Posted: July 18th, 2009 | Author: 4th Ward Heroes | Filed under: 4TH WARD HEROES, EVENTS
From our friends at Baum & Bloom:
Dear Friends,
Baum & Bloom and Soulshine believe that the only way to incite growth is from the inside out. Baum & Bloom presents a silent art auction benefiting Soulshine Children’s Studio. Soulshine Children’s Studio is a non-profit green organic camp, located on the Lake Claire Land Trust. Soulshine teaches the future of Atlanta about sustainable living, gardening, organic diets and water conservation. The tools taught at Soulshine will be fed into inner-city schools through Soulshine’s satellite programs. Not only will this make a difference in the Candler Park community, the ripple of influence and change will directly effect the city we all love. Baum & Bloom and Soulshine believe that the only way to incite growth is from the inside out.
So join us in a delightful evening; filled with music, Live Art and Belly Dancing, paired with astounding food and libations, while contributing to the betterment of thousands.
We would like to award every Soulshine parent with a complimentary ticket.
Please encourage all of your friends families and co-workers to attend this event!
Tickets are $20 in advance and can be purchased from Haya Maria:
hayamwalton@gmail.com or by simply calling 404 207 5303.
Contributions for the event are greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much!!
Yours in Service,
Haya Maria
Baum & Bloom
For more information, please visit http://www.baumandbloom.com/
Posted: July 13th, 2009 | Author: 4th Ward Heroes | Filed under: 4TH WARD HEROES, EVENTS
4th Ward Heroes Presents: JULY 17th 2009 @ 529 with TRANCES ARC, OBLIO, TEREU TEREU
529 Flat Shoals Ave. East Atlanta Village, 30316 21+ / Doors @ 9 / Admission: $7
4th Ward Heroes Presents: JULY 17th 2009 @ 529 TRANCES ARC OBLIO TEREU TEREU 529 Flat Shoals Ave. East Atlanta Village, 30316 21+ / Doors @ 9 / Admission: $7 (Poster Design: Adam Trimble)
Not only are Trances Arc some of the best popsters on the Atlanta scene, they are irrepressibly nice guys. You should come see them at an intimate venue like 529 just to catch a conversation with Eric or Micheal. Their album XOXOX, recorded in the heart of East Atlanta, captured our attention last summer, and we’re pretty sure we know it word for word. http://www.myspace.com/trancesarc
Nashville trio Oblio circle, pierce and entwine ’70s folk pop immediacy and epic millennial indie dissonance to create sounds that simultaneously comfort and jolt their audiences. Formed in 2004, Oblio (Terry Price, Travis Vance and BenJarvis Dumas) have boldly reconstructed their sonic palette after last year’s lineup change. Now, the Arcade Fire’s sweep bolsters Ryan Adams’ desolation; the Walkmen’s attack infuses Paul Simon’s melodies. They offer both eclectic recordings and incendiary live performances, and their invitation is one of earnest nerve. http://www.myspace.com/oblio
Finally Tereu Tereu from Fredericksburg, Virginia are making waves and we’re excited to get hear them play. What other band would list Yo La Tengo and Beyonce among their influences? http://www.myspace.com/tereutereu
All in all we’re looking at a Friday night filled with summer air, booze, and catchy pop songs. Bring your friends, and we’ll all have a blast.
21+
$7 cover
Doors are at 9pm
Posted: July 6th, 2009 | Author: 4th Ward Heroes | Filed under: 4TH WARD HEROES, BLOG, EVENTS
Consider this your insider’s view to Corndogorama 2009! We hope everyone had a fantastic time. It was worth the sweat & there were no tears. Big thanks to our hero, the super talented, John Goetzinger for capturing so many of the amazing performances on film. John has a lot of experience shooting musicians in their natural habitat. And it shows! You can check out his flickr page here: http://flickr.com/photos/fuckyouninja/ or visit his blog here: http://atlantagardener.blogspot.com/ Stalk him on the facebooks here: http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Goetzinger/577807501
When I was not running around like a banshee, I had time to take a few point & shoots mostly backstage. The quality is not so good, but the moments are priceless. Enjoy!
Sound guy. He was a real trip. Thanks sound guy! Photo by John Goetzinger.
Our Heroes! Travis Thatcher & Nick LeMay. Photo by John Goetzinger.
JTrav & Aliya holdin it down at check-in. Photo by John Goetzinger.
The man, the myth, the legend sits down for an interview. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Some 4th Ward Heroes and our now freely distributed First Edition 4th Ward Heroes Tees. Photo by Malissa Sole.
CJ from A Fight to the Death testing for drummer sweat patterns. Photo by Malissa Sole.
JTrav was right when he said Aliya, Adam, and he are forming the skinny people's club. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Where's JTrav? There he is! Photo by Malissa Sole.
