Crib Notes

(Photo by Stevie Brown)

In this week’s issue of CL, I covered International Hits and two of its artists, the Selmanaires and Anna Kramer & the Lost Cause. But the story ended up being more about the record label than the music. Regrettably, I didn’t have much space to talk about the Selmanaires and its ambitious new album, The Air Salesmen, even though I had a great conversation with the band at Manuel’s Tavern beforehand.

So on Monday, Feb. 4, I’ll post a two-part excerpt of my interview with the Selmanaires. Tommy Chung and the Harris brothers, Herb and Jason (Mathis Hunter was AWOL that afternoon), had an insightful take on their new album as well as the Atlanta scene in general. It was a conversation that gave me a better appreciation of their music.

To tide you over until then, here’s a video of “Broken Mirrors in the Mud” that the Selmanaires posted on YouTube. The quality is pretty low-fi but imaginative, with a lot of odd puppets and stuff.

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HOME … HOME ON THE RANGE: At the Variety Playhouse, where the Selmanaires, Snowden, Deerhunter and the Black Lips played Friday, Nov. 30.

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Check out the photos CL contributing music writer Chad Radford brought back from his visit to Chi-Town a couple of weeks ago, where he took in a few shows featuring Atlanta’s finest — the Selmanaires, the Black Lips and Deerhunter. Apparently, he had to brave empty beer bottles, puke and football-sized rats to get these shots, so you better enjoy them.

Read all about it in his feature story, “48 hours in Chicago.”

THE BLACK LIPS AT LOGAN SQUARE AUDITORIUM

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