by Kevin Diamond
Athens gets most of the Georgia-based indie-cred; from R.E.M. to the B-52s to Of Montreal, there’s no denying that the city has been father to some amazing bands. Recently, however, some new young bnads have begun crafting a strong case for Atlanta being crowned the new Georgian hot-spot of cool. Case in point: Carnivores and their album All Night Dead USA.
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by greg dybec
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In my opinion anything involving Johnny Depp will most likely turn out to be a creative gem. The 46 year old actor/musician/director/producer/screenwriter will venture out one further to direct a documentary on The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. Depp’s first directorial effort was made in 1997 with the film The Brave starring himself and Marlon Brando. The film was deemed as mediocre and is a hard find in North America. Depp told the Serbian magazine Politika, “”Now that I’m wiser, and that enough time has passed, I can experience directing again.”
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Here are the final songs I shot at MHOW last July so please enjoy. Jay’s set closers were always particularly blistering and this one was no exception. After the jump you’ll find two more videos “Substitute” and “It’s So Easy” - I wish I shot more to share but that’s all folks. Who’s up for taking a road trip down to Jay’s resting place? REST IN PUNK!!!
by edinita krauss
We’ve got a multi-media pack for you this week, starting with the above video for Lo-Fi-Fnk’s “Marching In” - A good “don’t waste your day” track to move you through an early-winter afternoon. The video by Mattias Erik Johansson and Isak Martinsson is also aquatically fresh.
► I can’t ever get enough of These Are Powers because once you see them live you become a fan for life. I’ve tabbed “Easy Answers” as our stubborn reply to seasonal affective laziness this weekend. It doesn’t mean you have to get up from your computer right this moment, but it means you need to start thinking about it. And P.S. Play it loud.
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► Maintaining our marginal pep, your Saturday get ready and pre-game track is “Stay Off The Fuckin’ Flowers” by Blakroc featuring Raekwon. You’ll stop worrying about arbitrary earth details for a moment when the Black Keys bring it down at the 52-second mark and Raekwon kills it.
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► Bringing us home is your Sunday morning song. In anxious anticipation for his March 6th MHOW show, wake up to RJD2’s “Making Days Longer” - a sweet gem of sound to ease you into another life-filled day.
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by ND McCray
► Cubic Zirconia, / Josephine EP - (Don’t Cry Recordings) / Electro Crunk
Straight outta Brooklyn (and the East Village), Cubic Zirconia is electro crunk, hip hop, and booty bass for the masses!
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by kellio
The long-awaited followup to the Gorillaz‘ 2005 Album Demon Days is fast approaching. Titled Plastic Beach, the group’s third LP drops on March 8th and you can pre-order it here. The first single is called “Stylo” and features Bobby Womack and Mos Def. Gorillaz will also be headlining this years’ Coachella in April.
photos by andre salyer and marc evan
Here’s one last look back at the party that was. Amidst the fire breathers and acrobats: Javelin, The Shivers, Ava Luna, Dinowalrus, and Shark? rocked Quiet Color’s Sloppy Circus last Saturday for what turned out to be an epic Brooklyn evening. Check out a photo diary of the night by two esteemed QC photographers, after the jump.
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“Grand. There’s a word I really hate. It’s a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.”
►J.D. Salinger (RIP)
Get all the tracks in a single gr… awesome click - mixtape 65.zip.
by shannon moore
If you were there, I’m sure you have your own dimly lit, grainy circus story to tell. If you braved the Industrial labyrinths of warehouses on this particular sub-zero Saturday night and followed the soft glow and faint pound of music to the doorstep of the House of Yes, then I’m sure you’re still talking about it right now, as the weekend ends. There were hundreds of us there. Three hundred and forty last I checked the head-count with my pals at the door, but more streaming in. And whether it was the heat of the fire throwers’ flames on your face, the theatrically high ceilings filled with acrobats, the woman perched in the rafters flashing the crowd below, the nearly 60-year-old Yoga contortionist getting down to the opening band, or the free pizza and cheaply priced cans of Busch that flowed like water — each one of us experienced something sensational at QC’s Sloppy Circus.
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by kevin diamond
The intrinsic beauty of Saturday Night’s QuietColor show at House of Yes lies in the total spectrum of sound covered by its five acts. Every band brings a unique perspective on what it means to be an “indie-rock” band in this new decade. Case in point: Dinowalrus, a self-described “three-piece drum-and-drone band,” who sits smack in the middle of Saturday’s stellar line-up.
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Featuring a member of Titus Andronicus, Dinowalrus brings more than a little of Titus’ energy, enthusiasm and punk rock ethos to the songs on their new album “%”. But in place of the former band’s loose bombast, here Dinowalrus brings tight break beats and sweeping, dreamy, noisy atmospherics. It’s a winning formula, one that pays off on songs like “Electric Car, Gas Guitar.”
