Little Tybee

Little Tybee's Josh Martin, having shown us the mechanisms of his new guitar technique, now provides us a solo performance of the technique's possibilities.

Summer Cannibals

Summer Cannibals at Dante's; MFNW, Sept. 3, 2013

Portland's Summer Cannibals are releasing their next EP, Make You Better, in a limited edition of 100 cassette tapes. Good luck finding that one if you're not at their January 9 release party at The Doug Fir, and good luck trying to find something to play it on even if you do manage to snag a copy.

Here's the title cut:

Thee Oh Sees Abide

Thee Oh Sees at Terminal West, November 2, 2013

Well, that was a close one!  After San Francisco Weekly initially reporting that Thee Oh Sees, the greatest North American rock band that are not Black Mountain, were on "indefinite hiatus," frontman John Dwyer published this disclaimer on Thee Oh Sees website:

DEAR OH SEES FANS,
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
THE BAND IS NOT BREAKING UP.
THIS IS JUST A WELL DESERVED BREAK AND A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.
A NEW THEE OH SEES LP WILL BE OUT EARLY 2014
AND WE WILL SEE WHERE THE LIVE SHOW GOES FROM THERE...
UNTIL THEN, BE WELL
JPD

This is the music I hope they play at my funeral.  Hell, this is the music I want to hear most of the time while I'm still alive.  This is the music that lets me know I'm still alive.

Dave Nelson at The Goat Farm, Atlanta, December 18, 2013

"Last night’s show at The Goat Farm Arts Center was amazing. It is such a special place and we are glad to have had the opportunity to perform there. Atlanta is lucky to have a place so dedicated to new and experimental art of all kinds." - Dave Nelson 

I couldn't agree more.  Nelson's music is hard to categorize, but why bother?  Here's a sample video, composed of great tracking shots filmed from a moving car driving through south Georgia, for his moving song Southbound, which he performed last night.

One Of My Favorite Things

Women's Work

Women's Work at Criminal Records, L5Fest, Sept. 14, 2013 

Speaking of terrific Atlanta bands that deserve wider recognition - Women's Work.

Spirits and the Melchizedek Children

It seems like a logical follow-up to yesterday's post about Little Tybee by posting the first video by Atlanta's Spirits and the Melchizedek Children, a band which includes keyboardist Chris Case of Little Tybee (and Adron and Samadha), as well as frontman Jason Elliott (guitar, vocals), Joe McNeill (bass), Ryan Odom (guitar), and Bryan Fielden and Andrew Burnes of San Agustin on drums and second guitar, respectively.