What to do tonight, you ask? (Of course, you don't - I put that question rhetorically merely so I could give my own answer). Today is one of those embarrassment-of-riches days where there's more going on than any one person could possibly take in.
Chances are good that if you're one of the 10 or so readers of this blog, you're probably already at Bonnaroo up in Tennessee right now - the festival's going strong and is already in its third of four days. I don't go because too big, too crowded, too hot, camping, too much hip-hop, etc. Also, selected sets are being web cast at Red Bull TV, but if you're there have fun and radiate positivity!
Chances are good that if you're one of the 10 or so readers of this blog, you're probably already at Bonnaroo up in Tennessee right now - the festival's going strong and is already in its third of four days. I don't go because too big, too crowded, too hot, camping, too much hip-hop, etc. Also, selected sets are being web cast at Red Bull TV, but if you're there have fun and radiate positivity!
If you're not at Bonnaroo but still want to hear a bunch of bands, you could go over to Oakland Cemetery for the 5th Annual Tunes From The Tombs (better hurry - it ends at 8 pm; wouldn't want people in the graveyard after dark). In one of those things that sounds like it just couldn't really be true, the cemetery sets up about four of five stages in between the historic graves, crypts and tombs on the grounds and allows music to play for a small, one-day festival. They even sell beer. This year's bands include Atlanta's Little Tybee and 90's veteran Matthew Sweet. I've gone to the first three, and passed for the first time last year, as each year the bands booked were less and less eclectic and more and more adult-friendly ("Dad-rock"). Little Tybee don't fall into that category but if you live in Atlanta, you don't hurt for opportunities to hear Little Tybee, so I'm not going this year either - besides, I just visited the cemetery last Memorial Day weekend.
If it's the eclectic you're looking for, you may want to head over to The Goat Farm for Samādhi-Bhāvanā: The Stone Tapestry, a piece commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University. This hour-long piece is composed for contrabass flute, vibraphone, percussion quartet, and electronics, and will include guest artists The A/B Duo, Meerenai Shim and Chris Jones.
That may sound a little high-brow, so on the other extreme, Quintron and Miss Pussycat is playing at The Earl tonight.
If it's the eclectic you're looking for, you may want to head over to The Goat Farm for Samādhi-Bhāvanā: The Stone Tapestry, a piece commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University. This hour-long piece is composed for contrabass flute, vibraphone, percussion quartet, and electronics, and will include guest artists The A/B Duo, Meerenai Shim and Chris Jones.
Bonus points: fellow Portland band Lost Lander will be opening.
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| Lost Lander at The Doug Fir, MFNW (RIP), 2011 |
Apparently, it's Portland night here in Atlanta, because while The Helio Sequence and Lost Lander are playing at The Drunken Unicorn, Portland's Unknown Mortal Orchestra will be playing at Terminal West, fresh from last night's performance at Bonnaroo.
As previously noted, it's one of my unofficial jobs to support bands playing here from the Pacific Northwest, so that reduces the number of options for me tonight to The Helio Sequence and Lost Lander at The Drunken Unicorn and Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Terminal West. It was a hard choice, but I bought my ticket for UMO and am looking forward to the show, even though I've seen them several times before.
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| Unknown Mortal Orchestra at The Doug Fir, MFNW (RIP), 2011 |
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| Unknown Mortal Orchestra at 529, Atlanta, 2013 |
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| Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Branx, MFNW (RIP), 2013 |
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| Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Terminal West, Atlanta, Rocktober 2013 |
Would that we had this much choice every weekend!
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