Pride Parade @ 40 Watt 3/14/09

Pride Parade featuring songs from their forthcoming second album.

Track 1 - Just As God Made Me
Track 2 - Ten Percent Of Nothing
Track 3 - Happy
Track 4 - Hard Time
Track 5 -
Track 6 - Mr. Man
Track 7 - Always Wanted One

MP3 ZIP file is here

FLAC files are here

Drive-By Truckers/Booker T. @ Variety Playhouse 4/1/09

[Here's an extra post for this week, as I'll be moving next week and unable to post for a few days]




Drive-By Truckers perform with Booker T. in support of his upcoming album Potato Hole.

Booker T. w/ DBT:

Track 1 - Pound It Out
Track 2 - Green Onions
Track 3 - Nan
Track 4 - Warped Sister
Track 5 - Space City
Track 6 - Born Under A Bad Sign
Track 7 - Native New Yorker
Track 8 - Reunion Time
Track 9 - Potato Hole
Track 10 - She Breaks
Track 11 - Hey Ya
Track 12 - Time Is Tight
Track 13 - E:) Get Behind The Mule

DBT:

Track 14 - Lookout Mountain
Track 15 - 3 Dimes Down
Track 16 - Ronnie And Neil
Track 17 - Uncle Frank
Track 18 - Goode's Field Road
Track 19 - I'm Sorry Huston
Track 20 - Women Without Whiskey
Track 21 - Sink Hole
Track 22 - The Company I Keep
Track 23 - Gravity's Gone
Track 24 - Steve McQueen
Track 25 - E:) Home Field Advantage*
Track 26 - Zip City*
Track 27 - Let There Be Rock*
Track 28 - Angels And Fuselage**

* w/ Booker T.
** also w/ Kelly Hogan

FLAC files are here [permanent archive.org link]

Pylon @ Variety Playhouse 10/31/08

Pylon

Track 1 - Cool
Track 2 - Dub
Track 3 - No Clocks
Track 4 - K
Track 5 - B-Complex
Track 6 - Human Body
Track 7 - Working Is No Problem
Track 8 - Gravity
Track 9 - 3x3
Track 10 - Danger
Track 11 - Crazy
Track 12 - Stop It
Track 13 - Sugarpop
Track 14 - Beep
Track 15 - M-Train

FLAC files are here

Maserati 3/14 & 3/16/09 40 Watt/Drunken Unicorn

Maserati have several new tunes in their set this time around, including two from their new Maserati/Zombi Split LP. These two sets are very similar, but I had a number of requests to post each show.

3/14/09 40 Watt

Track 1 - No More Sages
Track 2 -
Track 3 - Show Me The Season
Track 4 - 12/16
Track 5 -
Track 6 - Monoliths
Track 7 - E:) The World Outside

3/14 FLAC files are here

3/16/09 Drunken Unicorn

Track 1 - No More Sages
Track 2 -
Track 3 - Show Me The Season
Track 4 - 12/16
Track 5 -
Track 6 - Monoliths
Track 7 - E:) The World Outside

3/16 FLAC files are here

Bloodkin @ 40 Watt 3/19/09

Bloodkin play a release show for their strong new album "Baby, They told Us We Would Rise Again."


Track 1 - Wait Forever
Track 2 - Little Margarita
Track 3 - Black Jacket
Track 4 - My Name Is Alice
Track 5 - Ghost Runner
Track 6 - Morning Chrome
Track 7 - Easter Eggs
Track 8 - New Pony
Track 9 - A Place To Crash
Track 10 - Quarter Tank Of Gasoline
Track 11 - Love's Getting Older
Track 12 - The Viper
Track 13 - Henry Parsons Died
Track 14 - Heavy With Child
Track 15 - Summer In Georgia
Track 16 - End Of The Show
Track 17 - Stranger In A Strange Land
Track 18 - Happy (w/ Todd McBride)
Track 19 - Rotgut
Track 20 - Mercy Train To Bogart
Track 21 - Success Yourself
Track 22 - New Horse And Carriage
Track 23 - Yeah
Track 24 - Is That All There Is?
Track 25 - Jazz Funeral
Track 26 - Wet Trombone Blues
Track 27 - #1 Good Luck Charm
Track 28 - Hickory Wind
Track 29 - Transfusion (The Magic Show)

FLAC files are here [permanent archive.org link]

Harvey Milk @ Caledonia 2/26/09

Harvey Milk


Track 1 - F.S.T.P.
Track 2 - I've Got A Love
Track 3 - Women Dig It
Track 4 - Love Swing
Track 5 - A Maelstrom Of Bad Decisions
Track 6 - Misery
Track 7 - Shame
Track 8 - Lay My Head Down
Track 9 - What I Want

FLAC files are here

Nanny Island @ Flicker 2/19/09

Nanny Island is a new group made up of SJ Ursrey and Shauna Greeson (both of The Ones). Here's their very first show.