Noot d' Noot chillin. Photo by Malissa Sole.
Howlies bought a house right behind Corndog. Coincidence? You decide! We took some time to celebrate with them. Aaron made us some tasty mint beverages. Photo by Malissa Sole.
Taylor from Ocha La Rocha loves the Whynatte & so do we! Photo by Malissa Sole.
Look at those corndog eatin peeps. Photo by Malissa Sole.
Dave from the Judies is basking in what is left of the East Atlanta sun. Photo by Malissa Sole.
A packed house for the Judi Chicago Corndogorama afterparty. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Ben wearing his stunna shades. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Travis rocks the keytar. Ben puts a fan into the Coleman trance. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Some of the Noot d' Noot boys join Judi Chicago @ the afterparty. This combination always makes for a fantastic set. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Travis Thatcher from Judi Chicago is never too tired to DANCE! I spy a hero in this photo by John Goetzinger.
This fella is having a great time at the afterparty! Photo by John Goetzinger.
Hell yeah! New Judi Chicago Fan! Photo by John Goetzinger.
DJ Nick Fresh came up from Jacksonville to join Judi Chicago at the afterparty, thanks to our friends over at Whynatte! Hope to see him again real soon! Photo by John Goetzinger.
This Piano Plays Itself hitting that sweet note. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Today the Moon Tomorrow the Sun power couple rockin out on the main stage. We hear they will join The Ropes on August 3rd @ 529! Awesome. Photo by John Goetzinger.
This Piano Plays Itself pulls out the big horns. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Twin Tigers made our psychic hearts beat harder than ever. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Grinder Nova appearing in Resevoir Dogs 2. In theatres this fall! Photo by John Goetzinger.
Great pic of UKU guitarist. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Jeffrey Butzer played more instruments than anyone and pulled a great set.Photo by John Goetzinger.
CJ from A Fight to the Death lookin cool strummin his hollow body. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Ruby Velle looking great with her band The Soulphonics. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Batata Doce was just as sweet as their name. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Malissa captures it all! Photo by John Goetzinger.
Adam and Malissa don't take breaks. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Cadillac Jones comin out to play in their summer colors. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Our one & only writer Nick LeMay (you can call him John-Boy) livin it up! Photo by John Goetzinger.
Western Civ were a new favorite. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Sweet Bon of Abby Gogo. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Bon from Abby Gogo shining under the bright lights. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Abby Gogo in full color. Photo by John Goetzinger.
The crowd dug Abby Gogo's late night set. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Judi Chicago killin a set on the main stage. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Even that huge stage can't hold a man of the people like Travis Thatcher. Photo by John Goetzinger.
Dead Confederate ending out the festival with one amazing set! Photo by John Goetzinger.
Posted: July 5th, 2009 | Author: 4th Ward Heroes | Filed under: 4TH WARD HEROES, BLOG, EVENTS
Big ups!!!
Our love, adoration, and thanks to our heroes: Dave Chait! Aliya Carnes! Chris Gonzolez! Stephanie Howard! Travis Thatcher! Nick LeMay! Jon Price! John Goetzinger! Kellen Crosby! Jess Jones! You guys are for reals the best of friends. Damn you worked it. Dave, Aliya, Chris, Stephanie and Travis especially battled some seriously dangerous heat on Day I to look after the bands that played the festival this year. Ok, we almost lost Travis a few times. He & Meriam had been up all night the night before making us t-shirts, which Warren ended up freely distributing that evening. But Travis stuck it out even though he was scheduled to play the Official After Party @ 529 that night! (Killed it by the way! More fun than I thought I had in me! Seriously!) And if that was not enough, Mr. Thatcher showed up the next day with breakfast tacos for the troops! What a lovely human being. Chris ended up with sunstroke, but braved through Day I and is now on vacay in Sunny Philadelphia. All in a day’s work for those cats. They rock. You are all what 4th Ward Heroes is all about. And with Adam broke down somewhere between there and here with Abby Go Go, whom I lovingly referred to as “those abby boys” all weekend, I could NOT have held it down on Day I without you! So, thank you! – thank you! – thank you! I am working on a EAV 2$ margarita reunion night. To all of our friends who played their hearts out, thanks for taking the leap this year, and trusting that we would have your back. You guys rocked it. To Whynatte, who supplied the bands with a bathtub of free latte, what can we say? When we called, you delivered! You always do. You are heroes too. In case you have not heard, ha! I crack myself up, Whynatte is a jumpstart lattte company made up of some rad local boys who can and will change the way we do things round here. We love working with you. Good things. M!
