Fistful of Love” on it and I just lost it. It sounded like Nina Simone hangin’ with King Tubby and Ethel Merman, and at some point they had all hit the pipe.

Antony & crew brought it down on Sunday evening. He/she hid behind a piano on the darkened stage with his band behind him. The band consisted of Antony on piano, a cello player, a violinist, a gentleman who switched off from violin to guitar, another person who switched from tenor saxophone to guitar and a bass player standing in the background. They were tight, quiet, tasteful, at some points loud, gorgeous and off the hook.

At one point he said that he always had a crush on and wanted to marry Otis Redding, to which one one guy in the crowd screamed “I’ll marry you!” There were times during songs when you could hear a pin drop in the audience. There were other times when the music and the applause were uproarious.

The highlights of the set for me were the classic “Cripple and the Starfish,” a cover of Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love,” “You are My Sister,” “Epilepsy is Dancing” and a beautiful, beautiful version of “Fistful of Love.” It was a wonderful evening. Sweet, sexy, no joke. Thank you Antony.

More thoughts on the show are coming soon.

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