Crib Notes

Criminal Records announced this week that they have added Savannah’s Kylesa to the line-up for their pre SCION Rock Fest in-store that’s taking place on Fri., Feb. 27, the night before the festival at the Masquerade. So for anyone who’s keeping a tab, the line-up for the Criminal in-store now includes Kylesa, Skeletonwitch and Atlanta’s very own Withered.

In other news, this week Zoroaster — who will also perform at the SCION Rock Fest — released another new song from their forthcoming new album, The Voice of Saturn, through Brooklyn Vegan. The song is called “White Dwarf” and it features a searing guitar solo from Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds.

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As the Feb. 28 date for the epic SCION Rock Festival at the Masquerade draws near, Criminal Records has announced that it will open its stage the night before the festival for bit of a preview of things to come. On Fri., Feb. 27 the store is hosting performances from Athens, OH thrash metal-death kings Skeletonwitch, and Atlanta’s very own blackened metal monsters Withered. More bands will surely be added to the bill soon, so stay tuned for details.

The shows are free. Music start at 5 p.m. There will be beer.

(Photo by Paul Romano)

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Static Tensions, the new album from Savannah metal staple Kylesa, now has a face. This week the group unveiled the album’s cover art — created by Baroness’ John Dyer Baizley and produced by the band’s guitarist/vocalist Phillip Cope (Baroness, Withered).

The album is scheduled for a March 17 release via Prosthetic Records. In the meantime you can hear the song “Said and Done” from the new album at Kylesa’s Myspace page.

“’Said and Done’ was the first song we wrote for Static Tensions and has a little bit of everything that can be heard on the album,” explains guitarist/vocalist Laura Pleasants in a press release. “We think it is a good introduction.”

Kylesa plays the SCION Rock fest at the Masquerade on Sat. Feb. 28th and again at the Masquerade on Fri., April 24th with the Haunted, Nachtmystium.

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For today’s Roll Call we call out Dan Scanlan of Zoroaster.

Who are you?
Dan Scanlan, drummer, noise maker for Zoroaster.

Describe yourself in three words.
Pretty Fucking Awesome.

Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
Dick Wolf, Creator/ Executive Producer of Law and Order. I’d like to thank him for giving me a reason to spend every second of my spare time on the couch!!

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Michael Vick.

What song do you wish you had written?
Happy Together by The Turtles….quite possibly the best song ever!

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Presley!!

LP, CD or MP3?
LP, but really I like 8-tracks, I’m waiting for their resurrection someday.

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
Canceling American Idol… Does that count? Well it should!!

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
Nickleback, My Chemical Romance, what’s that other really shitty band…? Yeah, that one too!!

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
Megan Estes. Mariska Hargitay, aka Detective Olivia Benson, I really like Law and Order… and Tom Cheshire.

“Spirit Molecule

Zoroaster plays the Clermont Lounge on New year’s Eve. Atlanta’s Withered and Athens’ doom and drone duo Subrig Destroyer also perform. 9 p.m. $10. 789 Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-874-4783.

(Photo by Kevin Griggs)

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Slow Southern Steel, a documentary film about “the heaviest of underground bands hailing from South of the Mason-Dixon line is filming scenes at The Drunken Unicorn tonight. Bands scheduled to perform include Withered, Doomsayer, Music Hates You and Royal Thunder.

Director, CT posted a blog on the film’s Myspace page, which says, ” I have just started filming a documentary called Slow Southern Steel with a majority of the help coming from Dav Lip. Camera 2 is from Memphis George, and the sound is captured by my good buddy Dusty from Jackson TN. The film is about underground heavy bands south of the Mason Dixon. It will have intense live performances from some of the crustiest, doomiest, and most progressive of heavy bands from the south. I only wish I could capture the essance of them all. Included also are interviews from the dirtiest and smelliest of musicians, promoters, and fans from this genre about livin and growing up in the bible belt, and other beautiful shithole christian ran towns, as well as drugged out road stories, and other uncoothe happennings.

So if this sounds like your bag, the show at The Drunken Unicorn starts tonight at 9 p.m. and admission is $8.

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Metal underdogs Withered are playing a free in-store show at Criminal Records in L5P this Saturday (June 28th) at 4 p.m.Withered was culled from the ashes of Atlanta’s grindcore/crusty punk staple, Social Infestation in 2003 when guitarists and vocalists Chris Freeman and Mike Thompson reconvened after calling it quits with SI. After a handful of label jumps and line-up changes, and finally settling with drummer Beau Brandon and bassist Mike Longoria, the group is playing in support of its excellent Prosthetic Records debut, Folie Circulaire.

The Criminal Records in-store is free, and even though it is not the most evil of venues, the show will be badass nonetheless.

(Photo by Paul Romano)

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