Athens’ psychedelic indie rock outfit Twin Tigers have made their latest release, titled the Automatic EP, available as a free download.
In the meantime the band recently completed work on its debut full-length, Gray Waves, which is due out on the Brooklyn-based Old Flame Records in 2010.
Grey Waves‘ first single, “Automatic”
Click below to see their remaining November tour dates.
Savannah director Mitchell Powers’ film I’m Like This Every Day focus on the life and songs of the mentally disturbed but lovable folk-punk crooner Peter Stubb. Despite his past flirtations with Nazism, cutting himself to release his inner demons, a Santa Claus obsession, and grappling with the possibility that he may or may not be a werewolf, Stubb is an endearing character.
Through lo-fi recordings, home videos and testimonials from Stubb’s friends and family, many of whom look like a cast of extras from the set of Gummo, I’m Like This Every Day paints a portrait of the Dalton, Ga., artist as a paranoid schizophrenic. But his sometimes filthy folk tales, weighed against the balance of melodic, acoustic punk strumming, are bound by the timeless tussle between warped, automatic self-destruction and redemption.
As a singer, his voice conveys a sense of innocence and honesty that belies his tattooed exterior. The film’s fast, matter-of-fact pacing feels like a shotgun blast into Stubb’s world. “He never lost that kind of childhood enthusiasm for an erotic tune,” says Powers. “He still writes sex songs, and he really does have that sense of innocence, like a lonely 13-year-old kid locked in his bedroom singing into a tape recorder.”
Stubbs plays a free in-store at Reactionary Records in East Atlanta at 9 p.m. on Sat. April 18 after the 7 p.m. screening of I’m Like This Everyday at the Midtown Art Cinema.
(Photo by Mitchell Powers)
According to Flagpole music writer Gordon Lamb, this year’s annual Athens PopFest has been canceled due to the stress and strain of the flailing economy.
In this week’s Threats & Promises column, Lamb writes,
“…both the Sprockets Music Video Competition & Show and The Athens PopFest have canceled this year’s events. In the interest of full disclosure let me say that I am a main organizer for The Athens PopFest. In the case of Sprockets there is a desire to restructure the organization and bring a presenting sponsor on board. With regard to the Athens PopFest the simple answer is “it’s the economy.” As both consumers and businesses tighten belts this year, we deemed it unfeasible to press on with this year’s festival in the current economic climate. Full statements from the organizers of both events can be found at www.filmathens.net and www.athenspopfest.com.”
This week Rob Trucks posted an interview with Pylon on the Village Voice’s Sound of the City music blog. The group is in New York to play WNYU’s 35th Anniversary Celebration’s at the Knitting Factory this Mon., Dec. 15th.
Three of Pylon’s four members–drummer Curtis Crowe, lead singer Vanessa Briscoe (now Briscoe Hay), bassist Michael Lachowski and guitarist Randy Bewley–still live [in Athens], playing in their third incarnation (seemingly final breakups in 1983 and 2001 didn’t quite take) of one of indie-rock’s most important collectives.
Pylon- 2007 from dawnbridges on Vimeo.
