CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chat about Atlanta’s lo-fi darlings The Coathangers, who play a CD release party for their new, more mature album, Scramble, this Sat., April 4 at the Earl.
Check out this week’s Sound Menu for a more comprehensive list of upcoming shows.
For today’s Roll Call we call out Candice Jones and Stephanie Luke of the Coathangers.
Who are you?
Candice and Stephanie.
Describe yourself in three words.
Manic, Creative, Eggs.
Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
Honest Abe, Kurt Cobain, Conan O’Brien, Charles Bukowski, Rainbow Bright, Kathleen Hanna, Emma Goldman, Cleopatra and Albert Einstein.
Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Zsa Zsa Gabor, so she gets a dose of her own medicine.
What song do you wish you had written?
“Wang Chung”
Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Toughie… Costello
LP, CD or MP3?
LP, duh
If you could start one trend, what would it be?
To have fun at shows again.
If you could end one trend, what would it be?
Ug(g) Boots…. ugggggly.
With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
James Franco.
The Coathangers kick off their month-long residency at The Star Bar tonight (Wed., Feb. 4th) w/ Baby Dinosaurs Vs. Extinction and Customers. $5. 9 p.m. 437 Moreland Ave. 404-681-9018.
