Jeff Tobias assembled another evening of bands made of randomly-chosen bands, this time to benefit Athens-Oconee CASA.  While Face/Off has consisted of duos in the past, this time Jeff went with trios to change things up a bit more.

Unfortunately, recording from the audience doesn’t always go well (luckily it’s a hobby, so there’s no boss to chastise me over this).  The three stage format means that I either have to move the recording gear each time the action moves to the third stage (not logistically feasible, as there’s no downtime between bands), or else accept that the recordings from that stage will sound less than desirable.  The latter option is what we ended up with.  Recordings of louder bands from that stage are somewhat listenable, but the quieter acts are basically inaudible because of distance and crowd noise.  I’ve omitted those quiet acts here; if you played in one and are dying to hear what I did get, drop me a line and I’ll send your tracks to you privately.

To make matters worse, I managed to lose/delete the files from three of the bands.  I occasionally lose a file, but this is the first time I’ve lost three at once.  I apologize to all the omitted bands, I’d have much preferred this be a complete set of recordings.

Garbage-A-Trois [Josh Wootton, Kristin Munchheimer, John Norris]
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Chickenphod Beeblepox [Jace Bartet, Mercer West, Winston Parker]
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Kanye Twitty [Mat Lewis, Adam Bewley, Jason Roach]
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Tom Brokaw [Daniel Ray, Mary-Eleanor Joyce, Forrest Leffer]
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Tobias Wolff [Wyatt Strother, Zack Kennedy, Thom Strickland]
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The People In The Kitchen Under The Stairs [Killick, Amy Whisenhunt, Colby Carter]
(Omitted, poor recording quality)
Pawpaw [Greg Collins, Chris Holcombe, Mary Field]
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50 Hectares Of Vine [Andy Pruett, J.J. Bower, Nick Robbins]
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We Versus The Shark [Craig Lieske, Nate Nelson, Kate Schoenke]
(Omitted, poor recording quality)
‘Ssassins [Kemp Stroble, Mike Albanese, Kate Mikulka]
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Dick Van Suck [Andrew Prater, Andy Hollingsworth, Oak Munson]
(File Missing)
Garanimal Crackers [John O'Loughlin, Christopher Ingham, David Specht]
(File Missing)
Rice Crackers [Naoko Uno, Will Eskridge, Zachary Gresham]
(File Missing)
Mortal Wombat [Brent Blalock, Patrick Ferguson, Matthew Palmerlee]
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Snake Whip [C.K. Koch, Ryan Wilson, Tony Evans]
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Shop Class [Luke Fields, Josh Jordan, Coley Dennis]
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Steamy Premies [Bill Brennan, Blaze Bateh, Scott Smith]
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Mike Mills [Kris Deason, Roy Coughlin, Ian Werden]
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MP3 ZIP file is here

FLAC files are here [permanent local link]

Local service industry workers form one-time cover bands to compete for a Nuci’s Space fundraiser.

The Fist Mitts – (The Grit)

Track 1 – Where Eagles Dare
Track 2 – I Turned Into A Martian
Track 3 – Skulls
Track 4 – Horror Business
Track 5 – Hybrid Moments

Wild Cherry – (Last Resort Grill)

Track 6 – Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight
Track 7 – Fox On The Run
Track 8 – Beth
Track 9 – Metal Guru
Track 10 – Personality Crisis

The Pencilthin Reefer Band (Caledonia Lounge)

Track 11 – Margaritaville
Track 12 – Cheeseburger In Paradise
Track 13 – Why Don’t We Get Drunk

The Maverick Mitchell Band (Trappeze Pub)

Track 14 – Eye Of The Tiger
Track 15 – 9 To 5
Track 16 – Danger Zone

Baby Blues And Baby Birds (Speakeasy)

Track 17 – Live Like You Were Dying
Track 18 – Ticks
Track 19 – Friends In Low Places

Tasty Boyz (Tasty World)

Track 20 – Funk #49
Track 21 – She’s A Runner
Track 22 – Nub

Peppered With Rubbish (The Grit)

Track 23 – Wild Horses
Track 24 – Lick It Up

Magnum Force (40 Watt Club)

Track 25 – Burning For You
Track 26 – Bastards Of Young
Track 27 – Mother
Track 28 – Waiting Room

High And Inside (The Max Canada)

Track 29 – Rock And Roll (Part 1)
Track 30 – Centerfield
Track 31 – Glory Days
Track 32 – We Will Rock You

Bjorn (Georgia Theatre)

Track 33 – Born In The USA
Track 34 – Born On The Bayou
Track 35 – Born To Be Wild

MP3 ZIP file is here

FLAC files are here [permanent local link]

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

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 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 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)

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)]
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Native Tongues [Emily Armond vs. Gabe Vodicka(Long Legged Woman)]
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Naranja [Kayla vs. John Fernandes(Circulatory System)]
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Track 8 – I Saw Her Standing There

Expert Work [Charlie Estes vs. Jeremy Harbin(A. Armada)]
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Garbage System [Heather McIntosh vs. Chris Herron(Garbage Island)]
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Booze Clooze [Aaron Jollay vs. Steve Miller(300 Cobras)]
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Track 12 – At Last I Am Free

500 Points [Tim Schrieber vs. Colby Carter(Mouser)]
Track 13 – Flop House
Track 14 – Box Of Rocks
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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
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Boatmeal [Forrest Leffer vs. Patrick Ware(The Dumps)]
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Chicken Pasta Suicide [Kris Deason vs. Jay Roach(The Gimme 5)]
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Death Knobs [Jim McHugh vs. Curtis]
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Ocean Raves [Sara-J Ursry vs. Patrick Carey(Ginger Envelope)]
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Drug Gods [Bryan Poole vs. Matt Kurz(Matt Kurz One)]
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Dope Friends [Claire Campbell vs. Maryn(Divided Like A Saint's)]
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Monotaur [Al Daglis vs. Andy Hollingsworth(The Dumps)]
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