Southern Shelter

Southern Shelter Birthday Week (?)

OK, this site is somewhere approaching the vicinity of two years old. I wanted to celebrate by posting some more music than usual this week, ~~I'm attempting to post a show every day (so 5 shows this week instead of 2)~~. This isn't the actual week the site started I'm sure, but I think I have the time this week so we'll just pretend.

Oh and we're counting the Patterson shows even though they were posted Saturday, but they count as 1 show. I actually made it through without messing this up, thanks for reading/listening.

Producto @ Flicker 3/29/08

Producto's core of Ane Diaz and Frank MacDonell play a near-acoustic show as a duo.

Track 1 - Rosa
Track 2 - 20 mph
Track 3 - LaLa
Track 4 - Orinoco
Track 5 -
Track 6 -
Track 7 -

FLAC files are here

Dead Confederate (as Sonic Youth) @ 40 Watt 3/1/08

Dead Confederate cover a handful of Sonic Youth tunes for the Underneath The Covers II benefit.

Track 1 - 100%
Track 2 - Silver Rocket
Track 3 - Theresa's Sound World
Track 4 - The Diamond Sea
Track 5 - Youth Against Facism (w/ Patterson Hood)

FLAC files are here

Kenosha Kid @ Secret Squirrel 11/17/07

Kenosha Kid's "Electri-Kid" lineup (leader Dan Nettles - guitar, Neal Fountain - bass, Jeff Reilly - drums) work through some extended improvs in a set that gets much further "out" than what I've posted from the horn-based Kid ensembles.

Track 1 - X,Y, Then Z
Track 2 - Pleasure To Burn
Track 3 - Mechanical Hound
Track 4 - Fabrication

FLAC files are here

Music Hates You @ Smith's Olde Bar 4/5/08

Music Hates You came to Atlanta recently and brought some new songs with them.

Track 1 - Sweet Hole Alabama
Track 2 - Hell No I Ain't Got The Goddamn Rent
Track 3 - Send More Paramedics
Track 4 - The Smartest Son Of A Bitch On The Planet
Track 5 - You Are My Mess
Track 6 - Where Are You Going With All Those Sulfide And Twine
Track 7 - In The Key Of Dirt And Dumb
Track 8 - So Much Dirt In My Spotless Lab

FLAC files are here

Out-Of-Towners: Explosions In The Sky @ Variety 4/13/08

Explosions In The Sky (Texas) finally fit themselves into my schedule last week. Their records get play on many late nights at Southern Shelter HQ, catching them live was a highlight for me.

Track 1 - Memorial
Track 2 - With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept
Track 3 - The Birth And Death Of The Day
Track 4 - Six Days At The Bottom Of The Ocean
Track 5 - Magic Hours
Track 6 - Your Hand In Mine
Track 7 - Catastrophe And The Cure
Track 8 - The Moon Is Down

FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

Patterson Hood 4/16-17/08 40 Watt & Five Spot

Patterson Hood did a short run-out with his other band while DBT are off briefly for a baby-birthin' (congrats Brad and Kimberly!).

4/16/08 40 Watt

Track 1 - Assholes
Track 2 - Murdering Oscar
Track 3 - Pollyanna
Track 4 - (Something's Got To) Give Pretty Soon
Track 5 - Heathens
Track 6 - Feb 14
Track 7 - Understand Now
Track 8 - Goodbye
Track 9 - Uncle Disney
Track 10 - The Range War
Track 11 - Old Timers Disease
Track 12 - My Sweet Annette
Track 13 - Pride Of The Yankees
Track 14 - The Living Bubba
Track 15 - A World Of Hurt
Track 16 - E:) Back Of A Bible
Track 17 - I'm In Love With A Girl
Track 18 - Heavy And Hanging
Track 19 - Lookout Mountain*

* w/ Craig Lieske - guitar

4/16 FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

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4/17/08 Five Spot Cafe (Atlanta)

