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Saturday we hit East Atlanta Village in the afternoon for the East Atlanta Village Strut, a small arts fair with live music. Local church choirs opened, followed by the likes of Cadillac Jones on the main stage. Hope For A Golden Summer did a mellow set in the blazing sun on a stage tucked away in the parking lot between The Village and Echo Lounge, selling their EP CD for "Three to five dollars, depending on how poor you are," as well as pocket knives and anti-establishment propaganda. My kind of people. A block of Flat Shoals Road was closed so artists and merchants of other crafty stuff could sell their wares. A few new shops opened this weekend as well, so it made for a nice afternoon ramble. We returned after dark to the EARL. Kitty Snyder opened, doing singer songwriter stuff full of heart and soul. SW enjoyed it, but my insanities lie on the male side of the fence and it didn't do anything for me. Hope For A Golden Summer followed, doing strange stuff that's hard to describe - something between Tom Waits, Greasepaint, and Indigo Girls. Led by a pair of sisters, this 5 piece uses a variety of instruments, from guitar to clarinet to accordion to whistle to a box full of beer bottles. It has a strange, circus-like sound but with dark undertones. It'd be the perfect soundtrack to HBO's new show, Carnivale. We got their EP, but I'm looking forward to a full-length album. Excellent stuff! |