Track 1 - Monochrome Dreams
Track 2 - Perfect In Paris
Track 3 - Moons Of Jupiter
Track 4 - Land In Munich
Track 5 - Rocky Shore
Track 6 - Getaway
Track 7 - Binky Bigsby
Track 8 - American Beach
Track 9 - Summer's Over
Track 10 - Nervous

FLAC files are here

Hiatus

I'll need to leave Southern Shelter unattended for at least a week, I've retreated to the woods to ponder life and the great beyond. There's lots of rock (and etc.) to come, don't worry.

Please keep the friends and family of Pylon guitarist Randy Bewley in your thoughts.

Garbage Island @ 40 Watt 12/29/08

Improv noise/krautrock/? group Garbage Island here debut new member Patterson Hood.

Track 1 - I
Track 2 - II

FLAC files are here

Elf Power @ 40 Watt 2/7/09

Elf Power opened for themselves on the tour with Vic Chesnutt, promoting In A Cave and incorporating some deep cuts in their set.

Track 1 - Step Through The Portal
Track 2 - An Old Familiar Scene
Track 3 - Owl Cut (White Flowers In The Sky)
Track 4 - Quiver And Quake
Track 5 - Paralyzed
Track 6 - We Dream In Sound
Track 7 - Come Lie Down With Me (And Sing My Song)
Track 8 - The Demon's Daughter
Track 9 - The New Mythology
Track 10 - Spiral Stairs
Track 11 - O What A Beautiful Dream
Track 12 - Peel Back The Moon, Beware!
Track 13 - Leopard's Teeth
Track 14 - Back To The Web

FLAC files are here

Acetate @ Caledonia 5/28/05

Track 1 - Senor Truck
Track 2 - Blooser
Track 3 - Jacob's Ladder
Track 4 - Things Goin' Down
Track 5 - Mention
Track 6 - Can't You Can't You
Track 7 - Out Of My Hands
Track 8 - Jump City
Track 9 - Crawling Up the Wall
Track 10 - Medicine
Track 11 - The Money's Clean
Track 12 - Balance
Track 13 - Uniform
Track 14 - Good Riddance
Track 15 - Slurry Wall

FLAC files are here

The Possibilities @ JB's BBQ Jam 5/25/03

The Possibilities perform at this party thrown by the famous Polish Sausage Man.

Track 1 - Lie To You
Track 2 - I Could Never
Track 3 - Shady Lady
Track 4 - Slow Draw
Track 5 - Sorry Prince Charming Is Drunk Again (w/ Todd McBride)
Track 6 - Now And Then You Appear

FLAC files are here

Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power @ 40 Watt 2/7/09

Vic and Elf Power wrap up their U.S. tour behind Dark Developments with a home stop.

Track 1 - Mystery
Track 2 - Little Fucker
Track 3 - And How
Track 4 - Teddy Bear
Track 5 - We Are Mean
Track 6 - Stop The Horse
Track 7 - Bilocating Dog
Track 8 - The Mad Passion Of The Stoic
Track 9 - Phil The Fiddler
Track 10 - Old Hotel
Track 11 - Independence Day
Track 12 - E:) Legacy

FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

Mike Cooley @ 40 Watt 7/16/04

Mike Cooley solo by request.


