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Longhalsmottagningen/ Bad Animal/ Young Untold/ American Cheeseburger, PopFest, Little Kings, 8/16/08

Saturday, back at Little Kings. It’s hot. It’s the last day of PopFest. Most have opted for the inside’s air conditioned atmosphere over the sweltering shade ‘neath the thatched umbrellas outside.

As Boyracer headlined 40 Watt the previous night, the most enthusiastic had been the Swedish fellows cheering and dancing in the crowd. Now, the two bands combine for the first set: Longhalsmottagningen. “It’s kinda cool bein' in a band you can’t pronounce,” says Boyracer’s Stewart Anderson. [read more...]

Cryptacize/ The Secret History/ The Faintest Ideas/ Ruby Isle/ The Buddy System/ The Lolligags, PopFest 2008, 40 Watt, 8/15/08

Unbeknownst to me, the buildup of energy was about to reach a crescendo. Ruby Isle exploded on stage in a vibrant display of seemingly unfeasible energy. The catchy hook of the first song, “Hey hey hey that kids okay, he’s just another sucker with bills to pay” branded itself into everyone’s brain for the remainder of the evening. The set cleared the crowd of shoegazers and the floor became an 80’s dance party. Lead vocalist Mark Mallman ran and jumped across the stage and the performance even included a chair and a lion tamer bit. It seemed a constant competition between the band and crowd over who was having more fun. [read more...]

Oh Fortuna/ Marc With A C/ Hot Lava, PopFest, Flicker, 8/16/08

For the last Flicker show of PopFest, I had arrived – sadly – late. The exterior empty... Oh man, is everyone still stealing some extra moments for sustenance? Entering the theater/stage/bar the place was packed as Oh Fortuna was crowded on the stage. Some sat idly on the couch, others stood on the wooden folding chairs. [read more...]

Tendaberry/ One Happy Island/ Hat Company/ Fat Planet, PopFest 2008, Little Kings, 8/15/08

When the bespectacled Apples frontman Rob Schneider showed in the audience, I assumed he was just there to enjoy the music.

He was really there to perform, and he wasn’t alone. Joining him were fellow Elephant 6 founders Bill Doss and Will Cullen Hart, as well as Peter Erchick (Olivia Tremor Control, Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t) and Charlie Johnston (The 63 Crayons, The New Sound of Numbers). Schneider and Doss formed the band, Fat Planet, while in high school in Ruston, La., and their show at the Little Kings was a reminder (or introduction) to the crowd for just how much fun it is to play in a band. [read more...]

Umbrella Tree / Noisycrane / Gospel Gossip, PopFest 2008, Flicker, 8/15/08

Where did Umbrella Tree come from? I know it says Nashville on their MySpace page, and the band said they came from Nashville into the microphone, and that information entered my ear and it didn’t process at all. They take three instruments (keyboard, guitar, drums), play them ridiculously tightly and then sing better than you or I, sometimes at a pretty big distance from the microphone. Zachary, the guitarist/bassist and one of two singers, said he has the same name as Zachary Gresham of local band Summer Hymns. He also has a voice that’s a dead ringer for Rufus Wainwright’s, can do some nasty harmonic fretting and had a fun time saying the name to the bands song titles, including “Bats in the Belfry.” Combine those with Jillian’s shy, reserved singing and punchy keyboard playing, and you have minor key romps that brought the house down. [read more...]

