Photo: Carbonas will headline the Atlanta Mess Around this year.
We were curious to know: what the hell was going on in our hometown this month? So, we set out to ask our colorful music community that very question. Just as we expected, the results of our study were not disappointing! Below are a list of events we sniffed out simply by asking around and snooping around these fine Internets…
Sunday, April 1 – Tree Witch, Attachedhands, and Anticipation @ 529
Monday, April 2 – Nerdkween and Chickens & Pigs @ Carol Street Cafe
Friday, April 6 – Sneaky Hand, Planet Rawk, and DJ Wolf @ BeAtlanta House
Friday, April 6 – Siberia My Sweet, Forces of a Street, Board of Whores and Fort Wilson Riot @ The Basement
Saturday, April 7 — Gun Party, The Dirty Lungs, and Pillage & Plunder @ Drunken Unicorn
Saturday, April 7 – Driving Downtown to the Show book release party @ The Strand, featuring: Sara Crawford, Low UFO, Juliana Finch, and nerdkween
Saturday, April 7 – NovaKord CD Release w/ Dark Room, We Roll Like Madmen, Wowser Bowser @ the Basement
Saturday, April 7 – Irreversible, Order of the Owl, Nigredo, and Brother Hawk @ 529
Monday, April 9 – Trevor Dunn’s Endangered Blood Group and Scarab @ The Goat Farm.
Wednesday, April 11 – Capillaries, Set and Setting (from St. Pete, FL), and Odist @ Drunken Unicorn
Thursday, April 12 – Demonaut, Ricer, Utah, Hip to Death @ 529
Friday, April 13 – Friday the 13th Party w/Swank Sinatra & Starfighter @ 529
Friday, April 13 – Gringo Star, Carnivores, Lightning Ray and the Mystics @ The EARL
Friday, April 13 – Meat is Murdered (Smith’s Tribute) @ The Basement
Saturday, April 14 – The District Attorneys CD Release Party w/Indianapolis Jones @ The EARL
Saturday, April 14 – Villain Family is releasing their new record @ Star Bar
Tuesday, April 17 – The Viking Progress are releasing their Album, Whistling While The End Is Near.
Friday, April 20 – Atlanta Mess Around (day one) @ East Atlanta Village, featuring: GG King, TV Ghost, Wymyns Prysyn, Black Lodge, Zero Boys, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Persuaders, Video, Acid Baby Jesus, COPS.
Saturday, April 21 – Atlanta Mess Around (day two) @ East Atlanta Village, featuring: Barreracudas, Useless Eaters, Paint Fumes, Fletcher C Johnson, Dinos Boys, Gentleman Jesse & His Men, CARBONAS, Wax Museums, Timmy’s Organism, OBN IIIs, Peach Kelli Pop, Los Vigilantes
Saturday, April 21 – Paint Party @ Relapse Theater, featuring DJs: Mayhem, R_Garcia, Billie Jeanz, and more!
Saturday, April 21 — Death is a Dialogue will release a free EP.
Friday, April 27 – IMR Music Festival (day one) @ The Five Spot, featuring: Paper Dress, John Henry Velez, Prisca, Besides Daniel, Leah Marie, Detroit Mutant Radio, The Romans, Jack of Hearts, Baby Baby, CUSSES, Trances Arc, Heavy Mojo & We Roll Like Madmen
Saturday, April 28 – IMR Music Festival (day two) @ The Five Spot, featuring: Nick Camillo, William Gruff, The First Stone, Swank Sinatra, Hijacking Music Collective (Featuring heRobust and friends*), Grand Prize Winners From Last Year, ODIST, Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters, Novakord, Gun Party, Jungol, Fine Peduncle, Prof Zero
Saturday, April 28 – The Woggles, and Randy Michael & the Sharp Dressed Lads @ Starbar
If you’d like to add a show to the list, just send us a link. Now, get out there and enjoy!
