11/21/2007 – If I don’t catch up with everything that’s happened over the last week I never will, so here’s a quick recap.
Last Thursday night, Liz and I attended the monthly bloggers meet up at Ace’s Bar in lovely downtown Kirkwood. It was a fun time and it was great to meet some new folks in the group. (Photos)
After the meet-up we headed down to the Star Bar to catch Big Trouble In Little Five Points, a monthly show put on by Atlanta’s Pop Death Squad. It was packed beyond belief and we were lucky to get in. We caught The Lollygags, a two-piece electro-dance group from Athens and the Black Kids from Jacksonville, FL. We had a great time! (Photos)
Saturday night we caught The Swell Season and Martha Wainwright at the Variety Playhouse. The Swell Season, featuring Glen Hansard from the Irish band the Frames, and Czech singer/songwriter Marketa Irglova stared in the movie Once and provided the music as well. It was an amazing movie and their live set was incredible. They played almost everything from the movie in addition to some Frames’ songs, and even a great Pixies‘ song, Cactus. Glen told a great story about the last time the Frames were in Atlanta; they played the Echo Lounge and he hit his head on a nail sticking out of the ceiling. When he came too, Chris Martin from Coldplay was holding him in his arms. Funny. (Photos)
Sunday night was a fantastic show as well. The Hold Steady, Art Brut, and 1990s played the Variety playhouse, and we were back in attendance to rock out. The 1990s were loose and fun, with great feedback and lots of “ba ba ba” back up vocals. Next up, Art Brut were fantastic, energetic, engaging, and pretty much stole the show. The Hold Steady rocked it hard, and were every bit as good as the last time I saw them. The crowd bounced, swayed, and hung on every word. At the end of the show everyone at the front of the stage crawled up and joined the band for the last song. It was quite a moment and a fantastic way to end the weekend! (Photos)
OK, that’s it, that’s enough, I’m off to Florida for Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
There can never been enough Art Brut in the world. Simple as that.
I’ve been a fan for Art Brut for a while now, color me jealous.
super cool
I need to check out Art Brut. Now, I think.
HEY YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU DIG THE SWELL SEASON, YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT GLEN HANSARD’S OTHER BAND, BECAUSE YOU’LL DEFINITELY LIKE THEM!!!!
LOOK AT THIS AND LISTEN TO THE FRAMES
I love the Frames. Yes it’s true. I do Thanks Justin.