Track 1 - Pollyanna
Track 2 - (Something's Got To) Give Pretty Soon
Track 3 - The Range War
Track 4 - Understand Now
Track 5 - Feb 14
Track 6 - Heathens
Track 7 - Rising Son*
Track 8 - Murdering Oscar
Track 9 - The Opening Act
Track 10 - Uncle Disney
Track 11 - Pay No Attention To Alice
Track 12 - Road Cases
Track 13 - My Sweet Annette
Track 14 - Pride Of The Yankees
Track 15 - The Living Bubba
Track 16 - E:) A World Of Hurt
Track 17 - I'm In Love With A Girl
Track 18 - Lookout Mountain*

* w/ Don Chambers - banjo

4/17 FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

Jesse Flavin @ Flicker 4/9/08

Supporting-guitarist-about-town Jesse Flavin (The Good Ship, Phosphorescent, Liz Durrett) plays a set of his own tunes, with Ken Henslee accompanying.

Track 1 - Shadows
Track 2 - Frozen
Track 3 - The View From Up Here
Track 4 - Denial
Track 5 - The Same Conversation
Track 6 - Curtain Calls

FLAC files are here

Pride Parade @ Caledonia 3/8/08

Pride Parade have finished their full-length (an EP, "V" was self-released last year), and are playing out more often. Here they are opening for Harvey Milk last month.

Track 1 - Ten Percent Of Nothing
Track 2 -
Track 3 -
Track 4 - Hard Time
Track 5 - Life Of The Party
Track 6 - Shame Spiral
Track 7 - Mr. Man

FLAC files are here

Dark Meat Reissue Out Today

Since I don't have any music ready to post (probably won't until next week, sorry), I wanted to point out that Vice Records has reissued Dark Meat's Universal Indians today. With live bonus tracks. One of which was recorded by myself, at Cine. So it all ties in. If you missed it the first time around, today would be a good time to check it out.

Harvey Milk @ Caledonia 3/8/08

Harvey Milk debuted their new lineup (Kyle Spence returning on drums, Joe Preston added on guitar and vocal) in Athens before heading to SXSW. A new album, another vinyl reissue, and summer touring are to come.

Track 1 - I Don't Know How To Live My Life
Track 2 - Come And Spit
Track 3 - War
Track 4 - Old Glory
Track 5 - Crush Them All
Track 6 - Death Goes To The Winner
Track 7 - The Anvil Will Fall
Track 8 - I've Got A Love
Track 9 - Goodbye Blues
Track 10 - E:) Probolkoc
Track 11 - We Destroy The Family

FLAC files are here

Mike Cooley @ 40 Watt 2/25/05

By request, here's Mike Cooley (Drive-By Truckers)in an extremely rare solo appearance.

Track 1 - Loaded Gun In The Closet
Track 2 - Zip City
Track 3 - Uncle Frank
Track 4 - 72 (this highway's mean)
Track 5 - Pulaski Tennessee
Track 6 - Three On The Tree
Track 7 - Weakest Man
Track 8 - Panties In Your Purse
Track 9 - Little Pony And The Great Big Horse
Track 10 - When The Pin Hits The Shell
Track 11 - One Of These Days
Track 12 - Carl Perkins' Cadillac
Track 13 - Space City
Track 14 - Cottonseed
Track 15 - Bob
Track 16 - Sounds Better In The Song
Track 17 - Women Without Whiskey
Track 18 - Love Like This
Track 19 - Marry Me
Track 10 - Where The Devil Don't Stay
Track 11 - E:) Daddy's Cup

FLAC files are here

Elf Power @ 40 Watt 3/29/08

Elf Power played a release show for their new In A Cave album, which arrived in stores last week. They're playing as a 4-piece at the moment, with former guitarist Eric Harris having rejoined as drummer.

Track 1 - Owl Cut (White Flowers In The Sky)
Track 2 - Spiral Stairs
Track 3 - We Dream In Sound
Track 4 - An Old Familiar Scene
Track 5 - The New Mythology
Track 6 - Paralyzed
Track 7 - Fried Out
Track 8 - Window To Mars
Track 9 - Skeleton
Track 10 - The Demon's Daughter
Track 11 - Quiver And Quake
Track 12 - Come Lie Down With Me (And Sing My Song)
Track 13 - Back To The Web
Track 14 - 2000 Man
Track 15 - The Separating Fault
Track 16 - Let The Serpent Sleep
Track 17 - E:) Hole In My Shoe
Track 18 - I Walked With A Zombie
Track 19 - Needles In The Camel's Eye

FLAC files are here

The Instruments @ Caledonia 10/11/06

Here's the Instruments set from that same night at Caledonia I don't remember happening. Heather McIntosh and company have a new album coming in May.