Popfest Blog
Thee American Revolution/ Pipes You See Pipes You Don't/ Andy From Denver/ Casper & the Cookies/ Circulatory System/ Elf Power/ The Music Tapes, PopFest Closing Night, 40 Watt, 8/15/08
by Doug Holschuh
08.18.2008
It's 8PM on Saturday, the last night of PopFest, and the show at the 40 Watt is set to begin ... [read more]

Ham1, PopFest, Caledonia, 8/15/08
by Sarah Wagner
08.17.2008
A gawky guy takes the stage in the dingy cool Caledonia Lounge and mutters something about trivia.  “What is the deadliest ... [read more]


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Popfest 2008 Schedule

Tuesday, August 12

Cine

8:00 PM -
Fish Schticks
8:35 PM -
Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars
9:10 PM -
Allison Weiss
9:45 PM -
Titans of Filth

Wednesday, August 13

Little Kings

2:00 PM -
Boy Genius
2:35 PM -
the Hotwalls
3:15 PM -
Amo Joy!
4:00 PM -
Afternoon Naps
4:45 PM -
Nervous Systems
5:30 PM -
Oh Sanders
8:00 PM -
Supercluster
8:35 PM -
Blondie-Grunt
9:10 PM -
Nana Grizol
9:45 PM -
Hotpants Romance
10:20 PM -
The Coathangers
11:00 PM -
Whistling School for Boys
11:30 PM -
Judi Chicago
12:00 AM -
Spring Tigers
12:35 AM -
the Selmanaires
01:15 AM -
We Versus the Shark

Thursday, August 14

The 40 Watt Club

8:00 PM -
Patience Please
8:30 PM -
Velcro Stars
9:00 PM -
Bunnygrunt
9:30 PM -
Cars Can Be Blue
10:15 PM -
Great Lakes
11:00 PM -
the Love Letter Band
11:45 PM -
Dark Meat
12:30 AM -
Roky Erickson & the Explosives

Little Kings

2:00 PM -
That's My Daughter
2:40 PM -
Little Birds
3:20 PM -
A Faulty Chromosome
4:00 PM -
Panda Riot
4:45 PM -
Averkiou

Flicker Theater and Bar

6:00 PM -
Night Driving in Small Towns
6:45 PM -
Good Graces
7:30 PM -
Mary O Harrison

Caledonia

8:30 PM -
the Ocelots
9:30 PM -
Tom Gorrio (Baby Calendar)
10:30 PM -
Twin Tigers
11:30 PM -
Dead Confederate

Friday, August 15

The 40 Watt Club

8:00 PM -
Cryptacize
8:30 PM -
Secret History
9:10 PM -
the Faintest Ideas
9:50 PM -
Ruby Isle
10:30 PM -
the Buddy System
11:00 PM -
the Lolligags
11:30 PM -
Fishboy
12:15 AM -
the Apes
01:00 AM -
Boyracer

Little Kings

2:00 PM -
Railcars
2:40 PM -
Tendaberry
3:20 PM -
One Happy Island
4:00 PM -
Hat Company
4:30 PM -
Fat Planet

Flicker Theater and Bar

6:00 PM -
Umbrella Tree
6:45 PM -
Noisycrane
7:30 PM -
Gospel Gossip

Caledonia

8:30 PM -
Laminated Cat
9:30 PM -
Ham 1
10:30 PM -
My Teenage Stride
11:30 PM -
A Armada

Saturday, August 16

The 40 Watt Club

8:00 PM -
the Smittens
8:30 PM -
Big Fresh
9:00 PM -
Thee American Revolution
9:30 PM -
Pipes You See Pipes You Don't
10:00 PM -
Andy from Denver
10:30 PM -
Casper & the Cookies
11:00 PM -
Circulatory System
12:00 AM -
Elf Power
01:00 AM -
the Music Tapes

Little Kings

2:00 PM -
Lognhalsmottagningen
2:15 PM -
Bad Animal
3:00 PM -
the Young Untold
3:30 PM -
American Cheeseburger

Flicker Theater and Bar

6:00 PM -
Oh Fortuna
6:45 PM -
Marc with a C
7:30 PM -
Hot Lava

Caledonia

8:30 PM -
Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned
9:30 PM -
the Arcs
10:30 PM -
Baak Gwai
11:30 PM -
Man Factory


live reviews

Unshaken by Lucifer: Roky Erickson at the 40 Watt, 8/14/08
Roky Erickson emerges from behind the curtain... No ascension of the steps – just a slight push of the velvet veil. Since the announcement of Erickson’s PopFest performance in May, the excitement b...