Track 1 - One Of These Days
Track 2 - Where The Devil Don't Stay
Track 3 - Little Pony And The Great Big Horse
Track 4 - Thunder Road
Track 5 - Panties In Your Purse
Track 6 - Shut Up And Get On The Plane
Track 7 - Pulaski, TN
Track 8 - Uncle Frank
Track 9 - Weakest Man
Track 10 - Mean Old Rattler
Track 11 - 72 (this highway's mean)
Track 12 - Sounds Better In The Song
Track 13 - Women Without Whiskey
Track 14 - Zip City
Track 15 - Guitar Man Upstairs
Track 16 - Cottonseed
Track 17 - Love Like This

FLAC files are here

The Gerbils @ Caledonia 9/30/05

A Gerbils show from the Lost & Found Dept. I have no recollection of seeing them at Caledonia, but according to this I did. This one's heavy on songs from what I presume to be the unfinished third album.

Track 1 -
Track 2 -
Track 3 - Snorkel
Track 4 - Ted Doesn't Mind
Track 5 - Are You Underwater
Track 6 - My Honor
Track 7 -
Track 8 - The Air We Share
Track 9 - Lucky Girl
Track 10 -
Track 11 -

FLAC files are here

Dead Confederate @ 40 Watt 12/16/08

A home stop for Dead Confederate, in the midst of heavy touring for the Wrecking Ball LP.

Track 1 - Yer Circus
Track 2 - All The Angels
Track 3 - Heavy Petting
Track 4 - Get Out
Track 5 - Start Me Laughing
Track 6 - It Was A Rose
Track 7 - Wrecking Ball

FLAC files are here

The Whigs @ 40 Watt 1/15/09

The Whigs are working new songs from what will be a third album into their set, heard here at last week's Nuci's Space benefit.

Track 1 - Is It Big
Track 2 - Like A Vibration
Track 3 - Technology
Track 4 - I Am For Real
Track 5 - Hot Bed
Track 6 - Nothing Is Easy
Track 7 - Alabama Stars
Track 8 - Half The World Away
Track 9 - O.K. Alright
Track 10 - Right Hand On My Heart
Track 11 - Already Young

FLAC files are here

Drive-By Truckers @ 40 Watt 1/15/09

Track 1 - Why Henry Drinks
Track 2 - The Tough Sell
Track 3 - 72 (this highway's mean)
Track 4 - After The Scene Dies
Track 5 - Cottonseed
Track 6 - Purgatory Line
Track 7 - Sandwiches For The Road
Track 8 - Love Like This
Track 9 - The President's Penis Is Missing
Track 10 - Nine Bullets

Disc Two:

Track 11 - Late For Church
Track 12 - Daddy's Cup
Track 13 - Perfect Timing
Track 14 - Goodbye
Track 15 - When The Pin Hits The Shell
Track 16 - I'm Sorry Huston
Track 17 - Carl Perkins' Cadillac
Track 18 - The Three Great Alabama Icons
Track 19 - The Southern Thing
Track 20 - Shut Up And Get On The Plane
Track 21 - Angels And Fuselage

FLAC files are here

Drive-By Truckers @ 40 Watt Club 1/17/09

The last of three Drive-By Truckers shows from this weekend. The first night will be up shortly, but I didn't record the second (I wasn't feeling well and left early).


Track 1 - The Living Bubba
Track 2 - A Ghost To Most
Track 3 - The Righteous Path
Track 4 - Checkout Time In Vegas
Track 5 - The Deeper In
Track 6 - Sink Hole
Track 7 - Where The Devil Don't Stay
Track 8 - Home Field Advantage
Track 9 - Dead Drunk And Naked
Track 10 - Guitar Man Upstairs
Track 11 - Road Cases
Track 12 - Marry Me
Track 13 - Ronnie And Neil
Track 14 - 72 (this highway's mean)
Track 15 - After The Scene Dies
Track 16 - 3 Dimes Down
Track 17 - Lookout Mountain
Track 18 - Steve McQueen
Track 19 - E:) Zip City
Track 20 - Puttin' People On The Moon
Track 21 - Rockin' In The Free World
Track 22 - People Who Died

FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

Subrig Destroyer @ Drunken Unicorn 1/10/09

Subrig Destroyer will soon release their debut album Rode Asunder on Atlanta's Terminal Doom Records. Here the bass/drums duo is joined by Zoroaster members adding some atmospherics.

Track 1 - Trip Wire
Track 2 - Lakeside
Track 3 - Hightail
Track 4 - God Of Furnace
Track 5 - War March

FLAC files are here

Atlas Sound @ Drunken Unicorn 12/31/08

Atlas Sound performs a solo electronic set for New Year's Eve.

