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22.3.11
NEW SHOWS!!! YEAH!!!
Spring is around the corner and boy do we have some treats for ya!
| Time | Friday, April 1 at 10:00pm - April 2 at 2:00am |
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| Info | Come join us for a wonderful evening with Venice is Sinking and special guests Little Tybee & Do it to Julia... Venice is Sinking (Athens GA) Little Tybee (Atlanta GA) Do it to Julia (Asheville NC) ************************** Venice is Sinking w/ Little Tybee & Do it to Julia April 1st 2011 - Caledonia Lounge 21+ $5 // 18-20 $7 // 10pm **************************************************** |
| Time | Saturday, April 2 · 12:00pm - 10:00pm |
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| Location | MAX 243 W. Washington St. Athens, GA |
| Info | WonderLab and Winston Barbe Present: 2nd Annual Haiti Benefit feat. Patterson Hood (of Drive By Truckers) http://www.myspace.com/pat David Barbe & the Quick Hooks http://davidbarbe.bandcamp Redneck Greece http://www.myspace.com/red Native Kid http://www.facebook.com/Na Second Sons http://thesecondsons.bandc Natalie Hinkle http://www.myspace.com/nat Grinnin' Bear http://www.myspace.com/gri New Madrid http://newmadridmusic.band Josh Daniels http://ellaruephotography. more bands + set times TBA Saturday April 2nd @ MAX Noon to 10pm // $6 (DOS ONLY) // 21+ Come out and support a great cause with some great local music... ***proceeds to benefit Doctors without Borders*** http://www.doctorswithoutb ***music will be out on the PATIO (weather permitting)*** ***TBA food will also be available for purchase*** |
1.3.11
***FREE FARM 255 SHOW THIS THURSDAY***
We put together this little electronic/hip-hop night over at Farm 255 this upcoming THURSDAY (3/3) w/ our good friendEthereal from Atlanta. Its FREE so come check it out!
Atlanta's best kept secret: ETHEREAL
w/ Basshunter 64
and Arcturus (debut)
Thurs March 3rd
Farm 255
10pm - FREE
22.2.11
Flagpole - LIVE REVIEWS: NOAH AND ELITE THA SHOWSTOPPA
w/ Elite Tha Showstoppa
Thursday, Jan. 27 @ The Max Canada
I’d never seen a show at The Max Canada before and thus didn’t really know what to expect from the popular and expansive watering hole. With a few pool tables pushed to one side and a moratorium on darts, however, that little back corner stage offered a nice, if awkwardly positioned venue for both a smooth, funky R&B outfit from Atlanta, and Athens’s premier MC.
With no need for a last name, NOAH stormed into Athens with honey-smooth vocals and some impressive instrumental chops to match. Joined by a soaring electric guitarist, drummer and conga player, NOAH showed off his jazz background on the keyboards all night, riffing in the high-end one moment only to leap across the ivories and hammer home gorgeous, low-end chords that at times worked almost like a walking bassline. Every song seemed to build to an epic conclusion, whether via NOAH’s vocal gymnastics (comparable to Maroon 5’s Adam Levine) or his guitarist’s skyrocketing, Funkadelic-flavored solos. This is an act that could play the the Variety Playhouse, New Earth Music Hall, or even Aftermath if they were so inclined, and that’s a pretty exciting prospect for both Atlanta and Athens.
With the long-ago departure of ElemenO.P., the recent disbandment of Deaf Judges, and the general dearth of Athenian rap talent to begin with, it seemed almost criminal that this was my first time seeing Elite tha Showstoppa, and as it turns out, it was. Not only have I never seen a local rapper this talented, I would go so far as to say I’ve never seen a local rapper even half this talented. Ripping through his prerecorded beats with the ferocity and fire of P.O.S. and the bouncy, finger-waggin’ flow of Brother Ali, Elite was joined by a vivacious backup singer whose blow-the-walls-down gospel accents shot clear to the rafters. I’ve seen acts play venues four times this size and not convince a single person to dance, but by night’s end, The Max Canada was gettin’ down en masse. The Athens rap scene may be a touch anemic right now, but that doesn’t make Elite’s status as the best of the bunch any less meaningful. His name says it all. He’s in a class by himself.
NEW SHOW ANNOUNCED: Merj & WonderLab Present...
We are teaming up with Merj Entertainment to bring you the noize.
21.2.11
THIS WEEK ONLY!