Track 1 - Lullaby
Track 2 - Song For Thomas
Track 3 - Amongst The Trees
Track 4 - Our Lovely Ladder
Track 5 - Seems So Far
Track 6 - Lantern
Track 7 - My Friend

FLAC files are here

Hardy Morris & Brantley Senn (Dead Confederate) @ Rye Bar 3/21/08

Dead Confederate singer/guitarist Hardy Morris and bassist Brantley Senn work out what I assume will be new DC material. For the uninitiated, Rye Bar is where DT's Down Under was (and the Downstairs before that).

Track 1 - Memorial Day Night
Track 2 -
Track 3 -
Track 4 -
Track 5 -
Track 6 -
Track 7 -

FLAC files are here

Black Swan Network @ Little Kings 2/23/08

Black Swan Network appeared at the Aux2 event. Or did they? I always thought BSN indicated Will Hart, who wasn't there. In any case, a smattering of Elephant 6 personnel performed under the flash-card direction of Bill Doss.

Track 1 -

FLAC files are here

Circulatory System @ Caledonia 10/11/06

I don't remember ever seeing Circulatory System at the Caledonia, but I just found this on an old drive so apparently I was there.

Track 1 - Begin Now
Track 2 - Should A Cloud Replace A Compass?
Track 3 - Round Again
Track 4 - Diary Of Wood
Track 5 - Meeting Ourselves
Track 6 - The Lovely Universe
Track 7 - Solid Forms Dissolve
Track 8 - The Spinning Continuous
Track 9 - Yesterday's World

FLAC files are here

Dark Meat @ Star Bar 3/7/08

I haven't posted any Dark Meat in a while. They're still at work on their second album, and the first (Universal Indians) is soon to be re-issued by Vice with extra-special bonus tracks.

Track 1 - Last Of The Frontiersmen
Track 2 - Back In The Light
Track 3 - No One Was There
Track 4 - New Eyes
Track 5 - Future Galaxies
Track 6 - One More Trip
Track 7 - Three Eyes Open

FLAC files are here

Vic Chesnutt @ 40 Watt/EARL 3/1-2/08

Vic Chesnutt is on the road supporting Jonathan Richman; the tour runs through March 16. Here are Vic's sets from the first two shows.

3/1/08 40 Watt

Track 1 - Opening For Jonathan
Track 2 - I Ain't Crazy Enough
Track 3 - Miss Prissy
Track 4 - Confusion
Track 5 - You Are Never Alone
Track 6 - Morally Challenged
Track 7 - Robert Wyatt

3/1 FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

3/2/08 The EARL

Track 1 - Morally Challenged
Track 2 - Everything I Say
Track 3 - Cut And Run
Track 4 - You Are Never Alone
Track 5 - Miss Prissy [aborted]
Track 6 - Stupid Preoccupations
Track 7 - Over

3/2 FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

Dead Confederate @ Caledonia 3/1/08

Dead Confederate are working on their first full-length to follow last year's excellent Dead Confederate EP. If you happen to be at SXSW next week, catch one of their eight performances; maybe the one with R.E.M.

Track 1 - Heavy Petting
Track 2 -
Track 3 - Is It A Rose?
Track 4 - The Rat
Track 5 - News Underneath
Track 6 -
Track 7 - Get Out
Track 8 -
Track 9 - Tortured Artist Saint

FLAC files are here

David Barbe & The Quick Hooks @ Caledonia 1/26/08

This David Barbe set has a few more new ones, plus a rarely-played classic from the Sugar days.