Track 1 - The Light That Failed
Track 2 - Quick Canal
Track 3 - Cold As Ice
Track 4 - April 13
Track 5 - Rogie Song
Track 6 - Lemon Diddley
Track 7 - Ghost Rock
Track 8 - Washington School
Track 9 - Logos
Track 10 - E:) Dovers Jam
Track 11 - An Orchid
Track 12 - Cold And Golden
Track 13 - Recent Bedroom

FLAC files are here

Ceiling Fan @ Caledonia 4/2/04

From the Defunct Bands I Miss department, Ceiling Fan.

Track 1 - Hate The High Road
Track 2 - I'm Boring
Track 3 - Get It Together
Track 4 - Por Ejemplo
Track 5 - The Heat Of The Rhythm Of The Night Is On The Street
Track 6 - Como Te Llamas
Track 7 - Burnt Sienna
Track 8 - Get Shallow
Track 9 - NCYCLPD BRWN
Track 10 - People Person
Track 11 - Earache My Eye
Track 12 - Rock The Houseboat

FLAC files are here

Jucifer @ Georgia Theatre 1/8/07

Jucifer from my recently-found stash of misplaced recordings.

Track 1 - Intro
Track 2 - Lambs
Track 3 -
Track 4 - Antietam
Track 5 - Fall Of The Bastille
Track 6 - Firefly
Track 7 - Pontius Of Palia
Track 8 - Pinned In Glass/Drum Solo [Amplifier wall fails, loud screeches ensue]
Track 9 - Hennin Hardine
Track 10 - She Tides The Deep
Track 11 - Queen Bee

FLAC files are here

Sweet Teeth @ Farm 255 11/30/08

More from Sweet Teeth, a freeform noise/drone group made of Dark Meat members.

Track 1 - Improvisation

FLAC files are here

Gay Africa CDr EP

Our friends at Thor's Rubber Hammer have released Gay Africa's debut, the CDr EP Pizzaze!, which I recorded at the 40 Watt earlier this year. Lars at TRHP says:

Gay Africa is yet another Dark Meat offshoot, this time a foursome led by the long-haired nuke-jammer Jim McHugh. Bedded with the drone of an electronic raagini, Gay Africa completely improvises “Dream Cables,” a 20-minute raga-rocker recorded live at the 40 Watt in Athens, Geo., by Sloan Simpson. Jim’s in Richard-Thompson-channeling-Ravi-Shankar mode, with Emily Armond (flute), Theodore Tutu (trumpet) and Jason Robira (drums) kicking up the dirt and celebrating the spirits. The packaging is really something on this one, too. Each copy is entirely unique: hand-painted by Kate Burnet on reused, cut-up vinyl jackets. The insert is an origami fortune teller folded from old maps. These took a long time to make, but were so worth the wait. Hand-numbered edition of 150.

A sample is available at TRHP.

The Tom Collins @ Caledonia 1/10/04

Requested Tom Collins, rare covers included.

Track 1 - Back Of Your Mind
Track 2 - Second Chance
Track 3 - TKMT
Track 4 - Tribute
Track 5 - Last Mistake
Track 6 - Devil On The Street
Track 7 - Camden
Track 8 - That Town You Love
Track 9 - Cycles
Track 10 - Manic Depression
Track 11 - Gypsy Eyes
Track 12 - Ventilator Blues

FLAC files are here

The Glands @ 40 Watt 6/26/04

I've finally located these files of the last Glands show I recorded after looking for them several times. Happily, I found several other missing gems in the process to post over the coming weeks.

Nothing new to report on The Glands; both their albums are well worth picking up if you haven't.

Track 1 - Fortress
Track 2 - This Is The Coat
Track 3 - When I Laugh
Track 4 - Grey Hats
Track 5 - I Can See My House From Here
Track 6 - Straight Down
Track 7 - You Are The Mountain
Track 8 -
Track 9 - Ground
Track 10 - Something In The Air
Track 11 - Welcome To New Jersey
Track 12 -
Track 13 - Livin' Was Easy
Track 14 -
Track 15 - Call Me Doctor
Track 16 - Breathe Out
Track 17 -
Track 18 - Soul Inspiration
Track 19 - Free Jane
Track 20 -
Track 21 - Swim-Prelude
Track 22 - Swim
Track 23 - Lovetown
Track 24 - Son-O-Mine
Track 25 - Holiday Walk
Track 26 - E:) Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Track 27 -
Track 28 - Two Dollar Wine
Track 29 - Work It Out