The Lolligags/ The Apes, PopFest, 40 Watt, 8/15/08
Heart-shaped spectacles, synthesized techno beats, and enough swagger to make the word “tude” popular again; the Lolligags took the stage at 40 Watt on Friday August 15th. A duo comprised of Dallion L...

Big Fresh/ Thee American Revolution/ Pipes You See Pipes You Don't/ Andy from Denver/ Casper and the Cookies, PopFest, 40 Watt, 8/16/08
I left my apartment Saturday night, expecting to get downtown with plenty of time to spare. I forgot one small detail. Thousands of college students had returned from summer break, and it seemed they ...

Longhalsmottagningen/ Bad Animal/ Young Untold/ American Cheeseburger, PopFest, Little Kings, 8/16/08
Saturday, back at Little Kings. It’s hot. It’s the last day of PopFest. Most have opted for the inside’s air conditioned atmosphere over the sweltering shade ‘neath the thatched umbrellas outside. ...

Oh Fortuna/ Marc With A C/ Hot Lava, PopFest, Flicker, 8/16/08
For the last Flicker show of PopFest, I had arrived – sadly – late. The exterior empty... Oh man, is everyone still stealing some extra moments for sustenance? Entering the theater/stage/bar the place...

Cryptacize/ The Secret History/ The Faintest Ideas/ Ruby Isle/ The Buddy System/ The Lolligags, PopFest 2008, 40 Watt, 8/15/08
A Popfest newbie, I had only a few preconceived notions about what the night would entail as I entered 40 Watt a few minutes past 8 p.m. Ready to be slapped in the face by glowing, neon indie pop,...

Tendaberry/ One Happy Island/ Hat Company/ Fat Planet, PopFest 2008, Little Kings, 8/15/08
Irony and a vocal poke in the ribs are fun, inventive ways of sterilizing a song. When Television’s Tom Verlaine and N.E.R.D.’s Pharrell Williams say “get it?” after some wordplay in “See No Evil” and...

features

Bunnygrunt: the Biggest Duo Ever
Bunnygrunt – n. 1. a loud and forceful grumble emitted from a small rabbit. 2. an indie-pop band from St. Louis, Missouri set to dazzle the faces of Athens Popfest. The tight duo of Matt Harnish ...

Clearing Up The Residue: Q&A With The Coathangers
Dear readers, meet the Coathangers; an Atlanta based band comprised of four talented say-anything females. If you don’t know them already, these ladies blossomed back in 2006 and have since been rumor...

Dreaming Away a Storm: A Q&A with Julian Koster of The Music Tapes
The Merge Records biography section for The Music Tapes says that the act’s founder, Julian Koster, has been “inventing new band members” over the past few years. Koster plays instruments, has instrum...

Babies, Steers, And (Maybe) An Ending: An Interview With Boyracer
Stewart Anderson, mastermind and singer behind the indie-punk band Boyracer, has been involved with it in one form or another since 1990, starting in the UK and ending... on a cattle ranch?! Over the ...

Almost Better Than Dishwashing (But Not Quite): A Chat With Mouser
photo by Stephanie MartinA while back, I read a music piece in a mystery publication - we'll call it "Plagfole" - wherein the author immediately apologized for having committed the sin of writing a st...

Are Mountain Goats Really Vegan? A Chat With John Darnielle
The Mountain Goats' music deals with thematic material drawn from mythology to the mundane flow of everyday life. He begins his latest tour at the Athens Popfest on Thursday, August 9. This tour is ...

Cars Can Be Blue: Never The Same Town Twice
The male-female duo that is Cars Can Be Blue is a highly mobile couple, if nothing else. Nate Mitchell and Becky Brooks, who were dating for a year before they started the band, are originally fro...
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