Hi friends! So we've been working very hard and we want you guys to enjoy the fruits of our labor! Come out to The Max Canada, the last week in February, for some of our BIGGEST SHOWS YET! Tuesday - 2.22.11 kick off party w/ The Revivalists & Laissez Funk: http://www.facebook.com/ev Thursday - 2.24.11 next up: Gringo Star//BAMBARA//Sunspots//E http://www.facebook.com/ev Friday - 2.25.11 SPECIAL WEEKEND SHOWCASE w/ The Woodgrians w/ Efren, the Hypsys and New Madrid: http://www.facebook.com/ev BIG SHOW WEEK FEB 2011. presented by WonderLab |
18.2.11
Show Tonight: 1st @ Caledonia!
LITTLE TYBEE w/ special guests ADRON and (Semicircle Family Band
Are you ready to sail the seven seas? Oh yea, you are. Join us for a great evening of music and fun w/ Little Tybee and special guests ADRON & (Semicircle Family Band. This is our first show at the esteemed Caledonia Lounge AND we are looking forward to many more, very soon. Caledonia Lounge Friday Feb 18th 10PM 21+ ($5) 18-20 ($7) Little Tybee (Atlanta, GA) http://www.myspace.com/lit ADRON (ATL/NY) http://www.myspace.com/adr Late night pants party w/ (Semicircle Family Band. http://www.myspace.com/sem Thanks for the support yall! AND See ya there! WonderLab www.WonderLabProductions.c FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE! ***bathing suits optional*** |
10.2.11
NEW ARTICLE: BMG in The Red & Black!
BMG boys'. photo courtesy of Facebook.
click title for link to article!
Myers Quad is a weird place. For many, it’s little but a vacuum sucking in Ultimate Frisbee enthusiasts from seemingly across the globe.
But for some, such as University graduates Charlie Key and Greg O’Connell, it’s a place where long-lasting friends are met and musical collaborations are born.
It was 2005 when Key and O’Connell met — honors kids, one a comparative literature major and the other studying genetics. Inconspicuous enough, at the time. But soon enough, this unassuming duo would form one of Athens’ weirdest, most intriguing bands: Bubbly Mommy Gun.
Asking the pair for musical influences probably won’t help you get a good idea of their band, unless you’re familiar with ’60s-’70s era Brazilian music.
“The tropicália movement in particular,” Key noted.
O’Connell had a comment that was slightly more illuminating:
“It’s more of an experimental approach where Charlie Key and I just sort of do a number on each others songs, dance all over ’em, then it ends up getting kind of messy for a while then we kind of make sense of the mess,” O’Connell said. “It’s a fun process.”
And you can hear it down there, underneath the wild echoes and screeching feedback; sweet little pop tunes that the band — now with drums and bass along with keys and guitar — has molded into an absurdly original version of itself.
“I know the two of us really like music that’s a little more ambiguous,” Key said. “There is more of an emotional truth to a bit of ambiguity.”
Key and O’Connell started writing together in the same place they met: Myers Hall.
“We were really good friends before there were two guitars in the room,” O’Connell said. “And then one day there were, and it was great.”
And those long hours of dorm room jamming evolved into the perfectly melded, out-of-the-norm sound that BMG has today.
“Given all the time with the two of us just playing together, we were able to match what we were doing musically more than we would if you had a rhythm section,” Key said.
The band, fully formed in 2008, quickly joined up with other quirky local acts such as Quiet Hooves, which had influenced Key and O’Connell from their freshmen days.
“Being a member of that collective helped us take some more legitimate steps in terms of actually putting music out in a streamlined process and coming up with art to go along with the band, and on top of that getting shows with those bands,” Key said.
That collective features a slew of experimental bands on the local indie label Party Party Partners, who all seem to share a profound interest and support of each others’ creativity and originality.
“It helps if you are making music that is different or new to be working on it in a group of people who are trying to do the same thing,” Key said.
“What all of us enjoy the most is something that sounds new to us, or doesn’t quite sound like anything we’ve heard but also sounds like things that we love. When things start to sound familiar, we know that we have to change it somehow.”
When: Tonight at 10
Where: The Max Canada
Price: $2
Also Playing: Green Gerry and Nights Moves Gold
1.2.11
ATTN EVERYBODY: coming soon...BIG SHOW WEEK FEBRUARY 2011
We're kicking off our biggest week of shows yet with New Orleans' own, The Revivalists. They play SOULFUL music.
Blues. Brass. Jazz. Pizazz.
http://www.therevivalists.
http://www.myspace.com/rev
Joining them for the affair are hometown heroes Laissez Funk!
http://www.myspace.com/lai
maybe more TBA?
THE MAX CANADA
Tuesday Feb 22nd
10pm/21+/$3
come get GROOVY.
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We tried to get Ringo Star for this event, but however unfortunate, he was all booked up. Instead we got Gringo Star. They'll do ; )
Gringo Star hails from Atlanta, Ga.
"By condensing a palate of swirling and innovative guitar voyages and a sweat-soaked baroque punk ethos that loses itself in carpet-crawling majesty, Gringo Star has emerged as Atlanta’s favorite rock and roll sons."