FLAC files are here

Star Room Boys Trio @ Caledonia 11/19/05

[This was posted early in Southern Shelter's history, but the links have long been dead. It's presented here in higher quality MP3 files than previously offered, with FLAC files also available]

Dave Marr, John Neff and Philip McArdle of the Star Room Boys played the first of their sporadic trio gigs since that bands demise. Dave Gerow supports on drums in this group that would later be christened Dave Marr & The Tiny Velveteen Mice.

Track 1 - Foolish
Track 2 - White Lies, Blue Tears
Track 3 - By The River
Track 4 - I Can't Stand To Be Alone
Track 5 - Both Our Towns
Track 6 - This World Just Won't Leave You Alone
Track 7 - Why Do Lonely Men And Women Want To Break Each Other's Hearts?
Track 8 - I'll Play Angel
Track 9 - Brilliant Disguise
Track 10 - Almost Doesn't Count
Track 11 - I Found A Reason
Track 12 - New York City Isn't Going Anywhere
Track 13 - Cocaine Parties w/ Clay Leverett
Track 14 - Gastonia

FLAC files are here

South San Gabriel/Centro-Matic @ 40 Watt 11/21/08

Centro-Matic brought their side project South San Gabriel to Athens for the first time this weekend. It's made up of the full Centro-Matic lineup, with Athenian Matt Stoessel on pedal steel, as well as Bryan VanDivier on baritone guitar. South San Gabriel plays the softer numbers, Centro-Matic handles the rock songs.

South San Gabriel

Track 1 - Emma Jane
Track 2 - Glacial Slurs
Track 3 - Smelling Medicinal
Track 4 - St. Augustine
Track 5 - Trust To Lose
Track 6 - The Dark Of Garage
Track 7 - I Feel Too Young To Die
Track 8 - From This I Will Awake

South San Gabriel FLAC files are here


Centro-Matic

Track 1 - Love You Just The Same
Track 2 - Fountains Of Fire
Track 3 - Flashes And Cables
Track 4 - Call The Legion In Tonight
Track 5 - Supercar
Track 6 - The Mighty Midshipman
Track 7 - Rat Patrol And DJs
Track 8 - Patience For The Ride
Track 9 - I, The Kite
Track 10 - Calling Thermatico
Track 11 - Saving A Free Seat
Track 12 - Huge In Every City
Track 13 - The Blisters May Come
Track 14 - Strahan Has Corralled The Freaks
Track 15 - All Night Long*
Track 16 - E:) Save It For Later*

* w/ Matt Stoessel - pedal steel

Centro-Matic FLAC files are here

Out-Of-Towners: Stereolab @ 40 Watt 9/27/08

Stereolab (UK) return to the 40 Watt after a long absence, in support of their latest, Chemical Chords.

Track 1 - Percolator
Track 2 - Neon Beanbag
Track 3 - Eye Of The Volcano
Track 4 - Mountain
Track 5 - Chemical Chords
Track 6 - Three Women
Track 7 - Ping Pong
Track 8 -
Track 9 - The Ecstatic Static
Track 10 - Lo Boob Oscillator
Track 11 - Self Portrait with "electric brain"
Track 12 - Valley Hi!
Track 13 - French Disco
Track 14 - Jenny Ondioline
Track 15 - E:) Silver Sands
Track 16 - The Emergency Kisses
Track 17 - Stomach Worm (w/ Bradford Cox)

FLAC files are here

Joseph Plunket & The Weight @ Caledonia 1/30/04

Singer Joseph Plunket leads his Athens lineup of The Weight, shortly before moving to NYC and reconfiguring.

Track 1 - Sunday Driver
Track 2 - Ships
Track 3 - Evergreen
Track 4 -
Track 5 -
Track 6 -
Track 7 -
Track 8 -

FLAC files are here

Pegasuses-XL @ Caledonia 10/30/08

Pegasuses-XL have expanded from their original duo format to a 4-5 piece since I posted them here last. This show was a CD release for their Electro Agitators, a compilation of their first 3 EPs.

