in case you forgot, like i did, athens pop fest is going on this weekend. the lineup includes the likes of ted leo, birds of avalon, daniel johnston, circulatory system, we versus shark, tullycraft, casper and the cookies and many more. my buddy arunas, who is the manager of darkroom in chicago has been raving about casper and cookies the last couple times we spoke. from all his reports they are pretty killer live and as luck would have it, i got an email from them last night reminding me about athens pop fest and that they have a new ep called 3 and a half stars, which is an un ep like 11 songs, that they will be selling at their upcoming shows. here is one of the songs from said ep. check their site for upcoming dates.
casper and the cookies site / myspace / label
athens pop fest information can be found here
i maybe getting ahead of myself here, but i have a really great feeling about canada’s octoberman’s run from safety. i am hoping its going to be 07′s oneida road, my favorite record from 06. i know something is going to be great when, during the first few bars of the song, i begin praying that the vocals and/or the lyrics dont suck. am i the only one that does that? possible complications avoided cause marc’s lyrics and vocals are both pretty stellar. this is one record i am going to be waiting with baited breath to hear. check it out!
run from safety is being released on 8.21 via whitewhale. click here for pre-order info.
in one of my more boneheaded moves, i shied away from andrew bird for quite a while and for no good reason other than i am stubborn. i have since learned the error of my ways. here he is performing in Bremen, Sendesaal on 5.25.07. this is taken from an fm broadcast. thanks to the guy who taped it.
this can now be found here
1. f to g into
2. imotosis
3. fiery crash
5. a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
6. why
9. masterfade
10. plasticties
11. the supine
12. skin is, my
13. weather systems
heretics taken from armchair apocrypha
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i just saw andrew bird last night and it was honestly one of the best shows i’ve ever seen. he is incredibly talented. i was a little disappointed with his set list because he didn’t play skin is, my, heretics, imitosis…basically most of my favorites haha. i like this version of plasticities much more than the one i think he [usually] does live. my feelings on his set list were cancelled out, however, when i met him, which was very exciting.
YOU ROCK. I LOVE YOU.
you rock and i love you even more!
I had the privelege of seeing Andrew Bird twice this year at Coachella and ACL, and he is definitely one of my favorite artists I have seen all year. Thanks for posting the live set, it took me a minute to figure out how to download it, but I will be rocking it out. He is so good live.
very cool, mr circles. i, sadly, have never seen him. i have had so many chances but never bothered to actually check him out. i like your youtube vids, btw.
thanks so much for the download
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