Optical Atlas

This week has gotten away from me, so I apologize for the lack of posts. I’ll be back in just a little bit with a brand new installment of The Elephant 6 Show. But in the meantime, here’s the full lineup for this weekend’s AUX 3 experimental music and art festival, to be held in Athens, GA, courtesy curator Heather McIntosh.

AUX 3 – Saturday, Feb. 21st, @ Little Kings and Ciné

3:00 Little Kings Dark Meat
3:30 Ciné Youth Movement Workshop
4:00 Little Kings GLASSPACKS
4:30 Ciné Killick
5:00 Little Kings A Horse is a Sphere
5:30 Ciné The Rectanglers
6:00 Little Kings Howling Jelly
6:00 Cine Video Program I
6:30 Ciné Our New Silence
7:00 Little Kings Dream Scene
7:30 Ciné Some Meat Out of the Eater
8:00 Little Kings Mercer Street
8:30 Ciné Lisa Yaconelli
Denise Posnak and Page Campbell
Julie Rothschild and Shawn Copeland
9:00 Ciné Video Program II
9:30 Ciné Maps and Transit
10:00 Little Kings Bill Doss presents the Flashcard Orchestra
10:30 Little Kings Brave New Citizen
11:00 Little Kings Spirit of the Falcon-XL
11:30 Ciné Medaglia d’Oro
12:30 Little Kings Icy Demons

Video

Ash Sechler
Daniel Osborne
Eddie Whelan
Javier Morales
John Michael Boling
John Crowe
Micki Davis
Robert Peterson
Seth Stephens
Winston Parker

Artist Market

Gypsies Tramps & Thieves
Laurel Hill
Rhys May
IPullPrints
Gilannie Jewelry Studios
Cherry Matador Jewelry & Soaps
CAP MAN (if he can bring his truck)
Melin Pieces Hats
Christy Wooke
Daisycakes Soaps
Genevieve Swinford
The Orchard Jewelry
Kenneth Kase
Matt Blanks
Hannah Jones
Kristen Bach
Organic Twist

Next Sunday, November 9th–which, mind you, will be after a new president has been chosen, if you can conceive of that–the Athens Ciné will be hosting performances by the Gerbils, Icy Demons, and Pegasuses-XL.  Doors open at 8.  If you’re in the area, check it out–it will be a rare chance to see the Gerbils live, and it’s been a while since Chicago’s Icy Demons hit Athens.

of Montreal’s Skeletal Lamping tour kicks off next month, including dates with Fiery Furnaces, Icy Demons, Love is All, Sinkane, Gang Gang Dance, and HEALTH.  Here are the dates:

of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Tour
10-07 Durham, NC – Carolina Theatre
10-08 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel !
10-09 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club !
10-10 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom !
10-15 Paris, France – Elysée Montmartre
10-16 London, England – KOKO
10-17 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz
10-18 Rome, Italy – Circolo Degli Artisi
10-19 Berlin, Germany – Lido
10-20 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Medis
10-21 Copenhagen, Denmark – Amager Bio
10-24 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant *
10-25 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
10-26 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre *
10-27 Chicago, IL – The Riviera *
10-28 Toronto, Ontario – Queen Elizabeth Theatre $
10-29 Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis $
10-30 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre $
10-31 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory $
11-01 Richmond, VA – The National $
11-08 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle %
11-11 New Orleans, LA – The Howlin’ Wolf %
11-12 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live %
11-13 Austin, TX – Radio Room %
11-14 Dallas, TX – House of Blues %
11-15 Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
11-16 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre %
11-17 Murray, UT – Murray Super Theatre %
11-19 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo ^
11-20 Portland, OR – Roseland ^
11-21 San Francisco, CA – Regency Center Grand Ballroom ^
11-22 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium ^
12-04 Tallahassee, FL – The Moon #
12-05 Gainesville, FL – The Venue #
12-06 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – The Revolution #
12-08 Tampa, FL – The Ritz #
12-09 Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues #

! with Love Is All
* with Sinkane
$ with Gang Gang Dance
% with Icy Demons
^ with HEALTH
# with the Fiery Furnaces

Pitchfork has posted its own coverage of last weekend’s Pitchfork Festival, and included in the coverage is an interview with Robert Schneider of the Apples in Stereo (and, much to my personal amusement, Robert’s manager Dan gets in there too).   You can read it here (scroll down a bit).

There’s also an interview with Jeremy Barnes of A Hawk and a Hacksaw (again – you’ll need to scroll down), in which he talks about his upcoming plans, including recording an album with Romanian singer Maria Ion.  On that same page (keeeeep scrolling down) is an interview with the lovely Griffin Rodriguez of Icy Demons, who just put on an impressive show here in Madison alongside AHAAH, performing on the lakefront.

There’s also great coverage of Pitchfork Fest at You Ain’t No Picasso, including the sets by A Hawk and a Hacksaw and Elf Power.

By the way, even though I said I’d gone fishing, I did actually update the Optical Atlas streaming jukebox a few days ago with new music by Icy Demons and older stuff from of Montreal, Olivia Tremor Control, etc.

As we previously mentioned, erstwhile Chicago-based Cloud Recordings artists Icy Demons (aka ex-Bablicon Griffin Rodriguez and Man Man’s Christopher Powell) will be playing the Pitchfork Music Festival this summer (along with The Apples in Stereo, Elf Power, and A Hawk and a Hacksaw); but it will also be part of a longer tour throughout the month of July.  The tour is in support of their brand new album Miami Ice, out now from Obey Your Brain.  Below are the dates:

07.16.08 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street with Health
07.19.08 Chicago, IL @ PITCHFORK Music Festival
07.20.08 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room with !!!
07.21.08 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop with !!! + Extra Golden
07.22.08 Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theatre with !!! + Extra Golden
07.23.08 Buffalo, NY @ Big Orbit’s Soundlab
07.24.08 Toronto, ON Canada @ Sneaky Dee’s
07.25.08 Montreal, QC Canada @ Club Lambi
07.28.08 Brooklyn, NY @ Todd P Show
07.29.08 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory with Extra Golden
07.30.08 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
07.31.08 Washington, DC @ Black Cat