BAMBARA pleasures your ears with ROCK music. *note: ear plugs are advised; music is LOUD
Sunspots - Psych/Trop/Pop
Eddie the Wheel - come dive into the unique mind of one of Athens brightest and kindest peoples.
THE MAX CANADA
Thursday FEB 24th
9pm/21+/$5
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GEORGIA born. GEORGIA bred.
Join us for this very special evening w/ The Woodgrains.
One of Athens' (via Waycorss) brightest acts, The Woodgrains plays music that warms the soul.
Efren - another great local Folk/Rock act you don't want to miss!
The Hypsys (Tuscaloosa, AL) - progressive jazz rock
New Madrid (Chattanooga, TN) - Athens debut of this cool psych-country outfit!
THE MAX CANADA
Friday Feb. 25th
9pm/21+/$2
Come take a load off!
26.1.11
Just Announced: HANS DARKBOLT @ THE MAX CANADA w/ Mr. Falcon, Kill Kill Buffalo & The Leotards
- Its a bird!
- Its a plane!
Noooooooooo, its HANS DARKBOLT silly!!!
Also in the sky:
- Mr. Falcon (holy shnikees!#%@^%)
http://www.facebook.com/Mr
- Kill Kill Buffalo (2-person circus)
http://www.myspace.com/kil
- and The Leotards (ATL face-rock)
http://www.myspace.com/the
THE MAX CANADA
Thurs Feb 3rd
9pm/21+/$2
Shazaaaaaam.
CLICK HERE FOR FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE!
16.1.11
Show Review: House Party!
Really awesome review of a band/house party we threw, by Echoreyn of Athens:
-Echoreyn of Athens
Link to Echoreyn of Athens Blog (original article)
Sam Sniper playing outdoor stage @ 731 Pulaski St.
Surviving the cold with Androcles and the Lion, Sam Sniper, and Nate Nelson
Saturday night found me traversing through the icy cold air once more, excitement for the tunes keeping my fingers from freezing off. I feel like hypothermia is the order of the day when it comes to bands this season. But hey, you can't miss a chance to see a potentially awesome band just because there are icicles forming on the tips of your hair.
Now, I rarely write about the shows that I see outside of downtown, but the tunes owned Saturday night, and ignoring the highlights would simply be a crime! Androcles and the Lion was the first band that thawed out my ears a bit and caught my notice. Giving us a taste of soft, dark, and melancholy rock, their melodies pierced through the chill and and curled into the ears of those basking in the heat of the roaring fire a short ways away.
The next band ready to combat the cold was local music project Sam Sniper, a group that shares members with folk rockers Yo Soybean. Now I'll admit, as I'm not generally much of a country fan, I probably wouldn't have gone to see them otherwise, but I never pass up an opportunity to check out the side projects of the bands I like. It's one of the best ways to make new discoveries, after all! And, lucky for me, these guys were good. Sam Sniper surpassed all of my expectations by launching into a set full of country love songs fused with the most awesomely intense, hardcore rock. I know that sounds a bit insane, but their tunes were seriously tons of fun to experience and the crowd was definitely on my side. Everyone around me was dancing wildly, very nearly forgetting their frozen limbs in the excitement. I'd even hazard to say that it may have actually been worth freezing my feet so much that I still can't feel them two days later. Good stuff.
Then it was off to Farm 255 to finish the night. As my friend and I stepped into warmth, we caught the last few sweet bars of Nate Nelson's set. It was quite a fine ending to an extremely chilled evening.
Link to Echoreyn of Athens Blog (original article)
Just Announced: ARTURO IN LETTO @ MAX CANADA w/ Machines Are People Too + Pillage & Plunder
A.J. Weiss presents Arturo in Letto - live and in living color!
Unfortunately, due to inclement weather, the previous show had to be canceled :( fortunately for us they decided to reschedule it at The Max Canada (hell yea). Come hear the sweet sounds of Italian love machine Arturo in Letto!
Joined by:
Pillage & Plunder (ATL) - Athens debut! cool experimental pop/rock with heavy over tones and extended solos
http://www.myspace.com/pil
Machines Are People Too (TN) - Athens debut too! trippy electro-pop drenched in drippy reverb
http://www.myspace.com/mac
it didn't fit in the title but one of my favorite bands is playin>>>>>
Androcles and the Lion - folk/pop/bliss
http://www.myspace.com/and
THE MAX CANADA
Tues Feb 1st
9pm/21+/$2
presented by Wonder.Lab
wonderlabproductions.blogs
Click here for Facebook event page!
