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March Music Magnificence in Atlanta!

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

I’m excited about March Shows! Atlanta really has some awesome shows happening all the time, but I’m pretty excited about March this year. Here’s the rundown of the live music I’m most excited about:

Ice Cube is playing at Center Stage on March 5 with Killer Mike and DJ Cash. Is this thing not sold out yet? Ice Cube invokes nostalgia in my heart – Boyz n the Hood, “It Was a Good Day,” “Check Yo Self,” Friday…I love it! I just don’t think about Anaconda.

SXSW Kickoff Party w/ Abby Gogo, Back Pockets, Reptar, Spirits and the Melchizedek Children, Milagres, Transvestites, and Boom Chick @ Star Bar on Thursday, March 10 and it’s Free!

Pretty Ambitious Records and PurgeAtl have a kickass kickoff party for all of us in Atlanta before they take it out to Austin on 3/17 at Clive Bar for SXSW. The SXSW line-up is a little different than the one we’ll get at Star Bar, featuring Chicago-based Light Pollution as the headliner with Atlanta support from Mermaids, Turf War, Abby gogo, Sealions, Little Tybee, Back Pockets, Transvestite. Check out their music sampler for a taste of each of these yum-yums.

OK Productions brings Tennis and Say Hi to The Earl on Friday, March 11. I’ve been looking forward to this since I interviewed Eric Elbogen for Performer Magzine a few months ago. The feature came out last month. If you’re interested in an interesting musician, you can check it out here. I wonder if the band has stuck it through thus far on the Say Hi tour? Anywho, La Sera from L.A. and Blair from Brooklyn will also be performing on this evening. $10 for that much goodness is a total steal.

I know that Saturday, March 12 presents a problem for many live music goers in Atlanta. There’s Toro Y Moi with Cloud Nothings at Drunken Unicorn, Wild Flag with Shannon Wright at The Earl, The Booze and The Biters simultaneous record release party at Star Bar, or Nash Smith & Ganges, Nerdkween, and Night Driving in Small Towns at Wonderroot, but I hold onto tix to Continue reading “March Music Magnificence in Atlanta!” »

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Say Hi’s new album makes me feel music again

Posted on December 14, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

I hear a lot of music. I listen to music that I read about, I listen to music sent to me by publicists, I listen to Pandora, college radio, and music suggested to me by people. But, it has been a long time since I was able to feel the music in a way that I got obsessed with it and longed for it when it wasn’t playing.

I’ve had discussions with people about why I can’t find an artist or an album that transforms me, like I used to in my teens and early 20′s. The discussion usually revolved around how as we get older, we just don’t have the time to spend with our records, like we used to have before full-time jobs, kids, and responsibilities. But, ever since getting my hands on Say Hi’s newest album, Um Oh Oh (due out January 25, 2011), I am relieved to say that this is not the entire issue at hand.

Um Oh Oh is a brilliant record. It’s deceivingly lighthearted on the surface, with loads of depth and heart behind every note and chorus. It is symbolic of life; the way we shine our personas outward, making sure not to let anyone see the pain inside, the heartache of the moment, the regrets we harbor. But, a careful look into one’s eyes can reveal the hidden strife. Say Hi has made a record to reflect a phenomenon of life everyone carries. Say Hi has made me feel music again.

That’s not to say that I haven’t enjoyed a lot of music since the last time I became obsessed with a record, Continue reading “Say Hi’s new album makes me feel music again” »

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