Crib Notes

Tealights play 529 on Tues., Oct. 20. Tealights’ self-released debut CD, Take Us By Sea (out this month), is a sweeping marriage of laptop textures and bold strings sculpting dramatic moods that are very pretty, but very brittle. Take Us By Sea is the backbone of a musical vernacular driven by dark romanticism set adrift in modern classical and experimental arrangements. Like Claude Debussy on a date with Björk, surrealism and impressionism mingle in the dramatic male/female wailing in “Wait.” The lingering string melodies over front lady Nancy Shim’s cool voice are the weeping heart of the CD. White Hinterland from Portland, Ore., opens the show.$7. 9 p.m. 529 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-228-6769.
Tealights “Clouds” mp3

Har Mar Superstar

Wed., Oct. 21 Imagine a sweat-soaked love child of Ron Jeremy and Meatloaf who’s blessed with the soulful pipes of Stevie Wonder and wearing only a pair of tighty whities and a Cheshire Cat grin — that’s Har Mar Superstar. The hirsute sexual dynamo returns with his fourth album, Dark Touches. La Chanson and Roman Photos warm up the stage for him. $8-$10. 9 p.m. The Drunken Unicorn.

Also on Wed., Oct. 21 All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, GG King and Jeffrey Butzer are playing at 529. It’s a release party for a brand new ANDPW 7-inch, titled “Drank Irish.” $6. 9 p.m. 529 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-228-6769.

GG King “Drug Zoo” mp3
Jeffrey Butzer “Theme For A Tailor” mp3
ANDPW “Drank Irish” mp3

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Paul Collins

The third installment of the annual Fringe Binge summertime music festival returns to the Star Bar on Fri., July 17 and Sat., July 18 with an armada of local and international punk and power pop acts taking over for an entire weekend of debauchery and depravity. Fifteen+ bands including Paul Collins Beat, Poison Arrows, Predator, GG King, Abby Go Go, Giant Tigers, Electric Cycles, Peter Stubb and more play the main room and the downstairs lounge. The cause: Nothing more than a mission to have a good time on a couple of sweltering summer nights in Atlanta.

You don’t always need a reason or philanthropist’s motivation to throw a big summer party. Ask Paul Tilghmon (aka Parking Lot Paul) why he chose to put together the second annual two-day Fringe Binge at the Star Bar with Bryan Malone in August, and he sheepishly ponders the question before answering, “It’s for the kids — the kids who are over 21.” Continue reading CL’s coverage of Fringe Binge II from last summer.

$10 Fri., July 17 $12  Sat., July 18. $20 for both. The Star Bar, 437 Moreland Ave. 404-681-9018.

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GG King celebrates the release of his new “Drug Zoo” b/w “Witching Hour,” “the “Letter” 7-inch on Rob’s House Records tonight at 529. In all reality the records probably won’t have arrived yet, but there’s always hope.

According to Rob’s House GG King’s new single is,

another new offshoot from members of carbonas and if you heard their first single on douchemaster you might even think it was the carbonas but this one strays pretty far from that tested sound. ‘drug zoo’ finds gg king mixing a bit of his name sake’s influence with early aussie punk, a few hints of black metal and, to really mix things up, a box tops cover!! a few people might have heard these songs on gg’s last of the night wiggers demos but here they are remixed, mastered and on vinyl! [800 pressed; black vinyl; 100 copies with numbered gg king poster.]

Wizzard Sleeve from Mobile, Alabama also performs. It should also be duly noted that the Pillow Talk DJs have declared this night to be the landlocked bikini beach party event of the summer, and they promise to be spinning records in bikinis. …

GG King’s “Drug Zoo” mp3

$5. 9 p.m. 529 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-228-6769.

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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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Once again 97 Estoria is celebrating their annual Estoria fest this Saturday, May 9.

The show is free and the music is scheduled to being sometime in the neighborhood of 4-4:30 p.m.  Bands performing this year include:   Noot d’ Noot, Rizzudo, GG King, All the Saints, Hawks and Predator.

Half of this year’s line-up can be heard on Creative Loafing’s the Mixt A vol. 1 compilation.

97 Estoria is located at 727 Wylie St., just beyond the Krog St. tunnel in Cabbagetown. 404-522-0966.

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