Crib Notes

DARK MEAT, ONEIDA, DIRTY FACES, JAH DIVISION ELECTRONIC SOUND SYSTEM Athens’ psych/improv freak-rock big band Dark Meat returns to tear it up as a co-headliner with Oneida on this packed bill. Pittsburgh six-piece Dirty Faces plays terse, dark and cerebral art-punk jams. Brooklyn’s Jah Division crafts a gimmicky but cool hybrid of deep-space dub covers of Joy Division songs. $10. 9 p.m. The Drunken Unicorn. 404-870-0575. www.thedrunkenunicorn.net. — Chad Radford

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Saturday night, Diplo returns to Atlanta to headline one of the craziest mashups of sounds to grace the WhirlyBall court. Diplo’s penchant for infusing an ’80s pop glow with electro beats, crunk hip-hop and a dose of Miami bass is an unlikely but smooth and complimentary counterpart to Dark Meat’s primitive and improvised rock jams. Noot ‘d Noot opens.

For those who are unfamiliar, WhirlyBall is a team sport that merges basketball, hockey and Jai-Alai with bumper cars.

Tickets to the show come attached to the sleeve of a 7-inch record that can only be purchased in advance at Criminal Records in L5P.

On the a-side, Athens’ Dark Meat covers the classic Iggy Pop song, “Success. ” On the flipside, in true Diplo fashion, the song is deconstructed, chopped, screwed and molded into something entirely new, that’s dubbed “Unsuccessful Space Jam.”

Tickets/records to the show come attached to the sleeve of a 7-inch record, released by Chunklet, that can be purchased at Criminal Records. They are $10 in advance ($12 day of show). The games begin at 8 p.m. WhirlyBall Atlanta is located at 608 Holcomb Bridge Road, in historic Roswell, GA.

For more information call 770-998-6161 or click on www.whirlyballatlanta.com

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AT SXSW: Michael Stipe of R.E.M. (All photos by Perry Julien.)

Music conference vs. music festival.

Badges vs. wristbands vs. free shows.

Official showcases vs. un-official showcases.

Regardless of your opinions, there is something about 1,700 bands getting together for 24 hours of music.

I was able to see and photograph 49 bands over five days. Fucking rock excess.

Below are photos from: REM, Dark Meat, Ocha La Rocha, Elf Power, Dead Confederate, The Whigs, Von Bondies, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Raveonettes, Vampire Weekend, and X.

R.E.M.

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