Track 1 - Silver-White Flash
Track 2 - If Here
Track 3 - Peel Away
Track 4 - Mole In The Gutter
Track 5 - Caravelle
Track 6 - Nickel A Minute
Track 7 - Blacker Than Blue
Track 8 - My Shiny Bird
Track 9 - In The Weeds
Track 10 - Yr. Out
Track 11 - Digging A New Hole
Track 12 - Better Than Dust
Track 13 - Broadcast Spreader
Track 14 - Where Diamonds Are Halos

FLAC files are here

Five Eight @ 40 Watt 1/25/08

Here's Five Eight headlining the 18th Mental Health benefit.

Track 1 -
Track 2 - Sad Eyes
Track 3 -
Track 4 - Criminal
Track 5 - Destroy This World
Track 6 -
Track 7 -
Track 8 -
Track 9 - The Liquor Song
Track 10 -
Track 11 -
Track 12 -
Track 13 -
Track 14 - Hurt You

FLAC files are here

Clay Leverett & William Tonks @ Red Light Cafe 2/22/08

Clay Leverett (Lona) and William Tonks (Barbara Cue) play separately and together to celebrate recent album releases. All-Star Jon Mills supports on bass and mandolinist George Norman sits in on the last few.

Track 1 - February Rose
Track 2 - When I Found You
Track 3 - Tennessee Whiskey
Track 4 - Radio Waves
Track 5 - Cracked Lip
Track 6 - Oh My God
Track 7 - No Words
Track 8 - Anne Marie
Track 9 - Jolly Coppers On Parade
Track 10 - Change Your Mind
Track 11 - Think For Yourself
Track 12 - Find A Fool
Track 13 - Snow Hill
Track 14 - 20 Million Things
Track 15 - The Wild King
Track 16 - Back To Town
Track 17 - The Way I Am
Track 18 - Figure It Out
Track 19 - The Race Is On
Track 20 - White Freight Liner Blues

FLAC files are here

Out -Of-Towners: Valet & White Rainbow 2/16/08, 2/1908

Two quick sets from groups that are both openers on the Atlas Sound tour and members of that group.

Valet is the project of AS bassist Honey Owens, joined here by Brian Foote and Bradford Cox.

40 Watt Club - 2/16/08
Track 1 -

FLAC files are here

Drunken Unicorn - 2/19/08
Track 1 -

FLAC files are here

White Rainbow is AS guitarist Adam Forkner.

40 Watt Club - 2/16/08
Track 1 -

FLAC files are here

Drunken Unicorn - 2/19/08
Track 1-

FLAC files are here

Atlas Sound @ Drunken Unicorn 2/19/08

Atlas Sound @ 40 Watt 2/16/08

Deerhunter's Bradford Cox has assembled a full band to play as Atlas Sound (the name previously indicated solo work) for a tour in support of Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, out this week on Kranky. The tour runs through mid-March, after which Deerhunter gets back to work on their next full-length.

Track 1 - Intro
Track 2 - Requiem For All The Lonely Teenagers With Passed Out Moms
Track 3 - Activation
Track 4 - Cloves
Track 5 - I'll Be Your Mirror
Track 6 - I Wonder If I Care As Much
Track 7 - Bite Marks
Track 8 - Cold As Ice
Track 9 - Recent Bedroom
Track 10 - Ativan
Track 11 - Theme From Atlas Sound
Track 12 - River Card
Track 13 - Winter Vacation
Track 14 - Outro

FLAC files are here

Athens Face/Off II @ 40 Watt 2/9/08

This 2nd (annual?) Athens Face/Off show featured members of Dark Meat "versus" randomly assigned members of other local bands. Each duo was given a 10-minute slot and the results landed all over the map stylistically.