Track 1 - Intro
Track 2 - Run The Gauntlet
Track 3 - S. McCabe's Dream
Track 4 - Intramurals
Track 5 - The Big Haunt
Track 6 - Sea Mountain Island
Track 7 - Panzerfaust!

FLAC file are here

Out-Of-Towners: Jay Reatard @ Variety Playhouse 10/31/08

Jay Reatard's (Memphis) frenzied pop songs have earned him lots of buzz lately, and a Matador contract after years of singles on smaller labels. A tour in support of Matador Singles '08 is under way now.

Track 1 - An Ugly Death
Track 2 - It's So Easy
Track 3 - My Shadow
Track 4 - Oh It's Such A Shame
Track 5 - Not A Substitute
Track 6 - Screaming Hand
Track 7 - All Over Again
Track 8 - I'm Watching You
Track 9 - Nightmares
Track 10 - Fading All Away
Track 11 - Trapped Here
Track 12 - Hammer I Miss You
Track 13 - Let It All Go

FLAC files are here

Sleepy Horses @ 40 Watt 9/26/08

Sleepy Horses play a release show for their new one, Golden Light (which is available for free download).

Track 1 - Echoes
Track 2 - When I Go
Track 3 - Geography
Track 4 - Sleep
Track 5 - Say It Out Loud

FLAC files are here

Deerhunter @ Variety Playhouse 10/31/08

Deerhunter release their Microcastle and Weird Era Cont albums with a show at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse.

Track 1 - Cover Me (Slowly)
Track 2 - Agoraphobia
Track 3 - Never Stops
Track 4 - Little Kids
Track 5 - Saved By Old Times
Track 6 - Nothing Ever Happened
Track 7 - Backspace Century
Track 8 - Vox Celeste
Track 9 - Neither Of Us, Uncertainly
Track 10 - Calvary Scars II/Aux. Out
Track 11 - E:) Lake Somerset
Track 12 - Microcastle
Track 13 - Twilight At Carbon Lake

FLAC files are here

Drive-By Truckers @ Tabernacle 11/1/08

DBT from their "Rock And Roll Means Well" tour with The Hold Steady.

Track 1 - 3 Dimes Down
Track 2 - Lookout Mountain
Track 3 - Self-Destructive Zones
Track 4 - That Man I Shot
Track 5 - A Ghost To Most
Track 6 - The Living Bubba
Track 7 - Love Like This
Track 8 - The Righteous Path
Track 9 - Sink Hole
Track 10 - I'm Sorry Huston
Track 11 - Women Without Whiskey
Track 12 - Steve McQueen
Track 13 - Shut Up And Get On The Plane
Track 14 - Hell No I Ain't Happy
Track 15 - Gravity's Gone
Track 16 - The Company I Keep
Track 17 - Puttin' People On The Moon
Track 18 - E:) A World Of Hurt
Track 19 - Marry Me
Track 20 - Let There Be Rock
Track 21 - Rockin' In The Free World
Track 22 - People Who Died

FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

Tenement Halls @ 40 Watt 6/27/08

Chris Lopez' Tenement Halls with some newer tunes.

Track 1 - Plenty Is Never Enough
Track 2 - Charlemagne
Track 3 - On An Ink Black Sea
Track 4 - When The Swifts Come Home
Track 5 -
Track 6 -
Track 7 -
Track 8 -
Track 9 - My Wicked Wicked Ways
Track 10 - Up & Over Thee Turnstiles
Track 11 - Silver From The Silt
Track 12 - I Can Feel It Comin' On

FLAC files are here

Twin Tigers @ 40 Watt 10/10/08

Twin Tigers are another fresh band on the local marquees this year, made up of former Psychic Hearts and And Friends members. A debut EP, Curious Faces/Violet Future is out now.

Track 1 - Island
Track 2 - Automatic
Track 3 - Red Fox Run
Track 4 -
Track 5 -
Track 6 - Sexless Love

FLAC files are here

Elephant 6 Orchestra @ Cine 10/7/08

The Elephant 6 Orchestra began their Holiday Surprise tour at Cine. The collective play material from many of their members' projects and the tour gives people outside Athens their best chance in years to catch this many of the players at the same time.