Posted: July 2nd, 2009 | Author: nicklemay | Filed under: 4TH WARD HEROES, BLOG, EVENTS
The Judies at Athfest
The clocked says 8 a.m. when Warren, the lead singer from the Judies, positioned my 1000 feet per second air rifle to my ear and squeezed the trigger. It was a god forsaken time for a 21 year old to wake up wild eyed with ringing ear drums. With a vile cackle I could overhear: “Get up…get up sound-check at 11.”
I was following Warren and The Judies to the mistakenly revered Athfest in the sweaty, drunken college playground that is Athens, Georgia. The drive that followed brought me to a place called Little Kings, a hipsters dream bar filled with antique furniture and old ironic photos.
I stood outside as The Judies drummer, Dave, answers a stranger who wonders what sound his band brings: “It’s sort of like a gay polka band…imagine if The Beatles covered gay polka bands.” Now remember that this implies that there are heterosexual polka bands.
But when The Judies went on stage shortly after you would hear The Beatles pop arrangements with David Bowie-esque vocals. It was the kind of music that would get stuck in your head in the best way possible. If it wasn’t 1 p.m. in a town where no one slips from their sheets until 2, it would have been appreciated by a larger crowd. The smaller crowd he showed themselves early in the festival seemed to enjoy it intensely, for good reason.
They ended after 4 songs and as I walk behind stage I drag the drummer over to the cooler filled with PBR. He was packing up his symbol case as I direct him to shove what came to be 9 or so beers into the bag. Those who booked the show had no idea two budding alcoholics would show themselves. A small price for Little Kings to pay for being situated in Athens.
And so we made for the drive back in a sedan with a broken A/C that smelled like a few baby pigs were shot inside of it a few weeks beforehand. The 5 of us must have shared more sweat than we wanted to. The rest of the tired day that ensued was marked in my memory as a typical fun-filled festival at Corndogorama.
Corndogorama Day 1
I arrived back in Atlanta. I took a quick cold shower. There was a intense moment of anticipation as I arrived to Corndogorama. I just so happened to come right as a band come on that I had never hear of before. They are called Whores. If you don’t like heavy metal, you’ll definitely feel delight in the performance of their drummer who proved his stage presence with drumstick tricks and middle fingers directed towards the crowd.
Next up was dropsonic. They played a traditional rock set with an extremely accomplished drummer. I remember reading a Flagpole article stating that Black Lips are the last “real” rock back. Dropsonic (among others at Corndogorama) dispelled this inane summation of modern music.
We then had Noot d’Noot, the Howlies, The Judies (again) and the Modern Skirts run their way on stage to attempt to wow the crowd. Their attempts proved more than correct. The last four bands played incredibly solid sets. Noot d’Noot got the crowd going with their soul sister singers and everything the followed only amplified the energy of the already energized.
The Modern Skirts are officially the most solid live band I’ve ever seen to date. I even had a blond drunkard of a floozy of a girl tore me shirt off and threw it on stage. The lead singer of the Skirts wear it like a headdress in front of me a two shirtless Judies band members.
The after party at 529 made every tired dance in drunken heat worth it, sponsored by the party proletariats at Whynatte. Judi Chicago played 529 like no one else has seen. Their synth-based ultra dance rock kept every tired eyed music lover moving in the afterglow. And once again, they secretly stole a show in an intimate enclave. We might have traded more sweat then we wanted to, but no one cared. I didn’t.
Corndogorama Day 2
When it’s a Sunday and you wake up with a crippling hangover headache you don’t want to do much except watch cartoons and drink copious amounts of water. I, however, went to Corndogorama. It wasn’t Saturday Corndogarama, but it was still worth delving into every instance of musical marvel of that is the Atlanta local scene.
I would just like to give a strong sincere shout out to certain bands for their performance. This Piano Plays Itself who permeated the small field with their psychedelic hallway rock best appreciated on mushrooms. Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun who always annihilate a crowd with a solid rock-synth performance.
The Soulphonics and Ruby Velle for reminding me of the beauty of funk and the instrumentation that comes with it. Ruby Velle couldn’t have been a better candidate to cover James Brown. Abby Go-Go combined the best parts of rock and lyricism to damage my ear drums in the best way possible. Judi Chicago played again in front of a smaller crowd, and even though it was strange in contrast to such an intense group at 529, they still charmed me with their 8-bit sound accompanied by a multi-instrumentalist attitude that never fails.
And of course, the headliner. Dead Confederate creates a Nirvana sound that comes out more developed. Ending their set with a cover of Sonic Youth’s “The Diamond Sea” was more than fitting.
Having been a person who had an inkling of doubt towards the quality of Atlanta bands, Corndogarama hosted bands that shattered any supercilious presumption that had fell on my brain in the past. I give a 4th Ward Heroes fedora-hats-off to everyone that played and attended. Thank you Whynatte for making me coherent enough to be able to remember this. Your latte infused energy drinks exercised my wild young brain more than you’ll know.
