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Venice is Sinking covers Okay
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Athens band Venice is Sinking has a new digital EP due out Sept. 22 via One Percent Press, titled Okay. The title is a nod to the San Francisco one-man band Okay, and it includes two Okay covers, titled “Compass” and “Give Up” which were both recorded with with Jason NeSmith of Casper & the Cookies. To make things even more confusing, the song on the EP, titled “Okay” previously appeared on VIS’s last album, AZAR — Okay?
In other VIS news the group recently raised funds to pay for their upcoming third LP, The Georgia Theatre Album via Kickstarter. As of today (Fri., Sept. 11) their website boasts that they have surpassed their goal and funded “108%” of the album’s pressing costs. “We met our goal a few days ago!” says the group’s vocalist Daniel Lawson. “We’re still encouraging folks to pre-order the album through Kickstarter and/or continue donating since all of the proceeds from the record will be going back to the Georgia Theatre.
Click below the jump to read VIS drummer Lucas Jensen’s explanation of how Kickstarter works.
Woodruff free June concert series to feature local acts
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Tealights
The Woodruff Arts Center is booking younger local musicians to perform in Sifly Piazza every Thursday night throughout the month of June. These free “Nights on the Piazza” shows will kick off at 5 p.m. and three young local acts will play until around 8 p.m.
The first of the series starts tomorrow night (Thurs., June 4) with performances by Nerdkween (5:30 p.m.), Tealights (6:30 p.m.) and Hope For Agoldensummer (7:30 p.m.).
“This is something I’ve wanted to see happen for a long time because I feel like there are a lot of people my age (28) who are very interested in art/music, but don’t see the Arts Center as some place they want to go,” says WAC’s Strategic Communications Manager, Kathleen Covington. “We hope by giving them an introduction with the free concerts, they will see that there really is a lot here that they would enjoy.”
The schedule for the rest of June’s Nights on the Piazza series:
June 11 Patty Mack & the Mo White Quartet (5:30 p.m.) Noot d’Noot (6:30 p.m.) Soulphonics & Ruby Velle (7:30 June 11th – Patty Mack & the Mo White Quartet (5:30) Noot d’Noot (6:30) Soulphonics & Ruby Velle (7:30 p.m.).
June 18 Heather Luttrell (5:30 p.m.) Tin Cup Prophette (6:30 p.m.) Venice is Sinking (7:30 p.m.).
June 25 Sound Detour (5:30 p.m.) Marry a Thief (6:30 p.m.) Winter Sounds (7:30 p.m.).
(Photo by Bartram Nason)
Venice is Sinking release Azar tonight at Kavarna
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Tonight Athens’ orchestral rock ensemble Venice is Sinking celebrates the release of their brand new full-length AZAR on One Percent Press at Kavarna in Decatur.
Admission to the show is $5 and you get a copy of AZAR at the door.
The first song revealed “Ryan’s Song,” draws from an expanding palette of pretty and pastoral tones that thrive on a feeling of gray day melancholy. It’s a marked and somewhat wistful departure from the baroque aspects of their first album, Sorry About the Flowers.
The album comes together as a cohesive whole offering that is less of a glacial movement than their debut, but no less engaging. Maybe the name and corresponding cover art say it all, but the album captures an excellent sense of urban decay and nostalgia for things that are lost … and yes, all of the elements for a full-on concept album are there if you’re looking for them.
Kavarna. 707 E. Lake Dr. in Decatur. 404-371-1113.
“Okay” (via Magnet)
Venice is Sinking premieres video for ‘Ryan’s Song’
Sunday, March 1st, 2009On Friday of last week, Athens band Venice is Sinking premiered the debut video for “Ryan’s Song” from their second full-length, Azar at Stereogum.
Azar is due out March 31st from One Percent Press.
Venice is Sinking offers new mp3 from AZAR
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Athens’ orchestral rock darlings Venice is Sinking have revealed a new song from their forthcoming full-length AZAR, which is due out March 31st from One Percent Press.
For this second release the band spent nearly a year recording with the Scott Solter (Pattern is Movement, Mountain Goats, John Vanderslice).
The first track to be revealed is “Ryan’s Song,” which is actually the second number on the album. The song draws from an expanding palette of pretty and pastoral tones that thrive on a feeling of gray day melancholy. It’s a marked and somewhat wistful departure from the baroque aspects of their first album, Sorry About the Flowers.
As such AZAR comes together as a cohesive whole offering that is less of a glacial movement than their debut, but no less engaging. Maybe the name and corresponding cover art say it all, but the album captures an excellent sense of urban decay and nostalgia for things that are lost… and yes, all of the elements for a full-on concept album are there if you’re looking for them.
Tour Dates
01.30.09 – Kavarna – Decatur, GA
02.07.09 – The Art Bar – Columbia, SC
02.20.09 – 40 Watt Club – CD Release Show – Athens, GA
03.07.09 – Sky City – Augusta, GA
03.17.09 – 03.21.09 – SXSW – Austin, TX
Catching up w/ Venice is Sinking
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 
After a lengthy break from playing any shows in Atlanta, the Athens-based orchestral pop band Venice is Sinking will appear at Kavarna on Fri., Sept. 12th. Since their last Atlanta appearance the group lost their bass player, recorded a second album with Scott Solter (Spoon, Mountain Goats), released their first album, Sorry About the Flowers, in China on a label called Tag Team Records and recorded yet a third album with producer David Barbe (Sugar) at The Georgia Theatre, that went straight to analog tape using only 2 microphones. Need to know more? Click here.
(Photo by Courtnie Wolfgang)
