2) Van Hunt performs at Apache Cafe.
3) The Peachtree Road Race returns for another year.
4) Carbonas, Predator and more play the B Jay Womack funeral benefit at 529.
5) Reclaim Independence Day at the Five Spot.
(Photo by Flickr.com/Chris J)
SHORT FUSE: Black Lips
Bands to watch out for at SXSW 2009 (Yeah, we wish were there too. Luckily, our A&E Assistant Wyatt will be updating us from the trenches. Before he left, he filled us in on the bands sure to make a splash at this year’s festival.)
Crack the Skye finds Mastodon on the haunt (Chad Radford explores the inspiration for Mastodon’s latest album.)
Live Review: Estelle and Solange bring fashionable soul front and center (DeMarco Williams reviews about outside-the-box performances of Solange and Estelle.)
Paul’s Boutique revisited (Twenty years after its original release, the Beastie Boys’ classic takes Chad on a nostalgic ride.)
Black Lips play Ubangi benefit show at 529 (The Black Lips are in town to support Bobby Ubangi, a.k.a. B Jay Womack, who was diagnosed last year with stage IV small cell lung cancer.)
(Photo courtesy Vice)
