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AthFest 2017 Preview

Read More AthFest Prepare yourselves to see and hear some amazing local and regional bands at AthFest Music & Arts Festival 2016, running from June 24-26 in Athens, GA… Futurebirds Natural Child will be heading out on tour in support of Dancin' With Wolves, with another animal band, Futurebirds. Tour dates: 01/17 - Breckenridge, CO @ three20south * …

It’s time once again! The 21st annual AthFest Music & Arts Festival is coming up Friday June 23 – Sunday June 25, 2017 in Athens, GA. AthFest features music from local, regional and national acts on 3 outdoor stages, as well as in a plethora of air-conditioned Athens venues on the AthFest Club Crawl Friday and Saturday nights.

Futurebirds (Indie Americana, Athens), Zoogma (EDM, Nashville) and Drivin’ N Cryin’ (rock, Atlanta) headline the main stage on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

The Club Crawl features of Montreal, Muuy Biien, Cindy Wilson (of the B-52’s) and Lazer/Wulf, among many others.

The full schedule is on athfest.com and the Walkabout app will help festival-goers find and plan the shows they want to see.

Club Crawl wristbands, VIP tickets and information are available online at athfest.com or in person at the festival merchandise tent, Club Crawl venues during the Club Crawl, and in advance at Wuxtry Records at 197 E. Clayton St., Low Yo Yo Stuff Records at 261 W. Washington St., the Athens Welcome Center at 280 E. Dougherty St. and Georgia Theatre at 215 N. Lumpkin St., all located in Athens.

AthFest is a fundraiser for AthFest Educates, whose mission is to advance high-quality music and arts education for local youth and the Athens community through direct support of school and community-based programs and events, including this annual music and arts festival.

For more information about AthFest 2017, please visit athfest.com.

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AthFest: Lazer/Wulf, Bambara, Shehehe, Double Ferrari, MammaBear (25 June 2016)

Lazer/Wulf Setlist     The Caledonia Lounge (6/25/2016) The Caledonia Lounge Choose Right New Song (Prayer Furnace) Lagarto Triple Trap Bambara Setlist Her Sister Touya Stop All The Ugly Things An Ill Son Filled Up With Night All The Same I Don’t Mind Shehehe Setlist Teenager Endless Summer Days Off Saully Happy Daze Wonder Years Punch Out Sorry You Love Me Away From Me Costa Rica Dreamin’ Multiple Choice Exam JMA School Kid Read More AthFest Prepare yourselves to see and hear some amazing local and regional bands at AthFest Music & Arts Festival 2016, running from June 24-26 in Athens, GA… Lazer/Wulf Lazer/Wulf will be releasing their debut album The Beast of Left and Right on July 15th via Retro Futurist Records. The Georgia-based instrumental trio will join Kylesa for a European… MammaBear MammaBear sounds like English bands Oasis and T. Rex, and on occasion Kyle Gordon’s vocals remind me of Devendra Banhart. Some online research unearthed ....

AthFest Music & Arts Festival 2016 just celebrated their 20th anniversary in Athens, Georgia, on June 24 to 26.

AthFest Day Two: 6/25/2016

AthFest 2016 was a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Athens’ stellar music and arts festival, and there was a lot to celebrate. To sum up AthFest, I am going to quote Jace Bartet of Athens’ own Double Ferrari, a band whose performance I had the distinct pleasure of witnessing at the Caledonia Lounge on Saturday:

“AthFest is my favorite time of year to be a human. Friends converge together in genuine appreciation of our uniquely Athens-tinged music and art while everyone sweats and doesn’t drink enough water, but we’re all in it together.”

He is so spot-on about that. When this beloved festival comes, summer has just begun and it’s already scorching hot, but AthFest washes away my wintertime blues and makes me feel gloriously human again.

This year several downtown bars threw day parties for people who needed a break from the heat. Little Kings Shuffle Club hosted several bands playing short sets during this time. The standout performance in this lineup was Atlanta band MammaBear.

MammaBear at Little Kings Shuffle Club (06/25)

MammaBear began as the brainchild of lead singer/guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Gordon, which evolved into a full band for live shows and then for subsequent recordings.

I was told that MammaBear puts on a terrific live show, and I was not disappointed. I’m looking forward to seeing them play a full set at The Caledonia Lounge on August 18th. Their new album Chocolate will be released this October.

Shehehe at Caledonia Lounge (06/25)

On Saturday night, The Caledonia Lounge was packed to the gills with guitars and math rock, as well as Athens punk favorites Shehehe and the hard to define noise-rock of Bambara, a band that started in Athens and currently resides in Brooklyn.

If My Bloody Valentine and Ministry could come together to conceive a dark and brooding child, that child would be Bambara. They take you down a shadowed path and drown your brain in cascading loops of sound. Lead singer and guitarist Reid Bateh combines about 16 different effects pedals with his spellbinding voice and guitar and uses these elements all together as if they were one instrument. He’s got a fierce and moody charisma onstage that belies his offstage down-to-earth demeanor. Reid’s fraternal twin, Blaze Bateh, smashes his drums with such fierceness that it’s nearly impossible for a humble smartphone camera to capture him as anything other than a blur of motion. I have not witnessed such amazing drumming since the last time I saw Ed Livengood of Jucifer play, and that was a long time ago. Bambara’s haunting soundscapes are rounded out by the pounding bass lines of William Brookshire, who also happens to be a sound engineer.

