Crib Notes

the Selmanaires

In preparation for the Other Sound Fest. that’s taking over L5P this Saturday Pine Magazine conducted a series of interviews with some of the bands who will be playing. Click on the band names below to give hear the interviews.

The Selmanaires

Book of Colors

Tom Cheshire and Ben Thrower R Just Us

Grand Prize Winners From Last Year

Los Buenos

The Other Sound Fest. Free. Sat., Sept. 19. Little Five Points’ Findley Plaza, Criminal Records and the Star Bar. Click below for schedule of performance times and MP3s from scheduled acts.

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The final Pine Magazine free Thurs. night show at the Star Bar tonight doubles as the kick-off party for the 2009 Other Sound Fest. Tealights, Night Moves Gold, This Piano Plays Itself, and the Wild are all scheduled to perform. Admission is free and the music starts at 9 p.m.

Download the2009 Other Sound compilation CD, An introduction to the ethos of the Atlanta music scene.

Follow the jump for a complete schedule and info. about the artists performing this year’s Other Sound Fest. which reaches full swing on Sat., Sept. 19 at The Star Bar. Cover is $10 and the music begins at 7 p.m.

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Pine Magazine is hosting their final free Thursday night show this week at the Star Bar. Since January ‘08, Pine has brought more than 100 bands to play these shows.

For this last hurrah the lineup features an eclectic roster of acts that includes performances of folk-punk story telling from the Wild, mathy and electronic post-rock via This Piano Plays Itself, brittle and etheral strings/electronic pop tones from Tealights, and the neo-soul/new wave sounds of Night Moves Gold.

There will also be DJ sets from Justin Hughes (Glen Iris, ex-Batata Doce, ex- Lady’s Night, ex-rock*A*Teens) and DJ Press Play.

According to a post that went up on Pine this morning:

Our Star Bar series started with Soundlab 84, ISP and Pine back in January 2008 and, since then, more than 100 bands have played our free First Thursday shows, including: T Model Ford, Missile Command, Club Awesome, Hollow Stars, Hawks, Lay Down Mains, Deleted Scenes, Surfer Blood, Gold Standard, Thy Mighty Contract and many, many, many others. Many. It’s been a lot of fun.

The show is free and the music starts promptly at 10 p.m. The Star Bar, 437 Moreland Ave. 404-681-9018.

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From Pine:

Jeffrey Butzer and Midwives
With a solid following that continues to build in Europe, Asia and the US, Jeffrey Butzer is easily one of Atlanta’s new prized musicians with music that is reminiscent of Gainsbourg’s darker days in France, of the thematic explorations of Galt McDermont, and of songs that create the setting of late nights that are experienced but experimentative, the sort of nights we all wished we had more often. Read more about his new CD here. For our July show, Butzer is joined for a special reunion with his original band The Midwives, but will play a short set of songs off his new album. We’re very excited to hear both sets.

Tous Les Jours
Tous Les Jours is the psychedelic hypno-drone guitar rock project of Ronney Douglas, who has become a fixture in the rapidly growing Atlanta scene. Originally a guitarist in Ocha La Rocha, he now heads Tous Les Jours, and is also in the improvisational Gringo Star side project Pink Police. Tous les Jours’ original recordings are lovely in their minimalist experimentation, with songs that feature little more than a voice and a stripped down guitar to the more expansive tracks complete with an accordion. His full band however, with two guitarists, bassist and drummer, promises to be a much higher energy version of the Ronney’s original concept. You’ll want to see it.

Free. 9 p.m. Star Bar, 437 Moreland Ave. 404-681-9018. More about the rest of the line-up following the jump.

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Thurs day night (June 4 ) Pine Magazine hosts another one its free, first Thursday of the month shows at the Star Bar in L5P.

Bands scheduled to perform include the Wild, Abby GoGo, Deleted Scenes, Tres Bien, Book of Colors and DJ C_Lark.

Music will start around 9:30 p.m.

The Star Bar is located at 437 Moreland Ave. 404-681-9018.

To read Pine Magazine’s brief run down of all the acts who will be playing click below.

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Holly Lang – Founding editor of Pine Magazine

My mixtape:

Brigette Bardot “Ça Pourrait Changer” Best of Bardot
Blackalicious “Chemical Calisthenics” Blazing Arrow
Les Savy Fav “Wake Up” The Cat and the Cobra
Galt MacDermot “Coffee Cold” Shapes of Rhythm
Serge Gainsbourg “Ballade de Melody Nelson” L’Histoire De Melody Nelson
Margo Guryan “Someone I Know” Take a Picture
Neutral Milk Hotel “Aeroplane Over the Sea” In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Toshack Highway “The Sounds and the Times”
Magnetic Morning (split with Sianspheric/Aspirin Age)
Deerhunter “Rainwater Cassette Exchange” Rainwater Cassette Exchange
Dr. Dog “Little Bird” Passed Away, Vol. 1

My favorite Atlanta band? I’d have to say Club Awesome. Easily one of the more fun bands around, they tend to go ridiculously balls out at their shows, complete with weird outfits and strange showmanship. But while many bands who use props and costumes during shows tend to lack in skill and talent, Club Awesome is actually pretty good. Their new album Dynamos is as energetic as the band, and features that atypical style of pop that separates them from most the other bands ‘round these here parts. Plus they sometimes have pool parties at their shows. Who doesn’t like to get half-naked and wet while watching a band play?

Check out Mixtape Love: CL Music Issue ‘09

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This Thursday night (March 5) Pine Magazine returns to the Star Bar for another first Thursday of the month free show.

The line-up includes Batata Doce, Sorry No Ferrari, This Piano Plays Itself, Blair Crimmins and the Hookers, Tous les Jours and DJ Press Play.

The show is free and the music starts at 9 p.m. The Star Bar, 437 Moreland Ave. 404-681-9018.

Click below to read Pine Magazine’s rundown of who’s on the bill.

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Tonight Pine Magazine hosts its free, first Thursday of the month “recession-friendly” free show at the Star Bar.
The line-up for tonight includes:

Thy Mighty Contract
Club Awesome
Hawks
Glen Iris (new band featuring members of Batata Doce, Brass Castle, Grand Prize Winners and ex-Rock*A*Teens)
Mourdella

Free. 9 p.m. the Star Bar, 437 Moreland Ave. 404-681-9018.

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