Win Butler & Regine Chassagne (of Arcade Fire)

Commemorating, I suppose, the 10-year anniversary of the release of the album The Suburbs, here's Win and Regine performing the song The Suburbs, as well as Haiti and personal favorite Sprawl II in NOLA.

Bell Orchestre (Members of Arcade Fire)

From 2010 . . . .

Anna

Look, we're only human.  Just like anyone else, we have feelings and urges, attractions and desires, and when we watch the delightful Emma Stone dance and sashay adorably around a boat for four minutes, yes, we admit it, it gets to us.  It's not like we we're immune to being seduced.

Oh, yeah - music by Will Butler, too.

Quartet for Heart & Breath

Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry's solo project Quartet For Heart & Breath at Basilica Soundscape 2014. 

Little Dragon

Little Dragon have released a second track from their upcoming Nabuma Rubberband.  LD will be playing Variety Playhouse on June 14 (Flag Day, also my kid sister's birthday).  Better get your tickets soon (for Little Dragon - Flag Day's free and my kid sister's not planning anything special AFAIK).

Meanwhile, tUnE-yArDs' has releases a second track from her forthcoming Nikki Nack. She'll be opening for Arcade Fire here in Atlanta, unfortunately on the same night Mogwai is playing Center Stage.  The second time I'll miss her playing in Atlanta.

Top 10 Things To Do in Atlanta When You're High

This has been done elsewhere before, and Water Dissolves Music does not condone the use of drugs, but if you just so happen to be high anyway and find yourself  in Atlanta, here's a Top 10 list of things to do:

1. Criminal Records

Good music, friendly vibe, cool Little Five Points location, and sooner or later you're going to find your own niche bin.  If you're lucky, there might be an in-house band performance.

2. Georgia Aquarium

You can lose yourself for hours walking underwater and watching the fish.  Just don't start thinking that the belugas are trying to communicate with you personally.

3.  Stone Mountain

A great big stone in the middle of the suburbs (incidentally, also the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan) has to be an allegory for something, doesn't it?  Arcade Fire can probably make an entire concept album out of this place .  Anyway, you've got your aerial trams to ride, your mountaintops to stand atop, and your moats, your boats, and your floats (no goats).  If you're there on the right day, you might also get a laser show, Scottish games, or even Japanfest for your moment of Zen.

4.  Biggar Antique Store, Chamblee

As long as your OTP visiting Stone Mountain, you might as well check out this little gem in nearby Chamblee.  The trick here is to keep quiet as your mind is blown.

5. Buford Highway

As you head back into the city, stop at Orient Center on Buford Highway for lunch, but good luck choosing between Malaysian, vegetarian Malaysian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai.  But what's really going to bake your noodle later on is wondering just what exactly goes on at Infinite Mindscape (two signs below "Pharmacy").

6. Faux Arc de Triumph at Atlantic Station

As long as you're engaged in virtual globe trotting, drive by Atlantic Station and look at the preposterous fake Arc de Triumph.  But there's not much else to do there, so keep on moving.

7. Bellwood Quarry

Fortunately, it's a short drive from Atlantic Station to Bellwood Quarry, which is supposed to become a new city park some day but is now most famous as a set for The Living Dead teevee show.  Technically, getting in there will involve some trespassing, but if you're high you probably already have a healthy skepticism about obeying the law, amiright?  Anyway, big cliffs, jagged rocks, great echoes, and you can fantasize about living a fugitive life there away from civilization and most importantly, away from zombies.

8.  Tanyard Creek Trail

If the quarry gets to rough and hostile for you, come back toward town again and take a relaxing stroll along the Beltline trail through Tanyard Creek Park, where, except for some dogs off of their leash, you'll feel safe and secure once again.

9.  Clermont Lounge

I mean, you've got to be high to enjoy this place.

10. Waffle House

You know you're going to wind up here anyway, so you may as well stop holding out and get some covered and smothered.  Kid Rock got arrested for getting in a fight in one of these once, so watch out.  Interesting trivia note:  you saw the same waitresses that work at the Waffle House earlier dancing at The Clermont.