Bambara at Caledonia Lounge (06/25)

All of the songs Bambara played were amazing, but my favorite was An Ill Son from their newly released album Swarm. In spite of all the complexities of their sound, Bambara still manages to sound just as good live as they do on their records. This is no small task given the fact that they do not rely on any pre-recorded material during their live shows.

Double Ferrari at Caledonia Lounge (06/25)

The Saturday night lineup for The Caledonia went in this order: Art Contest, Shehehe, Bambara, Double Ferrari and Lazer/Wulf. I got my hair blown back by how much I like Art Contest now that I’ve seen them live. There is so much talent in that duo. This was my first Shehehe show and now I see what all the fuss is about. Bambara was brilliant and left me reeling. Then we got some straight-ahead rock in our faces when Double Ferrari took the stage. Frontman/guitarist Jace Bartet rocked our world with his sparkling blue and white Dean guitar.

Then our Saturday night headliner Lazer/Wulf took the stage. This Atlanta band plays a drum-tight style of math rock with punk and metal sensibilities. These three guys play their instruments with an unrivaled speed and precision. Their hard, driving music features minimal vocals and super positivity which instantly connected with this crowd and drove them into a mosh-filled frenzy. We all left The Caledonia that night feeling pleasantly exhausted and totally exhilarated.

Lazer/Wulf at the Caledonia Lounge, Athens (25 June 2016)

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Wolf Attack!

Read more Wolfpack, Wolf Pack, Hungry Like a Wolf, Songs About Werewolves, and When Animals Attack.

Read More Chelsea Wolfe Chelsea Wolfe, in all her glory and doom, performed at The Cedar Cultural Center on Monday September 22. She is touring in support of her very recently released album Pain is Beauty, her fourth official release.…

CHELSEA WOLFE
chelseawolfe.net

Can you believe that Chelsea Wolfe will be heading out on tour with two amazing bands? Queens of the Stone Age and Eels. That means she'll be stopping by Minneapolis/St Paul within the month of May! And guess what? We'll be covering both her appearance next month.

She's currently touring in support of Pain is Beauty (out now on Sargent Records), and a preview of her 2013 appearance in Minneapolis: "Chelsea Wolfe eventually emerged, clad in a white flowing cape, and began with the first track off Pain is Beauty, titled "Feral Love". With its creepy and foreboding tone, it was the perfect beginning to a magnificent evening...."

Tour dates:

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
May 5 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
May 6 - St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
May 7 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
May 9 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom – SOLD OUT
May 10 -Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless
May 11 - Boone, IA @ KAZR 103.3FM LAZERFEST
May 13- Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
May 14 – Tulsa, OK @ Brady Theater

THE EELS
May 16 - Austin, TX @ The Paramount Theatre
May 17 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues
May 19 - Dallas, TX@ AT&T Performing Arts Center
May 21 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
May 23 - Saint Louis, MO @ Sheldon Concert Hall
May 24 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
May 25 - St Paul, MN @ Fitzgerald Theatre
May 27 - Toronto, ON @ Wintergarden Theater
May 28 - Montreal, QC @ Corona Theater
May 29 - Boston, MA @ Berklee Performance Center
May 30 - Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre
May 31 - Washington D.C. @ Lincoln Theatre
Jun 1 - New York, NY @ Apollo Theater
Jun 3 - Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
Jun 4 - Madison, WI @ Barrymore Theatre
Jun 7 - Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theater
Jun 8 - Portland, OR @ The Aladdin Theater
Jun 10 - San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts
Jun 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theater

Black River EP Cherrytree Records

WOLF GANG
wolf-gang.co.uk

UK-based indie rock band Wolf Gang recently released their new EP Black River via Cherrytree Records. You can grab it online, however a limited number of physical quantity will be sold exclusively on the band's upcoming tour dates:

May 8 Dallas, TX @ Dada
May 9 Austin, TX @ The Parish
May 10 Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds
May 12 Birmingham, AL @ The Bottle Tree
May 13 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz *
May 15 Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore *
May 16 Orlando, FL @ House of Blues *
May 17 Tampa, FL @ Local 662
May 19 Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
May 20 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore *
May 21 Richmond, VA @ The National *
May 22 Washington DC @ U Street Music Hall
May 23 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
May 25 Toronto, ON @ The Drake
May 27 Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion *
May 28 Cleveland, OH @ Masonic Auditorium *
May 30 Covington, KY @ Madison Theater *
June 1 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *
June 2 Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall *
June 4 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
June 5 Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
June 6 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

* Supporting Bastille

Don't Feel The Distance Sony Japan

MAN WITH A MISSION
mwamofficial.com

Japanese band Man with a Mission is known for their five band members playing live concerts wearing wolf masks. Their motto is "Are they human? Are they wolves?" I don't care if it's a gimmick, they look like a lot of fun.

The band are heading to America to support their latest EP Don't Feel The Distance:

06/18 - New York, NY - tudio at Webster Hall
06/19 - Philadelphia, PA - The Barbary
06/22 - Pittsburgh, PA - Cattivo
06/23 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom
06/25 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
06/29 - St. Louis, MO - Firebird
07/02 - Colorado Springs, CO - Black Sheep
07/03 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
07/06 - Sparks, NV - The Alley
07/08 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
07/10 - Los Angeles, CA - Whisky A Go Go