Nashville's Dead

You know, we just watched that Heart – Barracuda video and it reminded us that we haven’t said anything about our buddies down in Atlanta, The Barreracudas. So now, here we are, talking about our buddies down in Atlanta, The Barreracudas. First off, we’d just like to ask: what are they putting in the water in Atlanta? Seriously, could this city provide any more awesome bands right now? The babes rock and roll, but the more we think about it, the more we realize that words won’t do this band justice. Because, I mean, it’s hard to talk about a band that sings songs about eating dog food and not make them sound like dummies. They put out a 7″ on Douchemaster this past spring and have since developed a deservedly strong fanbase in the area. Not only that, but they’ve been playing with some of our other fave babes lately [Nerve City, Trashcans, Coconut Coolouts, Personal & the Pizzas, etc.]

Pick up their 7″ here!

Total babe, right? So far her biggest claim to fame is a song about roses from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movie. If we were her we’d call it quits right there, but she just won’t go away. Well anyways, she’s been on the Warped Tour for the past couple a months, and now she’s playing the Ryman, which we guess is a pretty big honor.

Oh my god, we though that week would never end. But it did! And, thusly, it is time for another Rundown. Here you go, babies.

Monday September 7
HAPPY LABOR DAY!

:: Fruits Bats
@ Grimey’s New & Pre-Loved Records
$FREE – All Ages – 4PM
There is also a cookout + booze + sodas to satisfy your Labor Day-buds

:: The Lehning Brothers
:::: The Garden Leo
:::::: Kintaro
:::::::: Joshua Heckley
:::::::::: Natalie Prass
:::::::::::: Bird Cloud
:::::::::::::: Thesaurus Rex
:::::::::::::::: Weiners
@ Mercy Lounge
$FREE – 21+ – 9PM

Tuesday September 8

:: Fruit Bats
:::: Pronto
@ Exit/In
$12 – 18+ – 9PM

:: Heart
:::: Alana Grace
@ The Ryman
$39.50 – 49.50 – All Ages – 7:30PM

Wednesday September 9

:: Bike-In Move [9/11 Lies]
@ Little Hamilton
$FREE – All Ages – 8PM

Thursday September 10

:: Weekend Nachos
:::: Karoshi
:::::: Brainwreck
@ Little Hamilton
$5 – All Ages – 8PM

:: Heavy Cream
:::: Kintaro
:::::: Mother Whale Eyeless
:::::::: CCTV
@ The End
$5 – 18+ – 9PM

:: Son Volt
:::: Sarah Cahoone
@ Exit/In
$20 – 18+ – 9PM

:: Overzealous
:::: Tristen
:::::: The Tits
:::::::: The Icons
@ Mercy Lounge
$5 – 18+ – 9PM

:: If you’re at home sick, you can watch our fave Pittsburgh Steelers beat the pulp out of the Titans. Serious.

Friday September 11

MOTHER FUCKING BUZZFEST
:: Alice In Chains
:::: Mudvayne
:::::: Chevelle
:::::::: Cage the Elephant
:::::::::: Cavo
:::::::::::: Framing Hanley
@ Riverfront Park
$25 – 129 – All Ages – 3PM

Rabbit Release Party
:: Madi Diaz
:::: Darla Farmer
:::::: The Non Commissioned Officers
:::::::: Turbo Fruits
:::::::::: Silver Seas
@ Cannery Ballroom
$10 – 18+ – 7PM

Saturday September 12

:: Helado Negro <—– Asthmatic Kitty [also with Jason Ajemian]
:::: The Paper Hats
@ Vine Ridge House [Willy T’s]
$Donations – All Ages – 8PM

:: Walk-In/Bike-In/Drive-In [YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN]
@ The Belcourt Theater
$FREE – All Ages – 6:58PM

Sunday September 13

:: Week 1 of NFL Football, duh.

We’re going to be in New York from Sept. 11 – 13, which is kind of a bummer because we’ll miss the Rabbit Party and Young Frankenstein. Forever Young wrote a little piece for this issue of the Rabbit, check it out at the party and tell us how lame he is.

:: Loverboy
@ Wildhorse Saloon
$60(!) – 18+ – 6PM

We recently signed up over here to see if we could get clones of ourselves because, well you know, who wouldn’t want to be in two places at once? Especially on November 5th this year. We got word from our Canadian Mata-friends, Fucked Up, that they’re going to be performing their album The Chemistry of Common Life in it’s entirety this November 5th at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. They also said there will be some “COOL SPECIAL GUESTS”. Sometimes that means they’ll do old Black Flag songs with Keith Morris, and sometimes that means they’ll do things with that guy from Vampire Weekend [sorry if you’re into that, it’s just not our bag]. Either way, guaranteed to be interesting.

Since there isn’t too much going on tomorrow night [unless you’re a Toadies fan] we highly suggest heading over to The Belcourt to see Eileen Yaghoobian’s Died Young Stayed Pretty. The documentary highlights the creativity-juices seeping from today’s top poster designers. And it really shines light on a scene that most are hardly aware of. We’ve always been poster enthusiasts [Flatstock is always one of our favorite things at SXSW] and last Hannukah mom and dad got us a copy of this book. So it’s pretty understandable that we’d be stoked to catch this film. The poster above was done by Ron Liberti [what a babe] who’s work is featured in the film as well as the works of artists like Keith Herzik, Nashville’s Bryce McCloud, and Darren Pasemko. Not only that but Eileen will be in attendance herself! Check here for a more in-depth analysis of the flick and below for the trailer.

:: Died Young Stayed Pretty
@ The Belcourt
$10 – All Ages – 7PM

Speaking of Jay Reatard, he and the crew just busted out a new video a while ago for “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me”. It’s filled with little kids and wet shirts and grown men, among other things. And, it’s another Reatard video where Jay gets wheeled around in a wheel barrow. We’ve been on video shoots before and know they can be kind of tiring, but come on Jay, you’re the star! The video’s also for the radio version of the song [notice the censorings and they drop the keyboards around the 2:40 mark]. Check it out…

Jay and the boys have a bunch of dates coming up, check it out here. They’ve also got a little Shattered Records tour lined up soon with Useless Eaters, Nobunny, Box Elders, and Hunx and His Punx. More on that later though.

So earlier this year VICE and SCION teamed up to bring us that huge metal-fest in Atlanta, which ruled. But now, they’re really baiting us. They just officially announced their Garage Fest taking place in Portland on October 17th. Look at that lineup. Seriously. It’s like we don’t even need porn anymore. The shows happen all day and are spread out over four different venues, which makes us kind of glad that we aren’t going to be there. There’s no possible way to see all the bands we’d want to see. But whatever. It’s nice to see some Tennessee representatives out there [Jay Reatard, Cheap Time, Those Darlins]. We caught the majority of these bands at this last year’s SXSW, and you can catch some of them in this city soon [King Khan BBQ, Black Lips, The Beets, Yussuf Jerusalem]! If you’re going to be in the Portland area on October 17th, you’d be nuts to miss this.

If you’re too lazy to go the site, here’s the lineup and check the comments for set-times: