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

I came across this in the "vault" recently, a strong set from Denton's Slobberbone. They're no longer together but most of the members now play in The Drams.

Track 1 - Stumblin'
Track 2 - Write Me Off
Track 3 - Dark As A Dungeon
Track 4 - That Is All
Track 5 - Sister Beams
Track 6 - Find The Out
Track 7 - Trust Jesus
Track 8 - Pinball Song
Track 9 - Lumberlung
Track 10 - Bright Eyes Darkened
Track 11 - To Love Somebody
Track 12 - Gimme Back My Dog
Track 13 - Barrel Chested
Track 14 - I'll Be Damned
Track 15 - Your Excuse
Track 16 - Like A Hurricane
Track 17 - Placemat Blues
Track 18 - E:) Web Before You Walk Into It

Mike Cooley @ The EARL 2/24/05

More requested Cooley.

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

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 -

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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