15.1.11
Show Review: Itchy Hearts (Andy Cobb solo) w/ Tumbleweed Stampede and Grinnin' Bear @ THE MAX CANADA
1.3.11 At the end of 2010, The Max Canada sent shock waves through the Athens music scene, and has carried great momentum into the new year. Let's give credit where credit is due, and say that The Max Canada hosts the funkiest parties in town. On this peachy Georgia evening they didn't disappoint. When Grinnin' Bear first took the stage I was overwhelmed with beautiful yellow sweaters, baggy kakis, and golden marshmallow Afros. What more could you ask for from one of Athens brightest up-and-coming bands? Their Southern Americana charm won the hearts of everyone it reached. Speaking of hearts, all the way from Brooklyn, Itchy Hearts' journeyman, Andy Cobb, took the stage in soulful style. The lone man with his acoustic guitar, aged fables, and thick boots satisfied everyone's scaly winter itch. Someone give this guy a turkey sandwich. The fresh highlight of the night came from one Athens hardest-working bands, Tumbleweed Stampede. They hit the stage with their thrilling combustion of folk jam goodness. From the moment they began not a body was still. The good vibes radiated off the singlet wearin', birthday havin', shake-what-your-mama-gave-you, bass player, Tuna Fortuna, as the room jumped with a little left over holiday joy. The sweet smell of groove in the air swayed with the dancing people in to the wee hours of the night. The show marked the beginning of Tumbleweed Stampede's 2011 Mean Mugs EP tour, that took them up the East Cost, making stops in Chapel Hill (NC), Richmond (VA), Philly, NYC, and Brooklyn (Whoa!). As for the future, the new partnership between The Max Canada and Wonder.Lab productions is proving to be a much needed asset to the Athens music community.
Andrew K.
Sam Sniper
more pictures and video coming soon!
14.1.11
Just Announced: NIGHT MOVES GOLD w/ Bubbly Mommy Gun & Green Gerry
The day is fast approaching Athens!
Get your ass ready because Night Moves Gold is coming back to town, and their bringing that booty-spankin-world-shakin
http://nightmovesgold.band
Come witness "Hometown Honeys" Bubbly Mommy Gun changes lives; daily. Wahooo!
http://www.myspace.com/bub
Green Gerry's California style electro-psych-pop rocks is a refreshing tidal wave of freshness- hang 10!
http://greengerry0.bandcam
parachute pants welcome..
THE MAX CANADA
Thurs Feb 10th
9pm/21+/$2
See ya there!
CLICK HERE for Facebook event page
Just Announced: THE TENANT w/ Nate Nelson, Thomas Hardy & The K-Macks
The fellas from Austin, TX/Orlando, FL (who the fuck knows?) are rolling through town for just one night, and they are giving us the tremendous opportunity to experience first hand, the healing power of music. They don't come around often, so DON'T MISS THIS.
http://www.myspace.com/the
Nate Nelson (and his midnight ramblers) will come on light your fire, baby.
http://www.myspace.com/nat
Dead Confederate's Hardy Morris stepped into a phone booth one day and came out as Thomas Hardy.
To be joined by some very special guests!
K-Macks (special late night set) will end the night right.
http://www.myspace.com/the
THE MAX CANADA
Mon Jan 24th
9pm/21+/$5
This show is going to be 'effin KILLER.
BE THERE.
CLICK HERE for the Facebook event page
6.1.11
Just Annouced: THICK PAINT w/ Weapons of Audio, Elite tha Showstoppa & NOAH 1/27/11
Hey party people!
Come give a warm welcome to new Athenian transplant and Reptar front-man Graham Ulicny (even though technically we all know he's belonged here all along) as he dumps a hefty bucket load of his Asheville, NC space-porn-funk project Thick Paint on top of our eager heads (dress appropriately; for real, whew.) Weapons of Audio make the short trip from Atlanta to hip-hop/flip-flop/rock-your sock(s)-off; dress appropriately. Elite tha Showstoppa provides a little Athens flavor for your pallet; dress appropriately, and I'm not kidding. Atlanta native Noah and Living in Song will console your tired soul; you get the point. Gosh.
| THE MAX CANADA Thurs January, 27th 9PM/21+/$2 Thick Paint - http://www.myspace.com/thi Weapons of Audio - http://weaponsofaudio.com/ Elite tha Showstoppa - http://www.myspace.com/eli NOAH -http://noahpinemusic.com/f Don't be left out. |
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Facebook event profile.
4.1.11
Liars & Lovers, Sam Sniper, and Liz Faucett @ The Max Canada
Liz Faucett; photo by B. Tepper
- WonderLab
2.12.10
Tumbleweed Stampede EP Release Party @ The Max Canada
Tumbleweed Stampede w/ Max Beeching on Trumpet (far right)
photo still from video by K. Dennis & S. Maxwell
-Tepileptic
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