A note on the recording: this is only the first set of the evening. The room acoustics were so bad to my ears that I left at the setbreak; I literally couldn't hear what was going on with the music through large portions on the show. That said, my microphones were a few feet higher than my ears, and the recording was more listenable than I expected. It's still not the greatest recording (I have "mastered" it to extract the goodness from the mud as much as possible), but I thought it may be worth a listen for those who attended, as well as people who won't have a chance to see any of the tour. Song titles are followed by the name of the original artist.

Track 1 - His Mister's Pet Whistles [Major Organ And The Adding Machine]
Track 2 - Neon Globe [Circulatory System]
Track 3 - Yesterday's World [Circulatory System]
Track 4 - Love Athena [Olivia Tremor Control]
Track 5 - No Growing (Exegesis) [Olivia Tremor Control]
Track 6 - Snorkel [The Gerbils]
Track 7 - The Minister Of Longitude [The Music Tapes]
Track 8 - The Television Tells Us [The Music Tapes]
Track 9 - Spiral Stairs [Elf Power]
Track 10 - An Old Familiar Scene [Elf Power]
Track 11 - Karaoke Free [Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't]
Track 12 - I Have Been Floated [Olivia Tremor Control]

FLAC files are here

Tin Cup Prophette @ The EARL 9/18/08

Tin Cup Prophette is led by Amanda Kapousouz, layering violin loops with guitar and glockenspiel. Drummer Jeremy Wheatley helps out with backing vocals. A two-week European tour will kick off November 3.

Track 1 - 80 Days
Track 2 - Curses On Purses
Track 3 - Liar And The Thief (w/ Liz Durrett)
Track 4 - Until The Dust
Track 5 - All Is Lost
Track 6 - Instrumental
Track 7 - Going Numb
Track 8 - Speak Or Spill Down

FLAC files are here

Bambara @ Caledonia 10/3/08

Bambara are a new-ish band around town, though its members have worked together previously. Their first album, recorded with David Barbe and Joel Hatstat, is out soon on their own Emerald Weapon Records.

Track 1 -
Track 2 - Shake
Track 3 - Lullay
Track 4 - Clouds Around Our Feet
Track 5 - Snakes In Our Hair
Track 6 - Native Tongue

FLAC files are here

Atlas Sound @ 40 Watt 9/27/08

Atlas Sound returns to the Watt, this time as a solo performer.

Track 1 - Intro
Track 2 - April 13
Track 3 - Cold As Ice
Track 4 - Cold And Golden
Track 5 -
Track 6 - Another Bedroom
Track 7 - Logos

FLAC files are here

Gentleman Jesse & His Men @ Whirlyball 1/19/08

Atlanta's Gentleman Jesse (Jesse Smith, also of The Carbonas) put out his first LP recently to favorable press. This Whirlyball set gives a taste of his catchy garage-pop.

Jesse opens for Deerhunter this Friday at the 40 Watt for the Chunklet 15th Anniversary.

Track 1 - Highland Crawler/Black Hole
Track 2 -
Track 3 - Connection
Track 4 - Butterfingers
Track 5 - You Don't Have To (If You Don't Want To)
Track 6 -
Track 7 - All I Need Tonight (Is You)
Track 8 - Don't Wanna Know
Track 9 - You Got Me Where You Want Me
Track 10 - If I Can See You (You're Too Close To Me)
Track 11 - Put Your Hands Together

FLAC files are here

Harvey Milk Re-Issue + 40 Watt 6/27/08

The bounty given Harvey Milk fans this year isn't over. Chunklet has announced a first-ever vinyl release of their debut My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment Of What My Love Could Be. You buy now. Not to mention there's a deluxe letterpress version of Courtesy as well (seriously, check these photos if you dig both craftsmanship and rock).

Let's celebrate. Here's their most recent 40 Watt show:

Track 1 - Crush Them All
Track 2 - Plastic Eggs
Track 3 - War
Track 4 - Shame
Track 5 - Probolkoc
Track 6 - A Maelstrom Of Bad Decisions
Track 7 - Death Goes To The Winner
Track 8 - The Anvil Will Fall
Track 9 - F.S.T.P.
Track 10 - I've Got A Love
Track 11 - Lay My Head Down
Track 12 - What I Want
Track 13 - E:) Good Bye Blues

FLAC files are here

Bloodkin @ 40 Watt 9/26/08

Bloodkin show off a few newer songs, with stringman William Tonks filling in the spaces.

