Japancakes @ Tasty World 10/12/04

Japancakes really needs to come back and play some shows.

Track 1 - Keep Drawing Suns
Track 2 - Dallas
Track 3 - A Short Mile
Track 4 - Far From Here
Track 5 - Vocode-Inn
Track 6 - Where Things Leave Off
Track 7 - The Waiting
Track 8 - Soft N Ez
Track 9 - Toomsuba

FLAC files are here.

The Mendoza Line @ 40 Watt 7/7/06

Former Athenians The Mendoza Line came through recently, adding multi-instrumentalist Philip McArdle (Producto, Star Room Boys) for a few shows in the South. Philip's sister Shannon is in TML, so Philip joins in on occasion when they're down this way.

Track 1 - Metro Pictures
Track 2 - Mysterious In Black
Track 3 - Golden Boy (Torture In The Shed)
Track 4 - Pipe Stories
Track 5 - Settle Down, Zelda
Track 6 - Fleur de Lis
Track 7 - 31 Candles
Track 8 - A Damn Good Disguise
Track 9 - The Queen Of England
Track 10 - Throw It In The Fire
Track 11 - Catch A Collapsing Star

FLAC files are here.

M Coast @ The Secret Squirrel 7/22/06

Marshmallow Coast have become M Coast (to reflect lineup changes); the new CD "Say It In Slang" is forthcoming on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records. This show with Doug Gillard and The Late B.P. Helium was the first M Coast performance.

Track 1 -
Track 2 - Sail Around The World
Track 3 -
Track 4 - Out Of The Water
Track 5 -
Track 6 -
Track 7 - Johnny Kasai
Track 8 -

FLAC files are here.

Kimberly Morgan @ Georgia Theatre 7/21/06

Here's a quick set by country singer Kimberly Morgan (accompanied by Wendy Musick from the Everloving Band), from the "variety show" at the Theatre last week.

Track 1 -
Track 2 - The Real Thing
Track 3 - Don't Cry To Me
Track 4 - Falling
Track 5 - Lady

FLAC files are here.

Dark Meat @ 40 Watt 7/15/06

Dark Meat's 18-20 members or so specialize in noisy psychedelic blues-rock raveups, complete with choreographed backup singers and the Vomit Lasers horns. The album "Universal Indians" comes out 10/24 on Cloud Recordings.

Track 1 - Anchor/Introduction
Track 2 - One More Trip
Track 3 - In The Woods
Track 4 - 3 Eyes Open
Track 5 - Dead Man
Track 6 - Well Fuck You Then
Track 7 - New Eyes
Track 8 - Assholes For Eyeballs
Track 9 - There Is A Retard On Acid Holding A Hammer To Your Brain
Track 10 - Sister Ray

FLAC files are here

The Whigs @ The EARL 9/18/04

The Whigs are in the midst of a summer tour, which hits the 40 Watt in Athens August 18.

Track 1 - Can't Hear You Coming
Track 2 -
Track 3 -
Track 4 - Nothing Is Easy
Track 5 - Don't Talk Anymore
Track 6 - Technology
Track 7 - Half The World Away
Track 8 - Violet Furs
Track 9 - Written Invitation
Track 10 -

FLAC files here

The Instruments @ 40 Watt 7/15/06

Heather McIntosh made a return to Athens to kick off a brief Instruments tour. Pure bliss as usual from my favorite E6 band. Do yourself a favor and check out both their albums.

Track 1 - Lullaby
Track 2 - Song For Thomas
Track 3 - Sea Chantey
Track 4 - Amongst The Trees
Track 5 - Our Lovely Ladder
Track 6 - When The Stars Shine
Track 7 - My Ship
Track 8 - Seems So Far
Track 9 - Lantern

FLAC files here

The Gerbils 7/15/06 @ 40 Watt

The Gerbils have so much chaos happening onstage that so far my recordings of them have been pretty bad. Finally seeing them at the 40 Watt took care of that, their better PA clears things up some; I also plugged a second recorder into the soundboard and mixed it with the microphone recording later.

Track 1 - Glue
Track 2 - Lead
Track 3 - Grin
Track 4 - Meteoroid From The Sun Strikes A Dead Weirdo
Track 5 - The White Sky
Track 6 -
Track 7 - Gallows Pole
Track 8 - Naked Eye

FLAC files are here.

Liz Durrett @ Eddie's Attic 6/9/06

My friend Henry has been requesting a full Liz Durrett show. Here's a recent set from an Eddie's Attic show with Tin Cup Prophette, with a few new songs.

Liz will play Wednesday July 19 at Caledonia Lounge.

Track 1 - Intro
Track 2 - Caterwaul
Track 3 - All The Spokes
Track 4 - Knives At The Wall
Track 5 - Cup On The Counter
Track 6 - Continental Divide
Track 7 - They Put Us Far Apart
Track 8 - Note For A Girl
Track 9 - In The Throes
Track 10 - They Say It

FLAC files are here

Ben Mize @ Caledonia 4/16/05

Former Counting Crows drummer Ben Mize leads his own band back in Athens (in addition to drumming/singing with Acetate). John Neff handled guitar duties on this one, with Nick Bielli on bass.

Track 1 - Caroline
Track 2 - Real
Track 3 - Mexico
Track 4 - Mississippi
Track 5 - True
Track 6 -
Track 7 - Saturday
Track 8 - Let's Get Started
Track 9 -

FLAC files here

Pete McBrayer @ Flicker 6/22/06

Comedy genius Pete McBrayer warmed up the crowd at Flicker for the Mother Jackson Orchestra at this unofficial Athfest kickoff gig. MJ/Southern Bitch bassist Chuck Bradburn accompanied Pete on the standup.

(I've split the show into tracks at random for easier sampling)

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8

Pegasuses @ Lunch Paper 6/23/06

I don't know much about Pegasuses, so check their site and here's their Lunch Paper set from Athfest.

Track 1 -
Track 2 - 600 Man
Track 3 -
Track 4 - Run The Gauntlet
Track 5 -
Track 6 - Why Nautical
Track 7 -

(FLAC files available upon request)

Hayride @ Caledonia Lounge 6/30/06

Hayride returns after a year of silence; you can't rush these guys. Check out their diverse selection of covers, including Garnett Mimms, Flock Of Seagulls, and, um, Skid Row. I hear they're recording soon. It's about damn time.

Track 1 - In Bottles
Track 2 - Inside Your Head
Track 3 - Abacus
Track 4 - Bucket Brigade
Track 5 - Live Long And Prosper
Track 6 - FAQ
Track 7 - I Remember You
Track 8 - Cramp
Track 9 - I Dare You To Do Things
Track 10 - Back Of My Hand
Track 11 - Line 1
Track 12 - Evil Tide
Track 13 - Long As I Have You
Track 14 - Let's Hear It For Me
Track 15 - Space Age Love Song
Track 16 - Peace Out

FLAC files are here.

Don Chambers + GOAT @ Athfest 6/24/06

Don and Goat brought their thing to a big crowd and turned a lot of heads at Athfest. They brought out Don's former Pig Iron bandmate Jason Korn for "Fit To Be Tied" and an army of ladder- and trashcan-bangers for "Goat".

Track 1 - Black Creek Water
Track 2 - Strange Faith
Track 3 - Back In The Woods
Track 4 - Devil Bucket
Track 5 - Fit To Be Tied
Track 6 - "Heading South"
Track 7 - Dogs Howl
Track 8 - Werewolf Moon
Track 9 - Goat

FLAC files are here.