Bombardopolis [Jeff Tobias vs. Blake Tabb(Gemini Cricket)]
Track 1 -
Track 2 -

Native Tongues [Emily Armond vs. Gabe Vodicka(Long Legged Woman)]
Track 3 -
Track 4 -

Naranja [Kayla vs. John Fernandes(Circulatory System)]
Track 5 -
Track 6 -
Track 7 -
Track 8 - I Saw Her Standing There

Expert Work [Charlie Estes vs. Jeremy Harbin(A. Armada)]
Track 9 -

Garbage System [Heather McIntosh vs. Chris Herron(Garbage Island)]
Track 10 -

Booze Clooze [Aaron Jollay vs. Steve Miller(300 Cobras)]
Track 11 -
Track 12 - At Last I Am Free

500 Points [Tim Schrieber vs. Colby Carter(Mouser)]
Track 13 - Flop House
Track 14 - Box Of Rocks
Track 15 -
Track 16 -
Track 17 -
Track 18 -
Track 19 -

Goldenrod [Ben Clack vs. Mark Dale(Pegasuses-XL)]
Track 20 - It's OK To Feel Sexy

Dylan And Garfunkel [Dylan vs. Roy Coughlin(Some Animal)]
Track 21 - Werewolves Of London
Track 22 -
Track 23 -

Boatmeal [Forrest Leffer vs. Patrick Ware(The Dumps)]
Track 24 -

Chicken Pasta Suicide [Kris Deason vs. Jay Roach(The Gimme 5)]
Track 25 -
Track 26 -

Death Knobs [Jim McHugh vs. Curtis]
Track 27 -

Ocean Raves [Sara-J Ursry vs. Patrick Carey(Ginger Envelope)]
Track 28 -
Track 29 -

Drug Gods [Bryan Poole vs. Matt Kurz(Matt Kurz One)]
Track 30 -

Dope Friends [Claire Campbell vs. Maryn(Divided Like A Saint's)]
Track 31 -

Monotaur [Al Daglis vs. Andy Hollingsworth(The Dumps)]
Track 32 -

FLAC files are here

Ted Hafer Rock Show @ 40 Watt 2/2/08 Wrap-Up

Here's a few other quick sets:

David Barbe & Friends:

Track 1 - Black Tidal Wave
Track 2 - The Envictor

David Barbe FLAC files are here

Creston Spiers (w/ Frank MacDonell):

Track 1 - Old Glory
Track 2 -
Track 3 -

Creston Spiers FLAC files are here

Ham1:

Track 1 - Swan Dive
Track 2 - Tree Of Birds
Track 3 -
Track 4 - Clown-Shoed Feet
Track 5 - Time Has Come Today

Ham1 FLAC files are here

Deadly Designs has photos from the whole night here

Dave Marr & Friends @ 40 Watt 2/2/08

Dave Marr's group for the Ted Hafer show (John Neff, Philip McArdle, Larry Tenner, Nick Bielli, Dave Gerow and Curtiss Pernice) pulled out a couple of R&B numbers rather than his usual country set (after a last-minute "Cocaine Parties").

Track 1 - Cocaine Parties
Track 2 - Big Bird
Track 3 - Misty Blue
Track 4 - The Kids Are Alright

FLAC files are here

Vic Chesnutt @ 40 Watt 2/2/08

Vic Chesnutt reunited his Amorphous Strums lineup (Curtiss Pernice, Sam Mixon & Ballard Lesemann) for a quick set at the Ted Hafer Rock Show, a remembrance of the late Porn Orchard member and Grit owner.

Track 1 - Shit
Track 2 - Lean On Me
Track 3 - Band Camp
Track 4 - D.C.R.W.

FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

The Arcs @ Caledonia 1/26/08

The Arcs made an impressive debut this weekend to an enthusiastic crowd. Singer/guitarists Ben Spraker (Ceiling Fan, The Shut-Ups) and Kevin Lane (Goat, The Possibilities), drummer Dave Gerow (Ceiling Fan, The Sunshine Fix) and Brandon Reynolds (Wydelles) on bass put months of prep-time in before this first show; that seems to have paid off. They may not appear again until Athfest, so be sure to make them part of your plan that weekend.

Track 1 - Livin' The Dream
Track 2 - Plutonium
Track 3 - Eddie
Track 4 - Homemade Knife
Track 5 - Stay In The Light
Track 6 - Tommy's Coming Home
Track 7 - I Wear A Watch
Track 8 - Why Gianna Why
Track 9 - Emerald
Track 10 - Jennaviv

FLAC files are here

Lake City @ 40 Watt 1/25/08

Lake City are fronted by Matt "Pistol" Stoessel (Goat, South San Gabriel, Ginger Envelope), cranking out straightforward working-man's rock. A long-awaited debut album is done and out soon.