Track 1 - I've Got Time
Track 2 - Jazz Funeral
Track 3 - Wet Trombone Blues
Track 4 - Is That All There Is?
Track 5 - Quarter Tank Of Gasoline
Track 6 - Ghost Runner
Track 7 - I Want You Today
Track 8 - Happy
Track 9 - Morning Chrome
Track 10 - Rotgut
Track 11 - Mercy Train To Bogart
Track 12 - Henry Parsons Died
Track 13 - Transfusion (The Magic Show)
Track 14 - E:) End Of The Show

FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

Liz Durrett @ Georgia Theatre 9/12/08

Liz Durrett's 3rd album Outside Our Gates was released this month on Warm. Her band for this release show was half of Ham1 and all of Tin Cup Prophette; they all play on the Eric Bachmann (Crooked Fingers)-produced CD as well.

Track 1 - In The Eaves
Track 2 - Cup On The Counter
Track 3 - All Of Them All
Track 4 - Knives At The Wall
Track 5 - Wild As Them
Track 6 - Lost Hiker
Track 7 - Wake To Believe
Track 8 - In The Throes
Track 9 - We Build Bridges
Track 10 - Not Running

FLAC files are here

Dexter Romweber Duo @ Georgia Theatre 9/17/05

The Dexter Romweber Duo sound much like his previous band Flat Duo Jets, with Dex blasting through various early rock styles from a massive catalog of originals and covers.

Track 1 - So Long I'm Gone
Track 2 - Crazy Woman
Track 3 - Guybo
Track 4 - I Don't Wanna Listen
Track 5 -
Track 6 - Blues That Defy My Soul
Track 7 -
Track 8 - Come Back
Track 9 -
Track 10 -
Track 11 - Wild Wild Lover
Track 12 - Golden Strings
Track 13 -
Track 14 -
Track 15 -
Track 16 -
Track 17 -
Track 18 - The 300
Track 19 -

FLAC files are here

Don Chambers And Goat @ Georgia Theatre 9/12/08

Don Chambers And Goat released their newest album Zebulon this week on Athens' WARM label. Friday's release show kicked off two weeks of touring, including several dates with DBT.

Track 1 - Conjuring A Dead Rabbit
Track 2 - Falling Off The Edge Of The World
Track 3 - Highwater
Track 4 - Fire In The Kitchen
Track 5 - Open The Gates
Track 6 - I Can Waltz
Track 7 - Henry The Navigator
Track 8 - Friar's Lantern
Track 9 - This I Know
Track 10 - Devil Bucket
Track 11 - Dog's Howl
Track 12 - Hallelujah
Track 13 - Strange Faith
Track 14 - Bind My Wounds
Track 15 - Werewolf Moon
Track 16 - Goat

FLAC files are here

Athens Face/Off #4 @ 40 Watt 9/4/08

The fourth installment of Athens Face/Off's randomly-matched-duos shindig took place recently. My apologies to the last three groups (and to you listeners) for leaving before the end of the show, my second wind never arrived.

Track 1 - Brantley Senn (Dead Confederate) vs Max Talkovich (Daffodil)
Track 2 - Ian Mittler (Titans Of Filth) vs Carter Ross (Holy Liars)
Track 3 - Mary Joyce (Maximum Busy Muscle) vs Trey Fowke (Flowers Of Evil)
Track 4 - Gordon Lamb (Salmon Panties) vs Craig Lieske (Garbage Island)
Track 5 - Jordan Noel (Iron Hero) vs Matt Nelson (A Armada)
Track 6 - Christopher Ingham (Christopher's Liver) vs Kelsey Brooks (Divided Like A Saint's)
Track 7 - Walker Howle (Dead Confederate) vs Will Donaldson

Track 8 - Eric Buzzard (Especially The Children) vs Eric Harris (Elf Power)

Track 9 - Chris Holcombe (Subrig Destroyer) vs Melissa Colbert (Creepy)
Track 10 - Deaf Judges vs Jeff Tobias (We Versus The Shark)
Track 11 - Josh McKay (Abandon The Earth Mission) vs Frank MacDonell (Producto)
Track 12 - Chena Stephens (Folklore) vs Mat Lewis (The Buddy System)

FLAC files are here (permanent local link)