Track 1 - Salvation
Track 2 - Abandoned Road
Track 3 - Down Here
Track 4 - Through With That Now
Track 5 - God & Sea
Track 6 - Emery's Decree
Track 7 - The Beach
Track 8 - Don't Bring Me Down

FLAC files are here

The Wydelles @ 40 Watt 1/10/08

Bo Bedingfield leads The Wydelles through a set opening for DBT's Nuci's Space benefit. John Neff is a Wydelle when his schedule permits (last time I posted these guys, it didn't); Clay Leverett covers the drums this time around.

Track 1 - So Long Smokes
Track 2 - Old Demons
Track 3 - Harmonica Like Dylan
Track 4 - Talk Shows
Track 5 - Marilyn
Track 6 - Alone
Track 7 - Light Sleeper
Track 8 - Chromeplate
Track 9 - Pretty Good

FLAC files are here

Black Lips @ Whirlyball 1/19/08

Atlanta's Black Lips hit Whirlyball in Roswell for another Chunklet party before heading back out in support of their latest, Good Bad Not Evil.

Track 1 - I Saw A Ghost (Lean)
Track 2 - O Katrina!
Track 3 - Boomerang
Track 4 - Bad Kids
Track 5 - Dirty Hands
Track 6 - Buried Alive
Track 7 - Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah
Track 8 - Cold Hands
Track 9 - You're Dumb
Track 10 - Not A Problem
Track 11 - Veni Vidi Vici
Track 12 - Workin'
Track 13 - Too Much In Love
Track 14 - Gung Ho
Track 15 - How Do You Tell A Child That Someone Has Died
Track 16 - M.I.A.

FLAC files are here

Out-Of-Towners: The Dexateens @ 40 Watt 1/12/08

Tuscaloosa, Alabama's Dexateens warm up for DBT this past weekend. Hardwire Healing (produced by Patterson Hood & David Barbe) is the latest release.

Track 1 - Cardboard Hearts
Track 2 - That Dollar
Track 3 - Settle Down
Track 4 - Neil Armstrong
Track 5 -
Track 6 - Diamond In The Concrete
Track 7 - Naked Ground
Track 8 - Take Me To The Speedway
Track 9 - Anna Lee
Track 10 - Madelene

FLAC files are here

Drive-By Truckers @ 40 Watt 1/10-12/08

The Drive-By Truckers return to the Watt for their annual 3-night stand.

Thursday 1/10/08
Track 1 - Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife
Track 2 - Daddy Needs A Drink
Track 3 - Self Destructive Zones
Track 4 - The Righteous Path
Track 5 - I'm Sorry Huston
Track 6 - 3 Dimes Down
Track 7 - Perfect Timing
Track 8 - Bob
Track 9 - Home Field Advantage
Track 10 - The Opening Act
Track 11 - Lisa's Birthday
Track 12 - The Home Front
Track 13 - Checkout Time In Vegas
Track 14 - That Man I Shot
Track 15 - The Purgatory Line
Track 16 - You And Your Crystal Meth
Track 17 - Goode's Field Road
Track 18 - A Ghost To Most
Track 19 - The Monument Valley
Track 20 - E:) Adam Raised A Cain
Track 21 - Lookout Mountain
Track 22 - Marry Me*
Track 23 - Sink Hole
Track 24 - Where The Devil Don't Stay
* w/ Clay Leverett

1/10 FLAC files are here (permanent archive.org link)

Friday 1/11/08
Track 1 - You And Your Crystal Meth
Track 2 - Goode's Field Road
Track 3 - 3 Dimes Down

5/07/2008

Don Chambers @ Five Spot 4/17/08

5/04/2008

Kevn Kinney @ Caledonia 5/19/04

4/30/2008

Out-Of-Towners: Slobberbone @ Smith's Olde Bar 6/21/03

4/27/2008

Mike Cooley @ The EARL 2/24/05

4/24/2008